Circle tattoo ideas

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Large full back tattoo of a circular alchemical emblem with a triangle and hexagram, red serpent bands and Latin-style text around the edge, placed across the upper and middle back.
Alchemical emblem across a back
Black and grey phoenix tattoo with spread wings and a long ornamental tail, placed centrally on a person's upper back.
Phoenix rising across a back
Black ink tattoo of the Rebel Alliance emblem filled with mandala and floral detailing, placed on the upper back near the neck.
Rebel Alliance emblem in mandala style on back
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a row of seven moon phases across a person's upper back, shown in a black and white photograph.
Moon phases row on upper back
Black and grey mandala tattoo on a person's back, with layered petals, dotwork shading and a central circle in dotted linework.
Black mandala tattoo on the back
Four small colour tattoos of emblems, a blue water symbol, a green earth symbol, a grey air symbol and a red fire symbol, stacked vertically on a person's upper back.
Four nation emblems down the upper back
Black fine line tattoo on a upper back showing a central circular emblem with the number 42 and spiral motifs, surrounded by ornate script in a ring.
Circular script design across upper back
Geometric abstract tattoo of triangles, circles and a spiral on a woman's upper back, in black, grey and soft green and pink wash.
Geometric abstract tattoo on upper back
Back view of a man with a tall black brushstroke tattoo down the spine and geometric blackwork sleeves on both arms.
Brushstroke spine tattoo with geometric sleeves
Colourful tattoo of the Deathly Hallows symbol with watercolour-style splashes in pink, orange, green and blue on the back.
Deathly Hallows symbol with watercolour splashes
Botanical lotus flower tattoo on a person's upper back, in pink, red, orange and teal with black linework, above three coloured dots.
Colourful lotus flower on the upper back
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of balance scales with a geometric diamond and leaf motif on the upper back.
Balance scales with geometric diamond on upper back
Grey shaded hummingbird with pink bleeding heart flowers and sketchy black linework on a person's upper back.
Hummingbird and bleeding hearts on upper back
Black ink tattoo of a triple moon design with a central robed figure inside a circle, placed across the lower back above black waistband clothing.
Triple moon and figure on the lower back
Four black and grey fine line tattoos: an eye within a triangle and circles on the inner forearm, an open window with a tree on the upper back, a triangle with circles on the forearm, and an eye in a
Geometric eye and window tattoos in black and grey
Black and grey botanical tattoo of peonies in a circle on a woman's upper back, shown with her hair down and black straps visible.
Circular peony cluster on upper back
Blue and turquoise wave tattoo inside a black outlined circle, centred on a person's back.
Blue wave in a circle on the back
Two women seen from behind, each with a small black compass rose tattoo on the upper back between the shoulder blades.
Matching compass tattoos on two backs
Black ink tree of life with branches, leaves and roots enclosed in a dotted circle, tattooed on a person's upper back.
Tree of life with roots on upper back
Black ink tattoo across the upper back with the words books are proof humans can do magic, flying birds, a triangle with a circle and line, and a trident.
Quote, birds and symbols across upper back
Black fine line tattoo of a bird with spread wings above two cupped hands, inside a circle with geometric diamonds, on a person's upper back.
Bird and cupped hands on upper back
Woman seen from behind with red abstract ornamental linework tattoos across her upper back and upper arm, face turned away.
Red ornamental linework on back and upper arm
Colour mandala tattoo with pink petals, teal and green rings and black outlines, on the upper back of a person wearing a pink bra.
Mandala tattoo on upper back
Orange and yellow sun tattoo with a central circular emblem on a person's upper back, photographed from behind outdoors.
Sun tattoo on upper back
Woman seen from behind by the sea with a row of metallic dots down her spine and gold and silver temporary designs on her arms.
Metallic temporary tattoos on a back and arms
Colour swallow tattoo with a red throat and blue-black wings, set inside a thin black circle on a person's upper back.
Swallow in a circle on a upper back
Watercolour style tattoo on the upper back with black linework circles, two hearts in red and black, and blue and purple washes.
Watercolour circles and hearts on upper back
Back view of a person with long dreadlocks showing a large teal linework tattoo of geometric lines and spirals across the upper back and shoulder blades.
Teal geometric linework across a back
Black and grey fine line and dotwork geometric tattoo of a sun, circles, arrow and crescent moon on the upper back.
Geometric sun and crescent moon on upper back
Black and grey dotwork moth with feathered antennae across the upper back, with a fine and bold geometric line design of triangles and circles below it.
Dotwork moth above geometric lines on back
Black and grey fine line lotus flower inside overlapping geometric circles, with arrows and dots, tattooed centrally on a person's upper back.
Lotus and geometric circles on upper back
Black dotwork mandala and flowing spiral linework tattooed down a bare lower back, with dotted lines continuing onto both forearms and upper arms.
Dotwork mandala and spiral down the lower back
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
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 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
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
Two photos: fine-line black script reading 'We're all stories in the end' across the upper back near the shoulder, and a bold black Deathly Hallows symbol with Mickey Mouse ears tattooed on skin.
Script quote and Deathly Hallows with mouse ears
Small black and grey yin yang tattoo on the upper back of a person lying on white bed sheets, with a black strappy top across the back.
Small yin yang on upper back
Mixed colour tattoo of pine trees and mountains under a dotwork circle inside a red and orange watercolour-style ring, placed on the upper back.
Mountains, pines and a dotted sun on the back
Black linework tattoo of overlapping squares, circles and radiating lines centred on a person's upper back, in a geometric style.
Overlapping geometric shapes across a back
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
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
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
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
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 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
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