Swirl tattoo ideas

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

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Black and grey script tattoo reading with pain comes strength, with a swirl flourish and two shaded dumbbells, on the upper chest near the collarbone.
Strength script and dumbbells on upper chest
Black line drawing of a standing cat with its tail raised, filled with swirls and dots in a blackwork style on a cream background.
Ornamental cat design
Colour tattoo of an owl with outstretched wings decorated with swirling filigree, placed on the outer thigh, in a neo-traditional style.
Owl with patterned wings on thigh
Black ink infinity symbol with looping script lettering above a tribal-style bird with a long flowing tail, tattooed on a person's ribs.
Infinity script and bird on ribs
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 tribal patterned tattoo covering a man's chest, shoulder, upper arm and ribs, with bold swirls and geometric shapes.
Tribal patterned chest, shoulder and arm tattoo
Black line drawing of a mermaid with long flowing hair and scaled tail, framed by curling wave ornaments, in a fine line style.
Mermaid with swirling waves line drawing
Black line drawing of a peacock feather with a curled eye and flowing swirls on a white background, a botanical tattoo design.
Peacock feather line drawing
Seahorse design made of ornate swirling linework filled with rainbow colour on a plain white background, with no body placement shown.
Rainbow swirl seahorse design
Black and grey tattoo of flame-like scrollwork and swirls on a forearm, with a wristwatch worn over a small tattoo near the wrist.
Flame-like scrollwork on a forearm
Colour tattoo of a red lily with black and grey smoke-like swirls on the side of a person's ribs, in a realistic and Japanese-influenced style.
Red lily with smoke swirls on ribs
Neo-traditional style tattoo of a cat's head wearing a feathered headdress, pearl strands and a gem, with a small butterfly below.
Cat head with feathers and pearls
Solid black fleur-de-lis design with curling scrollwork flourishes on either side, shown on a plain white background with no body placement visible.
Fleur-de-lis with swirling scrollwork
Gold metallic ornamental tattoos with swirls and dark jewel accents across a hand, wrist, upper arm and shoulder.
Gold ornamental temporary tattoos on arm and hand
Black and grey tattoo of shaded plumeria flowers with tribal swirls and bands running down the side of a thigh.
Plumeria and tribal design on a thigh
Black linework outline of an ornamental lotus-style design with filigree swirls, tattooed on the upper back.
Ornamental lotus outline on the upper back
Black tribal swirl butterfly wings with a teal awareness ribbon forming the body, tattooed on pale skin with freckles.
Teal ribbon and swirl butterfly
Black ink line drawing of a stylised phoenix with swirling feathers and a long curling tail on a plain pale background, shown as a design rather than on skin.
Flowing phoenix line design
Colour traditional tattoo of a wooden log with a pink and yellow banner reading FROM BENEATH YOU IT DEVOURS, shown on skin.
Wooden log with banner reading From Beneath You It Devours
Black and grey fine line ornamental swirl tattoo with dotted detail, running down the side of a person's back.
Ornamental swirl tattoo on the side of the back
Black linework tattoo of a butterfly with swirling inner details, placed on the upper back.
Swirl-filled butterfly on upper back
Digital drawing of a green hummingbird with a blue throat and spread wings, set against soft grey swirls, in the style of a tattoo design.
Green hummingbird with swirls
Dark henna mandala and dotted swirl patterns cover the back of a hand and fingers, with a floral motif on the wrist.
Henna mandala design on a hand
Flash drawing of a grey skull wearing a green paisley bandana, framed by green swirling vines on a white background.
Green bandana skull with swirling vines
Mirrored tribal-style line design in black with orange shadow offsets, drawn as a flash image with no body placement shown.
Mirrored tribal wing design
Side-by-side photos of a Japanese-style swirling cloud tattoo on an upper arm and shoulder, the left before treatment and the right after, with the colour noticeably faded.
Japanese swirl sleeve before and after laser fading
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
Black and white photo of a woman's bare back showing large symmetrical black tribal tattoos with spirals and fern-like motifs across the upper back and shoulders.
Tribal back tattoo in black and grey
Black ink lace pattern design with flowers, a butterfly and swirling vines on a beige background, shown as a drawing with no body placement.
Black lace and floral design
Pen drawing of an ornate lotus flower design with swirls, dots and circles on white paper, beside a black mechanical pencil, shown as a tattoo design rather than on skin.
Ornate lotus flower design drawing
Colour tattoo of a yellow and blue Seuss-style bird with swirling feathers and handwritten lettering on a thigh.
Seussian bird and quote on a thigh
Realistic blue and purple roses with black swirling vines and a teal butterfly, tattooed down the lower leg and onto the ankle.
Blue and purple roses with swirls on a lower leg
Black ink crescent moon tattoo with ornamental swirls on the inside of an ankle, shown in a close-up photo against a dark background.
Crescent moon with swirls on an ankle
Colour tattoo of a grey anchor with swirled detailing, an orange starfish and teal and blue waves, on the ankle.
Anchor, starfish and waves on an ankle
Full-colour phoenix tattoo in a neo-traditional style across a person's back, with spread wings in purple, blue and green and flowing red and blue tail feathers.
Colourful phoenix across a back
Colour tattoo of two gerbera daisies, one pink and one purple, with a blue swirl behind them, on the calf.
Pink and purple gerbera daisies on a calf
Black ink tattoo of two stylised koi fish with scrolling ornamental linework on the upper back, photographed from behind.
Stylised koi pair on upper back
Black ink and pencil shaded flash drawing of a hamsa hand with a lotus flower at its base, in a botanical neo-traditional style.
Hamsa hand with lotus flash
Black tribal-style line design of a sitting cat with pointed ears and a curling tail, drawn on a plain white background.
Stylised cat tattoo design
Brown henna design of a swirling tree with curling branches and roots on the outside of a lower leg, over grass.
Swirling henna tree on a calf
Black ink line drawing of a paisley and floral motif with dotted and mandala-like detail, a flash-style design on cream paper.
Paisley and floral ink drawing
Traditional style flash drawing of a black butterfly wings filled with red roses, green leaves and blue and orange swirls, shown on a white background.
Butterfly with roses flash design
Black and grey yin yang tattoo on a forearm, with one half filled with ornamental blackwork patterns and the other left as bare skin inside a bold outline.
Yin yang tattoo with ornamental fill on forearm
Two people show matching black script tattoos on their ribs reading I love you to the moon and back, with a swirl and small heart.
Matching 'I love you to the moon and back' rib tattoos
Black ink sketchy fine line tattoo of a looping helix ending in a script letter, placed on the ribs.
Looping helix with script letter on ribs
Fine line black and grey tattoo of a dandelion with seeds becoming birds and swirling stems on the ankle and inner foot.
Dandelion seeds turning into birds on an ankle
Black linework tattoo of a turtle with a lotus flower, swirls and leaves on the ankle, shown in a black and white photograph.
Turtle with lotus tattoo on an ankle
Fine line black tattoo of a sitting cat beneath a crescent moon, with a dotted trail curling down behind a person's ear.
Cat and crescent moon behind the ear