Circle tattoo ideas

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

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Black and grey fine line tattoo of a geometric bird in flight, built from overlapping circles and lines, on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Geometric bird in flight on upper back
Fine line black tattoo of a vertical arrow with overlapping circles, triangles and dotted lines on the forearm.
Arrow and circles on a forearm
Two black and grey fine line tattoos on forearms: a left panel with an owl, armillary sphere and fox on the inner arm, and a right panel with a geometric triangle and circles.
Owl, sphere and triangle on forearms
Black and grey dotwork and linework mandala tattoo wrapping around a forearm, with a dark shirt and jeans visible behind.
Dotwork mandala on a forearm
Black and grey fine line and dotwork tattoo of intersecting elliptical orbits around a solid central circle, on the inner forearm.
Orbital ellipses on a forearm
Small black fine line sunburst tattoo of a open circle with radiating rays on the inner wrist, against white bedding.
Sunburst circle on the inner wrist
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a spread-winged bird above stacked triangles and circles, on the forearm.
Geometric bird over stacked triangles on a forearm
Black linework circles inside a ring with a blue and purple watercolour wash, tattooed on the inner forearm.
Circle glyph tattoo on forearm
Black geometric tattoo on a forearm with an eye-like shape, triangles, circles and starburst marks in fine and solid lines.
Black geometric linework on a forearm
Man seen from behind with a column of teal circles running down his spine, a small bird on his lower left back and a blue-green arm tattoo on his right upper arm.
Circle spine tattoo on a muscular back
Two arms in striped sleeves show metallic gold and silver geometric tattoos on the wrists, including linked circles and a honeycomb pattern.
Metallic gold geometric wrist tattoos
Black fine line geometric tattoo of nested triangles, a diamond and dotted circles on the upper arm, with dotwork shading.
Geometric diamond and circles on an upper arm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a mountain peak and stippled moon within geometric circles and triangles, on the inner forearm.
Mountain and moon geometric forearm tattoo
Black and white flash design of Medusa wearing a paisley bandana over her lower face, with snakes writhing around her head inside a Greek key border.
Medusa with bandana in a Greek key circle
Fine line geometric tattoo of overlapping circles and ellipses with dotted lines and small arrows on the inside of a forearm.
Overlapping circles on a forearm
Black and grey mandala and rose tattoo with a crescent moon on the forearm, drawn in fine line with dotwork shading.
Mandala and rose on a forearm
Black and grey blackwork tattoo of a bare tree inside a circle, set within a downward triangle with ornamental patterns, on a forearm.
Tree in circle within a triangle on a forearm
Fine line black sun tattoo with triangular rays on an ankle, shown on a bare leg and foot.
Small sun tattoo on an ankle
Fine line black tattoo of overlapping atomic orbital diagrams, with solid and dashed circles and ellipses, across the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Atomic orbital diagram on upper back
Black fine line tattoo of a crescent moon inside a circle, with a diagonal arrow and diamond shapes, on the inner forearm.
Crescent moon and arrow on a forearm
Black and grey mandala tattoo with dotwork shading on the forearm.
Mandala tattoo on a forearm
Black and grey Celtic knotwork cross inside a circle, with Latin words around it, tattooed across the upper arm and shoulder.
Celtic knotwork cross on upper arm
Dotwork mandala tattoo with a blue and orange spiral galaxy at its centre, placed across the middle of a person's upper back.
Galaxy mandala on upper back
Small fine line tattoo of the Deathly Hallows symbol, a triangle with a circle and vertical line, on the inner forearm beside pearl bracelets.
Deathly Hallows symbol on a forearm
Three-panel photo of a full arm sleeve in black and grey geometric dotwork, with mandala-style rosettes and circular patterns from shoulder to wrist.
Geometric mandala full arm sleeve
Black and grey dotwork mandala flower tattoo with layered petals and circles on the upper arm, shown in three side-by-side photographs.
Geometric mandala flower on an arm
Black linework tattoo of a compass-style symbol inside a ring of runes, on the upper back near the shoulder.
Compass and runes on the shoulder
Two black and grey tattoos: a dotwork and fine line geometric eye in a triangle on the inner forearm, and a traditional style swallow on the back of a hand.
Geometric eye on a forearm and swallow on a hand
Colour tattoo of the Deathly Hallows symbol, a triangle, circle and vertical line in black, over red, green, yellow and blue watercolour-style splashes on skin.
Deathly Hallows symbol with watercolour splashes
Black and white photo of two hands, each with a small black geometric star tattoo on the ring finger, in a dotwork style.
Matching geometric star tattoos on fingers
Two forearms held together showing a red geometric circular mesh tattoo across both arms, with black brushstroke and dotwork shading and small red crosses.
Red geometric mesh across two forearms
Black and grey geometric mandala tattoo with fine linework covering the upper arm of a person with reddish-blonde hair.
Ornamental mandala tattoo on upper arm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo design of three stacked circles showing a swirl, a mountain range and a pine forest, held up on paper by a hand.
Three stacked circles with landscape scenes
Small fine line black tattoo of a row of geometric symbols, including a spoked circle, a dot in a circle and two triangular shapes, on the inner forearm.
Small geometric symbol row on a forearm
Black ink Roman numerals wrap around a forearm beside an ornate filigree circle with a central horizontal line and dot, in clean linework.
Roman numerals and filigree circle on forearm
Black ink mandala tattoo with a circular centre and radiating geometric patterns on the upper back of a person wearing orange robes.
Mandala tattoo on upper back
Black and grey geometric lion head tattoo with dotwork shading and orange, red and teal circles on a forearm.
Geometric lion head with coloured circles
Back of a woman with long blonde hair showing a black geometric mandala tattoo with a flower of life centre, in fine line style, on the upper back below the neck.
Mandala and flower of life on upper back
Black geometric spine tattoo on a woman's back, with a small infinity symbol at the nape of the neck and a vertical line of script and a solid black circle down the centre.
Spine tattoo with infinity symbol and geometric marks
Fine white-ink geometric flower of life tattoo on the palm of an open hand against a dark fabric background.
Flower of life on a palm
Black line drawing of a tattoo design in a circle, with two small circles, a crescent shape, two parallel diagonal bars and the word Hope beneath.
Hope symbol with circles and bars
Black circular tattoo of interlocking spirals and knotwork on the upper arm, in a geometric style.
Circular spiral knotwork on an upper arm
Black ink linework drawing of two mandala motifs with dashed triangles, circles and dotted hexagon lines on cream paper, shown as a tattoo design.
Geometric mandala design sketch
Fine line black tattoo of overlapping circles with dotwork accents across the upper back.
Overlapping circles and dots on a upper back
Black linework mandala tattoo with geometric and floral motifs on the upper thigh, with a few small reddish-brown petal accents.
Mandala tattoo on the thigh
Seven chakra symbols in gold, silver and black stacked vertically down a forearm, each set inside a lace-edged circular mandala outline.
Chakra symbols stacked down a forearm
Small fine-line black tattoo of a triangle with a circle and vertical line inside, on the back of a neck below the hairline.
Deathly Hallows triangle on the back of the neck
A flash sheet of sixteen black line drawings of circular geometric designs, with concentric rings, dots and intersecting straight lines, in a Geometric style.
Sixteen circular geometric designs