Dot tattoo ideas

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

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Black dotwork flash sheet of ten pairs of crescent arc designs with dot clusters and hanging drops, shown without any body part.
Dotwork arc and drop ornament flash sheet
Black and red ink drawing of a compass rose with splatter and dotwork spray, shown as a flash design on white paper.
Compass rose with ink splatter
Flash sheet of ten black tribal-style heart designs on a white background, each built from swirls, dots and linework, with no body placement shown.
Ten tribal heart designs on a flash sheet
Pencil sketch of a fox head in profile, with geometric triangles, dotwork and hatched patterning over the eye and cheek, drawn on a spiral notebook page.
Geometric fox head pencil sketch
Black ink flash drawing of a symmetrical mandala-style owl with dotwork detail, lotus motifs and hanging teardrop chains, set over a teal and purple geometric background.
Mandala owl design with teardrop drops
Black ink drawing of a symmetrical dotwork mandala tattoo design with leaves, acorns and geometric borders, shown on paper beside two fineliner pens.
Dotwork mandala design with leaves and acorns
Two black ink flash drawings on pale pink paper: a dotwork peony in the upper right and a patterned moth with a flower body in the lower left.
Peony and moth tattoo flash designs
Black line drawing of an elephant filled with mandala, paisley and dot patterns, shown as a flash design rather than on skin.
Mandala-patterned elephant design
Black ink drawing of an ornamental cross design with filigree detail, leaf motifs and stippled dotwork shading, shown as a flash design with no body placement.
Ornamental cross with leaves and dotwork
Black ink drawing of a sun with a face and a crescent moon with a face, a tattoo design in engraved-style linework with dotwork and hatching.
Sun and crescent moon design
Black ornamental design of a stag head with swirling antlers, dotted linework and floral patterns on a white background.
Ornamental stag head design in black
Hand-drawn black ink mandala design with a flower-like centre and dotted outer rings, drawn on white paper beside a black fineliner pen.
Mandala flower design in black ink
Black and grey mandala tattoo design with a layered lotus-style centre, dotwork shading and scalloped petals, drawn on white paper.
Black ink mandala flower design
Ink drawing of a symmetrical mandala with layered petals and dotted detail, shown as a tattoo design on cream paper.
Radial mandala design drawn in ink
Black ink mandala tattoo design drawn on paper, with a crescent moon at the centre and dotwork and geometric petals radiating outwards.
Mandala with crescent moon design
Black ink dotwork drawing of a symmetrical moth with spread wings, overlaid on interlocking triangles, with a small symbol below, shown on paper as a tattoo design.
Moth with geometric triangles design
Two black line drawings of ornate arrow and feather designs with dotwork shading on tracing paper, showing no body placement.
Two dotwork arrow and feather designs
Black ink drawing of a half mandala with lotus-like petals and stippled dotwork shading, drawn on white paper, shown as a design for a possible tattoo.
Half mandala drawn in black dotwork on paper
Black and grey pencil-style tattoo flash drawing of a lantern with a glowing flame, a moth, leaves and flowers, with dotted linework around the border.
Lantern, moth and leaves design
Black ink lotus mandala design with ornate dotwork patterns and dots above and below, drawn as a flash sheet with no placement shown.
Lotus mandala design with dot accents
Dark navy line drawing of a stylised tree of life with ornate branches, leaves and roots on a pale teal background, shown as a design rather than on skin.
Tree of life with roots and swirls
Black ink drawing of a tattoo design showing an upright arrow, leafy scrolls and a dotted beaded chain with a drop pendant, in a dotwork and botanical style.
Arrow with leafy scrolls and beaded chain
Black ink flash drawing of a pair of mirrored butterfly wings with dotted patterns and curled antennae, with no body placement shown.
Mirrored butterfly wings design
Dotwork drawing of a spiral ammonite shell in navy ink on a pale background, with a stippled trail sweeping upward.
