Swirl tattoo ideas

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

What will it cost? Try the tattoo cost calculator
Black ink fine line tattoo of a hummingbird filled with swirling flourishes, placed on the upper back.
Swirl-filled hummingbird on upper back
Colour photo of a bold black stylised symbol with two pink-red flowers and fine swirling vines, tattooed across the upper back.
Black symbol with pink flowers and vines on back
Black fine line botanical vine tattoo with leaves and flowers across a woman's upper back, shoulder and upper arm, shown from behind in a warm sepia photo.
Floral vine tattoo across a back and arm
Black and grey crescent moon tattoo with leafy vines, curls and three stars on the upper back, with soft grey shading.
Crescent moon, stars and vines on back
Black and grey fine line and dotwork back tattoo of flowing feather shapes and mandala-style ornament across the upper back and lower back.
Ornamental feather back piece
Fine line swirl flourish tattoo in blue, green, purple and red running vertically across a person's upper back.
Coloured swirl flourish on upper back
Blue butterfly tattoo with swirling black flourishes and dotted accents on the upper back, shaded in light and dark blue.
Blue butterfly with swirls on upper back
Fine line black tattoo of an ornate arrow with swirling details running down the centre of a person's back along the spine.
Fine line arrow along the spine
Black fine line swirls with dotwork accents and a small flower across a person's upper back, shown in a sepia photograph.
Swirling linework and flower on upper back
Black script reading 'If love could have saved you, you would have lived forever', framed by two calla lilies with soft colour and flourishes, tattooed on the upper back.
Calla lilies and script quote on upper back
Black ink fine line and dotwork tattoo of a cat head with a rose over one ear and lightning bolts below, centred on a person's upper back.
Cat head with rose and lightning bolts on upper back
Black fine line script reading family inside an infinity symbol, tattooed across the lower back.
Family script within an infinity symbol
Black fine line tattoo of a triangle, circle and vertical line with ornate swirls, above the script word Always, on the upper back.
Triangle and circle symbol with script word on back
Fine line black ink lotus flower tattoo with a vertical ornamental stem on the upper back between the shoulder blades.
Lotus flower with ornamental line on upper back
Black fine line paisley and lace-style tattoo across a woman's upper back and shoulder, with a row of red geometric cross shapes beneath it.
Paisley lace and red geometric upper back piece
Fine line black and grey heart tattoo filled with mandala and paisley patterns and a script word, on a person's upper back.
Heart mandala with script on upper back
Black ink tattoo of ornate flowers, paisley swirls and two hummingbirds across a person's upper back and shoulder blade.
Floral paisley and hummingbirds on upper back
Back tattoo of a stylised wolf drawn in fine line hatching, with green swirling vines around it, across the upper and middle back.
Stylised wolf across a back
Blue fine line tattoo of a swirled heart with the word Sisters in script lettering, on a person's upper back.
Sisters script inside a swirled heart
Black fine line abstract tattoo across a bare upper back, with circles, swirls, a solid dot and italic lettering along curved lines.
Abstract linework and lettering on upper back
Fine line black tattoo of an infinity symbol with curling swirls, two butterflies and small leaves on the lower back.
Infinity symbol with butterflies on lower back
Fine line lotus flower tattoo with a black infinity loop and curled stem, placed on a person's back.
Lotus flower with infinity stem
Colour tattoo of a pink bow with shaded ribbon loops and black flourish linework on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Pink bow with black swirls on upper back
Fine line black tattoo of an open swirled heart with the word sisters in script, on skin at the upper back or shoulder.
Heart with the word sisters
Shaded grey feather tattoo wrapped in a fine line ribbon, with a curled swirl above and a small script mark below, on a person's upper back.
Feather and ribbon on upper back
Two photographs of a back with a black ornamental tattoo running down the spine, one with swirls and diamond motifs and one with fine line moon circles and dots.
Ornamental spine tattoos on a back
Black ink Deathly Hallows symbol with ornate swirls on a person's upper back, with the word Always in script hanging below it.
Deathly Hallows symbol with script on upper back
Black and grey dotwork and linework tattoo of a whale tail among curling waves inside a circle, placed on a woman's upper back.
Whale tail in circular waves on upper back
Fine line tattoo of a stylised cat with a curling tail running down the centre of a woman's back, with green accents on the head.
Stylised cat with curling tail on a back
Fine line black tattoo of a dragonfly with curling swirls on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Dragonfly with swirls on a shoulder blade
Fine line dragonfly tattoo with teal and purple wings and black swirling tail and antennae, on a person's back.
Teal and purple dragonfly on upper back
Black and grey fine line ornamental swirl tattoo with dotted detail, running down the side of a person's back.
Ornamental swirl tattoo on the side of the back
Black linework tattoo of a butterfly with swirling inner details, placed on the upper back.
Swirl-filled butterfly on upper back
Black ink tattoo of two stylised koi fish with scrolling ornamental linework on the upper back, photographed from behind.
Stylised koi pair on upper back
Black fine line vine and leaf tattoo across the back, shoulder and upper arm of a woman photographed from behind with her hair up.
Vine and leaf tattoo across a back
Black fine line and ornamental lotus tattoo with an unalome above it, placed centrally on the upper back, in a Botanical and Fine line style.
Lotus and unalome on the upper back
Black fine line tattoo of a rearing horse with a flowing swirl over the shoulder, on the upper back.
Rearing horse on upper back
Black linework tattoo of a swirling tree with roots on a person's upper back, photographed from behind.
Swirling tree with roots on upper back
Black butterfly tattoo with flowing swirl linework and small butterflies across the upper back, in a fine line style.
Butterfly and swirls across upper back
Collage of four photos showing a colourful floral tattoo with black swirling linework and gear motifs across a shoulder and upper back.
Floral swirls and gears across a shoulder and back
Back of a person's neck and upper back showing a fine line fleur-de-lis tattoo with blue watercolour wash, and a thin black line running down the spine to a dot.
Blue fleur-de-lis with a line down the spine
Black fine line musical staff tattoos with treble clefs and swirling scrollwork, mirrored across the upper back and shoulder blades of a woman with her hair in a bun.
Musical staff tattoos across upper back
Fine line tattoo of a bird with outstretched wings and curling swirls below it on a person's upper back, with a small pink accent at the centre.
Bird with swirls on upper back
Colour tattoo of an orange starfish with blue scrolling waves and small flowers on a person's upper back.
Starfish and scrollwork on upper back
Black and grey lotus flower tattoo with a curling stem on the upper back of a person with dark hair, shown from behind.
Lotus flower on upper back
Black fine line tattoo of a treble clef entwined with swirling vines and leaves, on the upper back below the nape of the neck.
Treble clef and vine swirls on upper back
Black and grey ornamental tattoo of a lotus and paisley swirls covering the back of a neck, with fine linework and dotted shading.
Ornamental lotus tattoo on the back of the neck
Black linework tattoo of a stylised bird with feather patterns and spiral swirls on the upper back, shown beside the original pen drawing.
Stylised bird tattoo on upper back