Dot tattoo ideas

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

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Black and grey botanical tattoo of a lotus with mandala detailing and dotted lines, placed on the centre of the chest.
Lotus and mandala design on the chest
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of an ornate mandala-patterned elephant with hanging dot chains on the outer thigh.
Mandala elephant on the thigh
Black fine line feather tattoo with a dotted arc on the neck, just behind the ear, photographed from behind with the hair in a bun.
Feather tattoo behind the ear
Black and grey pencil drawing of a hamsa hand with a lotus flower and an eye at its centre, shown as a tattoo flash design on paper.
Hamsa hand with lotus and eye design
Black ink dotwork mandala flash design with spiral scrolls, teardrop petals and dot-ring borders, shown as a drawing with no body placement.
Dotwork mandala with spirals and petals
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
Black brush-stroke ensō circle with a small dot and ink splatters on the left ribs, in a Japanese style.
Black ensō circle tattoo on the ribs
Dotwork design of a moth framed by blue geometric lines, an eye, crescent moons and a diamond, shown on a plain light background with no body part visible.
Dotwork moth in sacred geometry
Black line drawing of a solid heart joined to a thin looping line with a small dot, shown as a tattoo design on a plain white background.
Solid heart with looping line design
Coloured drawing of a tattoo design with pink plumeria-style flowers, a blue butterfly and black scrollwork on a white background.
Pink flowers and butterfly tattoo design
Fine black line drawing of a vertical looping design with dots at each end on a white background, shown as a tattoo design rather than on skin.
Looping vertical fine line design
Black line drawing of a radial mandala with a central flower, dotted borders and floral motifs on a white background, shown as a tattoo design.
Black ink mandala design
Black and grey tattoo of pine tree silhouettes on a forearm that fades into dotwork stippling towards the wrist, shown in two side-by-side photographs.
Pine forest fading to dotwork on a forearm
Dark ink mandala armband with a central flower, leaf motifs and dotted detailing wrapped around the upper arm.
Mandala flower armband on upper arm
Compass rose tattoo on a forearm with black linework, dotted detail and soft red, pink and green washes.
Compass rose on a forearm
Black line drawing of a tattoo design with stacked dotted and solid triangles at the top, three circles in a column and arrows at the base, joined by a vertical line, with no body placement shown.
Stacked triangles, circles and arrows design
Solid black sea turtle tattoo with a trail of dots running along the top of a foot, in a blackwork style.
Sea turtle and dot trail on a foot
Fine line geometric triangle tattoo with dotwork shading and a blue and purple wash, placed on the upper shoulder near the collarbone.
Fine line triangle with blue wash on shoulder
Fine line pen drawing of a tattoo design with an Om symbol above a stippled, looping ornamental knot, shown on plain white paper with no body placement.
Om symbol above a looping ornament
Black and grey fine line tattoo of overlapping circles, straight lines and dots on the forearm, in a geometric style.
Overlapping circles and lines on a forearm
Black and grey geometric tattoo of interlocking circles with dots and arcs on the upper arm.
Interlocking circles on an upper arm
Fine line black and grey tattoo of a winged butterfly motif with a dotted trail, on the side of a finger.
Small winged motif with dotted trail on finger
Woman with a botanical tattoo of two peonies, black leaves and dotted swirls across her upper chest and shoulder, in mixed black, grey and muted rose tones.
Peony and leaf chest and shoulder tattoo
Black fine line tattoo of a vertical arrow made of dots, dashes and chevrons running down the inner forearm.
Vertical arrow line tattoo on a forearm
Blue ink tattoo of an ornamental elephant with swirling patterns and dotted accents on skin, in a dotwork-influenced style.
Blue ornate elephant with swirls
Black geometric line and dot tattoo covering the back of a hand, with a black and grey wave sleeve on the forearm above it.
Geometric line and dot pattern on the back of a hand
Close photo of a fine dotwork line of small dots and short dashes running down the upper back near the shoulder blade, in dark grey ink.
Vertical dot and dash line on upper back
Two black and grey dotwork tattoos on forearms that together show a cat's head split down the middle within geometric triangles.
Split cat head in triangles on forearms
Black fine line drawing of overlapping circles filled with geometric linework, shown as a standalone design with no body placement.
Interlocking circles line design
Black ink line drawing of an ornate lotus flower with dotted petals and hanging drop ornaments, a mandala-inspired flash design on a white background.
Ornamental lotus with dotted drop chains
Black line drawing of a circular geometric seal design with interlocking rings, arcs and solid dots, shown as a flash sketch with no body placement.
Circular geometric seal design in black line
Black and grey deer head with geometric antlers, pine cones and pine sprigs with small red berries, tattooed on the upper thigh.
Geometric deer and pine cones on thigh
Small black fine line tattoo of two crossed arrows with tiny dots on an ankle, with a beaded bracelet, resting on sand.
Crossed arrows tattoo on an ankle in sand
Two crossed hands and forearms on sand with gold and blue metallic temporary tattoos of mandalas and feathers on the hands and wrists.
Metallic mandala and feather designs on crossed hands
Black and white hamsa hand design with a central eye, stars and crescent motifs, shown as a flat drawing with no body placement.
Hamsa hand with eye design
Watercolour-style tattoo on a forearm of a leafy sprig outlined in fine black line, with pink, blue and yellow washes and a blue triangle at the base.
Watercolour sprig and triangle on a forearm
Dark geometric arrow tattoo on a forearm beside a hand with an eye design, dots and chevrons, with a small arrow on the fingers.
Arrow and eye designs on hand and wrist
Small black swirl and dot band tattoo wrapped around a finger on a hand, in a simple linework design.
Swirl band tattoo on a finger
Small black fine line tattoo of a filled dot beside an open circle on the inside of a forearm, with a white bead bracelet nearby.
Filled dot and open circle on a forearm
Fine line black star constellation tattoo of small dots and asterisk shapes across the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Star constellation on upper back
Small black owl tattoo on the inner wrist, drawn in fine line with dotted shading on the body, beside a silver bangle.
Small owl tattoo on the inner wrist
Black and white photo of a hand with a geometric Geometric-style tattoo of a crescent moon, hexagons and small stars across the back of the hand and finger.
Geometric star and crescent hand tattoo
Black dotwork drawing of three interlocking triangles on pale paper, beside a black fine liner pen, shown as a tattoo design.
Interlocking triangles in dotwork
Black fine line tattoo on a wrist with a dotted chain motif, a small diamond pendant and two crescent moons, in a black and grey photo.
Fine line chain and moon wrist tattoo
Black ink tattoo of a bold abstract symbol with dots on the lower abdomen, above the waistband of dark trousers.
Bold black symbol on lower abdomen
Small black fine line tattoos of two yin yang symbols, open circles and solid dots along the top of a finger.
Yin yang and dot tattoos on a finger
Small black dotwork tattoo of concentric dotted circles on the palm of a hand, with a grey shoe and pink string in the background.
Concentric dotted circles on a palm
Gold and silver metallic temporary tattoo sheets with lace, chain, dot and leaf patterns, fanned out beside pastel envelopes on a grey surface.
Metallic temporary tattoo sheets in gold and silver