Swirl tattoo ideas

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

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Pen-and-ink drawing of a tattoo design showing a revolver with a red rose, leaves, a swirling ribbon and a pointed quill, styled as a neo-traditional piece.
Rose and revolver tattoo design on paper
Black and grey blackwork tribal sleeve with swirls, dots and triangles covering the upper arm and shoulder of a person shown from the back in a sepia photograph.
Black tribal sleeve on upper arm and shoulder
Colourful watercolour-style tattoo of a dancing figure with flowing red, orange, pink and blue brushstrokes, placed on the upper back.
Watercolour dancer figure on a back
Close-up of a colour tattoo of three pink flowers with green swirling vines across the lower abdomen, above the hips, below a navel piercing.
Pink flowers and vines on the lower abdomen
Shirtless man lying in bed with his face hidden by his hands, showing a black and grey bird and ornamental tattoo on his forearm and a dark tree line tattoo on his upper arm.
Bird and forest tattoos on arms
Black line tattoo of the words How strange it is to be anything at all inside a looping scroll frame, shown on an arm.
Quote in a swirl frame on an arm
Black ink calligraphic treble clef design with looping strokes and a curled tail on a white background, shown as a flash drawing rather than on skin.
Calligraphic treble clef design
Black and grey tattoo of a Mickey Mouse head silhouette filled with ornamental scrollwork and a heart, shown on smooth skin.
Filigree Mickey Mouse head silhouette
Tattoo design of a realistic eye with a rainbow iris, surrounded by black ornamental vines, leaves and swirls on a white background.
Realistic eye with botanical swirls
Black stylised phoenix in flowing swirls and feather-like lines on a plain grey background, drawn as a flash design.
Stylised black phoenix design
Black ink drawing of a gramophone with dense decorative patterns, with swirls and curling shapes drifting out of the horn on cream paper.
Gramophone with swirling ink patterns
Black and white flash design of a seated cat covered in swirling, tribal-style linework, with curled whiskers and a curled tail.
Seated cat with swirling tribal linework
Colour tattoo of a featureless female silhouette with red and orange flowing swirls and a purple outline, on the outer thigh.
Woman silhouette with flowing swirls on thigh
Black line drawing of stylised flames, spirals and a circle with swirling bands, shown as a standalone tattoo design with no body placement.
Flame and spiral line design
Black and grey botanical tattoo of roses and swirling vines with Chinese characters above, across a woman's back, seen from behind.
Rose and vine tattoo on a woman's back
Black ink tattoo of the word Ohana in script with a hibiscus flower and swirling linework on a forearm, set against a mandala patterned background.
Ohana script and hibiscus on a forearm
Black fine line tattoo of a Mickey Mouse head silhouette framed by scrolling swirls and small stars across the upper back.
Mickey Mouse silhouette and swirls on upper back
Black ink drawing of a flourished script letter K with swirling curls and a small letter N below, shown as a tattoo design on a pale background.
Flourished script letter K design
Colour tattoo of a blue police box surrounded by pale circular rotor rings and swirling pink and teal bands, on a limb.
Blue police box and time rotor tattoo
Black silhouette of a swallow in flight, surrounded by grey swirls, splashes and small birds on a white background, shown as a tattoo design without skin.
Swallow silhouette with grey swirls
Black and white tribal design of interlocking spirals and curved bands filled with linear and hatched patterns, shown as a standalone drawing without a body part visible.
Tribal spiral design in black
Neo-traditional tattoo of a black silhouette profile inside an ornate oval cameo frame with scalloped edges, on the side of the ribs.
Cameo silhouette in ornate frame
Small black outlined lotus tattoo with a dotted base on the middle finger of a hand, in fine line botanical style, with turquoise rings on nearby fingers.
Small lotus tattoo on a middle finger
Black and grey realism tattoo of a shaded rose with two butterflies and ink swirls on an upper arm.
Shaded rose and butterflies on an upper arm
Ink and watercolour drawing of a phoenix with spread wings and a long flowing tail, shaded in yellow and red on paper.
Phoenix in flight, ink and watercolour design
Colourful neo-traditional tattoo on a back featuring Hello Kitty, a cupcake, a lollipop, purple flowers and hearts.
Hello Kitty, cupcake and flowers across a back
Black ink drawing of an ornate elephant head in dotwork and mandala patterns, with a shaded rose in place of the ear, on white paper.
Ornate elephant with rose design
Black and grey realism tattoo of a Darth Vader helmet in profile on the forearm, with a dark swirling background below.
Darth Vader helmet on a forearm
Small black linework tattoo of a stylised cross made of four leaf shapes with curled tendrils, on the ankle.
Black leaf cross tattoo on an ankle
Photograph of a red and black butterfly tattoo with a pink wash swirl and small star sparkles across the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Red butterflies in a swirl on upper back
Black line drawing of a tribal-style dragon with a swirling scrollwork tail on a white background.
Tribal-style dragon with swirling tail
Colourful traditional-style sugar skull tattoo with red roses on a woman's upper back, seen from behind.
Sugar skull and roses on upper back
Black line drawing of a treble clef and bass clef forming a heart shape, decorated with ornate swirling blackwork patterns on a white background.
Treble and bass clef heart design
Coloured pen drawing of two dragons facing each other nose to nose, forming a heart shape, as a tattoo design sketch.
Two dragons nose to nose in colour
Black script lettering reading Carpe Diem, decorated with curling swirls and small leaves, shown as a tattoo design on a plain white background.
Carpe Diem script with swirls
Traditional style colour tattoo of a blue inhaler wrapped in a red banner reading IT AINT EASY BEIN' WHEEZY, with a pink heart and swirls, on the upper leg.
Inhaler and banner tattoo
Black linework mandala and paisley tattoo on the side of the torso, with blue, purple and pink watercolour-style washes and drips.
Mandala and paisley linework with watercolour splashes
Black tribal lion head tattoo with swirling ornamental lines running down the upper arm and shoulder.
Tribal lion tattoo on upper arm
Pencil drawing of hibiscus and plumeria flowers with blue-tinted shading and dark swirls, a botanical tattoo design shown without any body placement.
Hibiscus and plumeria flower design with swirls
Black ink line drawing of an abstract calligraphic symbol with five dots and the words I am free from social anxiety and depression beneath it.
Calligraphic affirmation design with dots
Black and grey yin yang tattoo with ornate scrollwork on the upper back of a woman with her hair tied in a ponytail.
Yin yang with swirls on upper back
Black tribal-style heart outline with swirling flourishes spiralling off its right side, drawn as a flash design with no body placement shown.
Tribal heart with swirling flourishes
Colour tattoo of two red lilies with green leaves and black swirling vine linework on the side of the ribs.
Red lilies and swirling vine on the ribs
Black and grey realism tattoo of a bird with a spread wing and long trailing tail feathers across a person's upper back.
Winged bird with trailing feathers on upper back
Black line tattoo of an ornamental elephant with its trunk raised and a swirl of spray above it, placed on a person's upper back and shown from behind.
Ornamental elephant on upper back
Black and grey floral sleeve tattoo on a forearm, with a wing, a swirling shape, large letters and a triangular geometric motif, worn beside a metal wristwatch.
Floral sleeve with wing on a forearm
Black line drawing of a symmetrical ornate tattoo design with a central gem, lace-like panels, swirls and dotted lines, in a fine line style.
Ornate gem and lace design
Line drawing of a sugar skull with a pompadour hairstyle, a cigarette in its mouth and a scrolled banner, in yellow and orange tones on a gradient background.
Sugar skull with pompadour and cigarette