Circle tattoo ideas

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

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Black and grey sketch-style tattoo of a horse head inside a circle with construction lines, on the forearm.
Sketched horse head in a circle
Black and white photo of matching fine line triple moon tattoos on a shoulder and a wrist, with a small branch tattoo on a hand.
Matching triple moon tattoos on shoulder and wrist
Black and grey yin yang tattoo made of paw prints, placed on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Yin yang with paw prints on the back
Black line drawing of a tree of life within a circle, with spiral swirls, small stars and knotwork roots, shown as a tattoo design without a body placement.
Tree of life in a circle with swirls and stars
Bold black blackwork tattoo of overlapping circles and triangles with ink splatter details, placed on the upper back.
Circles and triangles on upper back
Black and grey silhouette tattoo of an adult lifting a child against a circle, placed centrally on a person's upper back.
Silhouetted figure lifting a child on a back
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a humpback whale with overlapping geometric lines and a solid circle on the upper arm.
Humpback whale with geometric lines
Black line drawing of a triple moon design with two crescents flanking a full circle, shown on a plain white background.
Triple moon line design
Black Kokopelli figure with feathered headdress playing a flute, set against a red and orange circle, tattooed on skin.
Kokopelli figure over a red sun
Back view of a person in a black bikini showing a blue TARDIS police box tattoo with an orange wash and black swirl linework on the upper back, beside the shoulder blade.
TARDIS tattoo on upper back
Black ink blackwork tattoo of five stacked circular motifs on the inner forearm, showing a flame, a hand, a tree, scales and an eye.
Five circular black ink symbols down a forearm
Black and grey dotwork mandala with a moth at its centre, tattooed on the front of a thigh.
Mandala and moth on a thigh
Colour tattoo of a sun and moon combined into one face with long rays and watercolour washes in orange, purple and teal.
Sun and moon face with watercolour wash
Black tree of life tattoo enclosed in a circle with spreading roots, on the inner forearm above a beaded bracelet.
Tree of life in a circle on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of two moon phases stacked on the side of a thigh, with crater detail on the lit halves.
Two moon phases on a thigh
Black and grey dotwork tattoo in a circle on the side of the ribs, showing a sun over mountains, a ringed planet and a spiral galaxy.
Dotwork sun, mountains and galaxy in a circle
Black ink circular yantra design with radiating script across the middle of a bare back, with part of another tattoo visible at the lower back.
Circular yantra with script on mid-back
Man with full black and grey geometric dotwork sleeves, snowflake-style shoulder pieces and a chest design, photographed against a dark background.
Geometric dotwork sleeves and chest on a shirtless man
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a mountain peak and moon inside a circle, placed on the calf.
Mountain and moon in a dotwork circle on a calf
Black and grey fine line fleur-de-lis tattoo with a dotted circle above, on the upper back between the shoulder blades, in front of a patterned textile.
Fine line fleur-de-lis on upper back
Black and grey dotwork and fine line bull skull tattoo with crossed arrows and a crescent moon on the back of a leg, framed by thin geometric circles.
Bull skull with arrows and moon on a leg
Fine line black tattoo of the word Wanderlust in script with a fine arrow and overlapping circles across the inside of a forearm.
Wanderlust script and arrow on a forearm
Black and grey brush enso circle framed by ferns, trees, birds and a deer, drawn as a tattoo design with no body part shown.
Enso circle with ferns, trees and birds
Blue and teal tattoo of a circle filled with spirals and wave lines, with splash marks around its edge, on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Circular wave emblem on upper back
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a moon, stars, mountains and pine trees inside a circle on the inner forearm.
Moon, mountains and pines in a circle on a forearm
Small black yin yang symbol tattooed on the lower back of a person in a turquoise bikini, with a faded close-up of the same mark beside it.
Small yin yang symbol on the lower back
Fine line black tattoo of stacked circles, loops and small dots running vertically down a forearm.
Vertical line of circles and loops on a forearm
Fine line black and grey tattoo of a curling wave inside a circle, placed on the inner forearm.
Small circular wave on a forearm
Black and grey fine line dreamcatcher tattoo with three hanging feathers on the inner upper arm of a person wearing a black top.
Dreamcatcher and feathers on upper arm
Black and grey geometric tattoo of stacked moon phases running down the spine on a bare back.
Moon phase column down the spine
Small fine line black tattoo of a pine tree inside a thin outlined circle on the inner upper arm.
Pine tree in a circle on the inner arm
Black line drawing of overlapping circles of varying sizes above the words You are Loved by so Many and so Much and By no One more than ME, on a white background.
Overlapping circles with quote lettering
Black fine line tattoo of a bear built from overlapping circles and dotted lines, with Roman numerals X and VI, on a pale arm.
Geometric bear with Roman numerals
Small black outline tattoo of four interlocking rings on the ankle of a person wearing beige peep-toe stiletto heels.
Four interlocking rings on an ankle
Colour tattoo on the thigh of a red rose with a triangle, circle and vertical line at its centre, above a grey banner reading Until the very end, in a neo-traditional style.
Red rose and banner tattoo on thigh
Red bow tie with black outline at the centre of a circle of black lettering, shown as a lettering-style tattoo on pale skin.
Red bow tie inside circular lettering
Black ink compass rose tattoo with ornate N, E, S and W letters on the ankle, above a cream slip-on shoe.
Compass rose on the ankle
Black line drawing of a circular mandala with scrolled leaf flourishes above and below, shown as a tattoo design on a white background.
Black mandala design with scroll flourishes
Black and white flash design of a stylised gecko covered in circles, dots and swirls, shown on a plain white background.
Patterned gecko tattoo design
Black and white yin yang design in a circle, with a paw print in each of the two halves, drawn as a flash design.
Yin yang with paw prints
Hand-drawn red geometric sigil of an inverted triangle within a circle, with handwritten lyrics above and below, shown as a tattoo design on paper with no body placement visible.
Red inverted triangle sigil with lyric
Black ink tattoo down the upper back with an infinity symbol near the neck, circle motifs and a vertical line of marks, beside four film stills linked by coloured arrows.
Black linework tattoo down the upper back
Back of a neck with a purple bob haircut, showing a small black fine line geometric tattoo of a circle above a downward triangle and dots, sitting on the nape.
Small geometric triangle tattoo on the nape
Black circle tattoo on a calf with white geometric mountain linework and white dots for stars, in a blackwork and dotwork style.
Geometric mountains in a black circle on a calf
Black and grey geometric tattoo of overlapping circles with dotted lines on a forearm, photographed beside a dark t-shirt.
Overlapping circles on a forearm
Fine line script reading redemption on the inner forearm, with three yellow dots decreasing in size towards the wrist.
Redemption script and yellow dots on a forearm
Black line lettering design arranged in a circle reading 'What goes around comes around', shown on a plain white background with no body placement visible.
Circular 'What goes around' lettering design
Black fine line tattoo of orbiting circles, a dial and a crescent on the inner forearm, in a geometric style.
Orbital astrolabe design on forearm