Circle tattoo ideas

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

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Flash sheet of metallic gold, silver and turquoise temporary tattoo designs, including chain arcs, a sunburst of circles, a heart with arrow and filigree ornaments.
Metallic chain, arc and sunburst flash sheet
Black linework flash design of a dragonfly with outstretched wings, surrounded by grey stars and ending in a looping swirl tail, with no body placement shown.
Dragonfly with stars and a swirling tail
Black and grey design drawing of snarling wolves and a bear with flowers, leaves and bees inside a black circle, with no body placement shown.
Snarling wolves and bear in a circle
Black ink drawing of an ornate lace-style tattoo design with circles, dots and a hanging leaf, shown on paper with no body placement.
Ornamental lace design with hanging leaf
Black and grey tattoo design drawing of the Deathly Hallows triangle, circle and line symbol with spread wings, a wand and bare branches, shown as a flash design without a body placement.
Deathly Hallows symbol with wings and wand
Black and grey blackwork tattoo design of an eye within a triangle above an animal skull with antlers, flowers and feathers, framed by circles and geometric shapes.
Eye in triangle with skull and antlers
Hand-drawn flash design of a circle filled with pink and purple galaxy colouring above black hatched geometric mountains and pine trees, with arrows and dotted lines around it.
Pink galaxy circle with geometric mountains
Pencil drawing of two owls interlocked in a circle in a yin yang arrangement, one with a bright yellow eye and the other with a dark round eye.
Yin yang owls in a circle
Black and grey drawing of a circular tree of life design with leafy branches, vines and Celtic knotwork roots.
Tree of life in a circle with knotwork roots
Black ink drawing of a paw print on cream paper, with the pad and toes filled in with swirling, looping and triangular doodle-style patterns.
Paw print design in black ink
Pencil and ink sketch of a raven head with dotwork shading, set within overlapping triangles and circles, drawn as a tattoo design on a sketchbook page.
Geometric raven head design sketch
Pencil-style drawing of a tree of life inside a circle, with a sun on the left and a crescent moon on the right, shown as a black and grey tattoo design.
Tree of life with sun and moon design
Blue pen sketch of a lotus flower with dotwork beads hanging beneath it, drawn as a tattoo design on paper.
Lotus flower sketch with dotted chain
Black and grey realism drawing of a lion wearing a patterned knit beanie, set against a circle filled with geometric triangles, as a tattoo design.
Lion in a knit beanie with geometric backdrop
Black ink line drawing of a stylised dragon head with flowing tail-like lines and a small circle below, on white paper, shown as a fine line tattoo design.
Stylised dragon line drawing design
Pencil sketch of a symmetrical mandala design with layered lotus-style petals, dotted rings and a central flower, drawn on paper.
Pencil sketch of a mandala design
Solid black flash design of a flaming sun with wavy rays surrounding a pentagram inside a circle, shown without any body placement.
Flaming sun with pentagram design
Black ink drawing of a three-headed dragon curled within a circle, with its body and wings filled with dense patterned linework, on a plain white background.
Three-headed dragon in a circle
Hand-drawn flash sheet titled Actions and Senses, with black line drawings inside circles, each labelled with an action or sense word such as Travel, Fall, See and Smell.
Actions and senses flash sheet
Black ink flash drawing of an ornate paisley and leaf mandala design with dotwork shading, drawn on white paper with no body placement shown.
Paisley and leaf mandala tattoo design
Fine gold linework flash design of three stacked motifs, a lotus bud, an open lotus and a mandala, set within geometric triangles, hexagons and circles on a cream background.
Stacked lotus and mandala geometric design
Two matching black line drawings of a bare tree inside a circle, surrounded by elvish script and a short English quote beneath.
White Tree design with elvish script
Black ink tribal design of a bull head with long curved horns set inside a circle, drawn on pale paper.
Tribal bull head in a circle
Fine line geometric design of two overlapping circles crossed by a horizontal line, with the overlap filled in solid black, shown without a body placement.
