Swirl tattoo ideas

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Fine line black scrollwork monogram tattoo on the forearm, with looping flourishes enclosing stylised letters.
Scrolled monogram on a forearm
Two matching black fine line heart tattoos with swirling scrolls and script reading Big Sis and Little Sis, shown on two forearms.
Matching sister heart tattoos on forearms
Teal and black compass rose tattoo with calligraphic swirls and letters, on the inner forearm.
Teal compass rose on a forearm
Forearm tattoo of the words Diabetic Type 2 Blood B+ in black script, surrounded by soft purple and blue swirls and small red sparkles.
Diabetic Type 2 lettering with swirls on forearm
Black script tattoo reading Walk by faith and Not by sight, with swirls and a small flourish across the top of a foot.
Walk by faith quote with swirls on a foot
Line drawing of the words Love yourself in flowing script, framed by paisley-style flowers, feather shapes and swirling flourishes on a tan textured background.
Love yourself script with floral flourishes
Colour tattoo on a calf of a gold armillary sphere with stars and a grey centre, above and below script lettering reading The ones we love never truly leave us.
Armillary sphere with script quote on a calf
Traditional style tattoo of a globe, flowers, leaves and a suitcase on a forearm, with the words Every path leads home.
Globe and suitcase with lettering on a forearm
Two matching black heart tattoos filled with scrollwork and the word Sisters in script, shown side by side on two forearms.
Matching sisters heart tattoos on forearms
Fine line black infinity symbol with swirls, the word love in script and five small stars, tattooed on the upper chest near the collarbone.
Infinity symbol with love and stars on chest
Two panels show black and grey script lettering on an upper arm: the word Cursed in shaded lettering above, and the word Blessed in solid black script with swirling flourishes below.
Cursed and blessed script lettering on an arm
Grey-shaded lotus flower with pale blue swirls and black Hebrew lettering across the top of a foot near the ankle.
Lotus and Hebrew script on a foot
Black script tattoo reading Family, Where life begins and and love never ends, with a swirl flourish, shown in two photos on skin.
Family script tattoo with swirl flourish
Black fine line drawing of a continuous looping design with the script words you, me and in love, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Looping line with you, me and in love
Two people's inner forearms show matching black line butterfly tattoos with green centres and script lettering beneath each wing, one reading Mother and the other Daughter.
Matching butterfly wrist tattoos with script words
Black and grey tattoo on an ankle showing a script monogram, swirling figure-eight lines, shaded flowers and small stars.
Script monogram with flowers and stars on an ankle
Pencil sketch of a tattoo design with lilies, curling vine swirls and the words Live Laugh Love in cursive script, in black and grey.
Lily and swirl design with script
Black and purple tattoo of an awareness ribbon with the words Stay Strong and Breathe On, placed on the side of the ribs.
Purple ribbon with Stay Strong script on ribs
Black and grey treble clef tattoo with flowing script lettering woven through it, shown on the upper back.
Treble clef with script on upper back
Black script lettering with flourishes tattooed on the upper thigh of each leg, above lace shorts trim.
Script lettering on both thighs
White blackletter capital letters A to Z with decorative swirls and flourishes on a black background, shown as a lettering flash sheet.
Blackletter alphabet flash sheet
Black Hebrew script lettering framed by a looping swirl flourish on the inner forearm.
Hebrew lettering with swirl flourish on forearm
Black lettering reading We're all mad here, set in a heart shape with blue scrollwork, tattooed on a forearm.
Heart lettering with blue scrollwork on a forearm
Black line flash sheet of two matching script quotes labelled her tattoo and his tattoo, with swirling black flourishes.
Matching couple script quotes with swirls
Black fine line tattoo of the Deathly Hallows symbol with scrolled flourishes and cursive lettering reading always, on the forearm.
Deathly Hallows and always script on forearm
Two matching black and grey tattoos on the upper backs of two people, each showing the words Mother Daughter in script over a shaded heart with swirling scrollwork.
Matching mother and daughter heart tattoos
Black and white flash design of a sword running through the words Be Brave Not Safe in decorative lettering with swirling flourishes.
Be Brave Not Safe lettering with sword
Black fine script lettering tattoo across the upper back, two lines of flourished text running over the shoulder blades.
Two lines of script quote across upper back
Hand-drawn lettering design reading Never give up in ornate script with flourishes, sketched in pencil on paper beside a pencil.
Never give up lettering design
Pen-drawn ornate lettering design on paper with a large decorative initial, swirling flourishes and a cursive script word, shown beside a black fineliner pen.
Ornate flourished lettering design
Black ink script lettering reading Worth it, with a swirling outline behind the words, tattooed on the inner wrist.
Worth it script lettering on the wrist
Black script lettering reading Dream, with a swirl across the D and two star bursts, on the inner wrist in a fine line style.
Dream script with star bursts on a wrist
Black ink Sanskrit script, om symbols and a dotwork mandala across a man's chest and shoulder, with more tattooing on the upper arm.
Sanskrit mantra chest and mandala shoulder piece
Black ink infinity symbol tattoo on the inner forearm, with script lettering reading mother, daughter and love set within the loops and swirls.
Infinity symbol with script words on forearm
Black script lettering reading No Pain No Gain with decorative flourishes, drawn as a tattoo design on a white background.
No pain no gain script lettering
Black and grey lettering tattoo reading Not all those who wander are lost, with swirling flourishes, across the top of a foot.
Quote lettering with swirls across a foot
Black and grey shaded rose with leaves on a thigh, beside fine script lettering on the other leg, with both legs resting in a bath.
Shaded rose and script tattoos on legs
Black script tattoo reading where words fail, music speaks, with a bass clef swirl at its left end on the skin.
Where words fail, music speaks script with clef
Fine line script design reading love, with curled flourishes on each side, shown on a plain white background.
Love script with swirls
Black and grey lettering tattoo across the back of a hand, mixing script and block capitals with shaded flourishes above the words.
Lettered phrase across the back of a hand
Fine line black tattoo of the word home in script inside a state outline, with a small star, on the side of a torso.
Home script inside a state outline
Hand-drawn blue ink design of the word Faith in ornate script lettering with swirling flourishes on cream paper, beside a blue felt-tip pen.
Faith script lettering with flourishes
Black ink drawing on white paper of a stylised calligraphic lettering design with curling flourishes running diagonally across the sheet.
Calligraphic swirl design on paper
Two black and grey script words tattooed one on each thigh, with swirl flourishes, below denim shorts.
Script words on both thighs
Black and grey tattoo on a forearm of a framed, Polaroid-style drawing of a house with a fence, with flourished script lettering below it.
Framed house drawing and script on a forearm
Black script lettering reading I will never walk alone, framed by a swirling wing-like flourish, tattooed on the outer side of a foot in a before and after pair of photographs.
Script quote with swirl flourish on a foot
Two matching fine line elephant tattoos on forearms, one with the script Like Daughter and the other Like Mother, with small pink, blue and green accents.
Matching elephant pair with Like Mother and Like Daughter
Black script lettering reading We're mad all here with ornate swirls, tattooed across the tops of two bare feet in a lettering style.
We're mad all here script across both feet