Dot tattoo ideas

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

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Black crossed arrows tattoo with hatched shading and dotwork accents on the upper arm.
Crossed arrows on an upper arm
Black lettering tattoo of a heart made from treble and bass clefs with the words Promise me music and two dots, on the side of a ribcage.
Music clef heart on the ribs
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a small cloud with hanging moon, stars and dots on the lower leg, above the ankle.
Small cloud with hanging moon and stars on a calf
Two matching yin yang tattoos with scrollwork and leaf motifs sit on the inner wrists, one shaded and one outlined, in black and grey.
Matching yin yang wrist tattoos
Blue starfish tattoo with swirling linework and dot accents on the lower torso of the skin shown.
Blue starfish tattoo with swirls
Colour tattoo of a galaxy inside a circle, crossed by a black spiral and dotted crosshair lines, on the upper back.
Galaxy circle with spiral on upper back
Black fine line lotus tattoo with dotwork chain drops on the forearm, shown in a black and grey photo.
Lotus with dotted chain details on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork tattoos of wolf heads on two crossed forearms, each with dotted triangles behind the head.
Matching wolf heads on two forearms
Fine line black tattoo of a circle enclosing geometric lines, arcs and dots, on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Fine line circle and geometric design on a forearm
Pencil drawing of a hamsa hand design with an open eye at its centre, surrounded by leaf sprigs and scalloped dotted outlines, with soft pink shading on the fingertips.
Hamsa hand with eye and botanical filigree
Colour watercolour tattoo of a white fox silhouette with black outline on the side of the ribs, surrounded by pink, blue, orange and purple washes.
Fox silhouette in watercolour splashes on ribs
Hand-drawn mandala flower design in dark ink on cream paper, with layered petals, dotwork fills and a central geometric rosette.
Hand-drawn mandala flower design
Black and grey lotus tattoo with geometric circles and dotwork shading on the side of a ribcage.
Geometric lotus on the ribs
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
Two crown tattoos on forearms in a traditional style: a red-filled crown with black outline on the left and a grey-shaded crown with pink gems on the right.
Two crown tattoos on forearms
Colour neo-traditional oni demon mask tattoo with bared fangs and orange eyes across the back of a hand.
Oni mask on the back of a hand
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of two reaching hands with a crescent moon and ringed planet over concentric dotted circles, on the upper back.
Reaching hands with orbit circles on upper back
Colourful swirling tree tattoo with a magenta trunk, black outlines and multicoloured spirals across a person's upper back.
Swirling tree across upper back
Colourful line drawing of a peacock feather overlapping a circular mandala, shaded in magenta, purple, teal and yellow, shown as a tattoo design without skin.
Peacock feather over a mandala
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
Dotwork tattoo of three large concentric circles joined in a wavy line down the outer thigh, in black, blue, red and yellow dots.
Connected dot circles down a thigh
Fine line black tattoo of concentric orbit rings with small planet dots and a dotted outer ring, placed centrally on a woman's upper back.
Orbital rings and planets on upper back
Colourful sugar skull tattoo with a red rose above the eyes, on the top of a foot, in a traditional style with bold black outlines.
Sugar skull and rose on a foot
Black dotwork lotus mandala tattoo with three dotted crescent moons on the upper chest.
Dotwork lotus mandala with dotted moons on chest
Flash sheet of seven rows of hand-drawn moon phases, crescents and full moons, some joined by thin branching linework, over a pink and blue galaxy backdrop.
Moon phase flash sheet on a galaxy background
Colourful feather tattoo on the thigh filled with blue, teal, pink and yellow floral and paisley patterns outlined in black.
Patterned feather tattoo on thigh
Black and grey dotwork tattoo design of a lotus flower with an om symbol at its centre, leaves on either side and dots running vertically above and below.
Lotus and om symbol design
Abstract elephant head tattoo with a compass, dots and red and teal brush strokes on the inner forearm, shown against a white sink.
Abstract elephant head on a forearm
Small black dotwork bow tattoo on the wrist of a hand curled against a beige fabric.
Small dotted bow on wrist
Black ink mandala with symmetrical petals and swirls drawn over a teal and green watercolour wash, shown as a design drawing rather than a tattoo on skin.
Mandala flower drawing on watercolour wash
Black and white photo of a forearm with a large white lace-style mandala tattoo, geometric in style, placed on the outer forearm.
White lace mandala on a forearm
Black ink tattoo of an ornate cross with scrolled arms and small dots, on pale skin.
Ornate scrolled cross tattoo
A blue and tan hamsa hand tattoo with a mandala flower and dotted outline on the inside of a forearm, photographed in a car.
Hamsa and mandala on a forearm
Colourful butterfly tattoos in a trail down a woman's back, following the spine with small star and dot accents.
Butterfly trail down the spine
Brown Om symbol tattoo centred on the upper back, with a small crescent and dot detail above and to the right.
Om symbol on upper back
Black and grey dotwork tattoo design of a rose with mandala-style ornament and leaves, drawn on white paper with no body placement shown.
Dotwork rose with mandala ornament
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
Small dotwork tattoo of a bird in black ink on the back of a hand near the wrist.
Small dotted bird on the hand
Black line drawing of a symmetrical ornament of teardrop petals, spirals and dotted scrolls on a white background, shown as a design with no body placement.
Scrolling line ornament design
Close view of both hands with small fine line tattoos of crosses, dots, arrows and chevrons on the fingers, alongside several rings.
Fine line finger tattoos on both hands
Black ink linework drawing of a sun with a closed-eyed face and a crescent moon, with dotwork rays and stars, drawn on paper as a tattoo design.
Sun and crescent moon face design
Photograph of a back with black tribal swirl tattoos running down the spine and across the lower back, set against green foliage and grass.
Tribal swirl tattoo across a bare back
Black ink drawing of a treble clef with its lower curl filled by piano keys, shown as a tattoo design on cream paper.
Treble clef made of piano keys
Wrist with a small gold geometric chevron tattoo on the forearm, worn beside a white and gold wristwatch and stacked gold and dotted bracelets.
Gold chevron tattoo beside a wristwatch
Traditional-style moth tattoo with black outlines and soft pink and grey shading on the back of a hand.
Moth tattoo on the back of a hand
Black linework tattoo of overlapping concentric circles, dots and arcs across the forearm, in a geometric style.
Interlocking circles on a forearm
Fine line black tattoo of an outlined heart with a vertical cross, two dots and a small drop on the back of the neck.
Fine line heart with cross on the neck