Dot tattoo ideas

3,012 photos and flash · 42% Dotwork, 35% Geometric · Forearm most common

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Black ink mandala drawing on white paper, with radiating petals, rosette motifs and dense dotwork shading around a central circle.
Black ink mandala with radiating petals
Black ink drawing of a crescent moon filled with mandala-style patterns, dotwork, zigzags and swirls, shown as a tattoo design on cream paper.
Crescent moon mandala design
Pencil sketch of a heart filled with flowing scroll and swirl linework and small dots, drawn on plain paper with no body part shown.
Swirling heart pencil design
Pencil drawing of an open pocket watch with roman numerals, surrounded by lilies, leaves, a chain and scattered dots, shown as a black and grey realism tattoo design with no body placement.
Pocket watch and flowers design
Black ink drawing of a scowling owl with a feather, a key, flowers and leaves, shown as a tattoo design on white paper.
Owl, key and flowers tattoo design
Black ink tribal-style spade design drawn on white paper, with swirling curls, tapering points and small dot accents.
Tribal spade design
Black ink flash design of a seated cat with a third eye and a triangle emblem, resting on a crescent moon decorated with flowers and dots, shown on a dark wooden surface.
Cat on a crescent moon flash design
Solid black tribal-style cat design with spiral patterns and a curled tail, shown on a plain white background with no body placement visible.
Tribal black cat with spiral tail
Black line drawing of a sugar skull with floral ornaments, heart-shaped eyes and a decorative scroll jaw, shown as a design on white.
Sugar skull line drawing
Flash sheet of ten numbered black ink mandala designs, several with stippled dotwork shading and floral, lotus-like centres, drawn on white paper.
Ten black ink mandala designs on a flash sheet
Black flash-style design of a lotus flower with curled scrolls and the word namaste in lettering beneath it, shown on a white background with no body placement.
Lotus with namaste lettering design
Stippled green and teal line drawing of a zombie skull with swept-back hair and a jaw hanging open, shown as a tattoo design with no placement on the body.
Zombie skull with swept hair
Black line drawing of a circular Gallifreyan script design in a fine-line style, with the words I will love you forever printed beneath it.
Gallifreyan circular script design
Pen drawing on paper of a sun, a crescent moon and an ornate chained mandala-style design, held up in a room with people in the blurred background.
Sun, moon and ornate chain design on paper
Black ink drawing of an ornate lotus mandala design with dotwork shading and hanging dot chains, drawn on white paper, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Lotus mandala tattoo design
Black and grey line drawing of an ornate feather filled with swirls, dots and fine decorative patterns, shown as a tattoo design on plain paper.
Ornate feather design
Brown line drawing of a henna-style paisley and floral design with scrolls, leaves and dots on a cream background.
Henna-style paisley and floral design
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 fine line drawing of two peonies, a lotus and small leaves and dots, drawn on tracing paper with a black pen beside it, intended as a tattoo design.
Peony and lotus line drawing design
Black ink line drawing of a symmetrical henna-inspired paisley motif with leaves, scrolls and dots, shown as a tattoo design on white.
Henna-style paisley motif design
Grid of nine pen drawings on paper showing swirl, wave, dot and leaf-shaped line patterns in black ink, shown as tattoo design sketches with no body placement.
Nine pen sketches of line and dot tattoo designs
Red pencil drawing of a woman with snakes in her hair and a rose, in a neo-traditional tattoo design style, with no body placement shown.
Woman with snakes and rose in red pencil
Black line drawing of an ornate hot air balloon with lace-like patterns and dotted detail, shown as a fine line tattoo design on paper.
Ornate hot air balloon design
Black ink dotwork and mandala-style lotus flower design drawn on white paper, with a feathered stem and arrow shape below.
Mandala lotus design with arrow stem
Black and grey ornamental design of a snarling wolf head filled with mandala-style patterns and dotwork, set within a scrolled border.
Ornamental wolf head with scrollwork frame
Black ink linework drawing of a jellyfish with dotted detail and flowing tentacles, drawn as a tattoo design on paper.
Jellyfish tattoo design on paper
Black ink drawing of a seated elephant with its trunk raised, its body filled with dotwork and blackwork patterns, presented as a tattoo design.
Seated elephant with patterned body
Black line drawing of a circular mandala with a central sun-like motif, surrounded by pointed leaves and dotted petals on a white background, shown as a tattoo design without any body placement.
Black line mandala with leaves and dots
Black line drawing of a hummingbird with ornate swirling filigree wings feeding from a curling flower, shown as a flash design with no body placement.
Hummingbird and swirling flower design
Black and red line drawing of an ornate elephant head filled with floral and mandala patterns, shown on a white background.
Ornate elephant head with floral mandala pattern
Black and grey dotwork tattoo design of an ornate scallop shell with a central oval gem, drawn on pale paper.
Ornate scallop shell design
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
Brown line drawing of an ornate lotus flower with paisley-style detailing, shown as a flash design for a tattoo with no body placement visible.
Ornate lotus flower design in brown line art
Black line drawing of a tattoo design with curling scrolls, small dots and a solid star with an open centre, shown on a plain white background.
Swirling flourish with a star
Black and white drawing of a tattoo design with interlocking arcs, fern fronds, diamond motifs and stippled shading, suited to a large back or sleeve piece.
Black and white tribal leaf and geometric pattern
Pencil drawing of a stylised swallow in flight with ornamental scrollwork and dot patterns across the wings and body, designed as a tattoo.
Ornate swallow flash drawing
Black ink drawing of a lotus flower on a vertical unalome line with small dots and a diamond, shown as a fine line tattoo design on plain paper.
Lotus and unalome line design
Pencil sketch of a symmetrical mandala design with layered lotus-style petals, dotted rings and a central flower, drawn on paper.
Pencil sketch of a mandala design
Black line drawing of a hand with a chain around the wrist, black-tipped nails and the words NEVER TALK in spaced capitals, a fine line tattoo design.
Hand with chain and NEVER TALK lettering
Black fineline mandala design drawn on white paper, with radial floral petals, diamond shapes and dotwork shading, shown with two fineliner pens.
Black ink mandala design on paper
Black ink design of a hamsa hand filled with an elephant, an eye and dotwork patterns, drawn on cream paper.
Hamsa hand with elephant and eye
Flash design of a teal sugar skull with purple linework, dot details and red roses with thorny vines, in a neo-traditional style.
Teal sugar skull with red roses
Black ink drawing of a triquetra Celtic knot surrounded by calligraphic swirls and dots on a plain white background, shown as a design with no body placement.
Celtic triquetra knot with swirls
Six hand-drawn black ink spiral and swirl designs on tracing paper, with a green pen lying across the top of the sheet.
Hand-drawn spiral and swirl tattoo designs
Hand-drawn flash design of a pink-shaded rose with leaves and dotwork mandala petals, held up over a person's chest.
Rose and mandala tattoo design sketch
Black ink drawing of an ornate compass rose mandala with leaf and dot detailing, with the words Not all those who wander are lost beneath it.
Compass rose mandala design on paper
Black dotwork mandala design drawn on paper, with a radial centre, stippled petals and leaf sprays, in a geometric and botanical style.
Dotwork mandala with leaves
Black line drawing of a five-petalled flower filled with swirls, dots and hatching, shown as a tattoo design on a white background.
Five-petal flower tattoo design