Circle tattoo ideas

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

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Black and grey dotwork and linework tattoo on the thigh of a stag head merged with an owl, with a triangle and circle symbol above and a dotted vertical line.
Split stag and owl head with geometric symbols
Black ink enso circle with a brushstroke texture and a gap at the top, tattooed on the inner forearm in a Japanese style.
Enso circle brushstroke on a forearm
Fine line black tattoo of nested circles, triangles and a curved outline on the side of the ribs.
Nested circles and triangles on the ribs
Close-up of a hand with black nail polish showing a small black eye with radiating lines on the middle finger and a triangle with circle and line symbol on the ring finger.
Eye and triangle tattoos on fingers
Abstract black linework with a blue circle and soft pink and teal washes across a shoulder and upper arm.
Abstract linework and colour wash on shoulder
Black and grey circular design of a mountain range, pine trees and stars beneath a quote in capitals, drawn in a woodcut style.
Mountains, pines and stars in a circle
Black and grey dotwork and engraved tattoo of a hand holding a quill above a faceted icosahedron, placed on the side of the ribs.
Quill hand above a geometric d20
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a lotus flower inside a dotted circle with small stars and a geometric triangle, on the upper back.
Lotus in a dotwork circle on upper back
Colour tattoo of a pink flower with a green stem inside a circle of black lettering reading A Person's A Person No Matter How Small, on the lower abdomen.
Circular quote around a pink flower on the stomach
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of two hands linking little fingers inside a circle of contour lines, on the inner forearm.
Linked little fingers in a circle on a forearm
Black and grey mandala tattoo with dotwork rings and petal shapes on the side of a person's ribs.
Mandala tattoo on the ribs
Black and grey dotwork and linework tattoo of a stylised Great Wave off Kanagawa inside a circle, with small circles and Mount Fuji, on a forearm.
Great Wave tattoo in a circle on a forearm
Black fine line tattoo of the word Always in cursive script beside a Deathly Hallows symbol on the inner wrist and forearm.
Always script with Deathly Hallows symbol
Traditional style tattoo of a green kaiju monster with an open mouth and red and orange details, set within a black circle with waves, on the thigh.
Kaiju monster in a circle on a thigh
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a flying saucer with a beam of light made of geometric dot patterns, on the inner forearm.
UFO beaming a dotwork pattern on a forearm
Back view of a person with hair tied up, showing a small solid black circle tattoo on the upper back near the neck, in a blackwork style.
Small solid circle on upper back
Fine line tattoo of two outlined hands over a solid red circle on the forearm, shown on a person wearing jeans and a grey top.
Two hands over a red circle on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a campfire beneath three pine trees and stars inside a circle, on the upper arm.
Campfire and pine trees in a night sky circle
Black and white flash design of an interlaced double spiral emblem inside a ring, with no placement on the body shown.
Interlaced spiral emblem in a circle
Black line drawing of a circle filled with arcs, small circles and dots in a Gallifreyan-style pattern, shown as a design with no body placement.
Circular Gallifreyan-style line design
Black mandala tattoo on the back of a hand near the wrist, with small dot accents on two fingers, in a geometric dotwork style.
Black mandala tattoo on the back of a hand
Fine line black tattoo of a pine tree inside an open circle on the ankle of a foot resting on a striped sheet.
Pine tree in a circle on an ankle
Black ink flash design of a seahorse built from swirling scrolls, curls and circles on a white background.
Ornamental seahorse design
Fine line black tattoo of a symbol and the digits 193 beside a triangle enclosing a circle and vertical line, on skin.
Numerals and triangle symbol tattoo
Fine black line tattoo of a lion built from overlapping circles, sitting on the left side of the ribs.
Geometric lion made of overlapping circles on ribs
Black ink tattoo of a crescent moon, stars and a cross running vertically across the top of a bare foot, with red toenail polish.
Moon, stars and cross on a foot
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a hedgehog curled in a circle beside lupin flowers, with dotted geometric lines, on the upper thigh.
Hedgehog and lupin on a thigh
Pencil sketch of a bee in flight above a faint geometric pattern of overlapping circles and hexagons, drawn as a tattoo design with no body placement shown.
Bee sketch over geometric circles
Black linework tattoo of overlapping circles and dotted lines on a forearm, with a smaller circular design above it.
Overlapping circles tattoo on a forearm
Large geometric tattoo across a person's upper back with concentric rings, dotted lines, stars and a lettered quote, in black with pink and blue watercolour washes.
Geometric back piece with stars and quote
Black and grey botanical tattoo of a rose branch and a bee within thin circle outlines, placed on the side of the ribs.
Rose branch and bee on ribs
Black fine line botanical wreath tattoo with dotwork accents on the outer thigh.
Botanical wreath on a thigh
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a light bulb within a circle and diamond shapes, placed on a forearm.
Light bulb and geometric diamonds on a forearm
Four side-by-side views of a black and grey full sleeve tattoo on an arm, with geometric gears and circles, a dotwork sky, and a shaded landscape of trees on the forearm.
Full sleeve with gears, trees and dotwork sky
Neo-traditional tattoo on an upper arm showing a red and blue lightning bolt, an green eye in black linework, and yellow and orange circles on a light background.
Lightning bolt and eye on upper arm
Back of a person with short brown hair, showing a bold black geometric labyrinth tattoo in a circle on the upper back.
Black labyrinth circle on upper back
Large colour and grey back tattoo of two mermaids entwined in a circle, with an infinity symbol between them, red koi fish and fish skeletons around them.
Two mermaids in a circle with koi on a back
Black and grey design of a wolf's head in profile inside a ring of runes, shown as a standalone drawing with no body placement.
Wolf within a runic circle
Two bare feet with bold colour neo-traditional tattoos across the tops, including an orange target-like motif, a small skull and red roses on the lower legs.
Colourful abstract foot tattoos with roses above the ankles
Small dotwork tattoo of a ring of coloured dots forming a colour wheel on the inner wrist of a raised hand.
Colour wheel of dots on the wrist
Black ink drawing of a yin and yang symbol filled with mandala-style patterns, sketched on white paper beside two black markers.
Yin yang mandala design in black ink
Calf tattoo of seven stacked circular emblems in black linework, each with watercolour splashes in red, orange, green, blue and purple.
Stacked emblems with watercolour splashes on a calf
Two matching geometric forearm tattoos of a circle and a hexagon with intersecting lines, shown in purple linework on top and in blue and red linework below.
Geometric circle and hexagon forearm tattoos
Black and grey dotwork and fine line tattoo of a geometric rose, arrows and triangles stacked vertically along the ribs.
Geometric rose and arrows down the ribs
Black linework design of angular script arranged in a ring on a white background, suited to a lettering tattoo with no body placement shown.
Circular script inscription design
Black linework tattoo of a pentagram inside a circle, with crescent moons and planetary symbols, on a person's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Pentagram and planetary symbols on a shoulder blade
Black and grey lotus tattoo with dotwork petals and three small circles above it, placed on the centre of a person's upper back.
Lotus with dotwork petals on upper back
Black ink circular mandala tattoo with petal-like motifs centred on a woman's upper back, photographed from behind.
Black mandala tattoo on upper back