Overlapping circles on a horizontal line
Flash design of a cream skull with a pentagram on its forehead, framed by red ribbon banners reading Salt and Burn, in a traditional illustrative style.
Skull with pentagram and Salt & Burn banner
Black ink drawing of an ornate geometric mandala design with a central open circle, drawn on white paper, with no body placement shown.
Ornate black ink mandala design
Black line drawing of a lotus flower with layered petals, mandala-style detailing and a vertical line of dots and circles beneath it, on a pale background.
Lotus flower line drawing design
Black line drawing of five vertical vine designs with swirls, dots, circles, daisy-like flowers and spirals, shown as flash for a fine line tattoo.
Five vertical vine and swirl line designs
Black and white drawing of an ornate fleur-de-lis surrounded by acanthus leaf scrollwork and radiating lines, shown as a flash design with no body placement.
Fleur-de-lis with scrollwork design
Black ink drawing of the Deathly Hallows symbol, a triangle with a circle and vertical line, filled with mandala-style paisley and floral ornament on white paper.
Deathly Hallows symbol in ornamental linework
Black and grey Celtic knotwork design in a four-pointed shape with a gold triquetra knot at the centre, drawn on a white background.
Celtic knotwork four-point design
Black ink drawing of a symmetrical four-lobed mandala design with floral scrolls, dotted lines and a central circle, in a Geometric and Dotwork style.
Symmetrical mandala ornament design in black ink
Black ink design of a large stylised letter K inside a circle, with a quotation written around the ring in hand-lettered capitals.
Circular quote around a large K
Black ink drawing of a symmetrical scrollwork design with a heart-shaped pentagram inside a circle at its centre, shown as a tattoo design without a body placement.
Symmetrical scrollwork with heart pentagram
Line drawing of a Celtic cross with interlaced knotwork in red, blue and green, shown as a tattoo design without a body part visible.
Celtic cross with red and blue knotwork
Black and grey circular Celtic knotwork design with shaded interlaced ribbons, shown as a standalone drawing with no body placement.
Circular Celtic knot design
Black ink drawing of a circular mountain and wave design with arrows pointing north, south, east and west, shaded in dotwork, shown on white paper beside two marker pens.
Mountain and wave compass design
Black and grey pencil drawing of two owls arranged in a yin yang circle, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Two owls in a yin yang circle
Black and grey dotwork drawing of a white-haired figure with a halo, eyes in the palms, beaded necklaces and two skulls at the base, on a grey background.
Hooded figure with skulls and dotwork shading
Gold textured geometric winged design with a vertical line of dots on a black background, shown as a tattoo design without any body placement.
Gold geometric winged motif
Tattoo design of three blue anemone flowers combined with black concentric circles in a geometric botanical style, shown as a drawing with no body part visible.
Blue anemone flowers with concentric circles
Black and grey flash design of an interlocking heart and six-pointed star within a circle, framed by ornate filigree scrollwork.
Heart and hexagram ornamental design
Hand-drawn black ink sun with wavy rays surrounding the words radiate love in script, on a tan kraft paper background.
Sun with radiate love lettering
Black line drawing design of a peacock with lotus flowers and a circular frame of heart-shaped motifs, shown on a white background with no body placement.
Peacock and lotus line design
Black ink drawing of a tattoo design: a splattered circle and upright mark at the centre, surrounded by a ring of pointed petals with swirls and dots, shown on white paper beside a pen.
Ink mandala with splattered symbol design
Black ink flash design of hatched ocean waves rising beneath a open sky, enclosed in a thick circular outline, with no body placement shown.
Hatched ocean waves in a circle
Black ink drawing of a whale swimming through stippled waves beneath a starry night sky, set inside a circle, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement.
Whale in a circle of waves and stars
Pencil sketch of a circular tattoo design split into quadrants, with black tribal-style vines, leaves and spirals.
Circular tribal vine and swirl design