Dot tattoo ideas

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

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Black blackwork tattoo of planets stacked vertically down the upper back, with Saturn ringed in the middle, beside a small script mark on the shoulder.
Planets in a column down the upper back
Close view of a hand with dark nails showing small fine line tattoos of dots, a chevron and a horizontal line on the fingers.
Dot and line finger tattoos on a hand
Black ink lace-style butterfly tattoo with dangling chain details on the chest beneath the bust, in a blackwork and fine line style.
Black lace butterfly tattoo under the bust
Black line stencil of an ornate hamsa hand with mandala patterns and dotted border on transfer paper, with a faint pink outline behind it.
Hamsa hand stencil with mandala detail
Colourful neo-traditional tattoo on an upper arm showing an orange bear beneath green trees and a cabin with smoke rising from its chimney, with teal triangles below.
Bear, cabin and trees on an upper arm
Fine line black tattoo of a sitting cat beneath a crescent moon, with a dotted trail curling down behind a person's ear.
Cat and crescent moon behind the ear
Black and grey dragonfly tattoo with swirled wing veins and curling ornament on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Dragonfly with swirls on upper back
Black line flash sheet of paisley shapes, daisy-style flowers and a solid black lotus, with no body placement shown.
Paisley and lotus flash sheet
Black mandala tattoo with radiating petals and dotted edges on a woman's shoulder and upper chest, with a long braid hanging to one side.
Mandala tattoo on a shoulder
Black line drawing of an ornamental heart surrounded by scrolls, small hearts and dots, shown as a tattoo flash design on a white background.
Ornamental heart with scrolls and small hearts
Fine line black arrow tattoo with a diamond head, dot details and feathered fletching on the side of the ribs.
Fine line arrow on the ribs
Collage of four small fine line tattoos: a black equals sign on a finger, interlocking rainbow hearts with symbols on the hip, a rainbow arc on the ear and a row of rainbow dots on the forearm.
Small rainbow tattoos on finger, hip, ear and forearm
Fine line constellation tattoo of dots and small star shapes on the shoulder of a person photographed from behind inside a car.
Star constellation tattoo on a shoulder
Colour tattoo of two butterflies with swirling vine linework on the top of a foot, one pink and one blue with dotted detail.
Two butterflies on the top of a foot
Black and grey dotwork armband tattoo on a forearm, with stippled shading fading into a dark treeline-like edge and a small dot above it.
Dotwork band with treeline on forearm
Black and grey dotwork mandala tattoo on a wrist, with diamond and dot linework running down the back of the hand and fingers.
Mandala wrist and hand tattoo
Black linework tattoo on a forearm showing a brain above a computer monitor and keyboard, with partial designs at the edges and a small green accent.
Brain, computer and keyboard on a forearm
Black and grey tattoo of an eye inside a dotwork geometric star mandala on the forearm.
Eye in a geometric mandala on a forearm
Black dotwork and fine line tattoo of a circular mandala with a red polygon overlay on the upper arm of a bare-chested man.
Geometric circle and dotted lines on upper arm
Teal line drawing of an anchor wrapped in rope and set within an ornate filigree mandala, shown as a flash design on textured beige paper.
Anchor with ornamental filigree flash design
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a lion face with a mandala-style petal backdrop and fringed drapery below, shown on skin.
Lion face within a mandala design
Back view of a person's legs covered in black and grey blackwork and dotwork tattoos, with mandala motifs on the thigh and knee and a Greek key pattern on the hip.
Blackwork and dotwork leg sleeve with mandalas
Black fine line fern frond tattoo with dotwork accents running along the forearm.
Fern frond on a forearm
Pencil sketch of an ornate lotus mandala tattoo design on paper, with fine patterned petals, scalloped arcs and hanging diamond shapes.
Pencil sketch of a lotus mandala design
Woman seen from behind with a vertical black Roman numeral tattoo running down her spine and a partial tattoo on her upper arm.
Roman numerals down the spine
Black and grey neo-traditional flash drawing of a leopard head below a large flower, with geometric motifs, shown on paper beside two pens.
Leopard and flower tattoo design
Fine line black tattoo of a swirling vine with small leaves and a dotted trail across the back of a hand and wrist.
Fine line vine flourish across the back of a hand
Black and grey lotus mandala tattoo with a dotted line below it on the inner forearm, above a brown leather watch strap.
Lotus mandala tattoo on a forearm
Dotwork tattoo of intertwined snakes shading from blue at the top to pink and red at the bottom, across the thigh.
Intertwined snakes in blue and pink dotwork
Black and white photo of a tiny fine line circle tattoo on the inner wrist, with the hand resting open below it.
Small circle tattoo on the inner wrist
Close crop of a woman with long wavy hair in a black leather jacket, touching her chest, with a black geometric mandala tattoo across the back of her hand.
Geometric mandala tattoo on the hand
Fine line black constellation tattoo of small stars joined by dotted lines, on the top of a foot near the ankle.
Star constellation tattoo on a foot
Black blackwork-style flash design of a stylised tree with curling branches, dots and a swirled trunk, shown on a white background.
Swirling black tree design
Black and grey ornamental dragonfly tattoo with patterned wings and swirling filigree, across the upper back.
Dragonfly with swirls across the upper back
Solid black bear silhouette in a blackwork design, with white spiral swirls and dots cut into the body, shown as a flat drawing with no body placement.
Black bear silhouette with spirals
Black dotwork tattoo on a forearm showing a seedling with roots, then a stippled soil block, a patterned pot and a saucer stacked in a vertical sequence.
Seedling and potting stages on a forearm
Black fine line geometric tattoo on an upper arm, with stacked circles, arcs, vertical lines, a small diamond and arrow tips.
Fine line geometric arc and diamond on upper arm
Two matching black fine line compass and arrow tattoos with dotted rings sit on the back of two hands held together.
Matching compass and arrow tattoos on two hands
Black ink compass rose mandala design with geometric petals, pointed tips and scattered dots, shown as a drawing with no body placement.
Compass mandala design
A symmetrical mandala design with a flower-like centre and dotted petals, shaded from blue to teal, shown as a drawing on a white background.
Blue gradient mandala design
Black and grey photograph of a stacked geometric diamond and chevron tattoo running down a forearm, with a standing figure and wooden floor behind.
Stacked geometric diamonds on a forearm
Black and grey wrist tattoo of palm trees, a crescent moon, stars and waves inside a circle, shown on a forearm near the wrist.
Palm trees, moon and waves on a wrist
Small black and grey tattoos of a starburst sun with a face and a crescent moon with a star, placed on two fingers of a hand.
Sun and crescent moon on fingers
Brown ink sun with a plain centre, pointed petal-like rays and dotted chevron details, placed on the inner forearm.
Sun design on the inner forearm
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 line drawing of a botanical lotus flower with a spiral stem and dot accents, shown as a tattoo design on paper with no body placement.
Lotus flower tattoo design sketch
Colourful abstract tattoo of stylised figures in loose sketched black lines and watercolour-style washes of red, orange, green and turquoise, on a forearm.
Abstract watercolour figures on a forearm
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