Swirl tattoo ideas

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

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Black ink line drawing of a fine line and dotwork tattoo design, with a geometric diamond at the top, a vertical row of dots and a feather at the base, on a white background.
Diamond, dot line and feather design
Three photos of a realistic feather and red rose tattoo with swirling linework across the ribs and side of the torso.
Feather and rose ribcage tattoo
Five black musical designs on a white background, including a treble clef, quavers and beamed notes, each finished with curling swirls, shown as a tattoo-style flash sheet with no body placement.
Musical notes and swirls flash sheet
Black ink line drawing on white paper of a swirling, paisley-style design with two flowers, a leaf and a row of small open circles, shown as a tattoo design.
Black ink swirl and flower design
Black tribal-style heart design with a inward spiral and flowing tendrils, drawn on a plain white background as a flash design.
Tribal heart design with spiral
Black and grey ornamental elephant head tattoo with lotus flowers and a dotted arc, placed on the upper thigh.
Ornamental elephant head with lotus on thigh
Pencil sketch of a hummingbird in flight beside a lotus flower and paisley-style foliage, drawn as a botanical tattoo design.
Hummingbird and lotus flower pencil design
Red tree of life tattoo with swirling branches, a central oval and curled roots, centred on the upper back of a woman with dark hair.
Tree of life across an upper back
Black silhouette design of three police boxes of decreasing size, each with curling ornamental swirls, on a plain grey background.
Three police box silhouettes with swirls
Black and grey ink wash drawing of a wolf howling upwards, with loose brush strokes and swirling lines, shown as a standalone design with no body part visible.
Howling wolf ink wash design
Traditional style colour tattoo of a pink five-petal flower with a black centre and green leaves, with a green moth below, on an elbow.
Pink flower and moth on an elbow
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
Dark blue scrollwork tattoo with curls and small wing-like points across the lower back, with pink accents, shown above jeans.
Blue scrollwork tattoo on the lower back
Colour tiger tattoo on the upper arm, framed by a black tribal band with swirling and triangular patterns.
Tiger within a tribal band on upper arm
Ornate drawing of a seated fox with a tail filled with fine black linework patterns and pink watercolour washes, presented as a flash-style tattoo design on cream paper.
Fox with patterned pink tail
Navy blue design of stars, swirls and a heart with the word Cowboys in script, shown as a tattoo design on a white background.
Stars and heart with Cowboys script design
Black and grey dotwork tattoo design of three stacked circles showing a swirl, a mountain range and a pine forest, held up on paper by a hand.
Three stacked circles with landscape scenes
Fine line black tattoo of a small heart with a curling tail on the inner wrist of a hand, with a ring on one finger.
Small heart with swirl on a wrist
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
Colour tattoo of a purple butterfly beside a teal flower with yellow stamens, green leaves and black swirling linework, on skin.
Purple butterfly and teal flower tattoo
Black and grey fine line and dotwork tattoo of a feather with a flock of birds rising from it, on the upper back near the neck.
Feather and flying birds on upper back
Colour traditional tattoo of a swallow with orange and red swirls and a banner on the back of a hand, with a partly visible red and green design above it.
Traditional swallow with swirls on a hand
Fine line script design reading love, with curled flourishes on each side, shown on a plain white background.
Love script with swirls
Black ornamental bow tattoo with swirling detail on the ankle of a person wearing black high-heeled shoes.
Ornate bow tattoo on an ankle
Pen drawing of an ornate lotus tattoo design with mandala-like swirls and dots, drawn on white paper, with no body placement shown.
Ornate lotus tattoo design in pen
Colour tattoo of a phoenix with a flowing peacock feather tail across the side of a stomach, in a neo-traditional style.
Phoenix and peacock feather on the torso
Black ink line drawing of a dreamcatcher with a flower-like web, three hanging feathers, spiral swirls and dots, shown as a tattoo design on white with no body part visible.
Dreamcatcher with feathers and swirls
Black and grey Japanese-style tattoos of clouds and swirls cover both calves, with orange canvas trainers on a wooden floor.
Japanese-style leg tattoos on calves
Fine line botanical tattoo of a five-petalled flower with curling vine tendrils on the back of a person's neck, shown in a sepia photograph.
Flower and swirls on the nape of the neck
Black and grey botanical tattoo of a lotus flower with curling vines and swirls across the lower abdomen and hip, with a pink lace top and underwear in view.
Lotus and vine on lower abdomen
Fine black scrollwork vine tattoo running up the outer calf of a leg, with black strappy heels visible at the ankle.
Black scrollwork vine on a calf
Black line drawing of a stylised tree of life with a swirling trunk, leafy branches and curling roots, on a white background.
Swirling tree of life line drawing
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
Small black and grey tribal-style sea turtle tattoo with swirled fins and a four-petal pattern on the shell, on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Swirl-finned turtle tattoo on a wrist
Black and grey shaded crown tattoo with ball finials and a swirling script letter below, on the side of the ribs.
Shaded crown with swirling script on the ribs
Fine line black ink drawing of a crescent moon filled with mandala and leaf patterns, a design suited to a tattoo.
Crescent moon with mandala pattern
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a green hummingbird feeding from a large blue flower, with yellow and green swirling tendrils, on the thigh.
Hummingbird and blue flower on a thigh
Realistic tattoo of a beagle face framed by leafy scrolls, shaded in browns and tan on the outer thigh.
Beagle face with leaves on thigh
Black and grey ornamental mandala tattoo with paisley swirls covering a woman's shoulder, with a tattoo studio blurred in the background.
Ornamental paisley mandala on a shoulder
Green and purple thistle flash design with swirling curled motifs and the Gaelic words Alba gu bràth printed beneath it.
Thistle design with Alba gu bràth
Traditional style owl tattoo with swirling tendril linework and dotwork shading on the calf, with touches of red ink on the belly.
Owl tattoo on a calf
Black ink phoenix tattoo with spread wings and a curling tail on the side of a person's back, shown in black and white.
Phoenix tattoo on the side of the back
Dark brown mehndi-style floral and paisley design across the back of a hand and along the fingers, resting on grey fur beside a makeup brush and compact.
Mehndi-style floral design on the back of a hand
Drawing of two ornate feathers with dotted swirling lines, one feather shaded in blue and pink watercolour and the other in black ink.
Two feathers with dotted swirls
Black ink line drawing of a girl with a unicorn horn surrounded by roses and leaves, with pink and teal accents on her arms, shown as a tattoo design.
Unicorn girl with roses tattoo design
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
Colour butterfly tattoo with black floral swirls and a red flower on a person's shoulder blade, shown in a three-photo collage.
Butterfly and floral swirls on shoulder
Black and grey Japanese style leg sleeve on a seated person, with a hannya mask on the calf and a scaled creature with fangs across the thigh.
Hannya mask and clouds leg sleeve