Dot tattoo ideas

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

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Black ornamental feather tattoo in blackwork and dotwork style on the upper arm, with owl-like eye motifs and scrollwork.
Ornamental feather with owl-like eyes on upper arm
Black ink ornamental blackwork tattoo covering the back of a hand and fingers, with bands of fine lines and filigree patterns.
Ornamental blackwork bands across the back of a hand
Black and grey blackwork tattoo of a woman in a feathered headdress drawing a bow, on the side of the ribs.
Feathered archer woman on the ribs
Black and grey ornamental design of a snarling wolf head filled with mandala-style patterns and dotwork, set within a scrolled border.
Ornamental wolf head with scrollwork frame
Black and grey blackwork octopus tattoo with dotwork shading on a man's calf, with its tentacles wrapping down towards the ankle.
Octopus tattoo on a lower leg
Black ink drawing of a seated elephant with its trunk raised, its body filled with dotwork and blackwork patterns, presented as a tattoo design.
Seated elephant with patterned body
Black and grey dotwork lantern with a moth, a dotted night sky and geometric lines, tattooed on the outer thigh.
Lantern and moth on a thigh
Black and white drawing of a tattoo design with interlocking arcs, fern fronds, diamond motifs and stippled shading, suited to a large back or sleeve piece.
Black and white tribal leaf and geometric pattern
Black ink design of a hamsa hand filled with an elephant, an eye and dotwork patterns, drawn on cream paper.
Hamsa hand with elephant and eye
Solid black silhouette design of a butterfly with swirling vine stems, leaves and dots on a white background, shown as a flash drawing with no body placement.
Butterfly and leaf vine design
Black and grey dotwork mandala tattoo covering the shoulder blade and upper arm of a person photographed from behind.
Mandala tattoo across shoulder and upper arm
Seven black and white feather line drawings, several filled with dotted, swirled and sun-like patterns, shown as possible blackwork tattoo designs with no body placement visible.
Seven ornamental and plain feather designs
Four black ink feather designs on a white background, the two larger ones patterned with dots, swirls and geometric motifs, shown as flash for a blackwork-style tattoo.
Four decorative feathers in black ink
Close-up of a small black blackwork and dotwork tattoo of an ornamental paisley shape with an eye motif, placed centrally on the chest below the collarbone.
Ornamental eye and droplet tattoo on the sternum
Black blackwork butterfly tattoo with lace-style wing patterns, fine dotwork edging and a small teal jewel on the body, shown on the upper back.
Lace-patterned butterfly on upper back
Black blackwork and dotwork mandala tattoo over the elbow of a bare arm, with part of a second dotted design visible at the lower right.
Black mandala tattoo on the elbow
Black and grey geometric tattoo of a circular emblem with three solid ringed motifs and fine connecting lines, on the upper arm.
Circular ringed emblem on an upper arm
Back of a person with short light hair showing a solid black circle with a small dot inside its upper right edge and a second small black dot below, a Blackwork and Geometric tattoo on the upper back.
Solid black circle with small dots on upper back
Black paw print design with a white heart cut out of the main pad, surrounded by ink splatter and dotted trails, shown as a flash design on a grey background.
Paw print with heart cut out of the pad
Black and grey dotwork tattoo on a forearm with solid black bands and a thin white stripe, fading into stippled dots towards the wrist against a dark background.
Dotwork gradient band on a forearm
Black and grey blackwork and dotwork tattoo of a moth above a mandala design on the wrist, photographed against a dark background.
Moth over mandala on the wrist
Black ink drawing of a tattoo design: a splattered circle and upright mark at the centre, surrounded by a ring of pointed petals with swirls and dots, shown on white paper beside a pen.
Ink mandala with splattered symbol design
Close-up of a black geometric arrow tattoo with dots, a crescent and circles, placed centrally on the upper back of a woman with blonde hair.
Geometric arrow tattoo on upper back
Four black arrows with feathered fletching and dotted arrowheads, in a blackwork and dotwork style, tattooed on the upper arm.
Four arrows on an upper arm
Black ink eye tattoo on a finger with a dotted mandala flower on the back of the hand and a red and yellow snake tattoo at the side.
Eye, mandala and snake on the hand
Black abstract tattoo flash design of curling solid shapes, a spiral and a dot on a plain white background.
Abstract black swirl design
Two solid black blackwork tattoos: a tall pine tree silhouette running down a forearm, and a ringed planet with three dots above a larger circle on the side of the body.
Pine tree and planets in black ink
Black and grey blackwork tribal sleeve with swirls, dots and triangles covering the upper arm and shoulder of a person shown from the back in a sepia photograph.
Black tribal sleeve on upper arm and shoulder
Black ink drawing of a bear in side profile, its body filled with stripes, scallops, triangles and dots, shown as a blackwork-style design on white paper.
Patterned bear outline in black ink
Pencil drawing of a tribal-style curved design filled with triangles, dots and geometric bands, shown on plain paper with no body placement visible.
Pencil sketch of a tribal curved design
Black and grey dotwork and blackwork mandala tattoo with a radial geometric pattern, placed on the back.
Dotwork and blackwork mandala on the back
Three photos of a forearm with a black armband tattoo filled with blue wave shapes, with blue splashes and dots trailing below it.
Blue wave armband tattoo 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 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
Black crossed arrows tattoo with hatched shading and dotwork accents on the upper arm.
Crossed arrows on an upper arm
Black traditional tattoo of an eye with a chequered crown, leaves and a dagger on the upper arm, shown against a white brick wall.
Eye with geometric crown on upper arm
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
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
Black abstract tattoo of solid and outlined circles, dots and thin lines running down the middle of a person's lower back, in a fine line and blackwork style.
Abstract circles and lines down the spine
Black tribal blackwork sleeve covering the shoulder, upper arm and part of the forearm of a shirtless man.
Tribal blackwork sleeve over shoulder and arm
Black and grey realism style owl tattoo on the upper arm and shoulder, with its body filled by a silhouette of bare trees and dots.
Owl and forest on upper arm
Black blackwork tribal sleeve tattoo covering a man's shoulder, upper chest and upper arm, with swirls, triangles and dotted bands.
Tribal sleeve across shoulder and upper arm
Black ornamental tattoo of a mandala-patterned animal silhouette with dotwork detail on the upper thigh, under a yellow skirt.
Mandala-patterned animal on thigh
Black ink mandala band tattoo wrapping the wrist, with a solid black stripe and a small fine line ring tattoo on one finger.
Mandala wrist band tattoo
Black and grey Death Star tattoo on the ribs, with TIE fighters and X-wings breaking into scattered dots and a tapering line beneath it.
Death Star and fighters on the ribs
Forearm tattoo of black dotwork stipple fading upward into a solid black band near the wrist, with a thin strip of unmarked skin between the band and the stipple, photographed with the hand raised.
Dotwork gradient and black band on forearm
Black tribal design drawing on a white background, a symmetrical ornament with spirals, dots and bold curved shapes, shown as a stencil-style flash design.
Symmetrical tribal ornament design