Dot tattoo ideas

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

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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 dotwork tattoo of a spiral with a looping line above and a lotus-style mandala below, set on a central part of the torso.
Spiral and lotus mandala tattoo
Watercolour-style tattoo on the inner wrist of a heart outline with a semicolon, in teal, green, blue and purple washes with black dots.
Heart and semicolon watercolour wrist tattoo
Black and grey fine line tattoo of the American flag, with dotted stars, on the back of a person's neck.
American flag on the back of the neck
Black and grey fine line mandala tattoo shaped like a heart with dangling dot details, on the inside of an ankle against a pink patterned scarf.
Mandala heart tattoo on an ankle
Black ink drawing of a symmetrical mandala tattoo design with a central eight-point star, swirls and stippled diamonds, shown on paper with no body placement.
Mandala design with stippled diamonds
Rainbow-coloured illustration of a stylised sword with Celtic knotwork panels and small creature figures on a black background, shown as a design rather than on skin.
Stylised sword with Celtic knotwork
Small black dotwork chevron with three dots on the side of a finger, shown on a hand resting on a white cloth.
Small chevron and dots on a finger
Metallic silver and black geometric band tattoos wrapped around a woman's forearm and wrist, with dot details above the wrist.
Metallic geometric bands on a forearm
Fine line constellation tattoo of small dots joined by thin dotted lines on the top of a foot, with red painted toenails.
Constellation tattoo on the top of a foot
Close-up of a fine line black sun tattoo with a circle, short rays and dots on the outer thigh, above a black knee-high sock.
Small sun outline on a thigh
Gold textured geometric winged design with a vertical line of dots on a black background, shown as a tattoo design without any body placement.
Gold geometric winged motif
Black and white pencil sketch of a lotus flower with a swirl in the bud and a fine flourish above, drawn as a tattoo design.
Lotus flower pencil sketch design
Black and grey dotwork mandala tattoo with lotus-style florals running along a forearm, joined by a dotted line.
Mandala and lotus sleeve on a forearm
Black ink drawing of a geometric tattoo design with a dotted mandala, leaves and small flowers beneath overlapping triangle lines, shown on white paper.
Mandala and geometric lines design with leaves
Traditional style tattoo of a blue and red sneaker with trailing laces and sparkles on the thigh, with the words Zig A Zig Ahhh written beneath.
Sneaker with Zig A Zig Ahhh lettering
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 dotwork mandala tattoo with a floral centre and petal shapes on the forearm of a person wearing a white lace top.
Black mandala tattoo on a forearm
Small fine line tattoo of a lotus flower with an infinity symbol and dots on the inner forearm, shown against a purple and gold patterned bedspread.
Lotus and infinity on a forearm
Dark henna-style floral design across the back of a hand and up one finger, with a botanical pattern and black nails.
Floral henna design on back of hand
Black silhouette tattoo of a creature with pink inner ears and a trailing tail of small star dots on the outer upper arm.
Black creature with a star trail on the upper arm
Colour butterfly tattoo with black scrollwork and dotwork flourishes across the side of the ribs.
Colourful butterfly with scrollwork on the side
Two matching fine line hamsa tattoos with dotted detailing on the inner wrists of two people, shown in black ink.
Matching hamsa wrist tattoos
Hand resting on a thigh with a black fine line floral vine wreath tattoo, plus small eye and crescent moon tattoos on the fingers.
Floral vine wreath on a thigh with hand tattoos
Black and grey fine line geometric tattoo on the inner forearm, showing a half circle with triangular lines, a small circle and a downward arrow.
Fine line geometric arrow on a forearm
Dotwork and geometric tattoo of a moth within a triangle on the upper back, with a wireframe sphere below and a partial Superman logo on the shoulder.
Moth and geometric sphere on upper back
Two matching black linework tattoos of nested squares spiralling inward, one on each forearm, with dot accents at the corners.
Spiral squares on both forearms
Colourful geometric tattoo of a lipstick with a faceted gem base and dotted circle, placed on a forearm.
Lipstick with geometric gem on a forearm
Small purple tattoo of a solid heart inside an open circular loop with three dots above it, on the inner wrist.
Heart in a looping circle on a wrist
Black ink drawing of an ornate feather filled with dotted, swirled and floral patterns on a plain white background.
Ornate feather line drawing
Black and grey photograph of three small fine line tattoos on fingers: an eye with rays, a crescent and a chevron, with rings worn on two fingers.
Minimal eye, crescent and chevron finger tattoos
Black and grey geometric tattoo of an eye inside a circle and diamond frame with radiating lines, on the upper back.
Eye within a geometric diamond on the upper back
Close photo of a watercolour origami bird tattoo with black swoosh linework and ink dots on a woman's upper chest near the shoulder.
Watercolour origami birds on upper chest
Black fine line tattoo of dotted, molecule-like structures on a woman's shoulder and upper back, against a plain grey wall.
Dotted molecular lines on a shoulder
Black henna-style yin yang sunburst with swirling vine linework on the back of a hand, shown underwater in a pool.
Yin yang sunburst design on a hand
Black geometric tattoo of overlapping concentric circles and rings on the upper arm near the elbow, in a geometric style.
Concentric circle design on upper arm
Three dark line-drawn semicolon designs on white: a single semicolon, a trinity of three semicolons around a central dot, and a sun-like spiral of semicolons.
Semicolon designs in three arrangements
Three stacked photos of fine line black tattoos on a wrist and hand, showing parallel bands around the wrist, an angular geometric line and a small dot pattern on a finger.
Fine line wrist bands and finger dots
Geometric origami-style dinosaur tattoo with black outlines and pink, purple and teal watercolour splashes on the lower leg.
Origami dinosaur with watercolour splashes
Black and grey fine line and dotwork tattoo of a row of moon phases, a diamond and a small star on the inner forearm.
Moon phases and star on a forearm
Black fine line drawing of a lotus flower on a wavy stem that ends in a spiral, with a small dot above the bloom.
Lotus on a stem with spiral base
Collage of eight sepia photographs of black fine line geometric tattoos with diamond, arrow and circle motifs on the forearm, upper arm, spine, ribs, neck and ankle.
Geometric line tattoos in a collage of eight
Small black fine line tattoo of planets in a row, one ringed like Saturn, on the upper back just below the neckline of a person with hair tied up.
Row of planets on the upper back
Black and grey mandala tattoo with a dense radial pattern on the inner forearm of a person wearing a white top and black and white patterned trousers.
Black mandala tattoo on a forearm
Fine line drawing of two dragonflies with pink and blue swirls and dots, shown as a tattoo design on white paper.
Two dragonflies with swirls
Fine line black and grey tattoo of stacked crescent moons, small circles and dotted lines, sitting vertically on the back of a neck.
Crescent moons on the back of the neck
Hand-drawn tattoo flash of a bold black script letter with red accents, swirling linework and dots, shown on white paper.
Script letter with red flourishes
Black ink lotus mandala tattoo centred on a woman's upper back, with a column of dots above and below it.
Lotus mandala tattoo on upper back