Dot tattoo ideas

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

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Black ink drawing of an ornate elephant head in dotwork and mandala patterns, with a shaded rose in place of the ear, on white paper.
Ornate elephant with rose design
Black dotwork and geometric lotus mandala tattoo on a woman's wrist, with part of another tattoo visible on the forearm above it.
Dotwork lotus mandala on the wrist
Black ink drawing of the words Let me be brave in script lettering, with a bird in flight dissolving into stippled dots at the end of the phrase.
Let me be brave lettering with a bird
Colour tattoo of an Om symbol with a shaded Buddha face and dotwork patterns in teal and grey on a limb.
Om symbol with Buddha face on a limb
Black dotwork and fine line mandala tattoo with radiating petals on a lower leg, shown against a blue background.
Dotwork mandala tattoo on the calf
Black and grey geometric wolf head tattoo with dotwork detail on the inner forearm, shown on a pale arm against a white textured wall.
Geometric wolf head on a forearm
Black linework lotus mandala tattoo with dotwork detail on the inner forearm, shown against a wooden floor.
Lotus mandala on a forearm
Colourful neo-traditional bee tattoo with stippled glitter wings, shown in two photos on skin, one on the chest and one on the upper arm.
Glitter bee tattoo with sparkles and dotted trail
Two views of a geometric dotwork tattoo on the outer thigh, with dotted lines, circles and a small figure in black ink with touches of blue.
Geometric dotwork thigh tattoo
Close-up of a small red and blue fine line tattoo of a flying saucer with dotwork shading on the upper arm.
Red and blue flying saucer on upper arm
Black and grey flash design of a dotwork mandala star with a compass-like point, joined by a vertical dotted line to a small diamond motif, shown on a white background with no body placement.
Mandala star with dotted vertical line
Two black ink dotwork tattoos on ankles, a mandala-patterned crescent moon on the left and a mandala-style sun on the right.
Crescent moon and sun tattoos on ankles
Black and grey dotwork mandala tattoo with petals and moon phases across the centre of a person's upper back.
Mandala with moon phases across a back
Full floral sleeve tattoo covering the upper arm and forearm, black and grey on the left panel and coloured on the right, with flowers, swirls and dotwork.
Floral sleeve tattoo on the arm
Black ink line drawing of an ornate crescent moon mandala with dotwork, paisley-like motifs and a central flower, drawn on white paper as a tattoo design.
Ornate crescent moon mandala design
Black and grey dotwork lotus mandala tattoo with a dangling leaf and dot motif, placed centrally on the chest between the sternum and the ribs.
Lotus mandala tattoo on the sternum
Black ink linework drawing of an ornamental hummingbird design with dotted circles and swirling flourishes, shown as a tattoo design on paper.
Ornamental hummingbird line drawing
Colour lotus flower tattoo with pink and teal wash, dotwork shading and a thin geometric circle, on a forearm.
Lotus flower on a forearm
Black and purple line drawing of a stylised bird, a flower and feathers with dotwork bubbles, shown as a tattoo design on a white background.
Bird, flower and feathers tattoo design
Small black dotwork tattoo of a crescent moon with stippled clouds and a dotted sky on the forearm.
Crescent moon with clouds and dotted sky
Black geometric mandala tattoo with fine lines and dotwork on the side of a torso, over the ribs.
Mandala tattoo on the side ribs
Black and grey drawing of an ornamental feather with geometric and dotwork patterns, hanging from two beads on a sepia textured background.
Ornamental feather design with beads
Black and grey forearm tattoo of a thin solid line above a dotwork band that fades into the skin, shown on the inner forearm of a person in a black top.
Dotwork and fine line armband on a forearm
Black dotwork mandala tattoo on the inner wrist and forearm, shown from the side and from the palm side.
Black mandala tattoo on the inner wrist
Black and grey geometric anchor tattoo with overlapping triangles and small dots, on a forearm.
Geometric anchor on a forearm
Black dotwork tattoo of a dotted chain and cross design wrapping around a finger, shown in two side-by-side photographs.
Dotwork cross and chain on a finger
Black ink drawing of the Om symbol centred in a lotus-petal mandala with dotted and scalloped detailing, drawn as a tattoo design on paper.
Om symbol in a lotus mandala
Black and grey dotwork lotus mandala with dangling dotted drops, tattooed on the outer thigh of a person with red-painted nails.
Lotus mandala on a thigh
Black and grey dotwork mandala tattoo with a lotus-like centre on the inner forearm and wrist, with a hand resting across it.
Mandala tattoo on the inner forearm
Black dotwork and geometric tattoo of a wolf's head with amber eyes, framed by a triangular pattern and a night-sky panel with trees and a crescent moon, on the inner forearm.
Geometric wolf head on forearm
Colour tattoo of a galaxy inside a circle, crossed by a black spiral and dotted crosshair lines, on the upper back.
Galaxy circle with spiral on upper back
Black fine line lotus tattoo with dotwork chain drops on the forearm, shown in a black and grey photo.
Lotus with dotted chain details on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork tattoos of wolf heads on two crossed forearms, each with dotted triangles behind the head.
Matching wolf heads on two forearms
Black and grey lotus tattoo with geometric circles and dotwork shading on the side of a ribcage.
Geometric lotus on the ribs
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of two reaching hands with a crescent moon and ringed planet over concentric dotted circles, on the upper back.
Reaching hands with orbit circles on upper back
Black and white starfish design with curling scrolls and dotted lines along each arm, drawn as a tattoo flash in a blackwork and dotwork style.
Starfish with scrollwork design
Dotwork tattoo of three large concentric circles joined in a wavy line down the outer thigh, in black, blue, red and yellow dots.
Connected dot circles down a thigh
Black dotwork lotus mandala tattoo with three dotted crescent moons on the upper chest.
Dotwork lotus mandala with dotted moons on chest
Black and grey dotwork tattoo design of a lotus flower with an om symbol at its centre, leaves on either side and dots running vertically above and below.
Lotus and om symbol design
Small black dotwork bow tattoo on the wrist of a hand curled against a beige fabric.
Small dotted bow on wrist
A blue and tan hamsa hand tattoo with a mandala flower and dotted outline on the inside of a forearm, photographed in a car.
Hamsa and mandala on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo design of a rose with mandala-style ornament and leaves, drawn on white paper with no body placement shown.
Dotwork rose with mandala ornament
Black ornamental mandala tattoo wrapping around a forearm and wrist in a blackwork and dotwork style, with a solid black band across the middle.
Mandala wrist cuff tattoo
Black ornate butterfly tattoo with dotwork detail and curled antennae on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Ornate butterfly tattoo on the upper back
Small dotwork tattoo of a bird in black ink on the back of a hand near the wrist.
Small dotted bird on the hand
Black ink linework drawing of a sun with a closed-eyed face and a crescent moon, with dotwork rays and stars, drawn on paper as a tattoo design.
Sun and crescent moon face design
Black and grey photo of a fine line tattoo on a forearm showing a row of planets, with Saturn and a banded Jupiter-like planet among small dots.
Solar system planets on a forearm
Illustrated tattoo on a forearm showing a large-eyed girl in a crown with patterned birds and an arrow, in a dotwork and geometric style.
Illustrated girl and birds on a forearm