Swirl tattoo ideas

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

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Small black fine line tattoo of a stylised squirrel with a curling tail on the outside of an ankle, shown against a light teal surface.
Squirrel with swirling tail on an ankle
Pencil sketch of a hummingbird feeding from a lily, a black and grey tattoo design with a scrolling tail and leaves.
Hummingbird feeding from a lily
Reddish-brown outlined phoenix tattoo with ornamental swirls and flowing tail feathers across a person's upper back.
Ornamental phoenix on upper back
Black and grey tattoo of lily-style flowers, stars and swirls covering the upper arm and shoulder, shown in two side-by-side photos.
Flowers and stars on upper arm and shoulder
Pen line drawing on graph paper of a fern frond, several feather and frond designs, a swirl and a hummingbird head, suitable as fine line tattoo flash.
Fern fronds, feathers and hummingbird sketch
Colour tattoo of a hamsa hand with an eye above a pink and purple lotus, with black linework, on a forearm.
Hamsa hand and lotus on a forearm
Black line drawing design of a butterfly with ornate swirling wings that trails into a musical staff with notes and scrolls, with no body placement shown.
Butterfly with musical staff and swirls
Colour tattoo of a blue swirling wave shape with light highlights and small dots, on the top of a foot.
Blue swirl tattoo on the top of a foot
Colourful ornamental feather tattoo with black linework and dotwork shading on the side of a person's ribs, with a hand resting on the chest.
Ornate feather on the ribs
Black fine line drawing of a stylised swallow with curling tail swirls and a trailing vine of leaves, shown as a tattoo design on white.
Swirling bird and leaf vine line design
Black and grey tribal swirl tattoo across a man's upper arm and shoulder, with sections filled in red and green tartan.
Tribal swirl sleeve with tartan fill
Black line drawing of a circular mandala with scrolled leaf flourishes above and below, shown as a tattoo design on a white background.
Black mandala design with scroll flourishes
Close-up of a white ink tattoo of the word Believe in flowing script with swirled flourishes on a forearm.
Believe script with swirls on a forearm
Four black tribal-style sea turtles, three with hibiscus flowers in their shells, tattooed on a calf in blackwork style.
Four tribal sea turtles on a calf
Watercolour-style tattoo of a dark swirling vortex with blue and magenta splashes, placed on the calf.
Blue and magenta swirl on a lower leg
Black and grey realism style back tattoo of butterflies, a floral burst and ornamental swirls spanning the mid to lower back.
Butterflies and swirls across a back
Black and white flash design of a stylised gecko covered in circles, dots and swirls, shown on a plain white background.
Patterned gecko tattoo design
Black ink mandala-style tattoo across the top of a foot, with a lotus motif rising towards the ankle and dotwork shading.
Lotus and mandala tattoo across the top of a foot
Black and grey Claddagh tattoo of two hands holding a crowned heart, flanked by swirling scrollwork across the top of a foot.
Claddagh and scrollwork on a foot
Black line drawing on tracing paper of a woman's profile framed by poppies, lilies and swirling hair, a botanical tattoo design sheet.
Woman profile with poppies and lilies design
Single-colour pink flash design of a horse head in profile with a flowing, swirling tribal-style mane on a white background.
Horse head with flowing mane design
Black and grey dotwork paisley and mandala sleeve covering the upper arm and elbow, with a flower motif and swirling leaves.
Paisley and mandala arm sleeve in grey
Black ink lotus flower mandala tattoo with dotwork petals and curling swirls on a person's upper chest.
Lotus mandala on the chest
Black ink tattoo on a forearm of a gramophone horn releasing dotted filigree swirls, with a small record player at the end, in dotwork style.
Gramophone and swirls on a forearm
Black line drawing of a stylised tiger walking forward, with ornamental swirls and patterned panels across its body and a curling tail, shown on a white background.
Ornamental tiger line drawing
Black ink linework drawing of an ornate seahorse tattoo design on tracing paper, placed beside a pencil sketch of the same seahorse.
Ornate seahorse tattoo design drawing
Colour tattoo of a Hello Kitty style sugar skull with a pink bow and floral details, traditional style, on the top of a foot, shown in two photos.
Sugar skull Hello Kitty tattoo on the foot
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
Colour tattoo of a stylised figure with swirling head and teal ribbons, shaded to look like carved stone, on the calf.
Carved stone figure with teal swirls on a calf
Woman with purple hair seen from behind, standing in sea spray, with a colourful cosmic tattoo of planets and swirling shapes across her back and shoulder.
Galaxy tattoo on a back in the sea
Blue ink tattoo of a stylised beetle-like creature made from hexagons and swirling lines, on the torso of a person with smooth skin.
Blue hexagon and swirl creature tattoo
Black filigree swirl tattoo on the side of a torso above the hip, shown in a black and white photo with blue jeans and a rhinestone skull belt buckle.
Black swirling filigree tattoo on side ribs
Colour neo-trad style tattoo of a green and blue bird with outstretched wings and a long swirling tail on the ankle and lower leg.
Green and blue bird with swirling tail on ankle
Black outlined swirl tattoo with pale green shading on the ankle, shown on light skin against a patterned towel.
Green and black swirl motif on ankle
Black tribal-style compass rose tattoo with N, E, S and W letters on the upper back of a person with dark hair.
Tribal compass rose on upper back
Black and grey drawing of a five-pointed star divided into panels of swirls, dots, a heart and radial patterns, shown as a tattoo design.
Star with swirls and heart design
Tattoo design drawing of the word dream in black script with grey swirling leaf flourishes, shown on a plain white background with no body placement visible.
Dream script with floral flourishes
Black and grey shaded hummingbird tattoo with swirling flourishes sitting on a person's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Hummingbird with swirls on a shoulder blade
Solid black tribal tattoo of two intertwined dragons with spiky, swirling linework on skin.
Two intertwined tribal dragons
Colour tattoo of abstract yellow, black and purple swirls covering the outer forearm, with soft shading that resembles liquid marbling.
Yellow marbled swirl on a forearm
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
Small black fine line script lettering with a looping swash tail on the forearm near the wrist, in a black and white photo.
Small script lettering on a forearm
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
Colour tattoo of a purple-frosted cupcake topped with a jack-o'-lantern, surrounded by candy corn and swirls, on the outer thigh.
Cupcake with pumpkin and candy corn
Black and grey tattoo of a shaded wing joined to a flowing script letter, placed on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Shaded wing and script letter on a shoulder blade
Black ink sunflower tattoo with mesh-patterned petals, curling vines and dotwork accents on a forearm, with a car interior visible behind.
Sunflower with mesh petals and swirls on forearm
Colour tattoo of a blue and pink awareness ribbon with swirl patterns on the top of a foot.
Blue and pink ribbon on a foot