Swirl tattoo ideas

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

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Pencil sketch of a tattoo design showing a Roman numeral clock face with a monarch butterfly, orchids and ornamental swirls, with no body placement shown.
Clock, orchids and butterfly design sketch
Fine line botanical tattoo of flowers, leaves and swirls with dotwork shading on the outer thigh.
Floral mandala tattoo on a thigh
Red lily with black swirling vines tattooed on a woman's lower torso above the waistband of her jeans, in a botanical style.
Red lily with swirling vines on lower torso
Black tribal-style lotus flower design with a curling swirled stem, drawn on a plain white background.
Tribal lotus with swirling stem
Pencil-style drawing of a tattoo design with the word Love in ornate script, a large swash L, leaves and buds in black and grey.
Ornate script Love with botanical flourishes
Black ink drawing of a heart with a keyhole at its centre, flanked by keys, flowers and leaves, shown as a dotwork tattoo design on paper.
Heart with keyhole and flowers design
Botanical flash design of two mirrored cherry blossom branches with pink flowers, dark linework and curling tendrils on a white background.
Symmetrical cherry blossom branches
Two forearms show matching lotus tattoos with swirling linework, the upper one in blue and teal and the lower one in teal and black, in a botanical fine line style.
Matching lotus tattoos on two forearms
Colour tattoo of a red dragonfly above green vines, leaves and blue stars across the top of a foot, in a botanical style.
Dragonfly and vine tattoo on a foot
Black and grey paisley and floral tattoo with small teal accents running down a leg from calf to ankle.
Paisley and floral lower leg sleeve
Fine line black crescent moon tattoo on a forearm, filled with lace-like patterns, leaves and swirls.
Ornate crescent moon on a forearm
Black script letter A with a shaded green four-leaf clover, swirls and small star accents, tattooed on the inside of a forearm.
Script letter A with four-leaf clover on forearm
Black ink flower with swirling vines on the hip of a person in a pink bikini, photographed outdoors on a sandy beach.
Flower and swirls on a hip
Black and pink orchids with swirling black linework tattooed on the side of the ribs, in a botanical realism style.
Black orchids with swirling linework on the ribs
Black and grey dotwork drawing of a human ribcage with spine and shoulder blades, set within a circle of ornamental floral swirls.
Ribcage and floral dotwork design
Colour neo-traditional tattoo on the thigh of a mandala with teal swirls, a yellow and orange centre, and pink and yellow orchids.
Mandala and orchids on a thigh
Digital floral design with magenta flowers, black and grey swirling tendrils and open circles on a white background, shown as a tattoo flash drawing.
Magenta flowers with black and grey tendrils
Black silhouette flash design of a butterfly resting beside a five-petalled flower and leaves, with swirling stems, shown on a white background.
Butterfly and flower design
Black linework botanical tattoo of lilies, a chrysanthemum, a daisy and a carnation with swirling stems across a woman's upper back and shoulder.
Lily, chrysanthemum and daisy flowers on a shoulder
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of lotus flowers and swirling bold lines across a man's shoulder and upper arm.
Dotwork lotus swirl on a shoulder and upper arm
Realistic red hibiscus flower with black and red swirling scrollwork tattooed across the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Red hibiscus with black scrollwork on a shoulder
Pencil sketch design of a triskele within a triangle, surrounded by daffodils, a knotted border and a filigree dragonfly, in black and grey.
Triskele, daffodils and dragonfly design sketch
Black ink flash sheet of twenty cross designs in fine line, filigree and bold blackwork styles, with no body placement shown.
Sheet of twenty cross designs
Black and grey realism tattoo of shaded flowers and flowing scrollwork across the upper and mid back.
Shaded flowers and swirls across a back
Purple botanical tattoo with a butterfly and flower buds on swirling black vines, running down the outer thigh.
Purple butterfly and flowers on a thigh
Black ink botanical mandala tattoo with dotwork shading and swirling vines on the outer thigh, with a hand holding a mug in the foreground.
Floral mandala tattoo on the thigh
Black botanical tattoo of a tree with curling vine branches and leaves wrapping around the calf.
Swirling tree tattoo on a calf
Black and grey shaded lotus flower with a curving stem on the side of a torso, above the waistband of a dark garment.
Shaded lotus flower on the side ribs
Fine line black tattoo of a paw print with flowers, leaves and swirls drawn inside each toe and the pad, shown on a limb.
Floral paw print tattoo on skin
Fine line black ink lotus flower tattoo with a vertical ornamental stem on the upper back between the shoulder blades.
Lotus flower with ornamental line on upper back
Black and grey botanical tattoo of a shaded flower with swirling vine linework running down the ankle and onto the top of the foot.
Flower and vine tattoo on an ankle
Two forearms and hands with tattoos: a colour flower and green swirl on the left, and black and grey roses, a sun motif and mandala on the right, with ring-finger designs visible.
Floral and mandala tattoos on both forearms and hands
Black and grey realism roses with swirling vine linework running down a lower leg and onto the ankle.
Black and grey roses and swirling vine on a calf
Realistic black and grey rose tattoo with fine line swirls across the side of the ribs.
Black and grey roses with swirls on the side
Colour tattoo on a forearm of red tulips, teal leaves and purple swirls framing a black and blue ornamental letter, in a traditional style.
Red tulips and ornamental letter on a forearm
Colour tattoo on a person's upper back showing two seated cats, one black and white and one calico, framed by green vines with red and blue flowers.
Two cats and floral vines on the back
Black line drawing of a butterfly with ornate wings above a vine of three hibiscus flowers and leaves, shown as a tattoo design on plain white.
Butterfly and hibiscus vine design
Hand-drawn design in a sketchbook showing two yellow sunflowers with black paisley-style leaves, swirling vines and a peace sign.
Sunflowers and paisley vine design
Colour tattoo on a thigh of a butterfly whose wings show lion faces with yellow eyes, beside a purple lily and an orange tiger lily, with black vine swirls.
Lion-winged butterfly with lilies on a thigh
Dark brown line drawing of an ornate henna-style floral design with paisley swirls, leaves and a central mandala-like flower, on a cream background.
Henna-style paisley and flower design
Black fine line script tattoo reading Meraki, with a swirling flourish above and a leaf sprig below, on the thigh.
Meraki script with leaf sprig on thigh
Colour tattoo on the top of a foot near the ankle, showing a pink five-petal flower with a yellow centre, black swirling linework and small yellow stars.
Pink flower and swirls on a foot
Pencil sketch of a tattoo design showing a butterfly with lotus flowers and swirling vines, shown as a drawing rather than on skin.
Butterfly and lotus flower design sketch
Black and grey realistic roses with swirling vines and leaves across a woman's shoulder and upper arm.
Black and grey roses on shoulder and upper arm
Before and after side-by-side of a botanical lotus cover-up tattoo on a forearm, with the faded grey original on the left and a purple and blue version on the right.
Lotus cover-up on a forearm, before and after
Pink lotus flower with black ornamental mandala linework and teal shading, tattooed across a person's upper back.
Lotus and mandala on upper back
Black and grey realism rose tattoo with pink beads and swirl linework on a forearm.
Shaded rose with beads on forearm
Realistic red poppy tattoo with watercolour-style splashes and black line swirls across the upper arm and shoulder.
Red poppies with ink swirls on shoulder