Circle tattoo ideas

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

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Symmetrical tattoo design of a stag beetle framed by geometric lines and shaded grey flowers, shown as a standalone flash drawing.
Symmetrical stag beetle and flowers in geometric frame
Black and red architectural wall detail tattoo with circled section markers and a scale note, placed on the upper leg below shorts.
Architectural wall detail on a leg
Black and grey fine line tattoo of overlapping circles with a soft shaded half-moon and a horizontal line across the inner forearm.
Overlapping circles and horizontal line on forearm
Black line drawing of a geometric mandala design with overlapping circles at its centre, swirls, a sunburst above and hanging diamond shapes below.
Geometric mandala design with seed of life
Black and grey line drawing of six rows of interlocking circles in a Gallifreyan-style circular script, each row with a small grey caption beneath it.
Six rows of circle script lettering
Black solid-ink flash design of a crescent moon above a vertical column of dots, a ringed planet and a circle with two small white dots, shown on a white background.
Crescent moon and planet dot design
Grey fine line compass rose tattoo with script letters N, E, S and W, placed on the ankle.
Compass rose on an ankle
Colour tattoo of a stylised geometric animal with dotwork patterns and circular dot stems on a person's calf, in green, mustard and black linework.
Geometric animal and dot motifs on a calf
Black ink flash drawing of a molecular structure with two hexagonal rings inside a dotwork stippled circle, with dotted line ends, shown on cream paper.
Stippled molecule design
Colour tattoo of a blue police box in front of a dark, swirling textured background with a circular ring and red markers, on the upper arm.
Blue police box in a swirling vortex on an arm
Colour tattoo of a purple and gold unicorn inside a dark circle dotted with stars, on the side of a hip and upper thigh.
Unicorn in a starry circle on a hip
Two mandala-style designs side by side, one in red with a Rebel Alliance style emblem and one in blue with a Galactic Empire style emblem, drawn in a geometric linework style.
Mandala designs with Rebel and Empire emblems
Colourful watercolour-style splash tattoo with black ink spatters and outlined bubbles wrapping around the ankle and lower leg.
Watercolour splash and bubbles on an ankle
Small solid black moon phases tattoo on the forearm of a person in a black knitted scarf and black layered dress.
Black moon phases tattoo on forearm
Colour photo of a black and red tattoo on the inner forearm, showing a pentagram inside a ring with black rays and red drips and splatter.
Pentagram in a black rayed ring with red splatter
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a rose with geometric arrows, triangles and circles running vertically along the ribs.
Geometric rose and arrow down the ribs
Black and grey mandala tattoo with a radiating star centre on the outer forearm, with the hand raised and a thin bracelet on the wrist.
Mandala tattoo on the forearm
Abstract tattoo of black, red, green and blue shapes, circles and fine lines covering a forearm.
Abstract colour shapes on a forearm
Black compass rose tattoo with a solid eight-point star inside dotted and solid rings, on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Compass rose on the inner forearm
Black fine line compass rose tattoo with a swirl and arrow detail on the side of a torso, above denim shorts.
Compass rose on the ribs
Black and grey shaded tattoo of seven moon phases in a row along the ribs, with black lace fabric above.
Moon phases tattoo along the ribs
Six-panel collage showing a black Deathly Hallows symbol temporary tattoo being applied to the inner forearm, in a geometric style.
Deathly Hallows symbol temporary tattoo on a wrist
Black and grey pen drawing of an owl split into a yin yang circle, with one pale eye and one yellow eye, as a tattoo design.
Yin yang owl design
Black geometric linework tattoo of a horizontal line with vertical strokes and circular ends on the inner forearm.
Linear strokes and circles on a forearm
Black linework flash design of an ornate seahorse made of curling scrolls and circles, shown on a plain white background.
Ornate seahorse with swirls
Black linework botanical tattoo of a sprig with a small bird and orange dots, with dotwork shading behind, on the side of the ribs.
Botanical sprig and bird on ribs
Colour tattoo on an ankle with orange, red, green and blue paint-like washes, black ink splatters and outlined circles.
Watercolour splash and bubbles on an ankle
Two black and grey fine line tattoos of a small outlined circle with two short slanted strokes inside, one on the inner wrist of each of two people.
Matching circle symbol tattoos on two wrists
Back view of a woman with a small solid black ring tattoo on the back of her neck, her hair in an updo and large gold disc earrings visible.
Small black ring tattoo on the neck
Two tree design drawings side by side: a black linework tree of life with roots inside a circle on the left, and a colourful swirling tree with a braided trunk on the right.
Tree of life designs in ink and colour
Full arm sleeve tattoo of a pink axolotl with dotwork and geometric patterns, yellow circles and a flower bud, across the upper arm and forearm.
Axolotl full arm sleeve
Fine line black script tattoo forming a ring on the upper back, with the wearer's hair in a bun above it.
Circular script tattoo on upper back
Close-up of a shaded teal scale pattern tattoo on a hip, with a pink thong waistband crossing the design.
Teal scale pattern on a hip
Black linework Vitruvian figure in a circle and square on a calf, with magenta, orange and blue watercolour washes and mirrored script above and below.
Vitruvian figure with watercolour wash on a calf
Black and grey temporary tattoo of the word divergent in script with birds on one forearm, and a row of circular symbols on the other.
Divergent script and circle symbols on a forearm
Black line drawing of a stacked tribal-style design with a star wheel, a nested diamond and a spiral, shown without any body placement.
Stacked star, diamond and spiral design
Black linework flash design of overlapping concentric circles and small rings in a horizontal band, with no body placement shown.
Overlapping circles line design
Purple line-drawn outline of a plane seen from the front, inside a dashed circle, on the inside of a forearm.
Aeroplane outline on a forearm
Black line drawing of a dreamcatcher with an ornate looping web and three patterned feathers hanging below, shown as a design rather than on skin.
Dreamcatcher with three feathers
Flash sheet of white line-art geometric designs on black, including circles, triangles, hexagons and diamonds, with a mountain photograph across the top.
Geometric line art flash sheet
Black and grey geometric tattoo on a forearm showing a four-petal lotus shape around a downward triangle inside a circle, set within a square outline.
Geometric lotus and triangle on a forearm
Pencil sketch of a goldfish with long flowing fins inside a circle, a fine line tattoo design shown in three stacked views.
Goldfish with flowing fins in a circle
Colour tattoo on a calf of the Vitruvian Man figure in black linework inside a circle, with pink, purple, blue and orange watercolour washes and script lines above and below.
Vitruvian figure with watercolour splashes on a calf
Full arm sleeve in a Japanese-influenced brushstroke style, with a black enso-style circle and red ring on the upper arm and black strokes running down the forearm.
Brushstroke circle sleeve on upper arm
Black and grey dotwork mandala tattoo with lace-like scalloped petals across the upper back, shown from behind.
Dotwork mandala on upper back
Blue ink drawing of a geometric mandala design with a diamond, dotwork and fine spiral linework, shown on white paper beside lace and dried flowers.
Blue ink geometric mandala design on paper
Black line drawing of an elven tree of life with swirling branches and small stars, set inside an ornate circular frame.
Elven tree of life design in a circle
Flash sheet of twelve geometric mandala designs drawn in blue linework, including stars, hexagons, circles and lattice patterns, with no placement on skin.
Twelve geometric mandala flash designs