Swirl tattoo ideas

3,253 photos and flash · 24% Botanical, 17% Fine line · Forearm most common

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Colourful botanical tattoo of a red spider lily on the ankle, with rainbow vines and a blue butterfly across the top of the foot.
Spider lily, vines and butterfly on a foot
Black and grey ornamental drawing of a roaring lion head with a swirling, scrolled mane, shown as a tattoo design on a white background.
Ornamental lion head design
Black ink drawing of an ornate capital letter A decorated with swirls, dots and leaf shapes on crumpled white paper, in a lettering design style with no body placement shown.
Ornate letter A with flourishes
Black and grey sugar skull tattoo with a mandala on the crown and a small anchor on the forehead, placed on the side of the ribs.
Sugar skull with mandala on the ribs
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
Black linework tattoo on an outer thigh showing swirling scrollwork around a triangle, a tram and a round motif, in a Geometric style.
Scrollwork thigh tattoo with tram and triangle
Realistic all-seeing eye with a green iris inside a gold-edged triangle on a man's neck, framed by grey ornamental scrollwork.
All-seeing eye in a triangle on a neck
Colour fine line tattoo of a dragonfly with patterned blue, green and orange wings and purple vine swirls on a lower leg.
Patterned dragonfly with swirls on a calf
Black line drawing of a treble clef wrapped in swirls, surrounded by music notes, sharps, flats and small leaves on a white background, shown as a tattoo design with no body part visible.
Treble clef and music notes design
Black line drawing of a mechanical horse with cogs and swirling flourishes, shown as a tattoo design.
Mechanical horse with gears
Black tribal-style wolf design shown in profile, walking left, with bold patterned linework along its body and a flame-like tail, drawn as a flash design on a pale grey background.
Tribal wolf design in profile
Blue ink line drawing of a phoenix with outstretched wings and a long, swirling tail in fine line style, shown on plain white paper.
Phoenix in flight line drawing
Fine line black tattoo of a lotus flower, a looping unalome-style swirl and three dots on a forearm, beside a silver charm bracelet.
Lotus and unalome on a forearm
Close-up of a black tribal swirl tattoo on the side of a tanned hip, with a white plumeria flower tucked into a blue floral bikini tie.
Tribal swirl tattoo on a hip
Black linework tattoo of paisley-style flowers, leaves and swirls covering a shoulder and upper arm.
Paisley floral design across the shoulder
Two tattoo flash designs of a bold black swirled motif, the left version with pink lily-style flowers and green stems, the right version in solid black.
Swirled black motif with lily flowers, two versions
Flash sheet of five heart designs: a red winged heart, a black dotted heart, a heart with a ribbon banner, a scrolled heart and a floral heart with leaves.
Five heart flash designs on a sheet
Black line drawing of a fairy with butterfly wings and swirling tribal-style linework, shown as a standalone tattoo design.
Winged fairy tribal design
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
Two matching fine line black tattoos of arrows, swirls, a heart and small dashes on the inner wrists and forearms.
Matching arrow and heart wrist tattoos
Black ink line drawing of an ornate scallop shell with a woman's face and pearl necklace at its centre, surrounded by smaller shells, waves and bubbles, drawn as a tattoo design.
Shell and wave design sketch
Black ink and pink watercolour lotus flower on a tall stem with ornate dotwork and swirl-patterned leaves, shown as a tattoo design drawing.
Pink lotus with dotwork leaves
Black and grey tribal band tattoo with spirals and triangular patterns running across the side of a torso on the ribs.
Tribal band tattoo on the side ribs
Colour tattoo of a pink lily with green leaves, blue and green butterflies and black music notes and treble clefs on the inner forearm, in a botanical style.
Lily, butterflies and music notes on a forearm
Two pairs of hands crossed on sand, decorated with gold and blue metallic mandala and paisley designs on the hands and wrists.
Metallic mandala designs on hands and wrists
Two black line drawings of music staves curling into heart shapes, with treble clefs, notes and small floral sprigs, shown as tattoo flash on a white background.
Musical staff swirls with heart and treble clefs
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
Black tribal swirl tattoo with wave-like linework on the hip and upper thigh of a person swimming underwater.
Tribal swirl tattoo on a hip
Realistic colour tattoo of a cupcake with a cherry on top, set in a red wrapper against a dark swirling background, on a lower leg.
Cupcake with cherry on a calf
Close view of a forearm with a band of multicoloured dotwork in orange, blue, green and black, forming a swirling pointillist pattern.
Multicoloured dot pattern band on forearm
Heart-shaped ribbon tattoo with Mom in script lettering, green flowers and leafy swirls, on skin.
Heart ribbon with Mom script and flowers
Black ink line drawing of a raven in profile, filled with swirling and scrolling ornamental patterns on a beige paper background.
Ornamental raven line drawing
Black ink drawing of a feather filled with dotwork and swirling line patterns, with small words written along the vanes, drawn on white paper in a sketchbook.
Feather with doodle pattern design
Pencil and ink sketch of a pocket watch with Roman numerals, surrounded by leaves and scrolls, drawn as a neo-traditional tattoo design with no body part shown.
Pocket watch with leaves and scrolls
Ink line drawing of two feathers with teal and pink watercolour washes, shown as a tattoo-style design on white paper.
Two feathers in ink and watercolour
Black and white photo of two clasped hands showing matching fine line flourish tattoos on the wrists.
Matching flourish tattoos on two wrists
Black line drawing of an ornamental cat face framed by roses, leaves and swirling stems, in the style of a tattoo design.
Ornamental cat face with roses
Two clasped hands showing a traditional-style skull and crossbones tattoo on one wrist and a pink rose with a teal bow on the back of the other hand, with a black patterned tattoo on the forearm
Skull and rose tattoos on clasped hands
Fine line tattoo of pink, blue and purple stars with a swirling trail on the top of a foot, with a second panel showing the design glowing under UV light.
Star trail tattoo on the top of a foot
Green fine line tattoo of a four-leaf clover with swirling stems and small dots, on the ankle of a light-skinned leg.
Four-leaf clover and swirls on an ankle
Pink and purple butterfly tattoo design with black linework, a web-like wing pattern and curled swirls, drawn on a pale background.
Pink butterfly with swirling tail design
Photo of a black linework crescent moon with blue shading and swirling scrollwork tattooed on the inner forearm.
Crescent moon with scrollwork on a forearm
Black linework lotus tattoo with pink fill and dotted swirls on the sole of a foot, with teal toenails.
Lotus flower tattoo on the sole of a foot
Black ink line drawing of a mermaid with scaled tail and curling waves, sketched on paper beside two fineliner pens, a tattoo design for fine line work.
Mermaid with curling wave tail line drawing
Black and grey tattoo flash design of two crossed revolvers above a cluster of flowers, with a woman's face at the centre and tribal-style linework.
Twin revolvers and flowers design
Two matching black fine line scroll tattoos on the wrists of two people holding hands in a car, one on each wrist.
Matching scroll tattoos on two wrists
Black linework butterfly tattoo with pink-filled wings and swirling scrollwork on lightly tanned skin.
Ornate butterfly with pink wings
Flash design of blue, purple and pink butterflies joined by a swirling dark line decorated with stars and dots, on a white background.
Butterflies and star swirl flash design