Swirl tattoo ideas

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Black swirling vine tattoo with small purple star-like flowers running up the middle of a bare back, placed along the spine.
Swirling vine with purple flowers on a back
Split image of a upper back: on the left a black tribal tattoo, on the right the same area covered with a shaded lily and star design in purple and grey.
Tribal tattoo covered with lilies and stars
Back of a person with arms raised, showing a colour and black peacock feather tattoo with eye motifs and floral sprigs across the upper back and side.
Peacock feather back piece
Colour tattoo of a blossoming tree with pink flowers, set within a green lotus and a yellow circle holding a green Sanskrit-style symbol, on the back.
Blossom tree within a green lotus and yellow circle
Pink hibiscus flower tattoo with black swirling linework and dots across a person's upper back and shoulder blade.
Pink hibiscus with black swirls on a shoulder blade
Colour tattoo of butterflies and an orange flower with swirling vines across a woman's upper back and shoulder blade.
Butterflies and orange flower across a back
Black and grey back tattoo in a Japanese style, with a central lotus flower, a moth, a serpent and swirling clouds across the full back.
Full back piece with lotus and moth
Black and grey shaded back tattoo with a lotus, crescent moon, star and swirling clouds, photographed from behind with a small lotus tattoo on the wrist.
Lotus and crescent moon back tattoo
Black tree of life tattoo with a central swirl, branches with small red leaves and spreading roots, on a person's upper back.
Tree of life on upper back
Pink and red floral heart tattoo with swirling vines, leaves and blossoms on a person's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Floral heart tattoo on upper back
Back of a woman with a botanical tattoo covering the upper back, shoulder and upper arm, including a pink lotus, a grey rose, a sunflower and a blue peony.
Botanical floral back piece with sunflower and lotus
Collage of four black and grey tattoos on a torso: swirling roses on the ribs, a tribal band at the waist, a dotwork mandala on the chest and a feather with script on the lower back.
Four tattoos on ribs, chest and back
Black and grey dandelion tattoo with light blue wash and drifting seeds across the upper back, in a soft botanical style.
Dandelion seeds drifting across the upper back
Black fine line vine and leaf tattoo across the back, shoulder and upper arm of a woman photographed from behind with her hair up.
Vine and leaf tattoo across a back
Colour floral vine tattoo across a bare back, with red and orange mandala-style flowers, black swirling stems and green leaves.
Floral vine tattoo across a back
Black knotwork vine tattoo with small red, yellow, blue and teal flowers, a heart and a butterfly, on a person's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Knotwork vine with coloured flowers on upper back
Full-colour tattoo of pink lilies and butterflies running down the middle of a person's back, in a botanical realism style.
Lilies and butterflies down the spine
Black fine line and ornamental lotus tattoo with an unalome above it, placed centrally on the upper back, in a Botanical and Fine line style.
Lotus and unalome on the upper back
Black linework tattoo of a swirling tree with roots on a person's upper back, photographed from behind.
Swirling tree with roots on upper back
Shaded purple lily tattoo with black stars, swirls and script letters on a woman's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Purple lily and stars on upper back
Botanical back tattoo of two purple and pink lotus flowers linked by black swirling linework running down the spine.
Lotus flowers and swirls down the spine
Shaded red hibiscus flower with black ornamental swirls across the upper back near the shoulder blade, in a botanical style.
Red hibiscus with black swirls on upper back
Colour tattoo on a woman's shoulder and upper arm showing a pink hibiscus, a Roman numeral clock face with a gear, yellow plumeria and butterflies, in a realistic painted style.
Hibiscus and clock face on a shoulder
Black botanical vine tattoo of five-petalled flowers running from the neck down over the shoulder blade on a woman's back.
Floral vine tattoo across a shoulder and back
Collage of four photos showing a colourful floral tattoo with black swirling linework and gear motifs across a shoulder and upper back.
Floral swirls and gears across a shoulder and back
Black linework tattoo on the upper back reading "Do you suppose she's a wildflower" in lettering framed by swirling vines, leaves and two coloured flowers, in a lettering and botanical style.
Wildflower quote with vines on back
Colour tattoo of a green and purple butterfly with a red blossom branch on a woman's middle back, in a botanical style.
Butterfly and blossom on the back
Pink lily tattoo with black tribal-style vines and swirls on the lower back and hip, in a botanical neo-traditional style.
Pink lily with black vines on a lower back
Shaded pink lily tattoo with black swirling scrollwork across the upper back and shoulder blade, in a realistic botanical style.
Pink lilies with swirls on upper back
Realism style tattoo of red roses with green leaves and black swirling vines running down a person's back, placed on the upper back and spine.
Red roses and swirling vines down the back
Two people shown from behind with matching black botanical tattoos of a heart-shaped tree with swirling branches and roots on the upper back.
Matching heart tree tattoos on two backs
Colour tattoo of a green and purple hummingbird beside pink trumpet flowers and black swirling vine linework, on skin in a neo-traditional botanical style.
Hummingbird and pink flowers on upper back
Back of a woman's shoulder with a realistic colour tattoo of orange flowers and grey shaded scrollwork, placed on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Orange flowers and scrollwork on a shoulder
Black botanical tattoo of three silhouetted birds perched on a thin vine with curls and leaves, on the upper back.
Three birds on a curling vine on the back
Colour tattoo of an orange starfish with blue scrolling waves and small flowers on a person's upper back.
Starfish and scrollwork on upper back
Large back tattoo in a Japanese style showing a grey skull in a red swirl-patterned robe beside black linework blossom branches, on a person lying face down.
Skull in red robe with blossom branch on back
Black ink tattoo of two five-petal flowers, three butterflies and sweeping swirl lines across a person's upper back and shoulder blade, in a botanical style.
Flowers and butterflies on a shoulder blade
Black and grey lotus flower tattoo with a curling stem on the upper back of a person with dark hair, shown from behind.
Lotus flower on upper back
Realistic red roses with black swirling vine linework running down a person's back, in a botanical style.
Rose vine running down the back
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a humpback whale curling around a peony on the upper back, with fine outline linework.
Whale and peony on upper back
Black fine line tattoo of a treble clef entwined with swirling vines and leaves, on the upper back below the nape of the neck.
Treble clef and vine swirls on upper back
Black linework tattoo of a circular botanical design with swirls, leaves and a bud, on the upper back near the neck.
Ornamental botanical circle on upper back
Black and grey lily tattoo with swirling vines running down the side of a torso, from the upper back to the hip.
Lilies and swirling vines down the side
Black and grey shaded roses with a black lace design across the upper back, between the shoulder blade and spine.
Shaded roses and black lace on upper back
Back and shoulder of a person with a white and pink botanical scrollwork design across the shoulder blade, in a fine line style.
White and pink floral scrollwork across a shoulder
Black and grey botanical vine tattoo with leaves and curling swirls running down the centre of a person's back.
Black and grey vine tattoo down the back
Watercolour-style botanical tattoo of pink lilies and sweeping black linework across a person's upper back and side, with blue accents.
Pink lilies and black swirls across a back
Blue and grey neo-traditional rose tattoo drawn with sheet music across its petals, with leaves and scrolling swirls, on the upper back.
Rose made of sheet music on upper back