Dot tattoo ideas

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

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Black line drawing of a geometric tattoo design featuring arrows, concentric circles, a spiral and diamond shapes, with no body part visible.
Geometric arrow and circle design
Close crop of a light-toned compass rose design with radiating points and dotted rings on a shoulder, geometric in style.
Compass rose on a shoulder
Black dotwork lotus mandala tattoo with fine red dotted guide lines across the forearm, set against a purple towel.
Lotus mandala on a forearm
Vertical strip of five black line-art flash designs on cream, including a moth with BERN CITY text, a lobster, a beetle and two animal faces, in a monoline geometric style.
Five line-art creature flash designs
Full arm sleeve tattoo in dotwork and geometric style, showing an eye, a mandala, rainbows and a stylised figure, running from the upper arm down the forearm.
Geometric dotwork arm sleeve with an eye
Small black fine line tattoo of an arrow with circles, triangles and dots in a geometric style, placed on the inner forearm.
Geometric arrow on a forearm
Small black geometric triangle tattoo on the upper arm of a woman photographed from behind in a backless patterned maxi dress.
Small triangle tattoo on upper arm
Black and white photo of a fine line geometric arrow tattoo with dot accents and chevron fletching on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Fine line arrow tattoo on a forearm
Black linework geometric tattoo sleeve on an upper arm and shoulder, with a bird on the back, a flower and city shapes, dotwork shading and small pink and teal dots.
Geometric bird, city and flower tattoos on arm and shoulder
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a feathered arrow with overlapping geometric circles and dotwork on the forearm.
Arrow and geometric circles on a forearm
Black dotwork mandala tattoo with a sunflower motif on the chest, partly visible through an open grey zip hoodie.
Dotwork mandala tattoo on chest
Woman seen from behind with a black and grey geometric dotwork back tattoo, including a mandala and a lotus motif at the lower back.
Geometric dotwork back piece with lotus
Four black line drawings of stylised beetles stacked vertically on a cream background, in a fine line and geometric flash style with dot and star accents.
Four stylised beetles in black line
Fine line black tattoo of a circular Gallifreyan-style design with a bearded man's bare chest visible.
Circular Gallifreyan-style design on chest
Intricate white ink mandala drawing with lotus-style petals and fine scrollwork on a black background, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement.
White ink mandala on black paper
Colour tattoo of a geometric hourglass in pink, green and red with bold black outlines, placed on the inner forearm.
Geometric hourglass on a forearm
Close photo of a geometric arrow tattoo in black and silver ink running down the back of a hand from the wrist towards the fingers.
Geometric arrow design on the back of a hand
Black and grey geometric tattoo of a front-facing elephant head with a cube, triangles and dotwork halo, on a forearm.
Elephant head with geometric linework
Close photo of a geometric red diamond tattoo with black ink splatter and red dots on the outer upper thigh.
Red diamond motif with ink splatter on a thigh
Black and grey peony tattoo with a bud and leaves on the inner forearm, framed by outlined triangles and dotted lines, in a dotwork and botanical style.
Peony and bud with geometric triangles on a forearm
Black ink drawing on paper of a dotwork mandala beside handwritten script reading For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and a sound mind.
Mandala design with script quote
Black and grey dotwork mandala tattoo on the top of a foot, while a hand dabs orange product onto the skin with a small applicator.
Mandala tattoo on the top of a foot
Two side-by-side photos of finger tattoos: a solid black geometric pencil with a dot on the middle finger, and a shaded grey wolf head on the middle finger.
Pencil and wolf finger tattoos
Line drawing of a lotus flower with black outlines and tan shading, above swirl motifs and a dotted line with a circle and a star, shown as a tattoo design on a white background.
Lotus flower with dotted line ornament
Black linework mandala and paisley tattoo covering a woman's shoulder and upper arm, with a flower-centred design.
Mandala and paisley tattoo on shoulder and arm
Black and grey elephant head tattoo with a lotus mandala above it, on the inner forearm.
Elephant and mandala on a forearm
Flash sheet of eighteen black line drawings of circular geometric designs with rings, dots, hexagons and straight lines, in a three by six grid.
Grid of circular geometric line designs
Black and grey dotwork mandala tattoo on a forearm, with a band of layered petals above a drop-shaped ornament and a dot.
Mandala armband tattoo on a forearm
Two black and grey dotwork tattoos on upper backs: a whale tail fluke within a circle on the left, and a crescent moon with a face on the right.
Whale tail and crescent moon on upper backs
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a diagonal arrow crossed by two overlapping circles and small dots, on the upper arm.
Arrow and overlapping circles on an arm
Black and grey dotwork mandala tattoo with stacked arch shapes and a solid triangle, covering the inner forearm.
Mandala forearm piece in dotwork
Black linework tattoo of overlapping circles with Gallifreyan-style script and dots, running down the inside of a forearm.
Gallifreyan circles on a forearm
Four black and grey photographs of fine line geometric tattoos showing arrows crossing overlapping circles, placed on the upper arm and forearm.
Fine line arrows and circles on arms
Black fine line tattoo of a crescent moon with a sleeping face, dotted beads and geometric diamond drops across the upper back.
Crescent moon with dotwork on upper back
Black dotwork and linework mandala and paisley tattoo across the upper arm and shoulder, with light blue leaf shapes behind it.
Mandala and paisley design on upper arm
Full back tattoo of a twisted ribbon running down the spine over ornamental lattice panels, in black and grey dotwork and linework.
Ornamental ribbon back piece
Black line drawing of a geometric mandala design with overlapping circles at its centre, swirls, a sunburst above and hanging diamond shapes below.
Geometric mandala design with seed of life
Black and grey mandala tattoos on the backs of two hands and wrists, with small rose tattoos on the fingers and silver rings.
Mandala and rose hand tattoos
Black solid-ink flash design of a crescent moon above a vertical column of dots, a ringed planet and a circle with two small white dots, shown on a white background.
Crescent moon and planet dot design
Full arm sleeve in blackwork and dotwork featuring hexagons and a central mandala motif, running from the upper arm down to the wrist.
Geometric blackwork sleeve on arm
Black fine-line lace mandala with a feather and dangling chains tattooed on the upper thigh, shown in three side-by-side photographs.
Lace mandala with dangling feather
Colour tattoo of a stylised geometric animal with dotwork patterns and circular dot stems on a person's calf, in green, mustard and black linework.
Geometric animal and dot motifs on a calf
Black ink flash drawing of a molecular structure with two hexagonal rings inside a dotwork stippled circle, with dotted line ends, shown on cream paper.
Stippled molecule design
Black dotwork and fine line pyramid above the words 'the world is a wonderfully weird place' in typewriter-style text, tattooed on the inner forearm.
Pyramid and quote on a forearm
Black and teal dotwork mandala tattoo with a blank centre, sitting on the inner forearm.
Dotwork mandala on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a rose with geometric arrows, triangles and circles running vertically along the ribs.
Geometric rose and arrow down the ribs
Grey dotwork and linework mandala tattoo on the top of a foot, with a hand dusting orange powder beside it using a brush.
Mandala tattoo on a foot
Black compass rose tattoo with a solid eight-point star inside dotted and solid rings, on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Compass rose on the inner forearm