Dot tattoo ideas

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

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Fine line black tattoo of a teepee with the word HOME beneath it, a crescent moon, a ringed planet and stars on the calf.
Teepee, planets and HOME on a calf
Black and grey mandala-style flower tattoo with dotwork detail on the side of a torso, near the ribs.
Mandala flower tattoo on the side of the torso
A forearm tattoo of a shaded purple faceted gem framed by black lace-style ornament and a lotus, with dotted drops below.
Purple gem and lotus on a forearm
Fine line black constellation tattoo of small dots joined by thin lines on the middle finger of a hand.
Constellation tattoo on a middle finger
Black and grey geometric owl tattoo with a dotted face and triangular body, placed on the calf.
Geometric owl on a lower leg
Black and grey photo of two forearms joined at the wrists, with a single geometric circle tattoo split across them in blackwork and dotwork style.
Geometric circle tattoo across two wrists
Black dotwork lotus mandala tattoo centred on a person's upper back, with a vertical line of dots above and below it.
Lotus mandala on upper back
Black and grey geometric mandala with dotwork shading on a person's ribs, beside a colourful bird tattoo on the upper arm.
Geometric mandala tattoo on the ribs
Large black lace-style mandala tattoo with dotwork trails across a person's hip and upper thigh, lying on a bed.
Black lace mandala tattoo on hip and thigh
Black ink mandala tattoo with floral motifs and dotwork shading across the back of a hand and onto the forearm, resting on a teal patterned cloth.
Mandala tattoo across hand and forearm
Black ink mandala design drawn on pale paper, with a geometric star-like centre surrounded by ornate petal and scroll patterns, beside three red piping bags.
Radial mandala design drawn in black ink
Fine line tree tattoo with a soft yellow, orange and blue watercolour-style canopy and the number 565886 below it, on the inner ankle.
Pastel tree tattoo on the ankle
Dark brown henna floral design with dotted borders, swirls and leaf motifs across the back of a hand and fingers, styled as a botanical design.
Henna floral design across the back of a hand
Black ink line drawing of an ornate hummingbird with swirling scroll detailing and a curled flower, printed on a pale wood background.
Ornate hummingbird with swirling scrolls
Close-up of a hand with small black geometric tattoos of dots, lines, a triangle and a cross on the fingers, worn with gold and silver rings.
Small geometric finger tattoos on a hand
Ornamental lotus flower tattoo in black and grey dotwork shading on the back, with a dotted line running above and below it.
Ornate lotus flower on the back
Small watercolour-style tattoo of a black semicolon with rainbow splashes on the inner wrist, shown in a close photo of the forearm.
Rainbow watercolour semicolon on a wrist
Fine line black tattoos on several fingers of a hand, including an eye, a crescent moon, a small mountain and a mandala-style lotus on the hand.
Small finger tattoos: eye, moon and lotus
Black and grey photograph of a mandala tattoo with dotwork dotted lines and arrows across the lower chest and upper abdomen, with a navel piercing.
Mandala and dotwork tattoo below the bust
Black line drawing sheet of stacked tribal-style border designs, with zigzags, triangles, arrows, rectangles, chevrons and diamonds, with no body placement shown.
Tribal-style border patterns sheet
Close photograph of a black geometric tattoo of parallel lines and small dots on the inner wrist and forearm, in a fine line style.
Parallel line geometric mark on the wrist
Fine line red constellation tattoo of joined dots and thin lines on an upper arm, against a dark background and grey knitted fabric.
Red constellation tattoo on an arm
Black ornamental tattoo of stacked mandala-style bands with lotus, paisley and heart motifs, running down the inside of a forearm.
Ornamental mandala bands on a forearm
Black blackwork and dotwork tattoo on the upper back and shoulder blade showing silhouetted flying figures, a small fairy and a dotted trail of stardust.
Silhouetted flying figures and dotted trail on upper back
Black ink drawing of a symmetrical lotus mandala design with dotwork shading and fine line petals, drawn on paper.
Lotus mandala design with dotwork detail
Drawing of a tattoo design showing a pink and purple lotus flower with a black Om symbol above it, on a peach background, with no body placement shown.
Lotus flower with Om symbol design
Dark brown henna design with diamonds, dotted lines and leaf-like fern motifs across the back of a hand and fingers, with a silver ring on one finger.
Geometric henna on the back of a hand
Colourful tattoo of a paint splash in pink, green, purple and blue with black dots and a small white heart, on a shoulder.
Paint splash with heart on shoulder
Black ink line drawing of a dreamcatcher with two hoops, a dotted web, feathers and beads on a white background, shown as a flash design with no body placement.
Black ink dreamcatcher design with feathers
Black and grey mandala-style flower tattoo with dotwork shading on the inner upper arm, with the arm raised.
Mandala flowers on upper arm
Black ink drawing of a compass rose set within a mandala, with dotwork shading on the petals, shown as a tattoo design on cream paper.
Compass rose mandala design
Black line drawing of an infinity symbol framed by ornamental scrolls and dots, shown as a tattoo design on a white background.
Infinity symbol with swirls
Gold metallic temporary tattoo of a teardrop medallion with dots across the back of a hand, with a patterned cuff on the wrist, on a person lying on sand.
Gold metallic hand chain and wrist cuff
Black lettering reading STAY and SOFT on the backs of two clasped hands, with a small black and grey insect motif near one wrist.
STAY and SOFT lettering on two hands
A product sheet of metallic gold, silver and black temporary tattoo designs, showing geometric chain, diamond and zigzag bands, with no body part visible.
Metallic temporary tattoo sheet with geometric bands
Two black ink designs on the inner forearms: a decorated sugar skull with flowers on the left arm and a dreamcatcher with feathers on the right arm, against a stars and stripes background.
Sugar skull and dreamcatcher on forearms
Small fine line lotus tattoo with three dots above it on the centre of the torso, framed by two hands with dark nail polish.
Fine line lotus with three dots
Two small fine line tattoos: a black heart with a red drop and dots on the inner wrist, and a red heart above a black heartbeat line on the palm side of a hand.
Heart and heartbeat tattoos on wrist and hand
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 ink ornamental tattoo of stylised flowers and scrolls centred on the upper back, with the wearer's face not shown.
Floral ornamental tattoo across upper back
Black fine line tattoos of a star, crescent moon and eye with rays on the fingers and back of a hand, worn alongside black jewelled rings.
Fine line star, moon and eye tattoos on fingers
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
Two small black semicolon tattoos in fine line style, one on each inner wrist, shown on pale skin.
Matching semicolon tattoos on wrists
Black and grey fine line arrow tattoo on the inner upper arm, with an ornate hamsa hand motif filled with swirling patterns along its shaft.
Arrow with hamsa hand on upper arm
Black and grey geometric tattoo on the thigh showing latitude and longitude numbers, a boxed 12.31 and 12, two chevrons and a dot.
Coordinates and chevrons on a thigh
Solid black treble and bass clef merged into a heart shape on the top of a foot, with two small dots beside the bass clef.
Treble and bass clef heart on a foot
Black ornamental mandala sleeve tattoo covering the upper arm and forearm of a woman in a beige camisole, shown in fine linework.
Mandala sleeve from shoulder to wrist
Black blackwork band tattoo with geometric patterns, dots and wave lines wrapping the upper thigh, with a small heart tattoo on a finger.
Geometric blackwork band on a thigh