Swirl tattoo ideas

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

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Small teal ribbon-style cross tattoo with black outline and curled flourishes, placed on the back of a woman's neck.
Teal ribbon cross on the back of the neck
Black and grey realistic tattoo of a raven in profile with a swirling smoke band, on the inner forearm of a person whose hand is visible.
Realistic raven and smoke swirl on a forearm
A hand sketches a bold black tribal-style design of a five-petal flower, vines and a spiral on white paper with a pencil.
Tribal flower and swirl design
Black line drawing of a mermaid with flowing hair and an ornamental scaled tail on a white background, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Mermaid line drawing design
Fine line tattoo of a small outlined elephant raising its trunk to spray red, teal and purple swirls, placed on the side of the torso.
Outline elephant with coloured swirls on the side
Black line drawing of an eight-point compass rose inside a ring, surrounded by curling spiral and swirl linework, shown as a tattoo design with no body visible.
Compass rose within a circle of spirals
Black ink line drawing of a tribal-style dragon with a raised head, spiked back and a curling tail, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement.
Tribal dragon line drawing design
Colour botanical tattoo of pink lilies with grey shading and swirling scrolls, running down the side of the ribs.
Pink lilies and swirls on the ribs
Black tribal tattoo design of a large spiral and flowing swirls with notched edges, shown as a stencil-style drawing with no body part visible.
Tribal spiral and swirl design
Shaded grey horseshoes with blue flowers, green leaves and black vines tattooed on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Horseshoes and blue flowers on a shoulder blade
Black line drawing of several roses and curling vines in a tall, symmetrical tattoo flash design.
Stacked roses with swirling vines
Black swirling vine tattoo running down the centre of a person's back along the spine, in a botanical style.
Swirling vine tattoo down the spine
Colour tattoo of an orange poppy with black linework, diamond-shaped spikes and a curled swirl on the back of a calf.
Poppy with geometric spikes on a calf
Black line drawing of a tattoo flash design with two butterflies, lily flowers, swirling stems and dots, suited to a sleeve or back piece.
Butterflies and lilies flash design
Pencil sketch of three vertical scrolling leaf and flourish designs on paper, drawn as tattoo flash or stencil references.
Three vertical scrollwork and leaf designs
Black tribal swirl full sleeve tattoo covering the upper arm and forearm, with spiral and scroll patterns.
Tribal swirl full sleeve on an arm
Black and grey shaded scrollwork and acanthus-style foliage covering an arm in a full sleeve tattoo.
Black and grey scrollwork sleeve on an arm
Black and grey pencil drawing of two theatre masks framed by roses, beads, scrolls and a cross, a tattoo design with no body placement shown.
Two theatre masks with roses and beads
Black line drawing of a geometric mandala design with overlapping circles at its centre, swirls, a sunburst above and hanging diamond shapes below.
Geometric mandala design with seed of life
Black outlined octopus tattoo with swirl and dot patterning across the ribs and side of a torso, in a dotwork style.
Ornamental octopus on the side of the ribs
Black ink line drawing of windblown leaves, curling swirls and flowing lines, shown as a flash design with no body placement.
Windblown leaves and swirls design
Black and grey realism tattoo of a dreamcatcher with feathers, beads and flowers across a person's upper back.
Dreamcatcher with flowers on upper back
Black and grey realism tattoo of a crowned skull with smoke swirls across a forearm.
Crowned skull on a forearm
Colour tattoo of red roses, green leaves and a small fairy with swirling vines along a person's side from the ribs to the hip.
Floral swirls and fairy on the side ribs
Black outline drawing of a stylised phoenix with swirling wings and a curling tail, shown as a tattoo design on a plain white background.
Stylised phoenix line drawing
Colour realism tattoo of a woman with sugar skull face make-up and flowing red hair, shown on a limb.
Sugar skull woman portrait on a limb
Colour daisy flowers linked by black swirling vines run down the back of a woman, a botanical tattoo on the back.
Daisy vine down the back
Colour tattoo of a blue police box in front of a dark, swirling textured background with a circular ring and red markers, on the upper arm.
Blue police box in a swirling vortex on an arm
Black line drawing of a stylised lotus flower with a swirling tribal-style stem above and an Om symbol below, shown as a standalone tattoo design with no body placement.
Lotus flower with Om symbol design
Pencil drawing of a shaded rose tattoo design with a swirling vine, hanging drops and a small rose with a yin yang symbol at the base.
Shaded rose with swirling vine and yin yang
Black line drawing design of a guitar neck whose body forms a treble clef with a peace sign inside its loop, with thin swirling lines behind the neck.
Guitar neck, treble clef and peace sign design
Black script lettering quote across the lower leg above the ankle, with blue and orange swirling star shapes in colour.
Script quote with swirling stars on lower leg
Black line-art design of a stylised bass guitar with musical notes along the neck and flowing swirls around the body, on a white background.
Stylised bass guitar with musical notes
Three illustrated arrow designs in a botanical and tribal style, decorated with leaves, feathers and swirls, shown on a white background as tattoo flash.
Three illustrated arrow tattoo designs
Three black line drawings of infinity symbols, each with star and swirling vine motifs, shown as tattoo design options on a plain white background.
Three infinity symbols with stars and swirls
Black line drawing of a sailing ship, tentacles, waves and an anchor with a banner reading I am the captain of my soul, shown as a traditional-style tattoo design.
Ship and anchor flash with captain banner
Black and grey tattoo of a tree curling into a circle with trailing vines and three birds in flight, on a person's upper back.
Tree and birds on upper back
Full colour neo-trad peacock tattoo with a curled neck and eye-patterned tail feathers across a person's back and side.
Peacock tattoo across back and side
Black and grey compass rose tattoo with a vertical arrow running through it on a forearm, with small swirl linework beside it.
Compass rose and arrow on a forearm
Two black and grey tattoos on forearms: a small songbird perched on thin branches on the left, and flowing, swirling grey forms on the right, in a realistic style.
Bird on branches and swirling grey forearm tattoos
Black tattoo of a Tinker Bell silhouette with a looping wand trail and outlined stars on the inner forearm.
Tinker Bell silhouette with stars on wrist
Blue gradient jellyfish design with ornate swirling patterns on the bell and long flowing tentacles, shown as a standalone drawing with no body part visible.
Ornate blue jellyfish design
Woman in a grey checked halter dress with a black ornamental tattoo on her upper left arm, shown in a close crop with her face out of frame.
Dark ornamental tattoo on upper arm
Small black ornamental scroll tattoo wrapped around the base of a finger, shown on a hand with dark tipped nails.
Small scroll band tattoo on a finger
Black line drawing of a solid heart entwined with looping ribbon lines and small dots, shown as a tattoo design on a plain white background.
Heart and swirling ribbon design
Colour tattoo of a blue and green hummingbird with outlined stars and swirls on the upper back.
Hummingbird with stars on upper back
Close photo of a teal ribbon tattoo beside a black outlined swirling heart on the inner forearm.
Teal ribbon and swirl heart on a forearm
Coloured pencil drawing of a green, blue and brown butterfly above black swirling vines and green leaves, shown as a tattoo design rather than on skin.
Butterfly and swirling vine design