Circle tattoo ideas

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

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Watercolour-style monarch butterfly and handwritten script on a woman's upper back, with a black circle and a small heart beside it, placed on the shoulder blade.
Watercolour butterfly and script on upper back
Fine line black tattoo of an arrow with a dreamcatcher-style wheel and feathers on the side of the ribs.
Arrow and dreamcatcher on the ribs
Black and grey portrait of a woman with a red circle behind her head, tattooed on the back of a hand, in a traditional style.
Female portrait tattoo on the back of a hand
Blue brush-stroke enso circle tattoo on the upper back of a woman with dark hair, seen from behind against a turquoise wall.
Blue enso circle on upper back
Two people press their inner forearms together, each showing half of a circular fine-line script tattoo that reads follow me and I'll follow you around a small outline motif.
Circular script quote tattoo on two forearms
Black ink flash drawing on pink paper showing a mountain range in a circle, an animal skull with an eye and rays, and a feather crossed with a sprig inside a dotted circle.
Mountains, skull and feather flash sheet
Two forearms pressed together, each with a colour tattoo of three overlapping circles in red, green, blue and yellow, in a geometric style.
Matching overlapping colour circle tattoos on forearms
Geometric seahorse tattoo in black linework and dotwork with teal accents, sitting on the forearm inside a dotted circle.
Geometric seahorse on a forearm
Small dotwork tattoo of three dotted concentric rings in black ink on the back of a hand, resting on a grey carpet beside a pink-stringed parcel.
Dotted concentric circles on the back of a hand
Black and grey dotwork and linework tattoo of a cat curled up asleep inside a circle with small stars, on the forearm.
Sleeping cat in a circle on a forearm
Black ink drawing of a symmetrical owl with dotwork circles and mandala patterns on its body, shown on white paper beside black fineliner pens.
Symmetrical owl drawing with mandala detail
Black geometric arrow tattoo with a crescent, circles and dots on a woman's upper back, with her face out of frame.
Geometric arrow tattoo on upper back
Traditional colour tattoo of a red rose with green leaves and an orange Deathly Hallows symbol, with a lettered banner, on the forearm.
Rose and Deathly Hallows banner on arm
Small fine line tattoo of a black pine tree inside a thin circle with green watercolour wash, on the inner forearm.
Pine tree in a green watercolour circle on a forearm
Close view of a hand with black nails showing a fine line tattoo of three small dots on the middle finger and a small circular symbol on the ring finger.
Small dots and circle symbol on fingers
Small black fine-line dreamcatcher tattoo with a circular web and three feathers on the inner wrist, with the hand raised against a pale background.
Dreamcatcher tattoo on the inner wrist
Black and grey fine line tattoo of mountains and pine trees inside a circle with a horizon line, on the upper chest.
Mountain and pine landscape in a circle on the chest
Fine line geometric arrow tattoo with circles, triangles and dots in black ink on the forearm.
Geometric arrow tattoo on a forearm
Fine line black tattoo of stacked arrows and overlapping circles on a forearm, set against a wooden floor.
Arrows and circles on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a circle fading outwards across a shoulder and upper arm, photographed in black and white.
Dotwork circle fading across shoulder and upper arm
Red tattoo of a pentagram inside a circle with flame-like rays, placed on a person's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Red pentagram sun on upper back
Traditional style compass star with a red rose at its centre and ornamental scrollwork, tattooed on the upper thigh in black, grey and red ink.
Compass star and rose on a thigh
Black fine line tattoo of a circle filled with arcs, dots and script-like marks on a person's upper back, with a small star outline above it near the neck.
Circular script tattoo on upper back
Black dotwork mandala tattoo on the upper arm of a person in a white crop top and denim shorts, shown in black and grey.
Dotwork mandala tattoo on upper arm
Two small black fine line tattoos on the inner wrists, a letter X on the left wrist and a circle O on the right wrist.
Small X and O tattoos on two wrists
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of mountains, a sun with rays and birds, enclosed in a circle on the thigh.
Mountain landscape in a circle on a thigh
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a sailboat on rippling sea inside a circle of sunburst rays, on the upper back.
Sailboat at sea in a circle on upper back
Black line drawing of a symmetrical mandala flash design with petals, scalloped rings and dots, shown on a white background with no body part visible.
Black line mandala flash design
Forearm tattoo of the Aquarius water-bearer symbol, two black wave lines inside a loose teal brush-stroke circle.
Aquarius symbol in a teal circle on a forearm
Two photos of a black dotwork tattoo on the upper back showing an Eye of Horus inside a dotted circle, above a triangle and mandala design.
Eye of Horus with dotwork mandala on upper back
Copper-coloured fine line drawing of a symmetrical moth with sunburst and zigzag wing patterns and an eye at its centre, on a dark brown background.
Copper line moth with geometric wings
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a curled, sleeping cat with a scaled fish tail inside a circle, on the forearm.
Curled cat with fish tail on forearm
Small black and grey tattoo of a curled figure inside a circle on the wrist and forearm, in a dimly lit photo.
Curled figure in a circle on a wrist
Black and grey dotwork mandala tattoo with heart-shaped petals covering a woman's shoulder and upper arm.
Mandala tattoo across the shoulder
Black cog and gear design arranged in a tall vertical cluster on a plain white background.
Vertical cluster of cogs and gears
Black and grey dotwork elephant silhouette within fine line geometric circles and triangles on a forearm.
Elephant and geometric lines on a forearm
Two views of a red and black mandala tattoo with dotwork shading on the inner elbow and forearm.
Red mandala tattoo on an elbow
Black line tattoo of geometric figures and dotted circles with a sun motif, in dotwork and geometric style, on a person's upper arm and shoulder.
Geometric figures and dotwork on upper arm
Black tribal and Celtic knotwork design of a six-pointed star with a braided circle at its centre, shown on a plain white background.
Six-pointed tribal and knotwork star design
Black fine-line tattoo of a map-like design with concentric circles and dots across a thigh, worn with frayed green shorts.
Map-style linework across a thigh
Black and grey fine line geometric tattoo of circles, diamonds and hexagons joined by thin vertical lines, on a calf.
Geometric line tattoo on a calf
Small black peace sign tattoo on the inner lower lip, with two fingers with red nail polish holding the lip open.
Peace sign tattoo inside lower lip
Black and grey tree of life tattoo inside a circle, with roots below and birds flying off the branches, on the upper back near the shoulder.
Tree of life with birds on upper back
Small black tattoo of a row of solid circles, one ringed like Saturn, on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Planets in a row with Saturn on the wrist
Black ink drawing of an ornately patterned insect with lace-like wings inside a circular mandala border, a design suited to fine line tattooing.
Ornate insect inside a circle frame
Close crop of a person in black tie-dye harem trousers showing a small black ink circular tattoo on the ribs and a black ink leaf-like tattoo on the forearm.
Black ink tattoos on ribs and forearm
Small black and grey dotwork tattoo of a moon on the upper arm near the elbow, with a faint thin line below on the forearm.
Small moon tattoo on upper arm
Abstract watercolour-style tattoo on a lower leg, with pink brushstrokes, yellow-ochre rings and small black dots and lines.
Pink brushstroke and rings on a calf