Circle tattoo ideas

2,163 photos and flash · 48% Geometric, 30% Fine line · Forearm most common

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Black and white symmetrical design inside a circle, with stylised creature forms, ovals and a central diamond, shown as a flat drawing rather than a tattoo on skin.
Symmetrical circular black and white design
Pen drawing of an ornate lotus flower design with swirls, dots and circles on white paper, beside a black mechanical pencil, shown as a tattoo design rather than on skin.
Ornate lotus flower design drawing
Hand-drawn mandala tattoo design in black pen with stippled dotwork shading and touches of red, yellow and green, shown on plain white paper.
Dotwork mandala design in red, yellow and green
Black line drawing of two overlapping circular discs filled with Gallifreyan-style circles, arcs and lines, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement.
Gallifreyan-style circular design in two linked discs
Black line drawing of a circular tattoo design with runic-style symbols around a central knot, framed by a Celtic knotwork border, with no body placement shown.
Runic compass in a Celtic knot circle
Fine purple linework drawing of a circular wreath made of wheat-like leaves on a pale background, a tattoo design with no body placement shown.
Circular wreath of wheat-like leaves
Black line flash sheet of paisley shapes, daisy-style flowers and a solid black lotus, with no body placement shown.
Paisley and lotus flash sheet
Black line-art sheet titled Moon Glyphs, showing labelled symbols such as Hope, Fire and Water above a row of moon phase designs from new moon to waning crescent.
Moon glyphs and phase symbols design sheet
Flash sheet of six line drawn flower designs, including a cherry blossom and several circular rosette motifs, shown on a white background.
Cherry blossom and rosette flash sheet
Black and grey dotwork drawing of two hairless sphynx cat heads interlocking inside a stippled circle, shown as a tattoo design.
Two hairless cats in a dotwork circle
Black ink drawing of a cougar face inside a circle with a hexagon and dashed construction lines, shown as a tattoo flash design.
Cougar head in a circle and hexagon
A symmetrical mandala design with a flower-like centre and dotted petals, shaded from blue to teal, shown as a drawing on a white background.
Blue gradient mandala design
Black and white design of a lotus flower with wildflowers, crescent moons, an eye motif and triangles inside a circular border, with no body placement shown.
Lotus and crescent moons in a circular frame
Black ink line drawing of a globe in a circle, with North America and parts of Europe and Asia formed from daisy flowers with solid centres, in a botanical design style.
Daisy-filled globe line drawing
Black and grey circular flash design of an apple with a skull face and a blackletter quote around the ring, with no placement on the body shown.
Skull apple badge with blackletter quote
Pencil sketch flash of three bitten circular designs with crossing lines and dots, labelled Fantastic, Allons-y and Geronimo, with no body placement shown.
Three bitten circle sketches with phrases
Black line drawing of several vertical flourish designs, each with scrolls, spirals and tapering stems on a white background.
Swirl and spiral flash sheet
Black and grey dotwork design in a circle showing a sun on the left, a mountain range and pine trees, and a crescent moon with stars on the right.
Sun and moon over mountains in a circle
Light grey flame-rayed sun emblem with a central circle and a blade running through it, drawn on a black background as a tattoo design.
Flame sun emblem with a central blade
Black and white lotus flower with an eye at its centre, set within a circle of radiating lines above a row of small script-like glyphs, shown as a design rather than on skin.
Lotus with eye in a radiating circle
Black brush-stroke drawing of an emblem made of interlocking rings, a central triangle and a vertical stroke, on a grey gradient background.
Looped rings and triangle emblem design
Black line drawing of a circular geometric diagram with arcs, dots and a small filled circle, above the words hello, sweetie in a thin script, shown as a tattoo design.
Circular line diagram with "hello, sweetie."
Black ink line drawing of a segmented serpent biting its own tail in a circle, with the lettering Fear is the little death that brings total obliteration set around the edge.
Circular serpent design with quote lettering
Black line drawing of the words HERE COMES THE SUN in hand-drawn lettering, with SUN inside a circle surrounded by a spiky sunburst outline, on a white background.
