Circle tattoo ideas

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

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Black and white photo of a shirtless man seen from behind, with a fine line circle tattoo on his shoulder and upper arm and a long thin line running down his back.
Fine line circle and line tattoo on shoulder and back
Geometric tattoo of a solid black disc inside an orange ring with radiating black marks, on the front of a lower leg below the knee.
Geometric sun and lines on a lower leg
Black ink compass rose tattoo with a fleur-de-lis at the top and dotwork detail, on the upper back of a woman whose face is not shown.
Compass rose on upper back
Close-up of a black and grey Deathly Hallows tattoo on the inner forearm, with a shaded rod across the base and a thin red line rising through the centre.
Deathly Hallows symbol on a forearm
Black and white photo of two clasped hands, each showing a small fine line geometric triangle tattoo with a circle on a finger.
Matching triangle tattoos on two fingers
Seven small black fine line radial burst tattoos run in a diagonal row across the top of a bare foot, on a tiled floor.
Seven radial burst tattoos across a foot
Small black dotwork tattoo of three concentric rings on the back of a hand, resting on a paint-splattered surface.
Dotted concentric circles on the back of a hand
Black fine line tattoo of intersecting circles, arcs and a long diagonal arrow on the side of the ribs.
Fine line arrow and circles on the side
Black and grey dotwork mandala tattoo with lotus-like petals and geometric patterns covering the inner forearm.
Mandala tattoo on a forearm
Black and grey palm tree tattoo on the forearm, framed by a fine line circle, arcs and dotted lines.
Palm tree with geometric circles on a forearm
Black and grey fine line and dotwork tattoo of an eye inside a triangle, within overlapping circles and radiating lines, on a forearm.
All-seeing eye in geometric circles on a forearm
Black and grey photo of two forearms: the left has a fine line compass star with circles and a dotted vertical line, and the right has a geometric anchor with triangles on the inner forearm.
Compass star and anchor on two forearms
Black interlaced knot tattoo in a circle on the top of a foot, with a bold geometric outline.
Interlocked knot circle on the foot
Black line drawing of a triangle enclosing a circle, split by a vertical line, in a simple geometric style with no body placement shown.
Triangle, circle and vertical line symbol
Two side-by-side photos of fine line black ink tattoos on the inner wrist: a dotted interlocking triangle design on the left and a small orbit with dots and a star on the right.
Geometric and orbit tattoos on wrists
Small watercolour-style blue wave tattoo curling into a circle on a forearm, with a black outline paper boat inside.
Blue watercolour wave with paper boat on a forearm
Black and grey tattoos on a lower leg: a vertical column of geometric circles and triangles on the left, and a dark owl with a small figure on a branch on the right.
Geometric symbols and owl on lower legs
Black and grey photograph of a fine line tattoo of two overlapping circles on the ankle, above a white knitted sock.
Two overlapping circles on an ankle
Circular pastel tattoo of a bare tree with stained-glass style panels in pink, purple and blue, with dotted accents, on an upper arm.
Pastel tree in a circle on an upper arm
Full sleeve geometric mandala tattoo in dotwork shading, with small pink rose accents near the elbow, covering the upper arm and forearm.
Full sleeve mandala tattoo on an arm
Black and grey dotwork tree inside a faceted crystal outline on a forearm, with a dotted circle and single dots above and below.
Tree within a geometric crystal on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork drawing of a crab with a central eye, set inside a circle with geometric construction lines and lettered points, shown as a tattoo design.
Crab with an eye in a geometric circle
Black line drawing sheet of many Thai sak yant designs, including yantra grids, tigers, a rooster, pagodas and Thai-style script, with no placement on the body shown.
Sheet of Thai sak yant tattoo designs
Black lettering tattoo of overlapping circles labelled with pronouns such as THEY, I, YOU, WE and ME, on the inside of a forearm, in a lettering and geometric style.
Venn diagram of pronouns on a forearm
Black and grey geometric mandala tattoo on the inner wrist and forearm, with a small yin yang below it, shown on a hand resting on a red tartan shirt.
Mandala tattoo on a wrist
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of two stylised birds facing each other with leafy branches and a pink dotted circle, across the upper back.
Two facing birds and branches across a back
Black lettering tattoo of the Deathly Hallows symbol with the word Always beneath it, over a blue wash, on the top of a foot.
Deathly Hallows and Always on a foot
Black outlined Deathly Hallows symbol tattoo on a person's upper back, surrounded by red and orange scrollwork in a geometric style.
Deathly Hallows symbol on upper back
Black outline circle tattoo on the upper shoulder of a woman with a dark bob who holds a cigarette to her mouth, against a pale grey background.
Black outline circle tattoo on a shoulder
Black fine line flower of life tattoo, a circle of overlapping circles, on the upper leg, in a geometric style.
Flower of life tattoo on a thigh
Fine line geometric tattoo of an arrow, curls and dotted lines ending in a small blue eye, on the inner wrist of a raised hand.
Geometric arrow and eye on the inner wrist
Black and grey tattoo of a deer skull with antlers and flowering botanical stems on the upper arm.
Deer skull and queen anne's lace on upper arm
Black ink drawing of a tattoo design showing an upright arrow, leafy scrolls and a dotted beaded chain with a drop pendant, in a dotwork and botanical style.
Arrow with leafy scrolls and beaded chain
Forearm tattoo of black outlined circular motifs with blue and purple watercolour galaxy shading and small stars, on the inner forearm.
Circular motifs over a galaxy wash on a forearm
A flash sheet of temporary tattoo designs showing pentagrams, sun shapes, circles and symbols in black ink with one pink motif, shown on a wooden surface.
Sheet of pentagram and sigil temporary tattoo designs
Two people stand side by side showing matching black outline sun tattoos on their ribs, each with a small symbol beside it.
Matching sun tattoos on two ribs
Close-up of a blue and violet mandala tattoo with fine ornamental linework covering the top of a woman's shoulder and upper arm.
Blue mandala tattoo on the shoulder
Black linework tattoo of an arrow above a compass star inside a circle, on the upper arm, in a geometric fine line style.
Arrow and compass star on upper arm
Small fine line black tattoo of the Deathly Hallows symbol, a triangle with a circle and a vertical line, on the back of a neck.
Deathly Hallows symbol on the back of the neck
Fine line black tattoo of a wolf built from overlapping circles and geometric construction lines, on the inner upper arm.
Geometric wolf on an upper arm
Black fine line tattoo of a walking wolf built from overlapping circles and straight lines, placed on the inner upper arm.
Geometric wolf on an upper arm
Black fine line geometric tattoo of a bow and arrow with circles, triangles and dots running down the inner forearm.
Geometric bow and arrow on a forearm
Black and white photo of two geometric mandala tattoos, one on each forearm, with fine linework on the left and dense dotwork shading on the right.
Matching mandala tattoos on two forearms
Black and grey fine line arrow tattoo with circles, a triangle and dotted details on the inner forearm.
Fine line arrow with circles on an inner arm
Hand-drawn black ink mandala with layered petals and fine dotted detail, drawn on white paper in a spiral sketchbook.
Black ink mandala design in a sketchbook
Black fine line geometric tattoos on the side of the ribs: a triangle with tally marks, a circle with an arrow, and a square enclosing a circle and a shaded triangle.
Triangle, circle and square geometric tattoos on ribs
Fine line black tattoo of overlapping circles, dotted orbit paths and a small star on the inner wrist.
Overlapping circles and star on the wrist
Black and grey photograph of a row of small moon phase tattoos running along the inner forearm, with stacked beaded bracelets worn at the wrist.
Moon phases tattoo on a forearm