Circle tattoo ideas

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

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Two people standing side by side, each with a yin yang tattoo on their ribs: the left one solid black, the right one a thin black outline.
Matching yin yang tattoos on ribs
Black outline tattoo of a police box with swirling mist and spiral circles on the upper arm and shoulder.
TARDIS outline on upper arm
Fine line and dotwork tattoo of planets in a row with dotted orbital arcs across the inner forearm, with Saturn at the centre right.
Solar system planets and orbits on a forearm
Black line drawing of a Vegvisir compass design inside a circle of runes, shown on a plain white background with no body placement visible.
Vegvisir compass with runic ring
Traditional style colour tattoo of a gold badge reading Together in Paris, with green petals around its edge, on the upper back near the neck.
Together in Paris badge on upper back
Four-panel collage of bare feet with black script tattoos reading 'I am not worried, Harry' and 'I am with you', plus a triangle, circle and line symbol on the foot.
Quote script and triangle symbol on ankle and foot
Colour tattoo of a dreamcatcher with three teal feathers and red and yellow beads on a forearm, with grey shaded rim and black linework.
Dreamcatcher with teal feathers on a forearm
Wrist stacked with gold and silver bracelets above a gold metallic shell temporary tattoo on the forearm.
Metallic shell temporary tattoo on a wrist
Colour traditional-style tattoo of a grey tabby and an orange cat curled together inside a circle on the upper arm.
Two cats curled in a circle on upper arm
Black and grey fine line tattoo of mountains, pine trees and a lake inside a circle, on the inner forearm.
Mountain lake and pine trees in a circle on a forearm
Black ink line drawing of the Deathly Hallows symbol, a triangle, circle and vertical line, surrounded by ornate filigree, on white sketchbook paper beside a fine liner pen.
Deathly Hallows symbol in mandala design
Black and grey circular tattoo of a mountain valley with a winding river, in stippled dotwork shading on the outer thigh.
Circular mountain valley landscape on a leg
Black and grey geometric tattoo of circles, a triangle and dots along the ribs of a woman seated on rock.
Geometric circles and triangles on ribs
Silver Celtic knotwork design within a black circle, with a glossy green gem at the centre, shown as a flat graphic design.
Celtic knot with green gem
Solid black yin yang symbol tattoo with a thin outline on a forearm, shown in black ink against the skin.
Yin yang on a forearm
Three views of a black and grey abstract sketch tattoo on the forearm, with loose linework, ink washes and circular shapes.
Abstract black and grey sketch on a forearm
Black ink tree of life enclosed in a circle on the inner wrist, with the hand raised and a ring on the fingers.
Tree of life on the inner wrist
Black and grey geometric mandala tattoo covering a man's chest, abdomen, shoulders and neck, in dotwork and blackwork style.
Geometric mandala across chest and torso
Black blackwork tattoo of a tree within a circle, with branches dissolving into flying birds, on a person's upper back.
Tree in a circle with birds on upper back
Black and white photo of a solid black tree of life tattoo with roots inside a circle, centred on a person's upper back.
Tree of life on upper back
Black and grey realism drawing of a wolf head thrown back in a howl inside a circle, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Howling wolf within a circle
Purple stencil of a geometric lion with a mandala crown on skin, beside the matching black linework transfer design on paper.
Lion and mandala stencil with geometric pendant
Black and grey tribal blackwork tattoo with a circular chest panel and a band running down the upper arm, on a shirtless man outdoors.
Black tribal tattoo across shoulder and chest
Black and grey fine line tattoo of three stacked vertebrae inside dotted circles and guide lines on the inner forearm.
Three vertebrae with geometric lines on a forearm
Colour tattoo on a calf combining a realistic black and grey gorilla head with a bold outlined line drawing of a bald man in glasses, set against red, blue and grey geometric shapes.
Gorilla and line-drawn face on a calf
Black line drawing of a geometric circular mandala with two eyes, a spiral shell motif and a teardrop, in a Geometric style, with the words DUNE ARRAKIS beneath it.
Geometric eye and spiral mandala
Black and white photo of a floral and geometric tattoo design drawn in a sketchbook, beside a dotwork mandala tattoo on a forearm.
Floral and geometric sketch with forearm mandala
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a whale, paper boats and a moon inside a circle on the inner forearm.
Whale and paper boats in a circle on forearm
Black dotwork mandala tattoo with a radiating floral pattern on the upper arm, shown in a close photograph of a person in a striped top.
Dotwork mandala on upper arm
Fine line flash design of a light bulb with a triangle and circle inside, and a single continuous line rising from the bulb into vertical cursive script.
Light bulb with vertical script and triangle symbol
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a breaking wave inside a circle on the inner wrist, shown in a close photograph.
Breaking wave in a circle on the wrist
Black line drawing of a circular seal made of arcs, overlapping circles and dotted accents, shown as a standalone design with no skin visible.
Circular line-art seal design
Black lettering tattoo on an upper arm spelling the word Always, with the letters replaced by symbols including a triangle with a circle, a wand, a lightning bolt and a snake.
Always lettering with symbols on upper arm
Small solid black tattoo of a stylised glyph with a circle at the top, a curl to the left and a downward arrow, on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Small black glyph on the inner forearm
Neo-traditional stag head with gold antlers, black fur and feathered neck, set within fine geometric linework and a red dotwork sun on a thigh.
Geometric stag head on a thigh
Black and white photo of two hands with matching fine line arrow symbols with dots and small circles on the middle finger of each hand.
Matching arrow symbols on two fingers
Fine line black outline tattoo of a circle filled with arcs and dots resembling Gallifreyan script, with pink and teal watercolour washes, on a lower leg.
Circular Gallifreyan-style script on the calf
Pencil drawing of a five-pointed star with a circle, a crescent and a sharp diagonal line cut into its outline, shown in grey shading on white paper.
Pencil sketch of a star with inset shapes
Black ink mandala design with geometric triangles, dotted shading and hanging drops, drawn on paper beside three fine liner pens.
Ink mandala drawing with triangles and hanging drops
Black blackletter-style tattoo of the word Magic, with a triangle and circle symbol in place of the a and a lightning bolt forming the i, on pale skin.
Magic lettering with symbols
Two small black fine line tattoos on wrists held together, a cross on one wrist and a circle on the other.
Small cross and circle on wrists
Black and grey fine line geometric tattoo of overlapping circles, a triangle and dots on the inner upper arm.
Overlapping circles and geometric lines on upper arm
Black fine line tattoo of a triangle, circle and vertical line with ornate swirls, above the script word Always, on the upper back.
Triangle and circle symbol with script word on back
Hand-drawn compass rose design in brown ink on pale paper, with a central star, concentric circles and stylised letters at the four points.
Compass rose design drawing
Two forearms with black geometric tattoos: overlapping circle pattern on the left arm and a diamond lattice on the right, worn with a dark jacket.
Geometric circle and lattice forearm tattoos
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a staring owl in front of a full moon, framed by fine geometric circles and lines, on a forearm.
Owl and moon on a forearm with geometric lines
Black and grey fine line compass rose tattoo with the words NOT ALL THOSE WHO WANDER ARE LOST set in a circle across a person's upper back.
Compass rose with circular quote on upper back
Pencil sketch of a raven head in a geometric dotwork style, with fragmented triangles and circle construction lines, drawn in a spiral sketchbook.
Geometric raven head design in pencil