Circle tattoo ideas

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

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Pencil flash drawing of a trident above a triangle and circle with a bird-like figure and arrow, with an Always banner beneath; no body placement shown.
Trident, triangle and Always banner design
Flash sheet of seven vertical geometric arrow designs in black linework and dotwork on a cream background, with no body placement shown.
Geometric arrow flash sheet
Colourful tattoo of a swirling tree with curling branches and pale orange, pink and teal rings, placed across the upper back and shoulder blade.
Swirling tree on a shoulder blade
Large black and grey ornamental tattoo on the outer thigh, with a radiating mandala at the top and filigree patterns running down the leg.
Ornate mandala tattoo on a thigh
Colour tattoo of a stylised wave curling inside a circle, in blues, teal and green with black outlines, on the inner forearm.
Stylised wave in a circle on a forearm
Close-up of a woman's upper arm with a row of simple black moon phase tattoos running in a line, her face cropped out of frame.
Moon phases tattoo on upper arm
Black and grey dotwork and fine line tattoo of a sequence of moon phases stacked vertically on a forearm, with a smaller matching version on the other arm.
Moon phases tattoo on both forearms
Traditional style tattoo of a woman in a feathered headdress, with a skull in a teal circle, on the upper arm.
Woman with feather headdress and skull on arm
Black ink tattoo of the Deathly Hallows symbol, a triangle, circle and vertical line, with script lettering along its edges on the back.
Deathly Hallows symbol with script quote on back
Black and grey snake coiled around a skull on a forearm, with a fine line triangle and circle tattoo on the wrist of the other arm.
Snake and skull on a forearm
Black line drawing of a circular geometric design made of arcs, circles and small dots, shown as a flash design with no body placement.
Circular geometric line design
Black moon phase tattoo in a vertical line down the spine on a bare back, shown in simple geometric circles.
Moon phases down the spine
Black line drawing of a circular symbol made of arcs, circles and short strokes, with no body placement shown.
Circular line design with arcs and circles
Black and grey dotwork drawing of two snakes forming an infinity symbol inside a circle, shown as a tattoo design on white.
Two snakes forming an infinity symbol in a circle
Black outline tattoo of a bird flying over a bow arrow inside a circle, on the outer arm.
Bird and arrow in a circle on an arm
Black dotwork and geometric mandala tattoo on the upper thigh of a person whose hands are holding their underwear waistband.
Dotwork mandala tattoo on a thigh
Black line circular emblem over a pink and blue galaxy watercolour background on a forearm.
Circular emblem over galaxy wash on forearm
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a triangle enclosing a circle and vertical line, framed by swirls, on the wrist of a hand with dark nail polish.
Triangle, circle and swirl ornament on wrist
Fine line tattoo of a bear built from overlapping circles and arcs, with Roman numerals inside, on the forearm.
Geometric bear with Roman numerals
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a mountain landscape with a cabin and pine trees in a circle, with the words Home is where the mountains are, on an upper arm.
Mountain landscape with Home is where the mountains are
Black and grey fine line geometric tattoo of overlapping circles and ornate detail on the inner forearm, with vertical lines running up the arm.
Geometric circle tattoo on a forearm
Black linework tattoos of stacked concentric circles run down both calves of a barefoot person standing with their back to the camera.
Concentric circle tattoos on both calves
Three metallic silver sacred geometry designs, overlapping circles, a flower of life and Metatron's cube, in fine line on a forearm.
Silver sacred geometry on a forearm
Black line drawing of a lotus flower with crescent moons, flowers and dotted triangles in a circular fine line design, shown on white paper beside a Micron pen.
Lotus and moon phases design on paper
Black line drawing of a tattoo design showing a lily bloom, a spiderweb and a spider hanging from a thread, set inside a curved crescent outline.
Lily, spiderweb and hanging spider design
Colour tattoo on upper back of a Flower of Life circle in rainbow linework above a shaded purple and magenta lotus.
Flower of Life and lotus across upper back
Black and grey dreamcatcher tattoo with a geometric flower centre and two feathers, on the side of a finger.
Dreamcatcher on a finger
Circular flash design of two clasped hands and two small hearts inside a red and cream ring of lettering, on a dark navy background.
Clasped hands in a circular lettering ring
Black fine line tattoo on a forearm showing a crescent moon outline, a solid black circle with white geometric linework, and a row of small symbols above it.
Geometric moon and symbols on a forearm
Black ink tattoo of the words go the distance in script above a circle with scroll swirls and a lightning bolt, on a forearm.
Go the distance script and lightning bolt on forearm
Colour tattoo of a circle with a blue wave and red swirl on the left and bicycle wheel spokes on the right, inside a scalloped outline, on skin.
Waves and bicycle wheel in a circle
Small black tattoo of a pine tree inside a crescent moon, centred on the upper back of a woman with her hair in a bun.
Pine tree and crescent moon on upper back
Black and grey koi fish tattoo arranged in a yin yang circle on the calf, with fine scale shading.
Koi fish yin yang on a lower leg
Black and grey tattoo of a luna moth on a branch inside a solid black circle on the forearm, with botanical sprigs at the top left.
Luna moth on a branch in a black circle
Colour tattoo of a dark prism splitting a rainbow beam against a starry background, inside a circle on the forearm, shown in two photos side by side.
Prism and rainbow beam on forearm
Black fine line tattoo of a bird with outstretched wings built from circles and radiating lines, placed on the forearm.
Geometric bird in flight on forearm
Black ink triple moon with a pentagram and swirling ornamental filler on the upper chest near the collarbone.
Triple moon and pentagram on the upper chest
Black ink flash sheet of tribal designs including a turtle, a manta ray, a circular swirl motif and a fish-like shape on white paper.
Polynesian tribal flash sheet with turtle and ray
White line Celtic knot designs on a black background, including square, circular, cross and triquetra shapes, shown as a flash sheet for tattoo reference.
Celtic knot flash sheet
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of a grey-green fish with a dagger through it, set inside a red rope ring on the lower leg.
Fish and dagger within a rope ring on a calf
Black line drawing of a howling wolf in a faceted geometric style, with pine trees rising inside a circular moon, on a beige background.
Geometric howling wolf with pines in a moon
Black line drawing of a fine-line geometric design with three feathers, two arrows, diamond shapes, a circle and dangling beads, with no body part shown.
Feathers, arrows and beads line design
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of concentric rings of square blocks centred on the upper back of a woman with her hair up, photographed from behind.
Dotwork concentric circle on upper back
Fine line black tattoo on an upper arm of an astrological chart with planet glyphs, dotted orbit lines, a central circle and numerals.
Astrological chart tattoo on upper arm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo on the outer thigh showing a stag and owl head split down the middle with wings, above a triangle and circle motif.
Split stag and owl head with triangle on thigh
A white sheet of gold metallic temporary tattoo designs, with chain links, flower medallions, lace-like bands and scrolls, laid on a black case.
Gold metallic temporary tattoo border sheet
Fine line black tattoo of planets, one with rings, arranged in a curved row along the side of a foot.
Planets in a row along a foot
Black and white yin yang style design of two cats curled together inside a circle, drawn as a bold solid silhouette.
Yin yang cats design