Dot tattoo ideas

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

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Black and grey fish scale tattoo with small dots on the lower back, just above white underwear.
Fish scale tattoo on the lower back
Two hands resting palm down on a pale fabric, each with small black dot tattoos on the fingers and rings worn on several fingers, in a dotwork style on the hand.
Small dot tattoos on fingers
Black and grey lotus flower tattoo with overlapping circles and dotted triangles below it, placed on the ribs.
Lotus flower with geometric triangles on ribs
Black fine line abstract tattoo across a bare upper back, with circles, swirls, a solid dot and italic lettering along curved lines.
Abstract linework and lettering on upper back
Colour tattoo of a pink rose, purple violets and a pink water lily within a dark circular outline with black swirls, on a person's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Rose, violets and water lily on upper back
Close crop of a woman in a black strapless top with blue, teal, orange and red brushstroke tattoos over her shoulders, upper arms and upper chest, with scattered black dots.
Painterly brushstroke tattoos across shoulders and chest
Black ink mandala-style floral tattoo on the side of a person's ribs, with fine detailed linework above denim shorts.
Mandala floral tattoo on ribs
Black botanical flower and swirl tattoo on a hip, photographed outdoors on a sunny beach.
Flower and swirl design on a hip
Black line drawing of ornate script lettering decorated with flowers, hearts and dotted outlines, shown as a tattoo design on paper.
Script lettering design with flowers
Traditional style tattoo on a calf showing a bold block letter with a dot above, red and black shading and a grey scroll banner reading Enjoy the Journey.
Enjoy the journey banner on a calf
Black ink mandala tattoo on a woman's shoulder, with dotwork and geometric detail, beside a long braid over a dark top.
Mandala tattoo on the shoulder
Black and grey ink design of pine trees on a mountain ridge beneath a starry sky and a shooting star, framed by a dashed circle and triangles, drawn on cream paper.
Pine forest and night sky in a circle
Black line tattoo of a hot air balloon with scalloped panels and dotted details, placed on the forearm.
Hot air balloon on a forearm
Black ink lace-style band tattoo with dotwork and fine lines wrapping around the forearm, above the wrist.
Lace-style band tattoo on a forearm
Black and grey geometric fox tattoo in fine line with dotwork dots and a faint diamond shape behind it, placed on a lower leg.
Geometric fox with dotwork halo on a calf
Watercolour style owl tattoo on the front of a thigh, with black linework and pink, teal and purple splashes of ink.
Watercolour owl on thigh
Black dotwork and fine line lotus mandala tattoo centred on the back of the neck and upper back, with hanging drop details.
Ornate lotus mandala on the nape of the neck
Traditional style turtle tattoo with a dotwork mandala shell in teal and blue, placed on the centre of the chest.
Turtle with mandala shell on chest
Black henna-style mehndi design with lace-like mandala patterns across the back of a hand, wrist and fingers.
Black henna-style hands with lace patterns
Red cherries with green stems and a leaf, surrounded by black stars and dots, in a colour tattoo on the side of the thigh.
Cherries and stars on a thigh
Neo-traditional tattoo of a lace-patterned heart with purple roses and leaves on the forearm, against a teal background.
Lace heart with purple roses on a forearm
Black fine line stars trailing from the nape of the neck down the upper back of a woman with red braided hair.
Star trail tattoo on the upper back and neck
Black and grey mandala flower tattoo with dotwork detail, sitting over the elbow of a bare arm, with a grey top in the background.
Mandala flower tattoo on an elbow
Black and grey dotwork hamsa hand tattoo with three small dots below it on the finger of a hand, in a black and white photo.
Hamsa hand with dots on a finger
Black dotwork mandala with a central flower of life design on the inner forearm, with a matching small tattoo on a finger.
Dotwork mandala on a forearm
Black and grey mandala tattoo on a woman's shoulder and upper arm, with fine line petals, leaves and swirls around a dotwork centre.
Mandala tattoo on a shoulder
Dark brown henna flower with curling vine and leaf details on the inner wrist and forearm, in a botanical style.
Floral henna design on a wrist
Dotwork crescent moon filled with black mandala patterns, with a red mandala inside and dotted drips hanging below, tattooed on the back.
Mandala crescent moon with dotted drips
Black ink tattoo of a smiling sun with a face and spiky rays on the side of a ribcage, with a white garment falling beside it.
Sun with face on the ribs
Two matching black and grey lotus tattoos with ornamental petal detailing and dot accents, one on each of a person's forearms.
Matching lotus tattoos on forearms
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
Small black and grey ornate cross tattoo with dotted detail on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Small ornate cross on upper back
Black ink compass rose tattoo with a fleur-de-lis at the top and dotwork detail, on the upper back of a woman whose face is not shown.
Compass rose on upper back
Black and grey fine line tattoo of planets in a vertical row on the inner forearm, with Saturn ringed near the middle and small dots above and below.
Planets in a vertical line on a forearm
Colour traditional-style tattoo of a red flower, pink buds, green leaves and red chilli peppers across the top of a foot, shown in three panels.
Red flower and chilli tattoo on a foot
Abstract surreal tattoo on a forearm in black outline with red, teal, yellow and orange fills, including concentric circles and star shapes.
Abstract surreal forearm tattoo
Fresh colour tattoo of six semicolons arranged in a ring around a small dot on a forearm, while a gloved tattooist wipes the skin.
Six semicolons in a ring on a forearm
Traditional style tattoo of a woman's profile with a swallow in a ring of yellow dots, on the upper arm.
Profile face and swallow in a dotted circle
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 dotwork tattoo of swirling dots and curls across a woman's upper back and shoulder, with a striped top visible at the edge of the frame.
Dotwork swirl tattoo across a shoulder blade
Close-up of a hand resting on a tanned thigh, showing a white ink mandala tattoo on the thigh and a white ornamental design on the forearm, in a geometric style.
White mandala tattoos on thigh and forearm
Small black dotwork tattoo of three concentric rings on the back of a hand, resting on a paint-splattered surface.
Dotted concentric circles on the back of a hand
Black line drawing of a geometric arrow with chevron fletching, a diamond at its centre and a downward triangle tip, shown on a plain light grey background.
Geometric arrow design
Black and grey feather tattoo that dissolves into dots, with the word love in flowing script below, on the inner wrist.
Feather and love script on a wrist
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of an animal skull with two roses, leaves and a triangle, on the outer thigh.
Animal skull and roses on a thigh
Black ink drawing of a symmetrical lotus flower with swirling inner petals, dotted accents and a trailing stem, shown as a tattoo design on a white background.
Lotus flower tattoo design
Black fine line tattoo of intersecting circles, arcs and a long diagonal arrow on the side of the ribs.
Fine line arrow and circles on the side
Fine line black lotus flower inside an outlined triangle with two small dots beneath it, tattooed on the front of a lower leg near the ankle.
Lotus in a triangle on the ankle