Dot tattoo ideas

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

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Hand-drawn flash design of seven decorative arrows in purple, teal, pink and navy on a white background, with no body placement shown.
Seven coloured arrows in a row
Close-up of a black dotwork and linework mandala tattoo with leaves and a central geometric flower on a person's thigh, with a mustard skirt and bare feet in view.
Black mandala tattoo on a thigh
White ink mandala design on the back of a hand, with dotted lines running across the fingers and wrist, against a hazy mountain landscape.
White mandala on the back of a hand
Close-up of a blue and grey infinity symbol tattoo with the word Love, a crescent moon with a face and small stars, on the top of a foot.
Infinity, moon and stars on a foot
Fine line tattoo of coloured circles and dots in pink, orange, blue and red running across a forearm.
Coloured circles and dots on a forearm
Fine line geometric tattoo of nested diamonds and triangles with dotted chain drops and two small dots, placed centrally on a person's upper back.
Fine line geometric diamond design on upper back
Black fine line dotwork tattoo of a constellation of small dots and thin lines on skin, placed on the side of the body beside a floral zip jacket.
Star constellation tattoo on the side
Black and white flash design of a Triforce inside a circle with flame-like edges, radiating spikes and dots, shown without a body placement.
Triforce sunburst design with rays and dots
Fine line geometric tattoo design drawn in blue ink on paper, showing crescent moons, triangles, circles and dots along a diagonal line.
Crescent moons and triangles line design
Black linework flash sheet on tracing paper showing a winged figure with a horned headdress, a braided-hair figure with wings, and a mandala-style design.
Winged figure flash designs on tracing paper
Pen drawing of two swallows in flight, one with a medallion on its wing and filigree scrolls around it, shown as a tattoo design on paper.
Two swallows in flight with ornate scrolls
Colour geometric tattoo on the inner forearm of a figure with a checkered red and orange top, a stippled dotwork sphere and a faceted teal tail.
Geometric figure with faceted tail on forearm
Dark brown dotted henna-style ornament with a central medallion across the top of a foot, with a dotted vine running up towards the ankle and dots on the toes, in a sepia photograph.
Dotted henna-style ornament on a foot
Two hands with small black dotwork tattoos of a circle and a dotted triangle on the middle fingers, in a Hand placement.
Dotted circle and triangle tattoos on two fingers
Two raised forearms show matching small dark dotwork tattoos in loose curved clusters, placed on the inner forearm.
Matching dotwork marks on two forearms
Dark brown henna design with floral motifs, leaf vines and dots across the back of a hand and fingers, in the botanical style, on the hand.
Floral henna design on the back of a hand
Fresh black script lettering with a starfish, dots and a shell on the side of the ribs, covered by clear wrap and tape.
Script quote with starfish and shell on ribs
Black and grey photo of a small dotwork tattoo, a row of dots of varying sizes across the inner wrist, with the fingers raised.
Dotted line tattoo on a wrist
Small black and grey pineapple tattoo, shown cut in half with dotwork shading, on the side of a lower leg.
Halved pineapple on a lower leg
Colour tattoo of an ice cream cone with rainbow sprinkles in a dotted pattern on a forearm, shown beside a close-up of the dots.
Ice cream cone with sprinkles on a forearm
Black abstract tattoo flash design of curling solid shapes, a spiral and a dot on a plain white background.
Abstract black swirl design
Black and grey lotus mandala tattoo with dot accents on the side of the ribs, photographed in a mirror selfie.
Lotus mandala on the ribs
Black ink drawing of a mandala-style lotus flower with dotwork arcs and a fine-line ornament below, shown as a tattoo design on paper.
Lotus flower tattoo design sketch
Close-up of a fine line black arrow tattoo with a feathered fletching and a diamond-shaped head, sitting on the side ribs below a blue lace bra.
Fine line arrow on the ribs
Black linework tattoo of a music staff, notes and treble clef on a forearm, in a fine line style.
Music staff and treble clef on a forearm
Black and grey tattoo of an elephant with its trunk raised and spraying swirls, on the lower back.
Elephant spraying swirls on the lower back
Black ink lotus mandala tattoo design drawn on white paper, with a hand holding a pen beside it.
Lotus mandala tattoo design on paper
Black and white photo of a small black outline hamsa hand tattoo with dotted motifs on the inner wrist of a raised hand.
Small hamsa hand tattoo on the wrist
Black and grey dotwork tattoo on the inside of a forearm showing a row of moon phases around a central full moon, framed by fine geometric lines.
Moon phases and geometric lines on a forearm
Two matching black and grey daisy tattoos with yin and yang centres on two arms, shown in a greyscale photograph.
Matching daisy tattoos with yin and yang centres
Fine line black tattoo of a lotus flower at the end of a looping line with a small dot, sitting on the inner forearm in a black and white photo.
Lotus and looping line on a forearm
Fine line black tattoo of a hamsa hand with an eye and a vertical arrow with chevrons and feathered fletching, on the inner upper arm.
Hamsa hand and arrow on the upper arm
Black and grey ornamental mandala tattoo with dotwork shading covering a forearm, photographed against a dark background.
Ornamental mandala sleeve on a forearm
Black ink mandala design with layered petals and dotted rings, drawn on paper as a flash sketch for a tattoo, with no body placement shown.
Mandala design drawn in black ink
Close-up photograph of a light, faded tribal-style tattoo with spiral scrolls, a dot and small drops on a limb of pale skin.
Light ink tribal-style motif with spirals
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a bare tree with fine branches inside a dotted circle, on the outer thigh.
Bare tree in a dotted circle on a thigh
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
Colour chrysanthemum tattoo on the shoulder joining a red fine line mandala with a central Om symbol across the upper back.
Chrysanthemum and red mandala on upper back
Vertical watercolour tattoo on a forearm with a fine black line running through red, orange, yellow and blue splashes, topped by a small crescent outline.
Watercolour splash line down a forearm
Black and grey moon with a dotwork crescent shadow on the inner upper arm, with a small galaxy ring and Genesis reference inset below.
Moon and crescent shadow on upper arm
Black ink line drawing of a front-facing elephant filled with dense paisley and mandala patterns, a design suited to a fine line tattoo.
Ornate elephant line drawing
Black ink drawing of a tree of life with patterned leaves, curling swirls and a dotted circular border, shown on white paper beside two fine liner pens.
Tree of life design with patterned leaves
Black ink drawing of a symmetrical compass rose mandala with geometric panels and dots, shown as a design on white paper with no body placement.
Compass rose mandala design in black ink
Black and grey flash drawing of two halved apples with leaves between two sunburst petal arcs, labelled Gemini, with no body placement shown.
Gemini split apple flash design
Black and grey geometric whale drawing with small blue accents on paper, beside a forearm with a black and grey rose tattoo.
Geometric whale design beside a rose forearm tattoo
Pencil and ink sketch of a hairless sphynx cat above a skull, framed by geometric linework and dotwork, drawn on paper.
Sphynx cat and skull design sketch
Black and grey photograph of two fingers with thin solid bands and scattered small dots tattooed across the finger, placed on the hand.
Finger bands and dots in black and grey
Close-up of a wrist and hand with tiny black fine line tattoos, including a small cross-like mark on the wrist and a small symbol on a finger.
Small fine line marks on wrist and finger