Circle tattoo ideas

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

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Black fine line tattoo of a geometric alchemical transmutation circle with a star and symbols across the palm of a hand.
Alchemical transmutation circle on a palm
Colourful watercolour-style bird flying beside leaves in circles, tattooed on a calf, with an inset showing the black linework outline.
Watercolour bird and leaves on a calf
Black and grey geometric mandala tattoo in dotwork shading covering a forearm, with fine white linework over dark stippled areas.
Geometric mandala dotwork on a forearm
Close view of a woman's raised arm with small black fine line tattoos on the upper arm and forearm, including a heart outline and a tiny circle near the wrist.
Small fine line tattoos on an arm
Dotwork and geometric flash design of a moth inside overlapping red triangles, with an eye, crescent moons and dots around it, in pink and red linework.
Moth in sacred geometry design
Black fine line dreamcatcher tattoo with three shaded feathers on the inner wrist, beside an orange leather strap.
Dreamcatcher with three feathers on a wrist
Black and grey mandala tattoo with layered petals and dotwork shading, centred on the upper back of a woman with her hair in a bun.
Mandala tattoo between the shoulder blades
Blue and teal concentric circle tattoo with arcs running across the outer forearm, shown in a close photograph of the arm.
Blue and teal concentric circles on an arm
Close-up of a hand with orange nails showing a small fine line black tattoo of the female symbol on the side of the ring finger.
Small female symbol on a ring finger
Black line outline of a sun with a plain circle centre and flame-like rays, tattooed on the upper back between the shoulder blades.
Sun outline on upper back
Black and grey dotwork mandala tattoo centred on the upper back of a person with their hair tied up, seen from behind.
Dotwork mandala on upper back
Black linework design of a swirling tree of life inside a circle, with small purple, orange and blue birds perched in the branches and red birds flying above.
Tree of life in a circle with birds
Black and grey blackwork and dotwork leg sleeve on a thigh and calf, showing a large bird with spread wings, roses, leaves and geometric shapes.
Bird and rose leg sleeve on thigh and calf
Black ink drawing of a tattoo design showing the Deathly Hallows triangle, a flying owl, a stag head and a banner reading death is but the next great adventure.
Deathly Hallows with owl and stag
Fine line black and grey tattoo on a forearm showing a barn owl in flight above a geometric armillary sphere, with a rabbit and a fox below.
Owl, sphere and woodland animals on a forearm
Black linework compass rose inside rings, with crossed arrows, on a shoulder, in a geometric style.
Compass rose with crossed arrows on a shoulder
Black fine line geometric tattoo of a circular pattern within a band shape on the inner forearm, photographed against a bathroom background.
Geometric line tattoo on a forearm
Two circular mandala designs drawn in reddish-brown line work on a white background, one with scrolls and a central dot, the other with layered petals and a spiral centre.
Two circular mandala designs in red-brown line
Black linework tattoo of a walking cat built from circles and straight lines, on the inner forearm.
Geometric walking cat on a forearm
Simple black outline drawing of an ouroboros, a grey snake biting its own tail to form a circle, shown as a tattoo design with no body part visible.
Ouroboros snake eating its tail
Solid black blackwork tattoo across a man's back, with bold abstract shapes over the shoulders and circular motifs running down the spine.
Black abstract back tattoo with spine motifs
Black and grey yin yang tattoo with ornate filigree scrollwork and a bold brush stroke across the top, on a man's upper chest near the shoulder.
Yin yang with filigree on the chest
Black and grey fine line geometric tattoo of overlapping squares and circles forming a spiral across a person's upper back and shoulder.
Overlapping geometric spiral on shoulder blade
Black and grey sketch-style tattoo of two koi fish curled into a circle on the side of a person's ribs.
Two koi fish in a circle on the ribs
Three matching black and colour circular tattoos with swirling linework, on two forearms and an ankle, with a small blue floral tattoo on a second ankle at the top of the frame.
Matching circular designs on wrists and ankles
Black line tattoo of a rose inside a keyhole outline with a circle below it, placed in the centre of a woman's upper back.
Rose in a keyhole on the upper back
Black ink drawing of a compass rose set within a mandala, with dotwork shading on the petals, shown as a tattoo design on cream paper.
Compass rose mandala design
Black and grey dotwork and geometric tattoo on a forearm showing a stippled moon inside an inverted triangle above a detailed rocket surrounded by circles and dotted lines.
Rocket and moon in a triangle on a forearm
Small black and grey fine line tattoo of a curling wave inside a circle on the inner forearm, in a Japanese woodcut style.
Wave in a circle on a forearm
Close photo of black script lettering reading Diabetic on a forearm, with a thin pale blue arc curving around the capital D.
Diabetic script lettering on a forearm
Black tattoo of two crossed axes inside a ring of runic lettering, Lettering style, on the inner forearm.
Crossed axes and runes in a circle on a forearm
Red line drawing of a fine line arrow design with geometric diamond fletching and three small circles on the shaft, sketched on white paper.
Fine line arrow design in red ink
Black and red stag tattoo with large antlers, set within thin red circles on the calf, drawn with shaded linework.
Stag with antlers on a calf
Fine line black tattoo of the Deathly Hallows triangle symbol followed by the word Always in script on the inner wrist.
Deathly Hallows symbol and Always on a wrist
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a grey robot with a red panel and the lettering H-q, framed by brown swirling waves and a teal background with white circles, on the calf.
Robot with swirling waves on a calf
Colourful realistic galaxy tattoo with planets and drifting asteroids across a shoulder blade, shown beside an earlier outlined tribal design on the left.
Galaxy with planets and asteroids on a shoulder
Black and white photo of a woman's upper back showing a black tree of life tattoo with roots, inside a knotwork circle, placed over the shoulder blade.
Tree of life in a knotwork circle on the back
Black line drawing of a symmetrical floral ornament with flower heads, scrolls, leaves and dots on a cream background, shown as a design rather than on skin.
Symmetrical floral ornament line drawing
Forearm tattoo of a grey open circle with black brush-like lines and red and green watercolour washes, shown in a watercolour style.
Watercolour circle and splatter on a forearm
A colour realism tattoo on the forearm of open red lips framing a grey space scene with planets, set within black geometric linework of a circle, triangles and stars.
Open red lips with planets and geometric linework
Colour tattoo on the forearm of a person in a white top, showing a purple watercolour orb inside fine black triangle linework with pink and blue washes.
Purple orb in a geometric triangle on forearm
Black blackwork tribal sleeve with circular motifs and rosettes covering a man's upper arm and shoulder, shown from three angles.
Tribal sleeve with circular motifs on upper arm
Black and grey realistic tattoo on an upper arm showing a Mayan-style circular glyph ring around a carved face, with two seated figures below.
Mayan stone carving on upper arm
Black line drawing design of a fox curled around a heart, surrounded by blossom and falling petals, with a circle behind the fox's head.
Fox curled around a heart with blossom
Black outline smiley face with X eyes, arrows and the words Be Strong When Things Fall Apart, with yellow, teal and red paint splatters, on an upper arm.
Smiley with X eyes and splatter on upper arm
Black and grey tribal tattoo with a large circular motif and sweeping spiked shapes across the upper arm and shoulder.
Tribal circle tattoo on upper arm
Black and grey geometric dotwork tattoo of overlapping triangles, a circle and squares on a forearm, with a second example on the other arm.
Geometric dotwork tattoos on two forearms
Black ink flash sheet showing three Deathly Hallows symbols with curved script quotes, and a pair of winged designs flanking the word Always.
Deathly Hallows symbols with script lettering