Circle tattoo ideas

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

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Black fine line tattoo of overlapping circles, arcs and a vertical line with dots on the inner forearm, in a geometric style.
Geometric circles and line tattoo on a forearm
Black and grey blackwork tattoo of mountains above rippling sea inside a circle, placed on the lower leg.
Mountains and sea in a circle on a leg
Circular colour tattoo of a sunset landscape with pine trees and a purple and orange sky, placed on a person's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Sunset landscape with pine trees in a circle
Black dotwork forearm tattoo with a large spiral circle at the elbow side and bands of shading fading from dark to light towards the wrist, in black and grey.
Dotwork circle and gradient bands on a forearm
Black and grey mountain range tattoo inside a thin circular outline on the inner forearm, shaded with fine hatching.
Mountain range in a circle on a forearm
Black and white lotus flower with an eye at its centre, set within a circle of radiating lines above a row of small script-like glyphs, shown as a design rather than on skin.
Lotus with eye in a radiating circle
Black brush-stroke drawing of an emblem made of interlocking rings, a central triangle and a vertical stroke, on a grey gradient background.
Looped rings and triangle emblem design
Black line drawing of a circular geometric diagram with arcs, dots and a small filled circle, above the words hello, sweetie in a thin script, shown as a tattoo design.
Circular line diagram with "hello, sweetie."
Fine line black and grey alchemical circle tattoo with spirals, stars and a central vertical axis, placed on the outer thigh.
Alchemical circle design on a thigh
Black ink line drawing of a segmented serpent biting its own tail in a circle, with the lettering Fear is the little death that brings total obliteration set around the edge.
Circular serpent design with quote lettering
Black and grey geometric tattoo of a shaded rose inside a circle with fine lines and a small diamond, on the inner forearm of a person wearing black underwear.
Shaded rose in a geometric circle on a forearm
Four small fine line tattoos on hands and wrists in a collage, including a diamond, an eye, a heart, an arrow, a cross and a circle, placed on fingers and wrists.
Small fine line tattoos on hands and wrists
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a globe showing continents, sitting on the inner upper arm of a person wearing a white sleeve.
Dotwork globe on the upper arm
Three black letters N, Q and R, each set in a yellow circle, run down the outer forearm of a person wearing a green patterned dress and tan leather bracelets.
Letters N, Q and R on a forearm
Back view of both legs covered in black and grey geometric and botanical tattoos, including roses and a feather, on the thighs and calves.
Black and grey leg sleeve with roses and geometry
Black blackwork tattoo of a pine tree silhouette inside a circle, with a long trunk line, on the back of a lower leg.
Pine tree in a circle on a calf
Black line drawing of the words HERE COMES THE SUN in hand-drawn lettering, with SUN inside a circle surrounded by a spiky sunburst outline, on a white background.
Here Comes the Sun lettering in a sun
Black ink flash sheet on aged paper showing a teapot, a winged key, a sorting hat, a trunk, round glasses and a triangle with a circle and vertical line.
Flash sheet of six small designs
Black ink tattoo of planets on dotted orbital rings with thin crossing lines across the upper arm, in a fine line and dotwork style.
Planets and orbits on the upper arm
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a fox head and bushy tail on the outer forearm, overlaid with geometric lines, hexagons and dots.
Geometric fox and hexagons on a forearm
Black and grey drawing of a mermaid with long flowing hair, her scaled tail curving around to form a circular design with bubbles rising beside her.
Mermaid within a circle
Watercolour-style lion head linked by thin geometric circles and lines, with red and green splashes, on an upper arm.
Lion head with geometric circles on upper arm
Two identical navy circles with cream spiral swirl linework, shown side by side on a textured linen background.
Navy circle with cream swirl design
Fine line and dotwork tattoo of a woman with curly hair hugging a dark circular galaxy with coloured planets and a ringed Saturn, placed on the upper back.
Woman embracing a galaxy on the upper back
Fine line black and grey arrow tattoo with a feather and geometric circles on the inner upper arm.
Fine line arrow with feather on upper arm
Black fine line tattoo of the word Always in cursive script beside a triangle, circle and line symbol, on the inside of a wrist.
Always script with triangle symbol on a wrist
Colour traditional tattoo on a thigh showing banners reading Don't Forget The Important Things, with a red flame motif in a blue circle and teal and orange flowers.
Traditional banner quote on thigh
Close-up of a black blackwork tattoo of three stacked yin yang style symbols with two small dots below, on a person's upper back between the shoulder blades.
Stacked yin yang symbols on the upper back
Black repeating monogram pattern tattooed across the upper arm and forearm of a man wearing a grey tank top.
Repeating monogram pattern full arm sleeve
Fine line script tattoo reading The only exception on the upper back, with a small line symbol on the forearm, seen from behind.
Script quote on upper back
Black dotwork mandala tattoo with a radiating petal pattern on the forearm, beside a grey knitted sweater sleeve.
Mandala tattoo on a forearm
Colour tattoo of a red circular emblem with a black outline and a red angular symbol inside, on the calf.
Red circular emblem on a calf
Black and grey blackwork tattoo of a snarling wolf and a skull with geometric lines and triangles on a forearm.
Wolf and skull with geometric lines on forearm
Black ink tattoo of a Deathly Hallows symbol with lettering arranged around it, across the middle of a person's back.
Deathly Hallows symbol with quotation on back
Black linework flash design of a floating astronaut in a spacesuit, with a dotted planet and stars, set inside a circle of overlapping triangles.
Astronaut floating within a geometric circle
Dreamcatcher tattoo with flower of life circles, watercolour splashes and the words dreams unwind, love's a state of mind, on an upper arm.
Dreamcatcher with script on upper arm
Black and grey mandala tattoo with petal-like layers centred on a person's chest, with surgical tape visible at the sides.
Black and grey mandala on the chest
Black dotwork mandala tattoo of concentric rings of dots radiating from a central point, across the outer shoulder and upper arm.
Dotwork mandala on the shoulder
Black and grey fine line dotwork tattoo of a constellation-like design with arrows, circles and starbursts across the upper back.
Fine line constellation across the upper back
Pale raised circles and dots in a dotwork pattern across a forearm, with a dotted line along the lower edge.
White dot and circle pattern on a forearm
Black and grey fine line and dotwork crescent moon tattoo with geometric detail, placed centrally on the back of the neck.
Crescent moon with geometric detail on the neck
Black tattoos of spirals and tribal-style motifs cover a forearm and the back of a hand, with small dot-and-circle designs on the fingers.
Spiral and tribal patterns on a hand and forearm
Black ink pen drawing of a stag head with flowers, birds and a beetle within a circle of branching antlers and fine geometric lines, with no body part shown.
Stag, beetle and flowers in a geometric circle
Two photographs of a colourful geometric mandala tattoo in teal, purple, magenta and yellow on the hip and buttock of a person wearing teal underwear.
Colourful mandala tattoo on a hip
Five temporary tattoo designs on white squares: a black lotus, a magenta elephant above Námáste script, a black Om symbol, a black circle with a white Om, and magenta Námáste lettering.
Lotus, elephant and Om temporary tattoo designs
Two forearms in black and grey with fine line tattoos, including a shaded palm tree and the word WILDERNESS on the inner forearm.
Palm tree and fine line forearm tattoos
Fine line black and grey tattoo of a spear with a patterned shaft and overlapping circles, on the inner upper arm.
Spear with overlapping circles on the arm
Black and grey geometric lotus tattoo with fine linework and an arrow-like point, shown on the inner forearm in three views.
Lotus and geometric lines on a forearm