Dot tattoo ideas

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

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Black ornamental tattoo of stacked mandala-style bands with lotus, paisley and heart motifs, running down the inside of a forearm.
Ornamental mandala bands on a forearm
Black blackwork and dotwork tattoo on the upper back and shoulder blade showing silhouetted flying figures, a small fairy and a dotted trail of stardust.
Silhouetted flying figures and dotted trail on upper back
Black ink drawing of a symmetrical lotus mandala design with dotwork shading and fine line petals, drawn on paper.
Lotus mandala design with dotwork detail
Black and grey mandala-style flower tattoo with dotwork shading on the inner upper arm, with the arm raised.
Mandala flowers on upper arm
Black ink drawing of a compass rose set within a mandala, with dotwork shading on the petals, shown as a tattoo design on cream paper.
Compass rose mandala design
Gold metallic temporary tattoo of a teardrop medallion with dots across the back of a hand, with a patterned cuff on the wrist, on a person lying on sand.
Gold metallic hand chain and wrist cuff
Black dotwork flash sheet of ten pairs of crescent arc designs with dot clusters and hanging drops, shown without any body part.
Dotwork arc and drop ornament flash sheet
Black fine line tattoos of a star, crescent moon and eye with rays on the fingers and back of a hand, worn alongside black jewelled rings.
Fine line star, moon and eye tattoos on fingers
Black and red ink drawing of a compass rose with splatter and dotwork spray, shown as a flash design on white paper.
Compass rose with ink splatter
Black and white photo of two people with arms linked, each showing solid black bands on the forearm in a blackwork style, with dotwork on one arm and small script on the wrist.
Black bands and dots on two forearms
Black and grey photo of two wrists with small dotwork tattoos, a row of dots with a ringed planet on the left and scattered dots like stars on the right.
Planet and star dot tattoos on two wrists
Flash sheet of ten black tribal-style heart designs on a white background, each built from swirls, dots and linework, with no body placement shown.
Ten tribal heart designs on a flash sheet
Pencil sketch of a fox head in profile, with geometric triangles, dotwork and hatched patterning over the eye and cheek, drawn on a spiral notebook page.
Geometric fox head pencil sketch
Black and grey paw print tattoo filled with lace-like lattice and mandala patterns, with dotwork dangles, on the side of the ribs.
Ornamental paw print on the side ribs
Black ink compass rose inside a layered mandala design on the upper back, with dotted rings and arrow points.
Compass rose mandala on upper back
Black dotwork and blackwork mandala tattoo on the upper arm, with fine line spurs extending above and below the circle.
Black mandala on the upper arm
Black ink flash drawing of a symmetrical mandala-style owl with dotwork detail, lotus motifs and hanging teardrop chains, set over a teal and purple geometric background.
Mandala owl design with teardrop drops
Tattoo of an ornate hamsa hand with a teal eye at its centre, drawn in dotted and patterned detail on the side of a ribcage.
Hamsa hand with eye on the ribs
Black ink drawing of a symmetrical dotwork mandala tattoo design with leaves, acorns and geometric borders, shown on paper beside two fineliner pens.
Dotwork mandala design with leaves and acorns
Black and grey dotwork lotus flower with a mandala above and a dotted triangle below, tattooed across the upper back.
Lotus and mandala on upper back
Two black ink flash drawings on pale pink paper: a dotwork peony in the upper right and a patterned moth with a flower body in the lower left.
Peony and moth tattoo flash designs
Black line drawing of an elephant filled with mandala, paisley and dot patterns, shown as a flash design rather than on skin.
Mandala-patterned elephant design
Three views of a colourful dotwork sleeve tattoo on an upper arm and shoulder, showing animal figures, concentric circles and red dot patterns.
Dot-patterned full arm sleeve with animal figures
Two hands resting palm down on a pale fabric, each with small black dot tattoos on the fingers and rings worn on several fingers, in a dotwork style on the hand.
Small dot tattoos on fingers
Black and grey lotus flower tattoo with overlapping circles and dotted triangles below it, placed on the ribs.
Lotus flower with geometric triangles on ribs
Black ink mandala tattoo on a woman's shoulder, with dotwork and geometric detail, beside a long braid over a dark top.
Mandala tattoo on the shoulder
Black ink lace-style band tattoo with dotwork and fine lines wrapping around the forearm, above the wrist.
Lace-style band tattoo on a forearm
Black and grey geometric fox tattoo in fine line with dotwork dots and a faint diamond shape behind it, placed on a lower leg.
Geometric fox with dotwork halo on a calf
Black dotwork and fine line lotus mandala tattoo centred on the back of the neck and upper back, with hanging drop details.
Ornate lotus mandala on the nape of the neck
Traditional style turtle tattoo with a dotwork mandala shell in teal and blue, placed on the centre of the chest.
Turtle with mandala shell on chest
Red cherries with green stems and a leaf, surrounded by black stars and dots, in a colour tattoo on the side of the thigh.
Cherries and stars on a thigh
Black and grey mandala flower tattoo with dotwork detail, sitting over the elbow of a bare arm, with a grey top in the background.
Mandala flower tattoo on an elbow
Black and grey dotwork hamsa hand tattoo with three small dots below it on the finger of a hand, in a black and white photo.
Hamsa hand with dots on a finger
Black dotwork mandala with a central flower of life design on the inner forearm, with a matching small tattoo on a finger.
Dotwork mandala on a forearm
Black and grey mandala tattoo on a woman's shoulder and upper arm, with fine line petals, leaves and swirls around a dotwork centre.
Mandala tattoo on a shoulder
Dotwork crescent moon filled with black mandala patterns, with a red mandala inside and dotted drips hanging below, tattooed on the back.
Mandala crescent moon with dotted drips
Black ink drawing of an ornamental cross design with filigree detail, leaf motifs and stippled dotwork shading, shown as a flash design with no body placement.
Ornamental cross with leaves and dotwork
Black ink compass rose tattoo with a fleur-de-lis at the top and dotwork detail, on the upper back of a woman whose face is not shown.
Compass rose on upper back
Black ink drawing of a sun with a face and a crescent moon with a face, a tattoo design in engraved-style linework with dotwork and hatching.
Sun and crescent moon design
Black dotwork tattoo of swirling dots and curls across a woman's upper back and shoulder, with a striped top visible at the edge of the frame.
Dotwork swirl tattoo across a shoulder blade
Small black dotwork tattoo of three concentric rings on the back of a hand, resting on a paint-splattered surface.
Dotted concentric circles on the back of a hand
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of an animal skull with two roses, leaves and a triangle, on the outer thigh.
Animal skull and roses on a thigh
Black ornamental design of a stag head with swirling antlers, dotted linework and floral patterns on a white background.
Ornamental stag head design in black
Black ink lotus mandala tattoo with dotted lines above and below, centred on a woman's upper back.
Lotus mandala on the upper back
Black and grey dotwork mandala tattoo with lotus-like petals and geometric patterns covering the inner forearm.
Mandala tattoo on a forearm
Black fine line and dotwork lotus mandala tattoo with a dotted drop-line running down the calf, shown in a close-up and a full-leg view.
Lotus mandala on a calf
Black ink mandala tattoo with dense geometric petals and dotted detail across a woman's shoulder and upper chest, shown in a close crop.
Mandala tattoo on the shoulder
Close photo of a hand with three small black dots tattooed on a finger, with crystal embellished nails and a thin ring, in dotwork style.
Three dots on a finger with rhinestone nails