Circle tattoo ideas

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

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Collage of small fine line tattoos in black ink, including stars on the forearms and fingers, a dotted arrow on the upper arm and dotwork circles on the hands.
Small dotwork stars, arrows and circles
Black line flash sheet of small geometric motifs including skull faces, spirals, zigzags, diamonds, squares and asterisks, with no body placement shown.
Geometric motif flash sheet in black line
Black line tattoo of an alchemical transmutation circle with inscribed script, across the inner forearm, in a black and grey linework style.
Alchemical transmutation circle on a forearm
Black, grey and gold drawing of a coiled snake with stippled dotwork rays behind its head, shown as a tattoo design on plain paper.
Coiled snake with gold discs
A grid of twenty-one white line drawings of geometric designs on a black background, including hexagons, triangles, circles and overlapping arcs, in a fine line style.
Grid of geometric sacred geometry line designs
Red dotwork geometric flower tattoo with stippled petals and three circles, placed on the forearm.
Red geometric flower on a forearm
Blackwork and colour tattoo of a blue TARDIS surrounded by black cogs and circular Time Lord symbols on the forearm.
Blue TARDIS with black gears on a forearm
Black fine line tattoo of a vertical column of stacked abstract symbols running along the inner forearm, with a tabby cat resting its head near the wrist.
Vertical line of stacked symbols on a forearm
Line drawing of a lotus flower with black outlines and tan shading, above swirl motifs and a dotted line with a circle and a star, shown as a tattoo design on a white background.
Lotus flower with dotted line ornament
Black linework Vitruvian man figure inside a circle and square on a calf, overlaid with magenta, orange, blue and red watercolour washes and handwritten script.
Vitruvian man watercolour calf tattoo
Forearm tattoo of a vintage microscope beneath a teal outlined diamond and the word True, in black and grey shading with halftone dotwork and teal accents.
Microscope and diamond on a forearm
Black tribal-style dragon design with swirling wings and a spiral tail wrapped around a pentagram inside a circle, drawn on white.
Tribal dragon with pentagram circle
Black ink tattoo of a vertical column of planetary and celestial symbols running down the inside of a forearm.
Column of planetary symbols on a forearm
Five small coloured gem-like emblems in red, purple, pink and blue tattooed on the inside of a forearm.
Five coloured gem emblems on a forearm
Black moon phases tattoo in a vertical line, from crescent to full moon, on the inner forearm.
Moon phases tattoo on a forearm
Black and grey compass rose tattoo with the words Not all those who wander are lost curved around it on bare skin.
Compass rose with a curved quote
Blue songbird tattoo with black linework and watercolour-style splashes of teal and green, on the upper arm near the shoulder.
Blue bird with watercolour splashes on upper arm
Black tribal-style dragon design drawn on cream paper, with flowing blackwork flames, a swirling tail and small open circles at the base.
Tribal dragon design with swirling tail
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a church with a tall spire, set in a ring, with a large shaded rose in front, on the upper leg.
Church and rose on a thigh
Flash sheet of eighteen black line drawings of circular geometric designs with rings, dots, hexagons and straight lines, in a three by six grid.
Grid of circular geometric line designs
Black ink tattoo on a forearm of a triangle and circle enclosing a mockingjay bird, with the words DISTRICT 9 3/4 beneath.
Deathly Hallows and mockingjay on a forearm
Watercolour-style tattoo on the upper arm and shoulder showing a grey outlined Tardis among blue and purple washes, with a line drawing of circular symbols above.
Tardis and circle motif on upper arm
Black linework design of a vertical stack of symbols: a trident, a triangle with circle, a flame in a circle, a diamond knot and a bird with arrow in a circle.
Stacked symbols tattoo design
Fine line black tattoo of a lotus flower with a dotted halo and an unalome line running down the forearm.
Lotus and unalome on a forearm
Abstract geometric tattoo on a lower leg in yellow, orange and blue-grey, with a halftone face, a circular silhouette and green splatter.
Geometric shapes and silhouette on a calf
Fine line black and grey tattoo of a seated tabby cat with a small heart on its chest and thin circular crosshair lines behind it, on the forearm.
Tabby cat with heart on forearm
Black and grey pencil-style drawing of a compass rose with spiked points, a central hub, looping scrollwork and scattered ink dots, shown as a tattoo design on a white background.
Compass rose with swirls and ink dots
Two small black fine line tattoos, a circle on one wrist and a cross on the other, shown with the two wrists side by side on a dark surface.
Circle and cross on two wrists
Fine line black tattoos on fingers, showing a small outlined circle on one hand and a crescent moon on a neighbouring finger of another hand.
Circle and crescent moon finger tattoos
Two matching forearm tattoos of a triangle-framed circle symbol, one in blue watercolour wash and one in red, with the wrists touching.
Matching blue and red forearm symbol tattoos
Black line tattoo design of overlapping Gallifreyan-style circles above the words I will love you through all of space and time, with an IPA transcription beneath.
Gallifreyan circles with a love quote
Black tribal-style dragon tattoo with a curling body and a sphere near the base, running down the side of the torso.
Tribal dragon tattoo on the side of the torso
Two black and grey dotwork tattoos on upper backs: a whale tail fluke within a circle on the left, and a crescent moon with a face on the right.
Whale tail and crescent moon on upper backs
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a diagonal arrow crossed by two overlapping circles and small dots, on the upper arm.
Arrow and overlapping circles on an arm
Fine line black tattoo of a geometric bear built from overlapping circles, with Roman numerals X and VI, on an arm.
Bear made of overlapping circles
Black and grey pen drawing of a mechanical tattoo design with a triangle inside a ring, surrounded by gears and machine parts, shown as a vertical flash design.
Mechanical triangle in circle design
Black linework tattoo of overlapping circles with Gallifreyan-style script and dots, running down the inside of a forearm.
Gallifreyan circles on a forearm
Tattoo flash design of three blue flowers among black mandala and paisley linework, with feather-like strokes, intended for a body placement not shown.
Blue flowers with black mandala linework design
Fine line and dotwork tattoo on an upper arm, with a shaded black mandala circle, red geometric polygons and dotted lines rising upward.
Mandala and geometric lines on upper arm
Four black and grey photographs of fine line geometric tattoos showing arrows crossing overlapping circles, placed on the upper arm and forearm.
Fine line arrows and circles on arms
Black and grey fine line tattoo of overlapping circles, a shaded sphere and a small triangle on the forearm.
Geometric sphere and circles on a forearm
Two side-by-side drawings of an ornate lotus flower tattoo design with swirling filigree and dotted shading, shown on a sepia background.
Ornate lotus flower design in two versions
Black ink circular emblem tattoo with a central triangle, crescent and symbol motifs, in a geometric style on the forearm.
Circular geometric emblem on forearm
Sketched black and grey hands reaching towards each other with orange and turquoise watercolour washes and a red triangle outline, tattooed on the upper arm.
Reaching hands and red triangle on upper arm
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of an owl perched on a branch within a scrolled frame, with a triangle symbol on its chest and the word Always below, on a calf.
Owl on a branch with triangle and Always script
Black line-art flash sheet of a geometric alphabet, A to Z, set in a grid of letters built from circles, diamonds, arrows and parallel lines.
Geometric line alphabet flash sheet
Black and grey wolf head in profile inside a circular border of runic-style characters, tattooed on the upper arm.
Wolf head in a runic circle on the arm
Black line drawing of an eight-point compass rose inside a ring, surrounded by curling spiral and swirl linework, shown as a tattoo design with no body visible.
Compass rose within a circle of spirals