Circle tattoo ideas

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

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Black dotwork mandala tattoo with leaf and petal motifs and a dotted border, on the outer thigh.
Mandala tattoo on the thigh
Geometric flash sheet of navy line and solid designs, including squares, circles, triangles, arrows and diamonds, some with dotwork shading.
Geometric flash sheet with arrows and triangles
Dotwork mandala tattoo with teal accents covering the forearm near the elbow, with a pocket watch and small flowers on the upper arm above it.
Dotwork mandala on forearm with pocket watch
Navy engraved-style drawing of a curling wave with foam and a dark speckled circle on a beige background, a flash design with no body placement shown.
Curling wave with splatter circle
Black and grey fine line tattoo on an upper arm, showing a crescent moon, scattered dotted stars and contour-line mountains inside a bold brushstroke circle.
Crescent moon and contour mountains in a circle
Black and grey dotwork tattoos of a tent, pine trees and a moon inside a circle on a forearm, with a matching smaller version on a second arm beside it.
Tent and moon circle tattoos on forearms
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
Pencil sketch design of a map of Canada with a dotted grid, a compass rose, a maple leaf and dripping outline, over dashed geometric guide lines.
Canada map with compass rose and maple leaf sketch
Black and grey ornamental mandala sleeve tattoo covering the upper arm, shoulder and forearm of a person in a grey tank top.
Ornamental mandala full arm sleeve
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a figure walking beside a fox among bare trees inside a circle, on the inner wrist.
Fox and figure in a circular woodland scene
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
Black and grey dotwork anchor tattoo with a dotted arrow, circle and star motifs on the centre of the chest.
Anchor and arrow tattoo on the chest
Black ink hamsa hand tattoo with dotwork and ornamental detail on the inner forearm, near the wrist.
Hamsa hand on the inner wrist
Four pen drawings of tattoo designs: a dotwork geometric stag, a jellyfish, a ram skull inside a circle and two feathers, all in black ink on white paper.
Geometric stag, jellyfish, ram skull and feathers
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a retro rocket and planets inside a dotted circle of stars, placed on the thigh.
Retro rocket in a dotwork night sky
Black and grey dotwork drawing of a stag beetle with a skull and two faces overlaid on its body, set within a circle and dashed triangles.
Stag beetle with skull and faces design
Black linework mandala tattoo with dotwork shading and teal accents, wrapping over the shoulder.
Teal and black mandala on shoulder
Dotwork tattoo of concentric black circles and shaded bands running across a pale forearm, placed on the forearm against a black background.
Concentric circle and gradient bands on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a pine tree beside a crescent moon inside a circle, on the thigh above the knee.
Pine tree and moon in a dotwork circle
Purple ink sketch of a fox head inside a sun-like mandala with sacred geometry and swirling lines, shown as a tattoo design drawing.
Fox head in a sun mandala design
Two photos of a red mandala tattoo with black outlines and dotwork shading covering the elbow and upper forearm.
Red mandala tattoo on the elbow
Black and grey dotwork drawing of a stag beetle with a skull and two female faces at its centre, set within a circle and triangles.
Stag beetle with skull and faces
Black and white flash design of a bearded figure framed by two surfboards, anchors, waves and dotwork bands, with no body placement shown.
Symmetrical surfboard figure flash
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
White dotwork drawing of a ram skull with curled horns, two crescent moons and a starry triangle inside a circle, on a black background.
Ram skull with crescent moons in a triangle
Black and grey barn owl perched on a branch with flowers and leaves inside a dotted circle, tattooed on the inner forearm.
Barn owl and flowers in a dotwork circle
Black and grey dotwork tattoo on a shoulder, with concentric rings of dots that grow denser near the shoulder cap and fade out across the upper arm.
Dotwork circles fading across a shoulder
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
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 and grey dotwork mandala tattoo with layered petals and a star-like centre, shown on the inner forearm.
Mandala tattoo on a forearm
Black and grey fine line and dotwork penguin tattoo inside circles and crosshair lines on a man's forearm.
Penguin within geometric circles on a forearm
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
Black and grey circular tattoo of a desert scene with a saguaro cactus, mountains and a rising sun, done in stippled shading on a forearm.
Desert landscape in a circle on a forearm
Circular tattoo on a calf showing a night sky with planets, a saucer, stars and a hatched landscape in black ink with a teal tint, in dotwork and blackwork style.
Space scene in a circle on a calf
Black and grey dotwork design of a multi-pointed star with a stippled centre circle, drawn as a flash-style tattoo design.
Dotwork star with a stippled sunburst
Black and grey flash design of a beetle, an eye in a triangle and engraved flowers, arranged symmetrically within thin geometric circles and lines.
Beetle, eye and flowers in a geometric design
Black and grey flash drawing of an ornate moth with a crescent moon on its head, framed by dashed geometric lines on white paper.
Moth with crescent moon and geometric lines
Black dotwork tattoo of mountain peaks and a star constellation inside a circle on the inner forearm.
Mountains and constellation in a circle on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a wooden birdhouse beside a birch tree, with a geometric paper-style bird, inside a circle on the forearm.
Birdhouse on a birch tree in a dotwork circle
Black and grey botanical tattoo on the forearm showing an upside-down bat inside a solid black circle, with a trailing branch of leaves and daisies below.
Upside-down bat and daisy branch on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork mandala tattoo with a sixteen-point star at its centre, on the forearm.
Dotwork mandala star on forearm
Fine line black tattoo of two crossed arrows with a crescent moon and dotted geometric circles on the inner forearm.
Crossed arrows and moon on forearm
Black ink dotwork drawing of a dagger piercing a stippled rose, with red geometric circle lines behind it, on white paper.
Dagger and rose tattoo design
Small black fine line arrow with a dotted circle behind it on the inner upper arm of a person with their arm raised.
Fine line arrow with dotted circle on upper arm
Black and grey dotwork design of queen Anne's lace and wildflowers in front of a circle and overlapping triangles, drawn on white paper.
Dotwork botanical flowers with geometric circle
Forearm tattoo of overlapping geometric shapes, with a wireframe sphere, a dotwork diamond, a flower of life pattern and a teal circle.
Geometric sphere and diamonds on a forearm
Black and grey circular tattoo of a curling wave with dotwork shading, on a forearm.
Hokusai-style wave in a circle on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of two wolf-like creatures locked together in a circular frame on the upper arm.
Two wolf-like creatures entwined on upper arm