Dot tattoo ideas

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

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Black and grey ornate feather tattoo with dotwork and triangle patterns across the top of a foot, with dark painted toenails.
Ornate feather tattoo across a foot
Black ink drawing of an ornate lotus mandala with dotted chain lines below, shown as a tattoo design on plain paper.
Lotus mandala with dotted chain design
Black linework drawing of a dreamcatcher with a crescent moon, a mandala flower and three feathers, shaded with dotwork, shown as a tattoo design on paper.
Dreamcatcher with crescent moon design
Black dotwork spiral tattoo on the upper back near the shoulder, shown from behind with the neck and hair visible.
Dotwork spiral on the shoulder
Black dotwork tattoo of a campfire with pine trees, a crescent moon and stars on the upper arm.
Campfire, pine trees and crescent moon on an arm
Black and grey mandala tattoo with an infinity symbol at its centre, placed on the top of a shoulder.
Mandala with infinity symbol on shoulder
Fine line tattoo of a small cluster of stars with a faint dotted haze on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Small star cluster on inner forearm
Black and grey butterfly tattoo with a geometric triangle and dotwork accents on a forearm.
Butterfly and triangle on a forearm
Watercolour-style lotus flower tattoo on the thigh, outlined in black with dotwork detail and blue, pink and yellow ink.
Watercolour lotus on a thigh
Photo of a small geometric tattoo of two crossing lines made of dots and dashes in pink, grey and dark ink, on the upper back below the shoulder blade.
Crossed dotted lines on upper back
Black and grey dotwork lotus mandala tattoo with dangling dot chains and drops, sitting on the centre of the chest below a pink sweatshirt.
Lotus mandala tattoo on the chest
Black ink flash design of a white silhouetted creature framed by swirling waves, scale patterns and fine dotwork.
Silhouette within swirling waves
Black and grey dotwork hamsa hand with a lotus and an eye at its centre, tattooed on the outer thigh.
Hamsa hand and lotus with eye on thigh
Black ink ornamental feather design on a white background, built from bold solid stripes, rows of dots and curling filigree, shown as a flash design with no body placement.
Ornamental feather design in black
Black line drawing of a mandala-style triangular design with a dotted border and a trailing ornamental spray, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement.
Mandala triangle tattoo design
Black and grey mandala flash design with a central flower, layered petals, leaves and pointed geometric outer border, drawn on paper.
Mandala flower design in black and grey
Black and grey dotwork mandala tattoo covering a forearm, with layered petals, a geometric star at the wrist and soft shading.
Mandala forearm tattoo in black and grey
Ink line drawing of an ornamental lionfish with spiky fins, dotted details and swirling linework, shown as a design on paper with no body placement.
Ornamental lionfish line drawing
Colour and black dotwork tattoo of a yin yang design with a lotus motif and the word Balance, on the inner forearm.
Yin yang with watercolour and mandala on a forearm
Two raised forearms side by side: the left has a pink rose and birdcage tattoo with teal leaves, and the right has a grey geometric triangle and key design on the forearm.
Rose, birdcage and geometric key on forearms
Black ink dotwork drawing of a jackal-headed Anubis figure with an ankh on a forearm-like shape, set among geometric lines and sun motifs.
Anubis head and ankh dotwork design
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a diagonal scatter of stars across the upper arm, near the elbow.
Dotwork star trail on upper arm
Black and grey mandala tattoo on a forearm and an ornamental floral sleeve on the other arm, with small finger tattoos, resting on white bedsheets.
Mandala and floral sleeve on forearm and hand
Black and grey tattoo of a skeletal chameleon curling around a branch with leaves and a dotted spiral, on the forearm, in an engraving style.
Skeletal chameleon with leaves on a forearm
Dark blue dotwork tattoo of dots, strands and a teardrop pendant across a woman's upper back and down her upper arm.
Dotwork drape across the upper back
Black linework lotus mandala tattoo with dotwork trim on a person's abdomen, above the navel, in a fine line style.
Lotus mandala tattoo on the abdomen
Black mandala tattoo on the back of a hand, beside faded LOVE script on the wrist and fingers, shown in four photographs.
Mandala on the back of a hand
Black and grey sun and moon face tattoo with dotwork rays and mandala-style petals on the upper thigh.
Sun and moon face on thigh
Fine line dotwork tattoo of a small geometric arrow shape on the inner wrist of a hand raised against a plain white wall.
Dotted geometric arrow on a wrist
Black ink drawing of a sun and crescent moon with carved-style faces, dotwork mandala detail and wavy rays, shown as a tattoo design on paper.
Sun and crescent moon with faces
A grid of fifteen black ornamental heart designs on a white background, filled with dots, swirls, paisley shapes and flowers, shown as a flash sheet with no body placement.
Grid of fifteen ornamental heart designs
Full arm sleeve tattoo in dotwork and geometric patterns, with black and grey shading on the shoulder and upper arm fading to red and orange dots on the forearm.
Geometric dotwork sleeve with a pale sun
Black and white photo of a dotwork grid tattoo of small evenly spaced dots on the back of a hand, resting on dark leather.
Dot grid tattoo on the back of a hand
Two wrists pressed together, each with a matching black infinity symbol tattoo ringed by dots, shown in fine line style on the wrist.
Matching infinity tattoos on two wrists
Close-up of a hand with fine black line tattoos on the fingers, including thin bands, dotted lines and small arrow motifs, in a Fine line and Dotwork style.
Fine line finger tattoos with dots and arrows
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of an octopus with curling tentacles across the outer thigh.
Octopus tattoo on the thigh
Black ink tattoo of planets on dotted orbital rings with thin crossing lines across the upper arm, in a fine line and dotwork style.
Planets and orbits on the upper arm
Blue linework drawing of an ornate stag head with antlers, surrounded by geometric dotwork patterns on a pale background.
Ornate stag head design
Black fine-line dotwork constellation tattoo of stars and connected dots on a woman's upper back, below the shoulder blade.
Constellation tattoo on upper back
Black and grey crescent moon tattoo with floral, leaf and dotwork detail on the outer ankle, with parts of other tattoos visible at the edges.
Crescent moon with floral ornament on an ankle
Black and grey ornamental mandala tattoo with a dotwork rosette and scrollwork on an upper arm, photographed beside an ornate iron gate.
Ornamental mandala on upper arm
Black ink drawing of a feather design, with geometric linework on the upper half and dotwork shading that darkens to solid black at the base.
Geometric feather design
Black and grey tattoo of a tree silhouette whose canopy breaks into scattered dots, on the side of a torso in a black and white photo.
Tree dissolving into dots on the side
Small black dotwork tattoo of a row of dots resembling braille across the inner wrist, with woven bracelets nearby.
Row of dots on inner wrist
Black and grey dotwork geometric fan tattoo of stacked petal shapes and small stars on the side of a ribcage.
Geometric dotwork fan on the ribs
Two versions of a black ink botanical tattoo design showing a lotus flower with dotted chain drapes on a parchment-coloured background.
Lotus and dotted chain tattoo design
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a sea turtle with a mandala shell on the inner upper arm.
Mandala sea turtle on an upper arm
Black dotwork mandala tattoo of concentric rings of dots radiating from a central point, across the outer shoulder and upper arm.
Dotwork mandala on the shoulder