Here Comes the Sun lettering in a sun
Black ink flash sheet on aged paper showing a teapot, a winged key, a sorting hat, a trunk, round glasses and a triangle with a circle and vertical line.
Flash sheet of six small designs
Black and grey drawing of a mermaid with long flowing hair, her scaled tail curving around to form a circular design with bubbles rising beside her.
Mermaid within a circle
Two identical navy circles with cream spiral swirl linework, shown side by side on a textured linen background.
Navy circle with cream swirl design
Black linework flash design of a floating astronaut in a spacesuit, with a dotted planet and stars, set inside a circle of overlapping triangles.
Astronaut floating within a geometric circle
Black ink pen drawing of a stag head with flowers, birds and a beetle within a circle of branching antlers and fine geometric lines, with no body part shown.
Stag, beetle and flowers in a geometric circle
Five temporary tattoo designs on white squares: a black lotus, a magenta elephant above Námáste script, a black Om symbol, a black circle with a white Om, and magenta Námáste lettering.
Lotus, elephant and Om temporary tattoo designs
Black line drawing of a tree of life within a circle, with spiral swirls, small stars and knotwork roots, shown as a tattoo design without a body placement.
Tree of life in a circle with swirls and stars
Black line drawing of a triple moon design with two crescents flanking a full circle, shown on a plain white background.
Triple moon line design
Black and grey brush enso circle framed by ferns, trees, birds and a deer, drawn as a tattoo design with no body part shown.
Enso circle with ferns, trees and birds
Black line drawing of overlapping circles of varying sizes above the words You are Loved by so Many and so Much and By no One more than ME, on a white background.
Overlapping circles with quote lettering
Black line drawing of a circular mandala with scrolled leaf flourishes above and below, shown as a tattoo design on a white background.
Black mandala design with scroll flourishes
Black and white flash design of a stylised gecko covered in circles, dots and swirls, shown on a plain white background.
Patterned gecko tattoo design
Black and white yin yang design in a circle, with a paw print in each of the two halves, drawn as a flash design.
Yin yang with paw prints
Hand-drawn red geometric sigil of an inverted triangle within a circle, with handwritten lyrics above and below, shown as a tattoo design on paper with no body placement visible.
Red inverted triangle sigil with lyric
Black line lettering design arranged in a circle reading 'What goes around comes around', shown on a plain white background with no body placement visible.
Circular 'What goes around' lettering design
Black ink line drawing of a cicada at the centre of a geometric star and circle, surrounded by five flowers, a tattoo design with no body placement shown.
Cicada and flowers in a geometric circle
Black ink mandala drawing with a radial, symmetrical design of petals, circles and dotwork, suitable as a tattoo flash sheet image.
Symmetrical mandala design in black line
Line drawing of a tattoo design in muted lavender ink on white, showing an anchor-like motif with a circle, waves, a diamond and a linear ornament, with no body placement shown.
Anchor and waves tattoo design
Black ink tattoo design of an Om symbol above a lotus flower, enclosed in a bold brush-stroke circle on a plain white background.
Om and lotus inside a brush circle
Black ink drawing of a tattoo design with feathers, an arrow, a crystal, a crescent moon, stars and a flower inside a circle, shown on cream paper.
Feathers, arrow and night sky in a circle
Flash sheet of six white fine-line geometric designs on a black background, including diamonds, triangles, a hexagon with circles and concentric rings.
Six geometric line designs on dark background
Black fine line design of a log cabin with smoke rising from its chimney, mountains, pine trees and a crescent moon, arranged inside a circle on a pale grey background.
Cabin, mountains and pines in a circle
Black ink drawing of a tattoo design made of a double spiral with dot trails on white paper, with no body part shown.
Spiral with dotted trails design
Black line drawing of a dreamcatcher with a flower of life centre, three hanging catchers, feathers and stars, shown as a tattoo design without a body placement.
Dreamcatcher line drawing design