Circle tattoo ideas

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

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Black and grey tattoo of a three-masted sailing ship on rolling waves, framed in a circle with dashed sky lines, on the forearm.
Sailing ship in a circle on a forearm
Black geometric tattoo of a solid triangle with a partly dotwork circle overlapping it, on the upper arm.
Solid triangle and dotted circle on upper arm
Black and grey geometric wolf head tattoo with dotwork detail on the inner forearm, shown on a pale arm against a white textured wall.
Geometric wolf head on a forearm
Two views of a geometric dotwork tattoo on the outer thigh, with dotted lines, circles and a small figure in black ink with touches of blue.
Geometric dotwork thigh tattoo
Black and grey flash design of a dotwork mandala star with a compass-like point, joined by a vertical dotted line to a small diamond motif, shown on a white background with no body placement.
Mandala star with dotted vertical line
Black and grey dotwork mandala tattoo with petals and moon phases across the centre of a person's upper back.
Mandala with moon phases across a back
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a feather arrow, a winged thunderbird emblem and a cactus within circles, running down the forearm.
Feather, thunderbird and cactus on a forearm
Colour lotus flower tattoo with pink and teal wash, dotwork shading and a thin geometric circle, on a forearm.
Lotus flower on a forearm
Black line drawing of a symmetrical mandala with lotus-style petals and stippled dotwork edges, shown as a tattoo design on white paper.
Black line mandala design
Black and grey drawing of an ornamental feather with geometric and dotwork patterns, hanging from two beads on a sepia textured background.
Ornamental feather design with beads
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a moon, clouds and sea waves inside a circle on the forearm.
Moon, clouds and waves in a circle on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork mandala tattoo with a lotus-like centre on the inner forearm and wrist, with a hand resting across it.
Mandala tattoo on the inner forearm
Colour tattoo of a galaxy inside a circle, crossed by a black spiral and dotted crosshair lines, on the upper back.
Galaxy circle with spiral on upper back
Black and grey lotus tattoo with geometric circles and dotwork shading on the side of a ribcage.
Geometric lotus on the ribs
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of two reaching hands with a crescent moon and ringed planet over concentric dotted circles, on the upper back.
Reaching hands with orbit circles on upper back
Dotwork tattoo of three large concentric circles joined in a wavy line down the outer thigh, in black, blue, red and yellow dots.
Connected dot circles down a thigh
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a seated, draped figure with bowed head beside a bare tree, inside a stippled circle on a forearm.
Seated figure beneath a tree in a circle
Black dotwork mandala design with radiating petal motifs and a diamond-shaped outline, drawn on white paper and held up in a hand.
Dotwork mandala design on paper
Black and grey realism tattoo of a pine forest, lake and misty mountains inside a circle on the upper arm.
Pine trees and lake in a circle on an arm
Black and grey tattoo of a tree inside a geometric diamond outline on the forearm, with a solid black circle and three vertical lines above it.
Tree in a geometric diamond on a forearm
Abstract geometric tattoo in grey and red ink with dotwork shading, covering the upper arm and forearm of a person in a dark top.
Abstract geometric sleeve on upper arm and forearm
Fine line geometric tattoo of overlapping circles and dotted arrow lines running down the inner forearm, in black ink.
Geometric circles and arrows on a forearm
Watercolour and linework tattoo on a calf showing a line-drawn girl, a pocket watch with an eye at its centre and black dotwork.
Watercolour pocket watch and girl on calf
Black abstract tattoo of solid and outlined circles, dots and thin lines running down the middle of a person's lower back, in a fine line and blackwork style.
Abstract circles and lines down the spine
Black linework geometric tattoo sleeve on an upper arm and shoulder, with a bird on the back, a flower and city shapes, dotwork shading and small pink and teal dots.
Geometric bird, city and flower tattoos on arm and shoulder
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a feathered arrow with overlapping geometric circles and dotwork on the forearm.
Arrow and geometric circles on a forearm
Small black dotwork mandala tattoo with petal shapes and a central star, sitting on the inner forearm of a person resting a hand on the arm.
Dotwork mandala on the forearm
Black and grey geometric dotwork full sleeve tattoo covering the upper arm and forearm, with star and mandala patterns.
Geometric dotwork full sleeve on an arm
Black and grey flash design of two mirrored crows above blue-grey lilies, an eye and a jawbone, set within dotted geometric circles and lines, with no body placement shown.
Mirrored birds, lilies and eye design
Black and grey geometric tattoo of a front-facing elephant head with a cube, triangles and dotwork halo, on a forearm.
Elephant head with geometric linework
Collage of small fine line tattoos in black ink, including stars on the forearms and fingers, a dotted arrow on the upper arm and dotwork circles on the hands.
Small dotwork stars, arrows and circles
Black, grey and gold drawing of a coiled snake with stippled dotwork rays behind its head, shown as a tattoo design on plain paper.
Coiled snake with gold discs
Red dotwork geometric flower tattoo with stippled petals and three circles, placed on the forearm.
Red geometric flower on a forearm
Forearm tattoo of a vintage microscope beneath a teal outlined diamond and the word True, in black and grey shading with halftone dotwork and teal accents.
Microscope and diamond on a forearm
Fine line black tattoo of a lotus flower with a dotted halo and an unalome line running down the forearm.
Lotus and unalome on a forearm
Two black and grey dotwork tattoos on upper backs: a whale tail fluke within a circle on the left, and a crescent moon with a face on the right.
Whale tail and crescent moon on upper backs
Fine line and dotwork tattoo on an upper arm, with a shaded black mandala circle, red geometric polygons and dotted lines rising upward.
Mandala and geometric lines on upper arm
Two side-by-side drawings of an ornate lotus flower tattoo design with swirling filigree and dotted shading, shown on a sepia background.
Ornate lotus flower design in two versions
Colour tattoo of a stylised geometric animal with dotwork patterns and circular dot stems on a person's calf, in green, mustard and black linework.
Geometric animal and dot motifs on a calf
Black ink flash drawing of a molecular structure with two hexagonal rings inside a dotwork stippled circle, with dotted line ends, shown on cream paper.
Stippled molecule design
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a rose with geometric arrows, triangles and circles running vertically along the ribs.
Geometric rose and arrow down the ribs
Black and grey mandala tattoo with a radiating star centre on the outer forearm, with the hand raised and a thin bracelet on the wrist.
Mandala tattoo on the forearm
Black compass rose tattoo with a solid eight-point star inside dotted and solid rings, on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Compass rose on the inner forearm
Black linework botanical tattoo of a sprig with a small bird and orange dots, with dotwork shading behind, on the side of the ribs.
Botanical sprig and bird on ribs
Full arm sleeve tattoo of a pink axolotl with dotwork and geometric patterns, yellow circles and a flower bud, across the upper arm and forearm.
Axolotl full arm sleeve
Black and grey dotwork mandala tattoo with lace-like scalloped petals across the upper back, shown from behind.
Dotwork mandala on upper back
Blue ink drawing of a geometric mandala design with a diamond, dotwork and fine spiral linework, shown on white paper beside lace and dried flowers.
Blue ink geometric mandala design on paper
Black and grey fine line and dotwork geometric tattoo on the inner forearm, showing overlapping circles, a triangle, dotted lines and a shaded wave inside a circle.
Geometric circles and triangle on a forearm