Dot tattoo ideas

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

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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 and white drawing of a hamsa hand tattoo design with blackwork outlines and dotwork detailing on a white background.
Hamsa hand design
Black dotwork fading into solid black bands on a forearm, with the hand raised in front of a wooden parquet floor.
Dotwork fade and black bands on a forearm
Black outlined octopus tattoo with swirl and dot patterning across the ribs and side of a torso, in a dotwork style.
Ornamental octopus on the side of the ribs
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 and red abstract bird tattoo with dotwork and a geometric lattice across the shoulder and upper arm.
Abstract bird and geometric pattern on upper arm
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
Black Eye of Horus tattoo with dotted rays on the side of a ribcage, partly covered by white fabric.
Eye of Horus with dotted rays on 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
Colour flash drawing of a serpentine dragon with a long horned head, filled with pastel teal, pink and purple and decorated with black scrollwork, in a neo-traditional style.
Pastel serpentine dragon flash design
Dotwork tattoo of stars and dotted spirals running up a forearm, set against a red patterned fabric.
Stars and dotted spirals on a forearm
Black linework botanical tattoo of a sprig with a small bird and orange dots, with dotwork shading behind, on the side of the ribs.
Botanical sprig and bird on ribs
Black line drawing of several ornamental swirls and scattered dots, presented as a flash sheet of fine line tattoo designs with no body placement shown.
Ornamental swirls and dot flourishes
Two matching black and grey mandala tattoos on the inner forearms, one on each arm, with bangles and a turquoise bead bracelet above.
Matching mandala tattoos on two forearms
Full arm sleeve tattoo of a pink axolotl with dotwork and geometric patterns, yellow circles and a flower bud, across the upper arm and forearm.
Axolotl full arm sleeve
Black and grey photo of a fine line tattoo on the back of a wrist, styled as a dotted chain bracelet with a small diamond and crescent moons, placed on the hand.
Fine line chain bracelet on the wrist
Colourful abstract planet tattoo with splatter and dotwork on an upper arm and forearm, crossed by teal and purple diagonal lines.
Planet and splatter sleeve with diagonal lines
Black and grey mandala lotus tattoo with dotted lines above and below, placed centrally on the chest.
Mandala lotus with dots on the chest
Flash drawing of an ornate feather filled with swirling linework and dotwork, shaded in teal, blue and red, with no body placement shown.
Ornate feather design in teal and red
Black and grey dotwork mandala tattoo with lace-like scalloped petals across the upper back, shown from behind.
Dotwork mandala on upper back
Black line drawing of an ornate spiral seashell filled with dotwork, scale-like cells and swirling filigree, shown as a tattoo design without a placement.
Ornate seashell line drawing
Blue ink drawing of a geometric mandala design with a diamond, dotwork and fine spiral linework, shown on white paper beside lace and dried flowers.
Blue ink geometric mandala design on paper