Dot tattoo ideas

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

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Three pencil and ink flash drawings of roses inside triangular frames, drawn on translucent paper, with botanical and geometric detailing.
Three triangle framed rose designs on tracing paper
Mixed-colour stag head tattoo with grey shading, yellow dotwork accents and a fine line arrow on a forearm.
Stag head and arrow on a forearm
Small fine line and dotwork hourglass tattoo with swirls and dots on the inner wrist and forearm, in black ink.
Small hourglass on the inner wrist
Black ink butterfly tattoo with lace-like wing patterns and dotted trailing lines, in a blackwork style, on a person's upper back over the shoulder blade.
Lace-patterned butterfly on a shoulder blade
Black and grey dotwork and realism tattoo of an owl, jellyfish and spiral forms with dotted geometric lines across a person's back and upper arm.
Owl and sea creatures across back and arm
Hand-drawn neo-traditional tattoo design of a woman's face framed by a mandala of red spades and hearts, shown on paper with no body placement visible.
Woman's face within a red and black mandala
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of concentric rings of square blocks centred on the upper back of a woman with her hair up, photographed from behind.
Dotwork concentric circle on upper back
Black and grey dotwork tattoo on the outer thigh showing a stag and owl head split down the middle with wings, above a triangle and circle motif.
Split stag and owl head with triangle on thigh
Fine line and dotwork geometric tattoo of nested triangles forming a star on the inner wrist, shown in black and grey.
Nested triangle star on a wrist
Small black dots arranged like a star constellation in fine dotwork on the inside of a forearm, with two thin bracelets worn below it.
Dot constellation on a forearm
Black and grey fine line tattoo on a wrist, shown as a dotted chain bracelet with a diamond charm and a crescent moon.
Fine line bracelet and moon tattoo on wrist
Black dotwork tattoo on the inner forearm of a person holding a phone, made of a circular geometric motif above a paisley shape, together forming a semicolon.
Semicolon tattoo of circle and paisley on a forearm
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
Traditional style mandala tattoos on the elbows of two bent arms, with a small red flower below the upper mandala.
Mandala tattoos on both elbows
Black line drawing of a standing cat with its tail raised, filled with swirls and dots in a blackwork style on a cream background.
Ornamental cat design
Black line drawing of a lion head framed by feathers, a geometric mandala and dotwork patterns, shown as a tattoo design on white.
Lion head with mandala and feather design
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a shaded crescent moon with fine line circles and arrows on the forearm.
Moon and geometric circles on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork mandala with a crescent moon face and dangling dot chains and drops, tattooed on a lower leg.
Crescent moon mandala with dotwork on calf
Black fine line tattoo of an eye with radiating rays and star motifs arranged in arcs across the palm of a hand.
Eye and stars tattoo on the palm
Six small dots in red, orange, yellow, green, blue and purple run in a row across the inner wrist, in a dotwork style.
Six rainbow dots on the inside of a wrist
Woman seen from behind with a black dotwork ornamental V-shaped tattoo on her neck and small dotwork designs on the back of her hand.
Ornamental V-shaped neck tattoo
Black and grey dotwork tattoo across a back showing two skeletons inside a geometric dotted frame, an eye in a triangle above, and botanical flowers and a tooth below.
Twin skeletons and eye on a back piece
Dotwork moon phase tattoos in black and grey across three fingers of a hand, with black nail polish.
Moon phases on three fingers
Black and grey lotus flower within a dotwork mandala tattoo across the underbust, with the shirt lifted to show the design.
Lotus mandala underbust tattoo
Black and grey dotwork mandala tattoo covering a forearm, with a large flower near the elbow and geometric patterns running down towards the wrist.
Mandala forearm sleeve in black and grey dotwork
Black line drawing of a botanical tattoo design with poppy flowers, dotwork and paisley-like ornaments, with dangling drop chains, on a white background.
Poppy and mandala tattoo design
Large black mandala tattoo with fine dotted rings and ornamental petals across the upper back of a person with dark hair.
Black mandala on upper back
Two hands with small black geometric finger tattoos of chevrons, triangles and dots, worn alongside gold rings.
Geometric finger tattoos with gold rings
Black and grey fine line tattoo of planets in a row down the inner forearm, including two ringed planets and a banded planet in the middle.
Solar system planets down a forearm
Black and grey mandala tattoo with dotwork rings and petal-like points on the side of the ribs.
Mandala tattoo on the ribs
Hand-drawn mandala tattoo design in black pen with stippled dotwork shading and touches of red, yellow and green, shown on plain white paper.
Dotwork mandala design in red, yellow and green
Traditional style tattoo of a solid black heart with a dotted border, two red flowers and an orange flower with dark green leaves, on the inner forearm.
Black heart with red flowers on forearm
Black line stencil of an ornate hamsa hand with mandala patterns and dotted border on transfer paper, with a faint pink outline behind it.
Hamsa hand stencil with mandala detail
Black mandala tattoo with radiating petals and dotted edges on a woman's shoulder and upper chest, with a long braid hanging to one side.
Mandala tattoo on a shoulder
Black and grey dotwork armband tattoo on a forearm, with stippled shading fading into a dark treeline-like edge and a small dot above it.
Dotwork band with treeline on forearm
Black and grey dotwork mandala tattoo on a wrist, with diamond and dot linework running down the back of the hand and fingers.
Mandala wrist and hand tattoo
Black and grey tattoo of an eye inside a dotwork geometric star mandala on the forearm.
Eye in a geometric mandala on a forearm
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 lion face with a mandala-style petal backdrop and fringed drapery below, shown on skin.
Lion face within a mandala design
Back view of a person's legs covered in black and grey blackwork and dotwork tattoos, with mandala motifs on the thigh and knee and a Greek key pattern on the hip.
Blackwork and dotwork leg sleeve with mandalas
Black fine line fern frond tattoo with dotwork accents running along the forearm.
Fern frond on a forearm
Black and grey lotus mandala tattoo with a dotted line below it on the inner forearm, above a brown leather watch strap.
Lotus mandala tattoo on a forearm
Dotwork tattoo of intertwined snakes shading from blue at the top to pink and red at the bottom, across the thigh.
Intertwined snakes in blue and pink dotwork
Close crop of a woman with long wavy hair in a black leather jacket, touching her chest, with a black geometric mandala tattoo across the back of her hand.
Geometric mandala tattoo on the hand
Fine line black constellation tattoo of small stars joined by dotted lines, on the top of a foot near the ankle.
Star constellation tattoo on a foot
Black dotwork tattoo on a forearm showing a seedling with roots, then a stippled soil block, a patterned pot and a saucer stacked in a vertical sequence.
Seedling and potting stages on a forearm
Two matching black fine line compass and arrow tattoos with dotted rings sit on the back of two hands held together.
Matching compass and arrow tattoos on two hands
A symmetrical mandala design with a flower-like centre and dotted petals, shaded from blue to teal, shown as a drawing on a white background.
Blue gradient mandala design