Dot tattoo ideas

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

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Black and white drawing of an open hand with mandala and lotus patterns, a dotwork all-seeing eye in a triangle above the fingertips, in a dotwork and geometric style.
Hand with eye in triangle design
Colourful traditional-style feather tattoo with black outlines and orange, pink and teal tones on a forearm, with partial arrow tattoos at the edges.
Traditional feather tattoo on a forearm
Black ornamental lotus design with layered petals, fine dotted detailing and a vertical line of dots above and below, drawn in a botanical dotwork style on a white background.
Ornamental lotus design with dots
Black and grey fine line geometric tattoo of overlapping circles, dots and a long diagonal line with a small arrow on the forearm.
Fine line circles and diagonal line on a forearm
Black fine line tattoo of an arrow crossing two open circles and dotted lines, placed on the inner ankle.
Fine line arrow with circles on an ankle
Black fine-line mandala tattoo with petal and dot details on the top of a foot, shown in close-up on a white towel.
Mandala tattoo on the top of a foot
Black and grey mandala tattoo with a lotus-style motif at the top, inked on the abdomen in a close black and white photo.
Mandala and lotus tattoo on the stomach
Black fine line drawing of a looping, abstract ornament with dots at each end on a plain white background, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Looped fine line ornament design
Small fine line lotus flower tattoo in black and grey with a trail of dots along the forearm, shown beside a penny for scale.
Small lotus flower with dots on forearm
Traditional style colour tattoo of a red crescent emblem enclosing a flower design with teal and orange accents, on the outer lower leg.
Traditional flower and crescent emblem on a calf
Two photographs show an abstract splatter tattoo with black lines, grey wash and teal and red dots, one across a woman's upper back and neck and one on an inner forearm.
Abstract splatter tattoos on neck, back and forearm
Colourful tattoo of the Deathly Hallows symbol with watercolour-style splashes in pink, orange, green and blue on the back.
Deathly Hallows symbol with watercolour splashes
Fine line black ink drawing of an outline heart with a looping script letter, a dotted trail and a small cross, shown as a design on paper beside a mechanical pencil.
Fine line heart and cross design on paper
Botanical-style floral design in dark brown henna-style ink with outlined petals and curling stems on pale skin, placement on the body not clear.
Henna-style flower design on skin
Small dotwork tattoo of scattered black dots resembling a constellation, on the inner forearm near the wrist, against a pale bedsheet.
Small dot constellation on a forearm
Two pairs of fists show black circle tattoos on the top knuckles and the words TAKE TIME in black lettering across the lower knuckles, a lettering tattoo on the hands.
Take time knuckle lettering
Back of a person's head showing a colourful mandala tattoo in red, teal and green on the nape above a fade of green dots, with purple hair in a top knot.
Mandala and dotwork tattoo on the nape
Black ink botanical tattoo of leaves and sprigs on an upper arm near the elbow, with a person lying on blue and white bedding.
Botanical foliage tattoo on upper arm
Colour traditional tattoo of a seahorse with teal scales, orange spots and a red and brown flower on the inner arm.
Traditional seahorse with a flower on the arm
Botanical lotus flower tattoo on a person's upper back, in pink, red, orange and teal with black linework, above three coloured dots.
Colourful lotus flower on the upper back
Black and grey photograph of a fine line dotted constellation tattoo with small four-point stars on the inner forearm.
Dotted constellation on a forearm
Green Celtic knotwork four-leaf clover design drawn on a plain white background, shown as a flash design with no body placement.
Celtic knot shamrock design
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a tree inside a geometric diamond outline with a crescent moon above, on the outer thigh.
Dotwork tree in geometric frame on thigh
Four hand-drawn fine line tattoo designs of spirals, loops and zigzags with dotted tails, drawn in dark ink on cream paper.
Four spiral and loop line designs
Black and grey dotwork drawing of a big cat's face framed by geometric spikes and dots, shown as a flash design with no body placement.
Stippled big cat face in geometric frame
Black fine line tattoo of three birds perched on a branch above scrolling leaves, on the inner wrist of a raised fist.
Three birds on a branch on a wrist
Black fine line script lettering reading grace upon grace, with a small dot either side, drawn on a plain white background with no body placement shown.
Grace upon grace in fine script lettering
Bold black semicolon-style symbol with purple, teal and pink flowers and fine black vines on the inner wrist.
Semicolon symbol with flowers on wrist
Fine line black tattoo of an arrow with a feather fletching and a geometric arrowhead on the upper arm.
Feather and arrow on the upper arm
Black and grey dotwork lotus mandala tattoo on the chest below the bust, shown with a close-up detail beside it.
Lotus mandala tattoo under the bust
Black and grey dotwork sun with a face and swirling rays on one foot and a crescent moon with a face on the other foot, both tattoos on the top of the foot.
Sun and moon tattoos on both feet
Black and grey dotwork mandala tattoo wrapped around a wrist and the lower forearm.
Mandala tattoo around a wrist
Pencil sketch of a mandala dreamcatcher with a shaded feather and trailing ribbons, drawn as a tattoo design with no body placement shown.
Mandala dreamcatcher with feather sketch
Black and white photo of a dotwork mandala tattoo centred on a woman's upper back, with her hair in a bun and her back to the camera.
Mandala tattoo on upper back
Four black and grey fine line tattoos: an eye within a triangle and circles on the inner forearm, an open window with a tree on the upper back, a triangle with circles on the forearm, and an eye in a
Geometric eye and window tattoos in black and grey
Small watercolour-style castle tattoo in blue, teal, pink and yellow with rays above it, on the inner wrist.
Watercolour castle tattoo on wrist
Black and white photo of a fine dotted constellation tattoo with a single star, sitting on the upper chest near the collarbone and shoulder.
Dotted constellation on upper chest
Black ink script lettering design with stippled shading, dots and swirling flourishes, drawn on white paper.
Script lettering design with dotwork shading
Black swirling linework tattoo with curls and dots across the upper back, shown in a sepia-toned photograph.
Swirling tribal-style tattoo on upper back
Collage of three close photos of an ear with two small black dot tattoos near the upper ear, shown with the lobe pinched so the dots and fold resemble a face.
Two dot tattoos on an ear
Black and grey line drawing of a bird skull with a wheat sprig, a crown of dots and small stars, labelled Virgo, shown as a tattoo design rather than on skin.
Virgo bird skull with wheat sprig
Black ink sketch of a lotus flower with dotted chain lines running down the page, a fine line and dotwork tattoo design drawn on paper.
Lotus and chain flash design
Black linework tattoo of interlocking circles, arcs and dots resembling Gallifreyan script, placed across the upper chest.
Gallifreyan circles on the upper chest
Small black dotwork and jagged marks on the fingers of a hand, with matte grey geometric nail polish on the nails.
Small dotwork marks on fingers
Black and grey dotwork tattoo on a shoulder, with concentric rings of dots that grow denser near the shoulder cap and fade out across the upper arm.
Dotwork circles fading across a shoulder
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of pine trees inside a downward-pointing dotted triangle on the forearm.
Pine trees in a dotted triangle on an arm
Two-panel photo of fine line black tattoos on an arm: a row of planets with a ringed Saturn at the top, and an intersecting geometric star below.
Planets and geometric star on forearm
Black fine line lotus flower tattoo with dotwork accents on the side of a person's thigh, photographed in sepia tones.
Lotus flower tattoo on the thigh