Swirl tattoo ideas

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

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Neo-traditional drawing of a red-haired woman with a feather headdress, a raven and an axe, shaded in black and grey with red hair.
Woman with raven and axe design
Black ink tattoo of swirling, wave-like ornamental linework covering the palm of a hand, with a central motif surrounded by curled borders.
Swirling black ink design across a palm
Black and grey tattoo flash design of five shaded stars linked by a swirling vine on a white background, with no body placement shown.
Greyscale stars trailing a curling vine
Purple-shaded lotus flower with a black Om symbol and swirls above it, tattooed on the upper chest near the collarbone.
Lotus and Om symbol on the upper chest
Photograph of a large multicoloured tribal-style tattoo running down a person's back along the spine, with black, red, green, yellow and blue sections.
Multicoloured tribal design down a back
Black line drawing of three feathers with geometric patterns, shown as a tattoo design on white with no body placement.
Three decorative feathers line drawing
Black henna design on the back of a hand, with a central flower, swirling vines and small star motifs running across the knuckles and fingers.
Henna floral design on the back of a hand
Colourful frog tattoo with a bold black outline, filled with a smiling sun, crescent moon and stars in neo-traditional style on the lower back.
Frog with sun and moon design
Black tribal-style shark design on a white background, with bold swirling linework and geometric triangles across its body and fins.
Tribal shark design
Close-up of a black and grey mandala and floral tattoo with dotted shading on a woman's forearm, while her hand rests on her hip.
Mandala and floral forearm tattoo
Black and grey photo of a bold, abstract swirling flourish tattoo on the inner wrist and forearm, in a blackwork style.
Black swirl flourish on a wrist
Black ink drawing of a butterfly with intricate swirling lace-like wings and curling antennae, shown as a flash design with no body placement.
Lace-winged butterfly design
Black ink tattoo of the words go the distance in script above a circle with scroll swirls and a lightning bolt, on a forearm.
Go the distance script and lightning bolt on forearm
Colour tattoo of a circle with a blue wave and red swirl on the left and bicycle wheel spokes on the right, inside a scalloped outline, on skin.
Waves and bicycle wheel in a circle
Black and grey pencil-style sketch of a lotus flower with an Om symbol above it and dotted swirl accents, drawn on a white background, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Lotus and Om symbol design
Black ornamental heart tattoo made of swirling scrollwork and leaf shapes, sitting on the upper back.
Ornate heart tattoo on upper back
Sheet of metallic gold and silver festive temporary tattoo designs on white, including snowflakes, stars, beaded chains, swirls and a Christmas tree border.
Gold and silver festive temporary tattoo sheet
Colour tattoo of a turquoise owl perched on a bare branch before a grey moon, with purple swirls, covering the upper arm and shoulder.
Turquoise owl and moon on a shoulder
Colour realism tattoo of a red lipstick and two leopard print lipstick cases on a forearm, with a pink swirl above them.
Lipstick and leopard print tubes on a forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a Roman numeral clock, roses and ornamental swirls covering a man's shoulder, upper arm and upper chest.
Clock and roses on a shoulder and arm
Black and grey crescent moon tattoo with a stylised face, filigree swirls, stars and dotted chains on the ribs.
Crescent moon with face on ribs
Black and grey crescent moon with shaded stars and tribal swirls tattooed on dark skin, sitting on the side of the torso.
Crescent moon and stars with tribal swirls
Colour tattoo of a pink lily with purple shading, white stars and black swirls on the upper arm.
Pink lily with stars on upper arm
Colour tattoo of a lotus flower in orange, pink and yellow with black swirling linework on the side of the body.
Lotus flower with swirls on skin
Black and grey tattoo of three shaded stars linked by a swirling vine across the top of a foot.
Three stars and a vine on the top of a foot
Black ink triple moon with a pentagram and swirling ornamental filler on the upper chest near the collarbone.
Triple moon and pentagram on the upper chest
Black ink flash sheet of tribal designs including a turtle, a manta ray, a circular swirl motif and a fish-like shape on white paper.
Polynesian tribal flash sheet with turtle and ray
Small fine line and dotwork hourglass tattoo with swirls and dots on the inner wrist and forearm, in black ink.
Small hourglass on the inner wrist
Black and grey botanical tattoo of a star-shaped flower with swirling stems and the word Sisters in script, on the ankle.
Black and grey flower with Sisters script on ankle
Black tribal-style design of a horse head with a flowing mane and sweeping swirl lines, drawn on a cream gradient background.
Tribal horse head with flowing swirls
Black ink lotus flower tattoo with a curled swirl and dots on the top of a bare foot with dark red toenails, resting on white bedding.
Lotus flower tattoo on a foot
Colourful tattoo of an elephant covered in swirl patterns, with a pink and orange flower and the script words Forever With No Exchanges, shown on skin.
Swirl-patterned elephant with script
Blue tribal-style shark tattoo design with white and black ornamental swirls and a toothed open mouth, shown as a drawing on a white background.
Blue tribal shark design
Black tribal-style shark tattoo with dotted and patterned fill on the side of the ribs, shown in a photo of a torso wearing low-rise jeans.
Tribal shark tattoo on the ribs
Black ink line drawing of an abstract winged bird with a swirled tail and a column of decreasing dots, on textured white paper.
Abstract winged bird line drawing
Black ink line drawing of a mermaid with swirling hair and a fishtail, shown as a tattoo design on white.
Mermaid with swirling hair line drawing
Black tribal band design of interlocking swirls, spirals and curved motifs on a white background, suitable as an armband style tattoo.
Tribal band design in solid black
Fine line dragonfly tattoo with teal and purple wings and black swirling tail and antennae, on a person's back.
Teal and purple dragonfly on upper back
Black tribal tattoo with bold swirling shapes on the lower back, above the waistband of blue denim jeans.
Black tribal tattoo on the lower back
Black solid stars and fine swirling vines tattooed on the side of a torso, with small gem-like studs set into some of the larger stars.
Black stars and swirls on a side torso
Close photograph of a bold solid black tattoo of a fluted, spiked crown-like shape with a wavy line rising from its left side and a curved hook on the right, on skin.
Bold black crown-like tattoo on skin
Black tribal-style gecko tattoo with patterned linework on pale skin, shown in a black and grey photograph.
Tribal gecko tattoo on skin
Black and grey traditional rose flash design with broad leaves, a long stem and a curled swirl, set on a cream diamond-shaped background.
Traditional rose flash design
Black tribal-style dolphin design with swirling wave patterns on a white background, shown as a stencil-style drawing with no body placement visible.
Tribal dolphin design in black linework
Pale yellow script lettering reading Twist and Shout, surrounded by looping fine line flourishes on a dark charcoal background.
Twist and Shout script lettering with flourishes
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a tiger head with a cigarette and a curling smoke line, on a section of skin.
Tiger head with cigarette
Black and white photo of a fine line vine and rose tattoo running down the side of a torso from the ribs to the hip, above lace lingerie and stockings.
Vine and rose tattoo along ribs and hip
Black calligraphic line drawing of two stylised hearts and flowing swirls, with soft pink glow behind the hearts, shown as a tattoo design with no body part visible.
Stylised hearts with flowing black linework