Dot tattoo ideas

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

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Colourful watercolour-style stag head tattoo with splashes of blue, pink and purple on the upper arm and shoulder.
Watercolour-style stag on upper arm
Black line drawing of a woman with curly hair and a curved crescent shape on the upper arm, with pink, red and teal watercolour wash.
Line art woman with watercolour wash on upper arm
Black silhouette tattoo of flying fairy and child figures trailing stars down the upper arm, shown in two angled photographs.
Flying silhouettes and stars on an upper arm
Black and grey mandala and dotwork tattoo sleeves covering both upper arms and forearms of a woman in a white tank top and silver chain necklace.
Black and grey mandala sleeve on both arms
Black and grey fine line geometric tattoo of overlapping circles, dots and a small triangle on the inner upper arm.
Overlapping circles and triangle on upper arm
Fine line black tattoo of a crescent moon with a delicate vertical motif and dotted top on the inner upper arm.
Crescent moon and fine line motif on upper arm
Close-up of a woman's arm with black and grey geometric and dotwork tattoos on the upper arm and forearm, wearing a white t-shirt and denim dungarees.
Blackwork and dotwork arm tattoos under denim dungarees
Black ink tattoo of an elephant covered in mandala, paisley and floral patterns on the upper arm.
Ornate elephant on upper arm
Black and grey dotwork fox curled up asleep beneath a crescent moon, with teal accents, on the upper arm.
Sleeping fox and crescent moon on an upper arm
Colour mandala tattoo on an upper arm, with red petal rings above, pale blue and grey petals below and a black and white flower centre, in a geometric style.
Red and blue mandala on the upper arm
Small black stormtrooper helmet tattoo on the upper arm, with three dots below it.
Stormtrooper helmet on an upper arm
Black and grey shaded tribal mask tattoo with beaded trim on the upper arm of a person wearing a white top.
Tribal mask tattoo on upper arm
Black and grey blackwork tattoo on an upper arm and shoulder showing a hare wrapped in a snake, with roses and leaves above and an eye in a triangle below.
Hare, snake and botanical upper arm piece
Black and grey compass star tattoo with a dotwork shaded circle behind it, on a man's shoulder and upper arm.
Compass star on a shoulder
Reddish-brown mandala and floral ornament design covering a woman's upper arm and forearm, in a fine linework style.
Henna-style mandala sleeve on arm
Black and grey dotwork sleeves with mandala flowers and a small bird on both upper arms and forearms of a woman wearing a white top and a chunky chain necklace.
Mandala and dotwork sleeves on both arms
Black tribal sleeve tattoo with bold geometric bands, triangles and zigzags covering the upper arm and forearm.
Black tribal arm sleeve
Black dotwork mandala armband tattoo on an upper arm, with dotted lines, a solid band and a teardrop motif below.
Black mandala armband tattoo on upper arm
Colour tattoo of a small bird on a branch inside a black scrolled oval frame, with a teal and orange body, on the upper arm.
Sketchy bird in a scrolled oval frame on upper arm
Black linework tattoo of overlapping circles, arcs and dots in a geometric style on an upper arm.
Abstract circles and arcs on upper arm
Botanical tattoo of a sprig with red and pink flowers, black leaves and small dots on the upper arm.
Red flower sprig on an upper arm
Dark ornamental design with a heart motif, lattice panel and dangling dots on the upper arm and shoulder, in a geometric henna-inspired style.
Ornate mehndi-style design on upper arm
Dark ink mandala armband with a central flower, leaf motifs and dotted detailing wrapped around the upper arm.
Mandala flower armband on upper arm
Black and grey geometric tattoo of interlocking circles with dots and arcs on the upper arm.
Interlocking circles on an upper arm
Black and white photo of a vertical column of small dark ink marks on the upper arm, beside floral fabric and long hair.
Vertical column of marks on upper arm
Blackwork and dotwork geometric full sleeve covering a man's arm from shoulder to wrist, with diamond lattice and cog motifs on the upper arm and forearm.
Blackwork geometric full arm sleeve
Black and grey lotus flower tattoo with dotwork stippling and soft shading on a person's upper arm near the shoulder.
Lotus flower on upper arm
Black geometric tattoo of a heart filled with tribal bands and chevrons, placed on the upper arm of a woman in a black top.
Heart with tribal pattern on upper arm
Black and grey dotwork and geometric tattoo on an upper arm showing a large beetle with a crescent moon, crystal, ferns and flowers within triangle lines.
Beetle, crescent moon and crystal on upper arm
Three views of a full arm sleeve in black and grey dotwork, with geometric flowers, circles and linked shapes covering the upper arm and forearm.
Black and grey geometric flower sleeve
Dotwork octopus tattoo with curling tentacles on an upper arm, set against green and pink wash shading and a scattering of dots.
Octopus tentacles on an upper arm
Blue and black jellyfish tattoo with long trailing tentacles and dotted circles on the upper arm, shown in two photographs.
Jellyfish tattoo on the upper arm
Colour Neo-trad tattoo of a layered yellow, orange and brown flower with green scalloped petals and black dots, on the upper arm, with a close-up beside it.
Mandala-style flower on upper arm
Black and grey blackwork paisley and dotwork sleeve covering a forearm and upper arm, worn with a dark tank top.
Paisley blackwork sleeve on forearm
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a fox head in a diamond frame with dotwork shading, flowers and a tied ribbon, on the upper arm.
Fox and flowers in a diamond frame
Black fine line geometric tattoo of nested triangles, a diamond and dotted circles on the upper arm, with dotwork shading.
Geometric diamond and circles on an upper arm
Black dotwork mandala tattoo with petal shapes on the upper arm of a person in a white vest top, with the other hand resting across the arm.
Black mandala tattoo on upper arm
Colour and black ink tattoo of a woman in a geometric patterned dress on a woman's upper arm, with scalloped fan lines and dots around the figure.
Female figure in patterned dress on upper arm
Colourful neo-traditional tattoo of a hairless Sphynx cat with blue eyes and a blue scarf on the upper arm.
Sphynx cat portrait with blue scarf
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of two round soot-like sprites with large eyes and a faceted black crystal across the shoulder and upper arm.
Two soot sprites and a crystal on a shoulder
Black and white photo of a hand resting on a shoulder, with a small dotwork star cluster tattoo in black ink on the upper arm.
Dotwork star cluster on a shoulder
Black fine line tattoo of three arrows on the upper arm, with a peacock feather arrow in the centre and dotted, chevron-tipped arrows either side.
Three arrows on the upper arm
Colour tattoo of a blue police box set against a bright galaxy of stars and dots, on the upper arm and shoulder.
Blue police box in a colourful galaxy on upper arm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of an abstract figure with a small red heart and leafy branch on the upper arm and shoulder.
Abstract figure and heart on upper arm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a stag standing on a faceted rock beneath a tree, enclosed in overlapping geometric diamond lines on an upper arm.
Stag and tree in geometric frame on upper arm
Black and white photo of a woman with her arm raised, showing a small dotwork tattoo of scattered stars on the inner upper arm.
Dotwork star cluster on upper arm
Black and grey dotwork and blackwork mandala tattoo wrapping the inner upper arm towards the elbow, against a white textured wall.
Mandala tattoo on the inner upper arm
Three views of a black and grey realism tattoo on the upper arm, showing planets including Saturn, a DNA helix, a chromosome and a geometric grid.
Planets, DNA and grid on upper arm