Circle tattoo ideas

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Black and grey tree of life tattoo inside a circle, with roots below and birds flying off the branches, on the upper back near the shoulder.
Tree of life with birds on upper back
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
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
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 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 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
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 fine line tattoo of a column of moon phases running down the centre of a person's back, with dark hair falling over one shoulder.
Moon phases down the spine on a back
Fine line black tattoo of eight moon phases running vertically down the centre of a person's back, along the spine.
Moon phases down the spine
Black ink sak yant tattoo covering the upper back, with vertical script panels, a central circular yantra and a bird motif at the base.
Sak yant tattoo across upper back
Orange and black traditional tattoo of a phoenix with spread flame wings above a triangle and circle motif on a person's upper back.
Phoenix over triangle and circle on upper back
Small black fine line tattoo of five moon phases in a row across the upper back, seen from behind on a woman with her hair in a bun.
Moon phases across the upper back
Black fine line abstract tattoo across a bare upper back, with circles, swirls, a solid dot and italic lettering along curved lines.
Abstract linework and lettering on upper back
Colour tattoo of a pink rose, purple violets and a pink water lily within a dark circular outline with black swirls, on a person's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Rose, violets and water lily on upper back
Black blackwork tree of life inside a circle, with bare branches above and roots below, on a person's upper back.
Tree of life in a circle on upper back
Black and white photo of a shirtless man seen from behind, with a fine line circle tattoo on his shoulder and upper arm and a long thin line running down his back.
Fine line circle and line tattoo on shoulder and back
Black ink compass rose tattoo with a fleur-de-lis at the top and dotwork detail, on the upper back of a woman whose face is not shown.
Compass rose on upper back
Healed tattoo on a person's upper back showing a black cat sitting on a bare branch in front of a pale moon with blue watercolour-style splashes.
Cat on a branch in a blue moon on a back
Black and grey tattoo of a mermaid cradling a baby within a circular frame, with a curling fish tail, on a person's upper back.
Mermaid cradling a baby on upper back
A person seen from behind on a sandy beach, with a red sunburst on the shoulder and a row of moon phases and a seated Buddha figure across the upper back.
Sunburst, moon phases and Buddha on upper back
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of two stylised birds facing each other with leafy branches and a pink dotted circle, across the upper back.
Two facing birds and branches across a back
Black outlined Deathly Hallows symbol tattoo on a person's upper back, surrounded by red and orange scrollwork in a geometric style.
Deathly Hallows symbol on upper back
Black and grey yin yang tattoo with a small dot on the upper back, near the left shoulder blade, seen from behind.
Yin yang tattoo on upper back
A colour tattoo of Van Gogh's The Starry Night inside a circle, placed in the centre of a person's upper back.
Starry Night circle tattoo on upper back
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a row of moon phases across the upper back, seen from behind on a woman with dark hair pulled to one side.
Moon phases tattoo across the upper back
Black fine-line tattoo of a unit circle diagram with labelled axes above the equation e^(iπ)+1=0, across the upper back.
Euler's formula and unit circle on upper back
Small fine line tattoo of mountains and pine trees inside a thin circle, placed on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Mountain and pine trees in a circle on the back
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
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
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
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 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
Solid black geometric tattoo of the Deathly Hallows symbol with two round mouse ears on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Deathly Hallows symbol with mouse ears on back
Fine line dotwork tattoo of a solar system with a red and orange sun and small coloured planets on a woman's upper back, near the shoulder blade.
Solar system and orbits on upper back
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a small six-pointed star with a circle at its centre, on a person's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Small six-pointed star on upper back
Colour tattoo of a blossoming tree with pink flowers, set within a green lotus and a yellow circle holding a green Sanskrit-style symbol, on the back.
Blossom tree within a green lotus and yellow circle
Black and grey geometric tattoo of circles, triangles and arrows running vertically down the upper back, in a Geometric style.
Vertical geometric tattoo on upper back
Black and white photo of a woman's upper back showing a fine line tattoo of a circular branching tree diagram, placed between the shoulder blades.
Circular branching tree on upper back
Black ink crescent moon filled with mandala-style patterns on a woman's upper back, shown in a wide view and a close-up of the shoulder.
Crescent moon mandala on upper back
Black script reading Until the very end beside a fine line Deathly Hallows symbol tattoo on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Until the very end script and Deathly Hallows
Large black tree of life tattoo within a circle, with leafy knotwork branches and roots, across a man's upper back.
Tree of life in a circle across a back
Two photographs of a back with a black ornamental tattoo running down the spine, one with swirls and diamond motifs and one with fine line moon circles and dots.
Ornamental spine tattoos on a back
Black fine line tattoo of a triangle with an inscribed circle and a vertical line of script on the upper back.
Triangle, circle and script on the upper back