Circle tattoo ideas

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

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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 ink sketch of bare trees and a lake framed in a circle on textured white paper, drawn in fine line with fineliner pens beside it.
Bare trees and lake in a circle
Black and white line drawing of a white pug and a black French bulldog curled together in a yin yang circle design, with no body part shown.
Two dogs in a yin yang circle
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 and blackwork tattoo of a wave and setting sun inside a circle on the forearm.
Wave and sunset in a circle on a forearm
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
Small black and grey blackwork tattoo of a castle silhouette with horizontal stripes and a faint circle behind it, on an upper arm.
Castle silhouette on an upper arm
Black and grey line drawing of a cluster of flowers and leaves with the Taurus symbol, a dotted arc and sun rays, above the word Taurus.
Taurus zodiac flowers with sun rays
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a desert scene with saguaro cacti, mountains and a moon, set inside a circle on the lower leg.
Desert landscape in a circle on the lower leg
Colour neo-trad tattoo on a calf of a circular mandala with teal lotus flowers, dotwork petals and a teal sphere with constellation lines.
Lotus mandala with constellation on a calf
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
Black line drawing of a dragon coiled in a circle, with raised wings and a hexagonal scaled body, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement.
Coiled dragon with raised wings
Colour tattoo of a watercolour-style butterfly in pinks, reds and teals with ink splatters on the inner forearm, above a small solid black circle.
Watercolour butterfly on a forearm
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
Blackwork and dotwork tattoo of a crescent moon, stars and stippled waves inside a solid black circle on the forearm.
Crescent moon and waves in a black circle
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 and grey botanical tattoo of a lotus flower inside a brushed crescent arc, with small stars and dots above, on pale skin.
Lotus in a crescent with stars
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
Colour tattoo of a red three-headed dragon curled inside a circle with black outlines, across a person's upper back.
Red three-headed dragon in a circle on a back
Black line drawing of two spotted toadstools above a circular Celtic interlace knot, with leaves and curling tendrils at the base.
Mushrooms and Celtic knot design
Black and grey pentagram set inside a sun with flame-like rays, with two small bat silhouettes, on the upper back near the neck.
Pentagram sun and bats on upper back
Two black-and-grey outline tattoos on open palms: a small circle with a dot on the left hand and a crescent moon on the right, against a dark background and dry grass.
Circle and crescent moon tattoos on palms
Black script lettering arranged in a loop across a bare leg, with a wine bottle and picnic basket on a striped blanket behind.
Script lettering looped in a circle on a leg
Black fine line circle tattoo with a simple inner mark on the outer ankle of a leg wearing black platform sandals.
Small circle tattoo on the ankle
Black and grey mandala tattoo with dotwork shading on the forearm.
Mandala tattoo on a forearm
Close-up of two hands pressed palm to palm, with small fine line black symbols tattooed on several fingers against a dark background.
Small symbols on the fingers of both hands
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
Pen and coloured pencil drawing of two koi fish circling a blue circle filled with white swirls and water splashes, a tattoo design with no body placement shown.
Two koi fish around a swirling wave circle
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 dotwork and fine line tattoo of two curled-up sleeping cats with small stars, enclosed in a circle on the outer forearm.
Two sleeping cats in a circle on a forearm
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
Pencil sketch of a tattoo design showing an owl beside curling scrolls with tulip-like buds, arranged within a circle, with no body placement shown.
Owl and floral scroll tattoo sketch
Black tribal sleeve tattoo with spirals, chevrons and triangles covering the shoulder and upper arm.
Polynesian-style tribal sleeve on upper 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
Black ink Thai script mandala tattoo arranged in a sunburst circle across the upper back, with a second tattoo partly visible at the lower back.
Circular Thai script mandala on upper back
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
Colour tattoo of three blue dolphins arranged in a circle on the lower leg.
Three dolphins in a circle on a lower leg