Dot tattoo ideas

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

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Black ink drawing of the Om symbol centred in a lotus-petal mandala with dotted and scalloped detailing, drawn as a tattoo design on paper.
Om symbol in a lotus mandala
Black line drawing of a circular geometric design made of overlapping circles, arcs, spokes and small dots, with no shading.
Circular geometric line design
Black ink drawing of an ornamental swirl with three dots and the word CONFIDENCE in capitals beneath, on a white background.
Swirl flourish with dots and the word confidence
Black ink drawing of a snarling wolf head in profile, its mane and face filled with white zentangle-style patterns on a white background.
Wolf head with patterned scales
Flash sheet of gold and silver metallic tattoo designs including scale bands, leaf stems, dotted lines, lattice chains and four peacock feathers.
Gold and silver metallic temporary tattoo sheet
Pencil drawing of a hamsa hand design with an open eye at its centre, surrounded by leaf sprigs and scalloped dotted outlines, with soft pink shading on the fingertips.
Hamsa hand with eye and botanical filigree
Hand-drawn mandala flower design in dark ink on cream paper, with layered petals, dotwork fills and a central geometric rosette.
Hand-drawn mandala flower design
Colourful line drawing of a peacock feather overlapping a circular mandala, shaded in magenta, purple, teal and yellow, shown as a tattoo design without skin.
Peacock feather over a mandala
Black and white starfish design with curling scrolls and dotted lines along each arm, drawn as a tattoo flash in a blackwork and dotwork style.
Starfish with scrollwork design
Flash sheet of seven rows of hand-drawn moon phases, crescents and full moons, some joined by thin branching linework, over a pink and blue galaxy backdrop.
Moon phase flash sheet on a galaxy background
Black and grey dotwork tattoo design of a lotus flower with an om symbol at its centre, leaves on either side and dots running vertically above and below.
Lotus and om symbol design
Black ink mandala with symmetrical petals and swirls drawn over a teal and green watercolour wash, shown as a design drawing rather than a tattoo on skin.
Mandala flower drawing on watercolour wash
Black and grey dotwork tattoo design of a rose with mandala-style ornament and leaves, drawn on white paper with no body placement shown.
Dotwork rose with mandala ornament
Black line drawing of a symmetrical ornament of teardrop petals, spirals and dotted scrolls on a white background, shown as a design with no body placement.
Scrolling line ornament design
Black ink linework drawing of a sun with a closed-eyed face and a crescent moon, with dotwork rays and stars, drawn on paper as a tattoo design.
Sun and crescent moon face design
Black ink drawing of a treble clef with its lower curl filled by piano keys, shown as a tattoo design on cream paper.
Treble clef made of piano keys
Black and white botanical vine design with five-petal flowers, swirling tendrils and leaves, shown as a standalone drawing with no body placement.
Black floral vine design
Line drawing of overlapping concentric circles in blue and teal tones on a white background, shown as a tattoo design with no body visible.
Overlapping circles design in blue ink
Black line drawing of four butterflies on a vertical vine of dotted scrolls, a fine line flash design with no body placement shown.
Vertical butterfly and scroll flash design
Three black line designs stacked vertically on a white background: a branching tree with small stars above, an angular script-like glyph with dots, and a symmetrical star pendant motif.
Tree, script glyph and star motif flash
Gold metallic line drawing of a botanical floral design with blossoms, leaves, swirling vines and dots on a white background.
Gold floral design with leaves and swirls
Black line drawing of a geometric tattoo design featuring arrows, concentric circles, a spiral and diamond shapes, with no body part visible.
Geometric arrow and circle design
A flash sheet of twenty black and white sugar skull designs in a grid, each with different patterned eyes, foreheads and teeth.
Twenty sugar skull tattoo designs
Purple and black line drawing of a hummingbird, a flower and a peacock feather with dotwork shading on a white background.
Hummingbird, flower and peacock feather design
Ornate feather design drawn in black linework and dotwork, with teal, blue and red accents on a white background.
Ornate feather tattoo design
Vertical strip of five black line-art flash designs on cream, including a moth with BERN CITY text, a lobster, a beetle and two animal faces, in a monoline geometric style.
Five line-art creature flash designs
Line drawing of a figure with a black and purple tattoo on the upper arm and forearm, beside a blue gradient dragon design with dotwork scales and a curled tail.
Blue dragon designs with an arm tattoo outline
Black ink line drawing of an abstract swirling design with curled ends and small dots, drawn on white paper as a tattoo design.
Swirling line design with curls and dots
Flash sheet of gold and silver metallic temporary designs, including a mandala, paisley motifs, bracelet bands and ornate bar designs.
Gold and silver metallic flash sheet
Hand-drawn rainbow feather with zentangle-style patterns in red, orange, yellow, green, blue and purple on white paper.
Rainbow feather design
Four black line drawings of stylised beetles stacked vertically on a cream background, in a fine line and geometric flash style with dot and star accents.
Four stylised beetles in black line
Intricate white ink mandala drawing with lotus-style petals and fine scrollwork on a black background, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement.
White ink mandala on black paper
Black line drawing of an ornate feather filled with swirls, dots and flower motifs, with the words live free in script beneath it.
Ornate feather with live free script
Sheet of metallic gold henna-style flash designs including a mandala, paisley motifs, lace bands and dotted chain borders on a white background.
Gold henna-style flash sheet
Black ink drawing on paper of a dotwork mandala beside handwritten script reading For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and a sound mind.
Mandala design with script quote
Line drawing of a blue police box with green and cyan circular rings and a hanging pendulum, on a white background, with no body part shown.
TARDIS with rings and pendulum design
Black line flash sheet of small geometric motifs including skull faces, spirals, zigzags, diamonds, squares and asterisks, with no body placement shown.
Geometric motif flash sheet in black line
Black, grey and gold drawing of a coiled snake with stippled dotwork rays behind its head, shown as a tattoo design on plain paper.
Coiled snake with gold discs
Pencil sketch of a flowering stem with a large five-petal bloom, leaves and a spiral tendril, drawn as a tattoo design in fine line shading.
Flower and vine tattoo design sketch
Detailed flash drawing of an ornamental feather with dotwork and swirling linework, shaded in teal, blue and red, with no body placement shown.
Ornate feather design in blue, teal and red
Line drawing of a lotus flower with black outlines and tan shading, above swirl motifs and a dotted line with a circle and a star, shown as a tattoo design on a white background.
Lotus flower with dotted line ornament
Black line drawing of a floral vine design with five-petal flowers, swirls, leaves and dots on a white background, shown as a botanical tattoo design without a body placement.
Black line floral vine design
Bold black ink flourish with two curling loops and three small dots beside it, drawn on a white background as a tattoo design.
Black ink swirl with three dots
Flash sheet of eighteen black line drawings of circular geometric designs with rings, dots, hexagons and straight lines, in a three by six grid.
Grid of circular geometric line designs
Black ink drawing of a bass clef with two dots and a long stroke extending above and below, on a white background.
Bass clef design in black line
Traditional style flash sheet of red and black heart designs, including a dagger through a heart, a rose with a MOM banner, and swallows with LOVE ALWAYS lettering.
Traditional heart flash sheet
Black tribal design drawing on a white background, a symmetrical ornament with spirals, dots and bold curved shapes, shown as a stencil-style flash design.
Symmetrical tribal ornament design
Black line drawing of a woman's face with dot and line markings on the forehead, cheeks and chin, surrounded by tribal-style arrow, tree and triangle motifs.
Tribal facial markings with motif sheet