Swirl tattoo ideas

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Pink and black shaded butterfly tattoo with a small star beside it, on the outer upper arm of a light-skinned person.
Pink and black butterfly on an arm
Woman wearing gold and silver metallic botanical temporary tattoos on her chest, wrist and upper arm, with a vine of leaves and paisley-style patterns.
Gold and silver metallic temporary tattoos
Coloured flash drawing of a yellow sunflower with green leaves and curling scroll lines on a white background, a botanical tattoo design.
Sunflower with swirls and leaves
Black and pink filigree heart tattoo with scrolling inner pattern on the ankle of a person wearing pink and black socks.
Filigree heart on the ankle
Traditional style colour tattoo of a green, yellow and red bird with a swirling tail on the side of a torso.
Colourful bird with swirling tail on side
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a large-eyed owl beside red mushrooms, grey-blue foliage and teal swirling shapes, on a limb.
Owl and red mushrooms on a limb
Drawn tattoo design of two feathers, one in teal and one in purple, with black linework, dotwork and patterned detail on a white background.
Two feathers in blue and purple
Bold black abstract symbol tattoo with a looped base on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Bold black abstract symbol on upper back
Black and grey pencil drawing of a Japanese-style skull with peony flowers and swirling wave motifs, shown as a tattoo design without a body placement.
Skull and peonies in a Japanese design
Pink and purple lotus flower design with an Om symbol above it, drawn in black linework with coloured pencil shading on cream paper.
Lotus flower with Om symbol design
Black and grey realistic drawing of a lion head whose mane dissolves into bare tree branches and a faint moon, on a grungy parchment background.
Lion head merging into a tree on textured paper
Leopard print cross tattoo with black swirl linework on the back of a hand, beside turquoise and zebra print nail art.
Leopard print cross on the back of a hand
Flash design of a butterfly with stained-glass style wings in yellow, green and orange, with a red rose at its centre and black outlines.
Stained glass butterfly with rose design
Close view of a white ink ornamental paisley tattoo spreading across a person's shoulder and upper arm, with a dark-haired figure partly visible.
White ink paisley pattern on shoulder
Black and grey tattoo of the Hindu deity Ganesha merged with the Om symbol, with ornamental patterned shading, on the upper back or nape of the neck.
Ganesha and Om symbol on the upper back
Black and grey drawing of a shaded rose with leaves, an ornate filigree key and hanging chain, shown as a standalone tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Rose and ornate key design
Black and white tribal-style design of a bull's head in profile, with swirling bold shapes forming the horns, eye and muzzle.
Tribal bull head design
Black and grey phoenix tattoo with pink flowers and fine swirling linework on a person's upper back and shoulder blade.
Phoenix and pink flowers on the upper back
Colour tattoo of a magenta lily with yellow-green leaves and black swirling linework on the side of the torso, shown as a Realism piece on the ribs.
Lily with swirls on the side
Small botanical tattoo of three shaded blue flowers with yellow centres and thin black vine swirls on the side of an ankle.
Blue flowers and vine swirls on an ankle
Black and grey tattoo of a stitched, doll-like character with long dark hair and swirling patterns on the upper arm.
Stitched doll character on upper arm
Large purple and grey 3D-shaded swirling tribal design covering the upper arm and shoulder, set over a yellow-brown cracked textured background.
Purple swirling tribal design on an upper arm
Black and grey semicolon tattoo with a swirled shaded dot and tail, above the words Our story isnt over yet, on an upper arm.
Semicolon with quote on upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of two pocket watches with Roman numerals wrapped in wispy smoke on a forearm, shown twice side by side.
Pocket watches in smoke on a forearm
Small black fine line tattoo of a swirling tree with the word Life beneath it, on the inner wrist.
Swirling tree and Life on a wrist
Black tribal swirl tattoo on the back of a wrist, beside a thin multicoloured beaded bracelet.
Black tribal swirl tattoo on wrist
Colour feather and floral tattoo with swirling linework across a woman's abdomen and ribs, with teal, blue and pink shading.
Feather and floral tattoo across abdomen and ribs
Colour tattoo of a bear silhouette filled with yellow, orange and red folk-style flowers and scrolls, on the inner upper arm.
Folk floral bear on upper arm
Black and grey ornamental mandala full sleeve with blue watercolour splashes, covering a man's arm from shoulder to forearm.
Ornamental mandala full sleeve
Black and grey flash sheet of decorative alphabet letters A to Z, each with floral swirls, and some with small butterflies, in a lettering style.
Decorative alphabet letters A to Z with swirls
Black and grey drawing of a stag's head in profile with swirling ornamental detail on the neck and face, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement.
Stag head in black and grey linework
A sheet of nine black and white flower and mandala-style flash designs arranged in a grid, with no body placement shown.
Nine black floral flash designs
Black and grey hatched tattoo of a curling wave inside a circle, with fine script arcing across the top, on a lower leg.
Hatched wave in a circle on a lower leg
Black line drawing of a violin with ornate scrolls on its body and swirling flourishes on either side, shown as a tattoo design on a white background.
Violin with scroll flourishes
Black ink drawing of a crescent moon tattoo design filled with curling swirls and hatched shapes, shown as a stencil-style sketch on white paper.
Crescent moon with ornamental swirls
Colour tattoo of a monarch butterfly with a swirling music staff, notes and treble clef on the side ribs, in fine black linework.
Monarch butterfly and music staff on ribs
Black ink drawing of a round cat face with a large bow and ornamental swirls filling one side, on a cream background.
Cat face with bow and swirl pattern
Shaded butterflies in purple, blue and green with black swirling vines and leaves across a person's upper back.
Three butterflies and vines on upper back
Black blackwork tattoo of an archer drawing a bow with swirling ornamental lines, placed on the lower leg above the ankle.
Archer and bow tattoo on lower leg
Black tribal-style sea turtle tattoo with spiral patterns in its shell, placed on the ankle.
Tribal sea turtle on an ankle
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a howling wolf with swirling linework trailing below it, on the inside of a wrist.
Howling wolf on a wrist
Black ink drawing of an ornate lotus mandala with hanging beaded chains, held up beside a small swirl-knot tattoo on a finger.
Lotus mandala tattoo design drawing
Black and grey tribal tattoo with spirals and cross motifs running in an S-curve down a bare back and side.
Tribal spiral tattoo down a back and side
Full-colour neo-traditional tattoo of Jack Skellington and Sally from The Nightmare Before Christmas on a forearm, with a banner reading I'll follow you.
Jack and Sally forearm tattoo with banner script
Black abstract tattoo flash design of curling solid shapes, a spiral and a dot on a plain white background.
Abstract black swirl design
Graphite sketch of two lilies, a butterfly and swirling lines with the word Love in script, drawn as a tattoo design with no body placement shown.
Lilies, butterfly and Love script design
Close photograph of a large black and grey blackwork and dotwork butterfly tattoo with filigree wings on a person's lower abdomen, above the navel.
Ornate black butterfly on the stomach
White ink lettering tattoo reading Believe in flowing script with swirling flourishes on a forearm.
Believe script in white ink on forearm