Dot tattoo ideas

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

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Black ink feather tattoo on a forearm, filled with hatched and dotted ornamental patterns and two names in lettering.
Ornate feather with names on forearm
Black and grey realistic rose tattoo on a forearm beside a small fine line crescent moon with hanging dots, above a wrist bracelet and ripped denim.
Rose and crescent moon on a forearm
Black dotwork mandala-style flower tattoo on a forearm, with stippled petals and bold outlines, shown against tattoo flash sheets.
Dotwork mandala flower on a forearm
Two black outline tattoos of broken chain links and cuffs on the palms of outstretched hands, with a star tattoo and lettering visible on the forearms above.
Broken chain tattoos on both palms
Two hands with dark henna designs of paisley, lace-like patterns, dots and fine motifs across the fingers, back of the hand and wrist, resting on pale pink fabric.
Henna designs on two hands
Black and white photo of a large blackwork geometric tattoo with a solid diamond and dotted lines across a woman's upper back, with a small sun tattoo on her shoulder blade.
Geometric diamond tattoo across upper back
Black and grey pen drawing of a geometric mandala design with a flower of life centre, moon phases and dotwork arrows, shown on paper with no body placement.
Mandala with flower of life and moon phases
Black and grey dotwork lotus mandala tattoo centred on a person's chest, with a short vertical line of dots above and below it.
Lotus mandala on the chest
Fine line black tattoo of a geometric cat head with a dotted triangle behind it, placed on the upper back.
Geometric cat head on upper back
Black and grey dotwork moth tattoo with fine radiating lines on the upper back, below dark hair.
Moth with geometric lines on upper back
Black ink drawing of a lotus flower inside a mandala-style design with dotwork shading and leaf motifs, on white paper, with no body placement shown.
Lotus mandala design with dotwork detail
Fine line dotwork tattoo of small star marks joined by dotted lines on the upper chest, with a short dotted line near the collarbone.
Dotted star constellation on chest and shoulder
Small black braille dot tattoo running in a line along the side of a foot, photographed on a white surface.
Braille dot tattoo along a foot
Two matching black outline puzzle piece tattoos with dotted multicolour fill and script wording, one on an upper forearm and one on a lower forearm, in fine line style.
Matching puzzle piece tattoos on two forearms
Botanical tattoo of a tree with black roots and green-olive foliage, with a trail of olive stars running up the shoulder, on a woman's upper body.
Tree with roots and star trail on shoulder
Traditional style tattoos of a red flower with green leaves at the wrist and a red and black butterfly on the back of a hand, with small star dots on the knuckles.
Red flower and butterfly on the hand
Five black ink sketches on paper of continuous line designs with dotted starts, spirals and infinity-style loops, shown as possible tattoo flash.
Five line-work swirl and loop sketches
Fine line flash sheet of geometric arrows, triangles, circles and chevrons drawn in dark ink on a pale background, with no body placement shown.
Geometric arrow and triangle flash sheet
Black ink lotus mandala tattoo with dotwork accents centred on a woman's upper back.
Lotus mandala tattoo on upper back
Black line drawing of a small mandala tattoo design on white paper, shown beside a US quarter for scale.
Small mandala flash beside a quarter
Black ink forearm tattoo with a solid blackwork band containing white raindrops and a crescent moon, above a black mandala with leaves and dots.
Blackwork raindrops and mandala on a forearm
Watercolour style semicolon tattoo on the inner wrist, with red, orange, green and blue splashes and small drips.
Watercolour semicolon on a wrist
Black ink line drawing of a rose framed by mandala and paisley filigree, with dotwork shading and hanging dot chains, shown as a tattoo design.
Rose and mandala filigree design
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a nautilus shell spiral surrounded by a swirl of dots, on the forearm.
Nautilus shell spiral on a forearm
Colourful forearm tattoo of a black-outlined lotus with mandala detail, beside a row of arrows, a star and a crescent moon, over teal and pink watercolour splashes.
Lotus and arrows with watercolour splashes on a forearm
Four close-up panels show a black ae ligature tattoo with two dots above it, fading from solid black ink to almost no visible ink on the skin.
Ae letter tattoo across four stages of fading
Three black ink arrow designs drawn on paper in a fine line style, with chevron fletching, dotted shafts and solid or outlined arrowheads, suited to tattoo flash.
Three arrows drawn in black ink
Temporary-looking silver and gold designs of arrows, a black chevron band and an Eye of Horus on a tanned forearm and wrist.
Metallic arrows and Eye of Horus on forearm
Black and grey dotwork lotus tattoo with a central Om symbol and swirling linework on a person's upper back.
Lotus with Om symbol on upper back
Red script reading Ride or Die beside black dotted stripes that fade out, tattooed on the top of a foot.
Ride or Die script with dotted stripes on a foot
Woman seen from behind by the sea with a row of metallic dots down her spine and gold and silver temporary designs on her arms.
Metallic temporary tattoos on a back and arms
Black ink ornamental mandala tattoo across the back of a hand, wrist and fingers, with stacked rings and pink nails.
Black ornamental mandala hand tattoo
Pen and ink drawing of two feathers in a dotwork and fine line style, one shaded in black and grey and the other filled with orange tones, shown as a tattoo design without a body placement.
Two ornamental feathers in ink and orange
Small black fine line arrow with a dotted circle behind it on the inner upper arm of a person with their arm raised.
Fine line arrow with dotted circle on upper arm
Colour tattoo on the side of the ribs showing a black outlined prism with dotted speckles and a rainbow beam ending in stylised animals.
Prism and rainbow animals on ribs
Close-up of a black linework scroll vine tattoo with small blue dots running along the outer rim of an ear.
Scrolling vine tattoo along the ear
Two crossed hands with gold and blue geometric mandala-style body art on the back of the hand and forearm, in a geometric style.
Gold and blue mandala designs on hands
Black and grey ornamental mandala and floral tattoo with dotwork shading on a woman's forearm, shown beside her torso.
Ornamental mandala forearm tattoo
Two butterflies with purple and orange wings, split across the tops of a pair of feet, with black script lettering above and below them.
Butterfly and script quote across both feet
Black ornamental emblem tattoo with lace-like fine linework and rosette details, placed on the back of a person's neck.
Ornate emblem on the back of the neck
Fine line black script reading strength with Braille dots above it, tattooed on the inside of a wrist.
Braille and script word on a wrist
Black and white photo of two hands with matching fine line arrow-like geometric tattoos on the middle fingers, one on each hand.
Arrow symbols on two fingers
Black and grey dotwork mandala tattoo with layered lotus-style petals, curled scrollwork and a central Om symbol, shown on pale skin.
Dotwork mandala with central Om symbol
Close crop of a person's side showing a small black fine line mountain range tattoo on the ribs, with a single dot below it.
Fine line mountain tattoo on the ribs
Black and grey lotus flower tattoos stacked down the spine on a bare back, linked by dotted lines.
Lotus flowers down the spine
Close view of a hand with black nails and silver rings, showing black dotwork lines and mandala-style ornaments across the fingers and back of the hand.
Mandala and dotwork design on a hand
Red and purple dotwork tribal tattoo with black accents spanning a person's shoulder blade and upper back.
Red dotwork tribal design on a shoulder and back
Two crossed forearms covered in black blackwork tattoos of lattices, diamonds, dots and spirals, with stylised motifs on the upper arm, against a dark background.
Blackwork geometric sleeve on crossed arms