Swirl tattoo ideas

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

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Phoenix tattoo on the upper back, with outlined wings filled in orange and yellow and a black swirling tail.
Phoenix tattoo on upper back
Solid black treble clef tattoo on the upper back, with a swirl of small music notes and light blue and red dots.
Treble clef with music notes on upper back
Close view of a woman's arm with a full black ornamental blackwork sleeve of mandala-style florals and swirls, running from the wrist up to the upper arm.
Black ornamental sleeve on an arm
Colourful traditional-style feather tattoo with black outlines and orange, pink and teal tones on a forearm, with partial arrow tattoos at the edges.
Traditional feather tattoo on a forearm
Line drawing of a botanical lotus flower in black outline with a red flame-like shape and a black curled stem, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Lotus design with red flame and black swirl
Colour tattoo of three smiling green peas in a pod with heart-shaped leaves and swirling vines, placed on the upper back.
Smiling peas in a pod on upper back
Black line drawing of a tattoo flash design with ornamental snowflakes, flowers and swirls arranged in a diagonal sweep on a white background.
Ornamental snowflake and flower flash design
Realism style colour tattoo of two grey dolphins leaping through a blue swirl with white stars, on the calf.
Two dolphins with stars on a leg
Colour tattoo of Alice tumbling through a purple swirl above the grinning Cheshire Cat, across an upper arm and shoulder.
Alice and the Cheshire Cat on an upper arm
Small colour tattoo of a peacock feather with green, teal and yellow tones and a curled tail on the upper shoulder of a woman seen from behind.
Small peacock feather on a shoulder
Black and grey family tree tattoo with swirling leaves, script lettering and roots on the side of the ribs.
Family tree with roots and script lettering on ribs
Black fine line drawing of a looping, abstract ornament with dots at each end on a plain white background, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Looped fine line ornament design
Pale white-ink rose outline with scrolling leaves across a bare shoulder and upper back, in a botanical style.
White ink rose on a shoulder
Close photo of a red heart with a white banner and black swirl details, a traditional style tattoo on the upper arm.
Red heart with banner and swirls on an upper arm
Black line drawing of a stylised sitting cat with a curled tail and swirling linework, with a script quote running down its back, shown as a tattoo design on white.
Stylised sitting cat with script quote
Black and grey cat head with green eyes, framed by swirling scrollwork and lotus flowers, tattooed along the side of the torso.
Cat with green eyes and lotus scrollwork on side
Fine-line tattoo in teal, purple, orange and red outline on the upper arm, with a seashore in the background.
Fine line colour outline on upper arm
Two matching black swirl symbol tattoos, one on each inner wrist, drawn in simple single-weight linework.
Two swirl symbols on the wrists
Colour monarch butterfly with soft shading and grey swirling vine lines on the ankle, in a fine line and realism style.
Monarch butterfly and vine on ankle
Close-up of a butterfly tattoo in a tribal-style design, with bold black swirled outlines and purple, pink and blue fill, on skin.
Tribal-style butterfly on skin
Two matching fine line black heart tattoos with looped swirls on the top of a pair of feet, placed near the ankle.
Matching looped heart tattoos on two feet
Black line drawing of hand-drawn lettering reading Look for Beauty, Listen with Love, Live to Inspire, with a swirled butterfly, hearts and flourish dividers, shown as a tattoo design.
Look for Beauty lettering with butterfly
Black and grey realistic rose with swirling scrollwork and stylised lettering on a person's upper back.
Shaded rose with scrollwork on upper back
Back of a person showing a black ink lace-like scrollwork tattoo with flowers and leaves across the shoulder blade.
Black lace scrollwork across a shoulder blade
Black and grey sugar skull woman tattoo with a purple rose in her hair on a limb, with a partly visible blue skull tattoo beside it.
Sugar skull woman with purple rose
Black ink drawing of a standing lion, filled with paisley, mandala and swirl ornament, on white paper.
Ornate lion line drawing
Gold stylised sun design with wavy rays around an open centre, shown as a flash design on a plain white background.
Stylised sun with wavy rays
Pencil drawing of an owl in flight, with wings and body filled with swirls, dots and stylised lettering, shown as a tattoo design.
Ornate owl in flight design
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a black cat hugging a pink heart on a frosted cupcake, with cherries at the top right, on a forearm.
Black cat and cupcake on a forearm
Black fine line tattoo of three birds perched on a branch above scrolling leaves, on the inner wrist of a raised fist.
Three birds on a branch on a wrist
Black linework flash design of a raven with spread wings, decorated with spiralling Celtic knot patterns on its wings and body.
Celtic knot raven in flight
Colour tattoo of an awareness ribbon filled with puzzle pieces, framed by black linework butterfly wings with red accents, on the inside of a forearm.
Puzzle ribbon butterfly on a forearm
Black ink dreamcatcher with trailing feathers and a linework band across the ankle, shown on the top of a bare foot.
Dreamcatcher and feathers on a foot
Black and grey dotwork sun with a face and swirling rays on one foot and a crescent moon with a face on the other foot, both tattoos on the top of the foot.
Sun and moon tattoos on both feet
Black lightning bolt tattoo filled with swirling scroll patterns on the side of a thigh, partly covered by a green patterned fabric.
Lightning bolt with swirl filling on a thigh
Black tribal-style hummingbird tattoo with a small red heart on the upper back.
Tribal hummingbird with a red heart on the back
Small black and grey turtle tattoo with tribal-style swirled flippers and a four-petal shell pattern, on the inner wrist of a raised hand.
Small turtle tattoo on the inner wrist
Black botanical flash design of a heart made from thorny vines with two roses, leaves and buds, with no body placement shown.
Rose and thorn vine heart design
Photo of a shoulder tattoo of two blue butterflies with grey smoky swirls and small black sparkles, shaded to look three-dimensional.
Blue butterflies with grey smoke swirls on a shoulder
Flash sheet of red and blue filigree ornaments, swirls, rosettes and crescent moon phases, with the word Marked in blue script across the centre.
Red and blue ornament and moon phase flash sheet
Black ink script lettering design with stippled shading, dots and swirling flourishes, drawn on white paper.
Script lettering design with dotwork shading
Two clasped hands show matching black ink tattoos around the fingers, each with a heart and star motif.
Matching finger ring tattoos on clasped hands
Colour tattoo of a loose, painterly swirl with blue, yellow, orange and green brushstrokes around an open circle, on the inner forearm.
Abstract colour swirl on a forearm
Tattoo design of two red roses framed by black tribal shapes and grey swirls on a white background.
Red roses with black tribal design
Black tribal tattoo with a sun motif and swirling bands across the shoulder and upper arm.
Tribal sun tattoo on upper arm
Black swirling linework tattoo with curls and dots across the upper back, shown in a sepia-toned photograph.
Swirling tribal-style tattoo on upper back
Two hands touch at the fingertips, each showing a matching small black ornamental symbol tattooed on the finger.
Matching ornamental symbol tattoos on two fingers
Colourful swirling tree tattoo with a black trunk and multicoloured flourishes across the upper back, with a small blue bird at the upper left.
Colourful swirl tree on upper back