Dot tattoo ideas

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

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Black and grey anatomical heart with blue accents over a vintage book page with dotted background, tattooed on a forearm.
Anatomical heart on a forearm
Two upper arms held close together, each with a small fine line dotwork constellation-style tattoo in black ink.
Matching fine line constellation tattoos on upper arms
Black and grey fine line script reading so it goes on a forearm, with a small dot above the left side of the lettering.
Script phrase on a forearm
Black fine line tattoo on a lower leg showing a sunburst, stacked circles, a vertical line with arrows and small dots, in a geometric style.
Celestial geometric line tattoo on lower leg
Black fine line geometric tattoos on three fingers of a hand, including stacked lines, a chevron and a small circle with a dotted line.
Geometric line tattoos across three fingers
Colour tattoo of a penguin inside an outlined heart with blue and green swirls and dots, on the lower leg.
Penguin inside a blue heart on a lower leg
Black and grey photo of a small fine line geometric tattoo on the nape of a person's neck, below a loose hair bun.
Small geometric diamond tattoo on the nape
Black dotwork mandala tattoo wrapping the inner forearm above the wrist, with fine radiating petals and a dotted border line.
Dotwork mandala wrapped around a forearm
Three side-by-side photographs of a colour tattoo of a tiger face with cream circles on a person's leg.
Orange tiger tattoo on a leg
Black linework mandala tattoo with dotwork petals and soft shading on a shoulder, with small hanging ornaments below the flower.
Mandala flower tattoo on a shoulder
Pen drawing of a crescent moon with hibiscus flowers and dotwork and geometric banding along its lower edge, shown as a tattoo design on white paper.
Crescent moon with hibiscus flowers
Black dotwork tattoo of a feathered arrow with leaves and a dotted trail, running down the forearm of a person in a white top and black leather skirt.
Feather arrow on a forearm
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
Blue-ink lotus mandala tattoo with dotwork shading and two dots below it, on the forearm near the wrist.
Blue lotus mandala on a forearm
Black linework butterfly tattoo with red shading and swirling flourishes on the outer side of a limb.
Butterfly with red swirls on a limb
Black linework tattoo of a flower with curling vines and dots on the side of the hip, in a botanical style.
Flower and swirls on the hip
Black ink drawing of a lotus flower with dotwork shading and small scattered dots on paper, beside a black fineline pen, suited to a fine line botanical tattoo.
Lotus flower design with dotwork shading
Dark brown henna elephant with a curled trunk and a patterned body, drawn in outline on the inner forearm.
Henna elephant on a forearm
Blue-ink geometric mandala tattoo with dotwork shading on the outer thigh of a person lying with legs stretched out.
Mandala tattoo on the thigh
Black line drawing flash sheet of botanical tattoo motifs, including flowers, leaves, fern fronds, swirls and dotted vines, on a white background.
Botanical flash sheet of leaves, flowers and vines
Pink and black shaded butterfly tattoo with a small star beside it, on the outer upper arm of a light-skinned person.
Pink and black butterfly on an arm
Small black fine line stars and tiny dots scattered across the inner wrist, shown in a close photo.
Small stars and dots on a wrist
Fine line black geometric arrow tattoo with triangle arrowhead and fletching on the side of a foot, near the ankle.
Geometric arrow tattoo on the foot
Black and grey dotwork lotus mandala tattoo on the centre of the chest, with dangling dot and drop details below.
Lotus mandala on the sternum
Realistic orange poppy tattoo with black linework stems and dots on a woman's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Orange poppy with black stems on upper back
Black flash design of an open rose with a stem and leaf, merged with a stylised bass clef and two solid dots on a plain white background.
Rose and bass clef design
Black dotwork mandala tattoo with a central flower and layered petals on the upper arm, below a white lace top.
Black mandala on upper arm
Black and grey botanical tattoo of an open five-petalled flower with dotwork centre and leaves on the inner forearm, with the hand clenched below.
Open flower and lace tattoo on a forearm
Drawn tattoo design of two feathers, one in teal and one in purple, with black linework, dotwork and patterned detail on a white background.
Two feathers in blue and purple
Forearm tattoo of a figure in a bowler hat with a small moustache, surrounded by black dots and blue watercolour-style splashes.
Bowler hat portrait with blue watercolour splashes
Traditional style compass rose in blue and green on the upper back, with N, E, S and W letters and a map outline inside a dotted circle.
Compass rose over a map outline on upper back
Pink and purple lotus flower design with an Om symbol above it, drawn in black linework with coloured pencil shading on cream paper.
Lotus flower with Om 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
Colour tattoo of a blue hummingbird with black brush strokes and pink dots on the upper arm, with the arm raised in a bedroom.
Watercolour hummingbird on an upper arm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a bull terrier head within a geometric mandala frame on the lower leg.
Bull terrier head in a mandala on a calf
Watercolour-style tattoo of a white fox silhouette sitting against pink, orange, blue and purple splashes, on the side of the ribs.
Watercolour fox silhouette on ribs
Fine line black tattoo of a dotted chain bracelet with a diamond pendant and two crescent moons across a person's wrist.
Fine line chain bracelet with moons on wrist
Black and grey lotus flower tattoo with mandala-style ornament and dotwork detail across the forearm.
Lotus and mandala tattoo on a forearm
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
Blue ink line drawing of a seahorse filled with paisley, dot and mandala-style patterns on a plain cream background, shown as a tattoo design rather than on skin.
Paisley seahorse ink drawing
Two clasped hands show matching rainbow tattoos on the wrists: a soft watercolour smudge with dots on the left and a heart outline on the right.
Matching rainbow wrist tattoos
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 ink line drawing of a seated cat in a zentangle style, filled with leaves, flowers, dots and striped patterns, on a plain off-white background.
Zentangle-style cat line drawing
Black linework peony tattoo with dotwork shading and dotted arcs on the inner upper arm, in a fine line botanical style.
Peony tattoo on the inner upper arm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a stylised girl with a red heart and branch motifs on a woman's upper arm and shoulder.
Stylised girl figure on upper arm
Bold solid black question mark tattoo with a round dot below it, shown close up on pale skin.
Black question mark tattoo on skin
Black ink lotus flower with a long dotted stem on a woman's upper back near the shoulder blade, drawn in a loose botanical linework style.
Lotus flower on upper back
Close view of a small fine-line black lotus tattoo with two dots beneath it, on the back of a person's neck, with long brown hair falling beside it.
Small lotus on the back of the neck