Stippled ammonite shell in navy dots
Black ink flash design of a cat face built from tribal-style swirls, dots and small cat motifs, with no body placement shown.
Ornamental cat face tattoo design
Black ink pen drawing of a rose on paper, surrounded by a fine lace-like geometric mandala pattern, shown as a tattoo design rather than on skin.
Rose with lace mandala design
Greyscale drawing of a radial mandala design with a central star, layered petals, leaf shapes and dotted borders.
Grey mandala design with dotwork detail
Black line drawing of an open hand with dotted and floral henna-style patterns across the palm, wrist and fingers, suited to a hand tattoo.
Dotted floral henna-style hand design
Black linework flash design of an ornate feather filled with geometric patterns, dots and small teal, pink and yellow accents, with no body placement shown.
Ornate feather design in black and colour
Black linework mandala design with five scalloped petals, paisley motifs, dotted borders and hatched edges, shown as a flash drawing with no body placement.
Five-petal mandala flower design
Black and grey dotwork lotus flower design with mandala-style petals and dangling dotted chains, drawn as a tattoo design.
Ornate lotus flower design
Black and grey drawing of a snake with a geometric patterned body on pale paper, with dotted linework and small arrow marks, shown as a tattoo design rather than on skin.
Geometric snake design in black ink
Black ink drawing of an ornamental lotus flower with dotwork shading and hanging beaded details, shown as a tattoo design on white paper.
Ornamental lotus flower design in black ink
White line drawing of a coiled snake filled with geometric dotwork patterns, set between a sun motif at the top and a crescent moon at the bottom, on a dark background.
Geometric snake design with sun and crescent
Black ink mandala flower drawings on sketchbook paper, with the foreground design in dotwork and fine line, shown without a body placement.
Mandala flower design drawings on paper
Pencil sketch of three fine line arrows with feathered fletching and dotted trails, drawn as a tattoo design on paper with no body part visible.
Three arrows fine line tattoo design
White line drawing of a sun with wavy rays framing a dark moon, with dotted chains and stars hanging below a crescent moon on a black background, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement.
Sun and crescent moon design
Black ink drawing of an ornate capital letter A decorated with swirls, dots and leaf shapes on crumpled white paper, in a lettering design style with no body placement shown.
Ornate letter A with flourishes
Flash sheet of five heart designs: a red winged heart, a black dotted heart, a heart with a ribbon banner, a scrolled heart and a floral heart with leaves.
Five heart flash designs on a sheet
Pencil drawing of a fine line botanical tattoo design, with an arrow at each end and a lotus flower in the centre, held beside a hand holding a pencil.
Lotus and arrows vertical design sketch
Black ink and pink watercolour lotus flower on a tall stem with ornate dotwork and swirl-patterned leaves, shown as a tattoo design drawing.
Pink lotus with dotwork leaves
Black ink dotwork drawing of a skull inside a geometric mandala design, shown in two side-by-side views, with no placement on the body.
Skull within a dotwork mandala
Black ink drawing of a feather filled with dotwork and swirling line patterns, with small words written along the vanes, drawn on white paper in a sketchbook.
Feather with doodle pattern design
Pencil sketch of a compass rose inside a rope-edged circle decorated with dots, with a feather hanging from a chain below, shown as a tattoo design on paper.
Compass rose and feather design sketch
Ink line drawing of two feathers with teal and pink watercolour washes, shown as a tattoo-style design on white paper.
Two feathers in ink and watercolour
Line drawing flash design of an elephant head within a mandala frame, with flowers and dotwork petals, drawn on tracing paper.
Elephant and mandala flash design on tracing paper
Black line drawing of a butterfly with outspread wings, built from dots and small oval shapes, shown as a dotwork flash design with no body placement.
Dotwork butterfly design
Pencil sketch of a symmetrical lotus flower with dotted petal detail and small dots above and below, shown as a botanical tattoo design on plain paper.
Lotus flower pencil design