Circle tattoo ideas

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

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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
Bold black tribal tattoo with a red and grey Celtic knot circle on a man's upper arm and shoulder.
Tribal and Celtic knot upper arm tattoo
Black linework tattoo of overlapping circles and arcs with red and blue wash on the upper arm and shoulder of a man in a dark top.
Overlapping circles and arcs on upper arm
Black linework mandala tattoo with dotwork shading and teal accents, wrapping over the shoulder.
Teal and black mandala on shoulder
Large black tribal tattoo with swirling curves and circles across the chest and shoulders of a muscular man against a dark background.
Tribal chest and shoulder tattoo
Close-up of a colourful geometric mandala tattoo on a person's shoulder, with a multi-strand beaded necklace visible at the neck.
Colourful mandala tattoo on shoulder
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 tribal tattoo of bold circles, spirals and sweeping blades covering a shoulder and upper arm, in a blackwork style.
Tribal shoulder tattoo with spirals and circles
Black and grey mandala tattoo on a shoulder, with bold blackwork petals and fine line rings radiating from a central circle.
Mandala tattoo on the shoulder
Solid black yin yang style tattoo of two cats in a circle on a shoulder, with the pale half showing bare skin.
Yin and yang cats on a shoulder
Black fine line tattoo on a shoulder showing South America filled with flower and star patterns inside a thin circle, with stars beside it.
South America map tattoo on shoulder
Black outline tattoo of a police box with swirling mist and spiral circles on the upper arm and shoulder.
TARDIS outline on upper arm
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 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
Two-panel photo of a black and grey tribal upper arm tattoo with a shaded circle, shown before and after a solid black cover-up with a dotwork fade at the lower arm.
Tribal and dotwork upper arm cover-up
Black ink Polynesian-style tattoo of a bird and circular patterns covering the shoulder and upper arm of a woman seen from behind.
Polynesian-style bird tattoo on shoulder and upper arm
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
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
Black and grey dotwork mandala tattoo with heart-shaped petals covering a woman's shoulder and upper arm.
Mandala tattoo across the shoulder
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 linework compass rose inside rings, with crossed arrows, on a shoulder, in a geometric style.
Compass rose with crossed arrows on a shoulder
Black and grey yin yang tattoo with ornate filigree scrollwork and a bold brush stroke across the top, on a man's upper chest near the shoulder.
Yin yang with filigree on the chest
Black and grey fine line geometric tattoo of overlapping squares and circles forming a spiral across a person's upper back and shoulder.
Overlapping geometric spiral on shoulder blade
Colourful realistic galaxy tattoo with planets and drifting asteroids across a shoulder blade, shown beside an earlier outlined tribal design on the left.
Galaxy with planets and asteroids on a shoulder
Black blackwork tribal sleeve with circular motifs and rosettes covering a man's upper arm and shoulder, shown from three angles.
Tribal sleeve with circular motifs on upper arm
Black and grey tribal tattoo with a large circular motif and sweeping spiked shapes across the upper arm and shoulder.
Tribal circle tattoo on upper arm
Solid black tattoo of a stylised swirling symbol enclosed in a circle, sitting on the shoulder and upper arm.
Black swirl symbol in a circle on shoulder
Colour tattoo of a yellow sunflower with a teal geometric centre and black outlines, placed on the upper shoulder.
Sunflower with mandala centre on shoulder
Small black fine line tattoo of a fern frond inside a thin circle, placed on the upper back near the shoulder.
Fern inside a circle on the shoulder
Black and white photo of a shirtless man seen from behind, with a fine line circle tattoo on his shoulder and upper arm and a long thin line running down his back.
Fine line circle and line tattoo on shoulder and back
Black tribal tattoo with spiral and swirl motifs covering a shoulder and upper arm.
Tribal spiral piece on a shoulder
Black outline circle tattoo on the upper shoulder of a woman with a dark bob who holds a cigarette to her mouth, against a pale grey background.
Black outline circle tattoo on a shoulder
Close-up of a blue and violet mandala tattoo with fine ornamental linework covering the top of a woman's shoulder and upper arm.
Blue mandala tattoo on the shoulder
Abstract black linework with a blue circle and soft pink and teal washes across a shoulder and upper arm.
Abstract linework and colour wash on shoulder
Black and grey blackwork tattoo of a broken ink circle with splattered droplets trailing down, on a person's shoulder and upper arm.
Black ink circle with splash on shoulder
Black ink mandala tattoo with fine ornamental detail on a shoulder and upper chest, in a blackwork style.
Mandala tattoo on the shoulder
Black ink crescent moon filled with mandala-style patterns on a woman's upper back, shown in a wide view and a close-up of the shoulder.
Crescent moon mandala on upper back
White ink geometric mandala tattoo with feather motifs and dotwork covering the upper arm and shoulder, worn by a person in a purple top.
White ink mandala on upper arm and shoulder
Three views of a dotwork geometric tattoo on an upper arm and shoulder, with a black and grey circular lattice, red lotus-style petals and a cube pattern below.
Geometric mandala sleeve on upper arm
Black and grey dotwork mandala with a central Om symbol and curved horn shapes, tattooed across a man's upper arm and shoulder.
Om mandala on upper arm
Black and grey circular tattoo of a crescent moon, stars, waves and a whale tail in fine line and dotwork on the upper back near the shoulder.
Moon, waves and whale tail in a circle on a shoulder
Black and grey fine line tattoo of radiating lines with dotted tick marks and two small circles on a man's upper chest and shoulder.
Radiating starburst lines across upper chest
Dark mandala-style sun design with a central spiral on the upper back, close to the shoulder blade, in a geometric style.
Mandala sun on the upper back near the shoulder
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a hazy landscape with a dark island inside a thin circle with a dotted orbit, on a person's shoulder blade.
Stippled landscape in a circle on shoulder
Black and teal tattoo on an upper arm showing pine tree silhouettes, distant hills and two large snowflakes, with the shoulder visible at the top of the frame.
Pine forest and snowflakes on upper arm
Black fine line contour lines curve over a shoulder, with a flower of life geometric design on the upper arm below.
Contour lines and flower of life on shoulder
Black dotwork spiral tattoo on the upper back near the shoulder, shown from behind with the neck and hair visible.
Dotwork spiral on the shoulder
Black and grey realism tattoo of a phoenix with spread wings and swirling smoke across a woman's upper back and shoulder.
Black and grey phoenix across a shoulder blade