Circle tattoo ideas

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

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Black and grey dotwork tattoo of rolling waves and a crescent moon inside a circle, placed on the outer ankle.
Waves and crescent moon in a circle on an ankle
Black geometric tattoos across four fingers of a hand, including a feather, an arrow and triangles, set against a textured white wall.
Geometric finger tattoos with feather and arrow
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a seated tabby cat with a small heart on its chest, set over fine geometric circles on a forearm.
Seated tabby cat with geometric circles on a forearm
Black and grey tree of life tattoo enclosed in a circle on the forearm, drawn in fine line with dotwork shading.
Tree of life on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of seven moon phases stacked vertically down the inner forearm.
Seven moon phases in dotwork on a forearm
Colour tattoo of a seated fox with orange and purple watercolour-style shading, surrounded by dotwork circles and line flowers, on the outer forearm.
Fox and flowers on a forearm
Black and grey fine line and dotwork tattoo of a triangle, circles and arrows with dotted lines on the inner forearm.
Geometric triangle and circles on a forearm
Black ink drawing of an ornate lace-style tattoo design with circles, dots and a hanging leaf, shown on paper with no body placement.
Ornamental lace design with hanging leaf
Black dotwork spiral tattoo on the upper arm of a woman in a black top, shown in black and white photography.
Dotwork spiral on an upper arm
Black and grey tattoo of mountains inside a dotted circle, with a script quote beneath it, on the upper back of a person seen from behind.
Mountains and script quote on the upper back
Black and grey wave tattoo enclosed in a circle on a forearm, shaded with fine stippled linework.
Wave inside a circle on a forearm
Black and grey geometric tattoo of faceted mountains and pine trees inside a circle, with dotwork speckles above, on skin.
Mountains and pines in a circle
Black ink botanical tattoo of a stylised flower and leaves inside a dotted circle, on a person's calf.
Black botanical flower on a calf
Dotwork tattoo of a bare tree silhouette over a stippled grey field with an olive circle, on the side of the ribs.
Dotwork tree and olive circle on the ribs
Black compass rose tattoo with red accents, dots and a circle of lettering on a person's upper back beside the shoulder blade.
Compass rose with circular lettering on back
Black and grey dotwork tattoo on the forearm of two reaching hands above a stippled circle ringed by dots.
Reaching hands over a stippled circle on a forearm
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a bird in flight on the upper chest, built from overlapping circles, triangles and dotted lines.
Geometric bird in flight on upper chest
Black and grey dotwork geometric tattoo of five circles with triangle symbols and petal shapes on the inner forearm.
Dotwork geometric mandala on forearm
Black and grey dotwork and geometric mandala tattoo on the top of a foot, with a drawn mandala design on paper in the background.
Dotwork mandala tattoo on the top of a foot
Pencil and ink sketch of a raven head with dotwork shading, set within overlapping triangles and circles, drawn as a tattoo design on a sketchbook page.
Geometric raven head design sketch
Black and grey geometric tattoo of nested triangles inside a faint circle, placed on a forearm.
Nested triangles tattoo on a forearm
Black and grey blackwork tattoo of a triple moon with a dotwork pentacle inside a circle and the script words Blessed Be, on the upper back.
Triple moon and pentacle on the upper back
Black and grey dotwork and linework tattoo of a desert scene with saguaro cacti and mountains inside a circle on a calf.
Desert scene with saguaro cacti on a calf
Blue pen sketch of a lotus flower with dotwork beads hanging beneath it, drawn as a tattoo design on paper.
Lotus flower sketch with dotted chain
Black dotwork and linework tattoo on a person's upper back showing a circular emblem with the numerals 042 inside a ring of angular script, with a small ornamental chain running up the spine.
Circular script emblem on upper back
Black and grey blackwork and dotwork tattoo of mountains and pine trees inside a circle on an upper arm, with a partial second tattoo of the same design on the left.
Mountain and pine tree circle on upper arm
Red and black compass rose tattoo with a dotted outer ring and N, S, E and W markings, on the inner forearm.
Compass rose on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork mandala tattoo with a symmetrical lotus-like design and fine connecting circles, placed on the forearm.
Geometric mandala on a forearm
Black and grey geometric dotwork sleeve covering a man's arm from shoulder to wrist, with stars, circles and mandala-like patterns.
Geometric dotwork sleeve on an arm
Black dotwork ouroboros, a serpent eating its own tail forming a braided-looking ring, on the upper back of a woman with dark hair.
Ouroboros serpent on upper back
Close photograph of a black dotwork tattoo of a stylised shape with two pale circles, on a area of smooth skin.
Dotwork stylised shape on skin
Black ink flash drawing of an ornate paisley and leaf mandala design with dotwork shading, drawn on white paper with no body placement shown.
Paisley and leaf mandala tattoo design
Fine line black and grey geometric tattoo of stacked crescent moons and circles with dotted lines on the back of a neck.
Crescent moons and circles on the nape
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a rabbit with a bow, a bee and peony flowers inside a dotted geometric circle, on the thigh.
Rabbit, bee and peonies on a thigh
Black and grey fine line butterfly tattoo with dotwork circles on the inner forearm, photographed in black and white against a knitted jumper sleeve.
Butterfly with dotted circles on a forearm
Black compass rose tattoo with stippled shading and coordinate text around the outer ring, shown on a limb.
Compass rose with coordinates
Black ink compass rose with an eight-point star, scalloped ornament and dotted circle on a forearm, in fine line style.
Compass rose on a forearm
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a vertical arrow with feather fletching and stacked crescent moons and circles on a forearm.
Arrow with crescent moons on a forearm
Colour mandala flower with black outlines on a shoulder, merging into a fine dotwork geometric pattern across the upper arm and back of the shoulder.
Mandala and dotwork geometric on shoulder
Black and grey fine line geometric arrow with overlapping circles, dotted lines and small triangles on a forearm.
Geometric arrow and circles on a forearm
Black ink drawing of an ornate geometric mandala design with a central open circle, drawn on white paper, with no body placement shown.
Ornate black ink mandala design
Black and grey sketch-style tattoo of a stylised animal head inside a circle, with dotwork shading and loose overlapping lines, on a forearm.
Sketched animal head inside a circle on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a cat's head with an eye above and a crescent moon below, framed by sunburst rays on an upper arm.
Cat with all-seeing eye and crescent moon
Black and grey dotwork geometric tattoo of overlapping circles and triangles within a hexagonal ring, on the outer thigh.
Geometric circles and triangles on a thigh
Black and grey dotwork lotus tattoo with fine geometric circles and lines, placed on the side of the torso.
Lotus with geometric lines on the side torso
Black and grey tattoo of two roses above an inverted triangle with dangling geometric drops, in dotwork and linework style, on a forearm.
Roses and inverted triangle on a forearm
Black fine line and dotwork tattoo of a cloud with hanging diamond, star and circle shapes on the inner upper arm.
Fine line cloud with dangling drops on upper arm
Two views of a forearm tattoo: a black dotwork mandala with watercolour splashes in blue, purple and pink, placed on the inner forearm.
Black mandala with watercolour splashes on a forearm