Swirl tattoo ideas

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

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Two photographs of butterfly tattoos on a woman's upper back: a black linework butterfly with swirling vines on the left, and blue and teal butterflies on the shoulder blade on the right.
Butterflies on upper back and shoulder blade
Colour tattoo of peacock feathers, scrollwork and flowers with a sugar skull on the side of a bare midriff.
Peacock feather and sugar skull on abdomen
Black linework flash design of a compass rose with two roses in a botanical and geometric style, shown without a body placement.
Compass rose with two roses
Black ink botanical vine with leaves and flower buds wrapping from the calf over the ankle and onto the foot, shown in a two-panel photo.
Botanical vine down calf, ankle and foot
Black and grey realism tattoo of a seated fairy with lavender-tinted wings among swirling foliage, on the upper back by the shoulder blade.
Fairy and foliage scrollwork on a shoulder blade
Black and grey botanical tattoo of fern fronds running from the collarbone over the shoulder, with a hand resting on the chest.
Black fern leaves across a shoulder
Black line drawing of a symmetrical floral design with four flower heads, leaves and curling vines on a white background, in a botanical style suitable for a flash sheet.
Line drawn floral design with swirling vines
Colour Neo-trad style tattoo of a fox with orange flowers and green leaves on the outer thigh, with a red maple leaf above.
Fox and flowers on a thigh
Pencil drawing of two feathers curling around a rose and vine swirls, a botanical tattoo design shown on plain white paper with no body placement.
Feathers and a rose tattoo design
Black ink linework drawing of a mandala-style lotus flower inside a crescent moon, with swirls and diamond drops, drawn on paper as a tattoo design.
Lotus and crescent moon mandala design
Colour botanical tattoo of orange tiger lilies, black-outlined butterflies and swirling vines across the upper back.
Tiger lilies and butterflies on the back
Black line drawing of a pentacle wrapped in vines, leaves and daisies, with swirling roots beneath, in a botanical style.
Pentacle with vines and daisies
Colour drawing of the words BE YOU, NOT THEM in ornate orange lettering, decorated with flowers, a mushroom, bluebirds, a skull and turtles, with red swirling linework.
Be you, not them lettering design
Dark navy line drawing of a stylised tree of life with ornate branches, leaves and roots on a pale teal background, shown as a design rather than on skin.
Tree of life with roots and swirls
Pink hibiscus flower with black scrollwork and pink swirls covering the upper back and shoulder, in a botanical fine-line style.
Pink hibiscus and swirls on a shoulder
Brown line drawing of henna-style paisley, leaf and flower motifs on a beige background, shown as a tattoo design sheet.
Henna-style paisley and flower motifs
Black ornamental fern tattoo with curling swirls sitting on the neck behind a person's ear, in a blackwork style.
Ornamental fern tattoo behind the ear
Black linework tree with swirling branches and two small red hearts hanging from its lower left, tattooed on the back.
Swirled tree with red hearts on the back
Shaded sunflowers and a fairy with pink wings on a person's upper back, with black and grey shading and touches of pink and green.
Sunflowers and fairy across upper back
Botanical tattoo of a swirling vine with small red flowers and three silhouetted birds on a branch, running down the calf.
Vine and birds tattoo on a calf
Fine line green four-leaf clover tattoo with curling vine swirls and small dots on the ankle.
Four-leaf clover with swirls on an ankle
Black linework drawing of a peony with leaves and paisley-style swirls on paper, a botanical tattoo design with no body placement shown.
Peony and paisley swirl design
Black ink tattoo of a flourished letterform with scrollwork and a lotus flower on the inside of a wrist.
Flourished letterform and lotus on a wrist
Pencil sketch of a songbird perched on a swirling branch with curled tendrils, a tattoo design drawn in a spiral notebook.
Songbird on a swirling branch sketch
Pencil sketch of a tattoo design showing two lilies and a small blossom joined by swirling linework, drawn in black and grey shading.
Pencil sketch of lilies and swirling flourishes
Pink hibiscus flower with black swirling linework and pink dots across the upper back and shoulder.
Pink hibiscus and swirls on a shoulder
Digital drawing of a tattoo design with a bold black symbol above yellow daffodils, purple asters, pink buds and black vine swirls, shown without a body placement.
Daffodils and asters with a black symbol and swirls
Fine line white ink tattoo of flowers and curling swirls on a limb, with a Botanical floral design.
White ink floral swirls on skin
Line drawing of two lilies with curling swirls and small stars in a botanical fine line style, shown as a standalone design with no body placement visible.
Lily and swirl tattoo design
Black infinity symbol tattoo with scrolling swirls and small blue and red flowers with green leaves, on the inner forearm.
Infinity symbol with flowers on a forearm
Black and grey botanical tattoo of a swirling tree with three birds, across the upper back and shoulder blade.
Swirling tree with birds on upper back
Colour tattoo of red, orange and yellow maple leaves linked by dark purple-grey swirling stems, running down the side of a torso.
Maple leaves swirling along the side
Fine line infinity symbol tattoo with blue, white and green flowers on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Infinity symbol with flowers on a wrist
Black botanical tattoo design of a large swirl ending in a five-petal flower and leaf, with a small bird and dots, on a tan background.
Black swirl with flower and small bird
Hand-drawn botanical tattoo design of pink flowers, leaves and dark scroll swirls on a pale sheet of paper.
Pink flowers and swirls line design
Black and grey tattoo of two soft-shaded flowers with long stems and dotted swirls, placed on a shoulder and upper arm.
Two flowers and swirling stems on a shoulder
Black ink line drawing of three hibiscus flowers with leaves and curled tendrils on a white background, a botanical flash design.
Hibiscus flower sprig line drawing
Black and grey realism tattoo of a lily with dark swirling shading on the upper arm and shoulder.
Black and grey lily on upper arm
Black fine line tattoo of a tree with curling branches and swirled roots on the side of the ribs.
Swirling tree tattoo on the ribs
Black and grey butterfly and flower vine tattoo running from the ankle onto the top of a foot, in a botanical fine line style.
Butterfly and flower vine on an ankle
Colour tattoo of a pink plumeria flower with black and grey swirling vines and dots on the ankle, in a botanical style.
Pink plumeria and swirls on an ankle
Fine line tree of life tattoo on the ankle with swirling black branches, small blue, red and green birds perched in the boughs and two black birds flying to the right.
Tree of life with birds on an ankle
Fine line lotus flower tattoo with a black infinity loop and curled stem, placed on a person's back.
Lotus flower with infinity stem
Black and grey realistic sunflower tattoo with curling swirls and leaves on the lower back.
Sunflower with swirls on the lower back
Black and grey lotus flower tattoo with ornamental swirls, leaf motifs and dotwork on a shoulder, photographed in black and white.
Lotus and ornamental swirls on a shoulder
Flash sheet of black henna-style floral and paisley designs drawn on outlined hands, with pricing bundles shown at the top of each section.
Henna hand design flash sheet
Printed tattoo design of a black Om symbol above a pink lotus flower, framed by black and magenta swirling ornamental linework on a cream sheet.
Om symbol and lotus design
Black and grey realism rose tattoos with swirling vines running down a person's back, from the shoulder blade to the waist.
Black and grey roses down the back