Swirl tattoo ideas

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

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Black ink tattoo of two paw prints filled with lace-like patterns, with swirls and a dotted chain below, on the upper thigh.
Lace-filled paw prints on a thigh
Black ink infinity symbol tattoo with script lettering reading daughter, love and mother and swirls on the top of a foot, in a lettering style.
Infinity symbol with script words on a foot
Black ink line drawing of two overlapping hearts on flowing stems, with soft pink and red glows behind them, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Linked hearts with swirling black stems
Colourful watercolour-style tattoo of flowers and black swirling vines with ink splatters, shown on a limb.
Watercolour flowers and swirls on a limb
Black and red tattoo on the leg with the words hope, resilience, love and courage, black swirls, a red heart and a red lily in a lettering and botanical style.
Hope, resilience, love and courage lettering with lily
A small solid black curved symbol tattooed on the side of a person's ribs, with a dark garment pulled up beside it.
Small curved black mark on the side ribs
Black and grey realism tattoo of a lion's head with flowing mane and ornate scrollwork across a shoulder blade, shown from two angles.
Lion portrait with scrollwork on a shoulder
Distressed vintage-style illustration of a dark-haired woman with red roses in her hair leaning towards a teal and cream skeleton, with clasped hands and swirling teal lines, shown as a design with no
Skeleton and woman embracing, distressed flash
Black heart-shaped mother and child silhouette with pink flowers, swirling scrollwork and the word Mum, tattooed on the top of a foot.
Mum heart and flowers on a foot
Pencil sketch on paper of a tattoo design showing a circle set inside an upright triangle, with a vertical rod above, feather-like wisps and small stars, shown with no body placement.
Pencil sketch of a triangle and circle design
Black and grey Japanese style arm sleeve tattoo with a bird, swirling clouds and pink lotus flowers across the shoulder, upper arm and forearm.
Bird and flower full arm sleeve
Two matching black script tattoos inside heart outlines with swirling flourishes, one reading Daughter on a calf and one reading Mother on an ankle.
Matching Mother and Daughter script tattoos
Fine line botanical tattoo of a tree with spreading roots and a curled swirl on a forearm, in dark blue-black ink.
Tree and swirl design on a forearm
Flash sheet of black line flourishes, scrolls, leaves, arrows and a laurel motif on a white background, with a white laurel on a grey panel at the top.
Flourishes and ornaments flash sheet
Traditional style shark tattoo in orange, red and black ink on a calf, with a fishing bobber hanging from a line.
Traditional shark with fishing bobber on calf
Black line drawing of an ornate feather filled with swirls, dots and flower motifs, with the words live free in script beneath it.
Ornate feather with live free script
Pencil drawing of a tattoo design showing stacked skulls framed by tribal-style swirls and linework on a white background.
Stacked skulls tribal design
Colour realism tattoo of a woman with blonde hair, blue eyes and red lips, with pink roses below, on the upper arm.
Realistic woman portrait with roses on upper arm
Large realistic butterfly tattoo in black, grey and red with swirling linework, running down the side of a person's back.
Butterfly with red shading on a back
Black tribal butterfly tattoo with swirling patterns and small blue dots, on the top of a foot, in blackwork style.
Tribal butterfly on the foot
Close photo of a bold black tribal sleeve tattoo covering a man's arm from the shoulder down the forearm, with his bare torso visible beside it.
Black tribal sleeve on an arm
Black stencil of a stylised heart with an inner swirl on transfer paper, laid over a grey shaded background.
Heart and swirl stencil
Black ink fine line drawing of an ornate treble clef with decorative scrolls and a lattice detail at the top, shown on cream paper.
Ornate treble clef with scrollwork
Black ink drawing of a flowing swirl tattoo design with a small cat silhouette curled at its base, shown as a flash sheet design.
Swirling scroll with cat silhouette
Black ink drawing of a vertical tribal-style design with a large central spiral and two smaller curled spirals joined by tapering lines, shown on a white background.
Vertical spiral tribal design
A gloved tattooist works on a black and grey Japanese-style tattoo of clouds and flowing lines on a person's skin.
Japanese-style cloud tattoo being inked
Black and grey scrollwork band tattoos wrap around two fingers of a hand, one wide and one thin, beside coral and teal painted nails.
Scrollwork ring tattoos on two fingers
Teal rose tattoo with black swirling linework shaped like a treble clef, in a botanical fine line style on skin.
Teal rose with treble clef swirl
Colour tattoo of a swirling purple, orange and teal galaxy with star highlights covering the upper arm and shoulder.
Galaxy nebula sleeve on upper arm
Flash sheet of black silhouette tattoo designs in a botanical style, showing flower sprays, swirling vines, butterflies and birds on a white background.
Black silhouette floral and bird flash sheet
Coloured pencil drawing of a stylised phoenix with long swirling tail feathers, shaded in soft blues, greens, yellows and violet on a white background.
Flowing phoenix bird design
A red tribal-style phoenix design with swirling tail feathers and outstretched wings on a white background, shown as a stencil-style drawing with no body placement visible.
Red tribal phoenix design
Fine line black unalome-style tattoo on the inner wrist of a clenched hand, photographed in black and white.
Unalome-style wrist tattoo
Black line drawing of a mermaid with flowing, swirling hair and an ornamental scrolled tail on a white background, suitable as a tattoo design.
Mermaid with swirling hair and tail
Fine line tattoo of a circle with a vertical line framed by swirling floral scrolls, on the top of a foot.
Circle and swirl ornament on the foot
Black line drawing of a phoenix with swirling, flowing feathers and a curled tail, shown as a fine line tattoo design on a white background.
Phoenix line drawing with flowing feathers
Black and grey tattoo of a shaded feather with small birds and fine linework swirls on a forearm.
Feather with birds and swirls on a forearm
Close view of a woman's arm with a full sleeve of fine white ink ornamental tattoo covering the shoulder, upper arm and forearm.
White ink sleeve tattoo on an arm
Close photograph of a solid black ornamental flourish tattoo with a curled top and tapering loops on the upper arm, above a dark sleeve.
Ornate black flourish on upper arm
Neo-traditional flash design of a stylised creature head with a swirling purple and orange body, black linework and dotted accents, with no body placement shown.
Swirling creature with curled tail
Small black fine line heart made of fingerprint swirls on the lower stomach, with a hand and black lace underwear visible beside it.
Fingerprint heart tattoo on the lower stomach
Black lettering tattoo of the name Ashley with a butterfly and swirling flourishes across the top of a bare foot.
Script name and butterfly on a foot
Colour Japanese-style tattoo of a fox seen from behind, with orange swirl patterns and black outlines, on the upper arm near the elbow.
Orange fox with swirling linework on upper arm
Colourful sugar skull design surrounded by magenta flowers, gold leaves and swirling stems, drawn as a tattoo flash design with no body part shown.
Sugar skull with magenta flowers
Black-grey vine swirls with a pink flower and small dots running from the ankle across the top of a foot, in a botanical style.
Vine swirls and pink flower on ankle and foot
Pencil sketch of a bearded wizard holding a staff, with a dragon curling over his head and wisps of smoke around the figure, drawn as a tattoo design with no body part shown.
Bearded wizard and dragon design sketch
Realistic red lily tattoo with black and brown scrollwork and leaves across a person's upper back, near the shoulder blade.
Red lilies and scrollwork across a upper back
Black fine line tattoo of a butterfly made from scrolls and curls, sitting on the side of the ribs.
Scrollwork butterfly on the ribs