Circle tattoo ideas

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

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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
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 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 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
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 tattoo of two wolf-like creatures locked together in a circular frame on the upper arm.
Two wolf-like creatures entwined on upper arm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a feline head inside a geometric sunburst on the upper arm.
Feline head with geometric sunburst on upper arm
Black and grey fine line arrow tattoo with feathered fletching and dotwork detail on the upper arm, surrounded by thin geometric circles.
Arrow with geometric circles on upper arm
Colour tattoo of three stacked arrowheads over a dotted circle with orange watercolour washes and teal wave lines, on the outer thigh.
Three arrowheads over a watercolour circle
Black and grey dotwork mandala tattoo on the upper arm, shown in a close-up and a side view beside it.
Dotwork mandala on upper arm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo on an upper arm, with a linework elephant, repeating tessellated shapes and a circle within flowing outlines.
Dotwork elephant and tessellation sleeve
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
Black dotwork mandala tattoo with a radiating floral pattern on the upper arm, shown in a close photograph of a person in a striped top.
Dotwork mandala on upper arm
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 and grey sketch-style tattoo of mountain peaks inside a circle with construction lines, on the upper arm.
Mountain peaks in a circle on an arm
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 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
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
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
Black dotwork and blackwork mandala tattoo on the upper arm, with fine line spurs extending above and below the circle.
Black mandala on the upper arm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a bull skull with arrows and a crescent moon inside fine geometric circles, on the upper arm.
Bull skull with arrows and crescent moon
Circular pastel tattoo of a bare tree with stained-glass style panels in pink, purple and blue, with dotted accents, on an upper arm.
Pastel tree in a circle on an upper arm
Full sleeve geometric mandala tattoo in dotwork shading, with small pink rose accents near the elbow, covering the upper arm and forearm.
Full sleeve mandala tattoo on an arm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a campfire beneath three pine trees and stars inside a circle, on the upper arm.
Campfire and pine trees in a night sky circle
Four side-by-side views of a black and grey full sleeve tattoo on an arm, with geometric gears and circles, a dotwork sky, and a shaded landscape of trees on the forearm.
Full sleeve with gears, trees and dotwork sky
Black and grey geometric tattoo of a fish with mountains in a circle, framed by diamond outlines and dots, on the upper arm.
Fish and mountains in a diamond frame
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 and grey geometric mandala tattoo with dotwork shading and interlocking circles, on the upper arm.
Geometric mandala tattoo on the upper arm
Black and grey geometric fish tattoo with bold linework and dotwork shading on the upper arm.
Geometric fish on an upper arm
Black and grey tattoo of a stylised thunderbird with outstretched wings, set within fine geometric circles and lines on the upper arm.
Thunderbird and geometric lines on upper arm
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 mandala tattoo with fine radiating petals and dotted shading on the upper arm, photographed against a pale background.
Black mandala tattoo on upper arm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of an ornamental elephant head with circles and fine lines, on an upper arm.
Ornamental elephant head with geometric lines
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a mountain landscape with a cabin and pine trees in a circle, with the words Home is where the mountains are, on an upper arm.
Mountain landscape with Home is where the mountains are
Black dotwork and fine line tattoo of a circular mandala with a red polygon overlay on the upper arm of a bare-chested man.
Geometric circle and dotted lines on upper arm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a bow and arrow with feathered fletching and dotted guide lines, placed on the upper arm.
Bow and arrow on upper arm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a globe showing continents, sitting on the inner upper arm of a person wearing a white sleeve.
Dotwork globe on the upper arm
Black ink tattoo of planets on dotted orbital rings with thin crossing lines across the upper arm, in a fine line and dotwork style.
Planets and orbits on the upper arm
Black dotwork mandala tattoo of concentric rings of dots radiating from a central point, across the outer shoulder and upper arm.
Dotwork mandala on the shoulder
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a humpback whale with overlapping geometric lines and a solid circle on the upper arm.
Humpback whale with geometric lines
Man with full black and grey geometric dotwork sleeves, snowflake-style shoulder pieces and a chest design, photographed against a dark background.
Geometric dotwork sleeves and chest on a shirtless man
Black dotwork compass rose tattoo with a stippled sun-like halo and four arrowed points, on the inner upper arm.
Dotwork compass on inner upper arm
Black and grey fine line elephant head in profile inside a circle, with geometric lines and dotted circles, on the upper arm.
Elephant head in a geometric circle on upper arm
Black and grey compass star tattoo with a dotwork shaded circle behind it, on a man's shoulder and upper arm.
Compass star on a shoulder
Two black and grey tattoos: a fine line wave on an upper arm and a dotwork palm tree within a dotted circle on a forearm.
Wave and palm tree tattoos on arms