Swirl tattoo ideas

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

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Ink drawing of a cat face with a large bow on its ear, with tribal-style swirls and dotted shading filling one side of the head.
Cat head with bow and tribal swirl pattern
Black and grey realism roses entwined with swirling scrollwork running down the side of the torso, from the ribs towards the hip.
Black and grey roses with scrollwork on the side
Black line drawing of a heart filled with spiral swirls, with a solid green awareness ribbon wrapped across its right side, shown as a tattoo design.
Heart with swirls and green ribbon
Black and grey script reading Triumph across a woman's chest, with shaded roses and flourishes on either side and a tattoo on her shoulder.
Triumph script with roses on chest
Back view of a large butterfly wing tattoo in black and orange ink with swirling linework, spreading across the upper and mid back.
Butterfly wing tattoo across a bare back
Red Celtic knotwork cat in a seated pose with interlaced swirls, drawn as a design on a beige textured background with red crossing lines.
Celtic knotwork cat design
Two black line-art floral swirl designs with leaves and curling scrolls on a white background, drawn as tattoo flash.
Two floral swirl designs in black line
Botanical tattoo of a purple thistle with black outlined swirling stems and leaves on the top of a foot.
Thistle and swirling stems on the top of a foot
Fine line black tattoo of an anchor with a looping swirling line beside it, on the side of a person's ribs.
Fine line anchor with swirl on the ribs
Black ink flash design of a Boba Fett style helmet framed by roses, leaves and swirls, drawn on white paper beside a marker.
Boba Fett helmet flash with flowers
Solid black silhouette design of a butterfly with swirling vine stems, leaves and dots on a white background, shown as a flash drawing with no body placement.
Butterfly and leaf vine design
Close-up of a dark brown henna-style design of an outlined heart, a five-petal flower and curling swirls with dots on pinkish skin, with the body part not visible.
Henna heart and flower on skin
Black linework paisley motifs with small flower details running down a forearm, with a hand holding a phone at the lower edge of the frame.
Paisley tattoo running down a forearm
Black and grey phoenix tattoo with cherry blossom flowers and eye-patterned feathers across a person's upper back.
Phoenix and blossom on a upper back
Black and grey pencil drawing of an interlaced knotwork tattoo design with curling tendrils and a tapering point, shown on a white background with no body part visible.
Pencil-drawn knotwork swirl design
Black butterfly design with swirls and a small heart trail on the back of a hand, in a bold henna-style linework.
Butterfly and heart design on the back of a hand
Two hands with dark, swirling scrollwork designs across the backs of the hands, wrists and fingers, shown against a dark teal background.
Swirling ornamental designs on both hands
Close-up photograph of a fine line purple tattoo of a looping swirl flourish on skin.
Purple swirl flourish tattoo close-up
Black and grey pentagram set within a crescent moon with spiral ornaments, tattooed on a shoulder.
Pentagram and crescent moon with swirls on a shoulder
Black tribal tattoo covering a shirtless man's shoulder and upper arm, with bold swirls and spiked solid lines.
Tribal shoulder and upper arm tattoo
Colour tattoo of a lotus flower with a central Om symbol and swirling linework, placed on the back of a neck.
Lotus with Om symbol on the neck
Colour tattoo of Jack Skellington standing on a glowing jack-o-lantern with bats and purple swirls, in a bold cartoon style on the lower leg.
Jack Skellington on a pumpkin with bats
Black and grey mandala flower tattoo with a geometric centre and layered petals, placed on the ankle.
Mandala flower tattoo on an ankle
Black tribal design of a howling wolf head forming one side of a heart, with a swirled moon filling the other side, shown as a flat drawing with no body placement.
Tribal wolf head in a heart with moon
Black and grey drawing of an ornate four-leaf clover with filigree swirls and small clover motifs, shown on white paper.
Ornate four-leaf clover design
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of Bambi and Thumper from Disney's Bambi, with blue swirls and sparkles, on the forearm.
Bambi and Thumper on a forearm
Close-up of a fine line lettering tattoo on the side of the ribs reading Listen with your heart, framed by red swirls and small blue and green leaves.
Listen with your heart quote on ribs
Flash sheet of lily and blossom tattoo designs with scroll swirls, some in pink, orange and purple and others in grey pencil and ink, with no body placement shown.
Lily and blossom flash sheet with swirls
Black ornamental feather tattoo with floral and swirl detailing on a forearm, resting on a paisley patterned bedspread.
Ornamental feather tattoo on a forearm
Black and grey ornamental paisley and flower tattoo covering the shoulder and upper arm of a person with their back partly turned to the camera.
Paisley and flower shoulder piece
Fine line tattoo design of a daisy with pink-tinged petals, a yellow centre, green leaves and swirling black vines on white paper.
Daisy and vine tattoo design
Close view of a gold botanical vine tattoo with curling tendrils and leaves across the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Gold vine tattoo on upper back
Pencil and ink flash sheet showing fine line tattoo designs including a lotus, spirals, a heart and a diamond, with a pen and pencil lying across the page.
Flash sheet of fine line lotus and spiral designs
Colourful dragonfly tattoo with red, orange and purple wings and black swirl linework on a person's upper back.
Colourful dragonfly with swirls on the back
Solid black silhouette design of a seated fairy with wings on looping vines, with a small butterfly to the right, drawn on a plain white background.
Fairy silhouette on swirling vines
Black tribal tattoo design drawn on white paper, built from bold swirling spirals and sweeping pointed spikes, shown as a flash sheet without a body part.
Black tribal spiral design on white paper
Black and grey botanical tattoo of lilies, pansies and scrolling swirls across a woman's upper back, shoulder and upper arm.
Floral swirl tattoo across shoulder and back
Colour tattoo on the forearm of stacked pink toy blocks with letters, skulls, crossbones and hearts.
Stacked letter blocks with skulls on a forearm
Pencil drawing of a lotus flower with flames or smoke curling above it, surrounded by scrolls and smaller lotus blooms, shown as a tattoo design on a cardboard background.
Lotus flower with smoke swirls design
Colour tattoo on a person's upper back showing a black linework heart with a swirling tail, with blue, pink, red and orange roses and green leaves.
Heart and roses on upper back
Pencil drawing of a phoenix in flight with spread wings and long tail feathers, surrounded by curling scroll shading, on a sketchbook page.
Phoenix with swirling feathers sketch
Black and white beach photo of a woman with a fine line tree tattoo on her upper back, a golden retriever beside her and a camera in view.
Tree tattoo on upper back at the beach
Tribal-style tattoo design in black and purple showing the Cancer zodiac symbol, drawn on a plain white background with no body placement visible.
Tribal Cancer zodiac design
Pen drawing of a decorative feather with fine line detail, dotted shading and curling tendrils, shown as a tattoo design on white paper.
Black ink feather design with swirls
Seven black and white feather line drawings, several filled with dotted, swirled and sun-like patterns, shown as possible blackwork tattoo designs with no body placement visible.
Seven ornamental and plain feather designs
Four black ink feather designs on a white background, the two larger ones patterned with dots, swirls and geometric motifs, shown as flash for a blackwork-style tattoo.
Four decorative feathers in black ink
Symmetrical owl tattoo with outstretched wings, black fill with knotwork, swirl patterns and blue accents, on the upper chest.
Owl with spread wings on the chest
Digital flash design of a rainbow butterfly, outlined and filled stars and black swirling linework on a white background, with no body placement shown.
Butterfly and stars design with swirls