Dot tattoo ideas

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

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Two side-by-side photos of finger tattoos: a solid black geometric pencil with a dot on the middle finger, and a shaded grey wolf head on the middle finger.
Pencil and wolf finger tattoos
Black and grey Death Star tattoo on the ribs, with TIE fighters and X-wings breaking into scattered dots and a tapering line beneath it.
Death Star and fighters on the ribs
Black and grey realism tattoo of a woman's face with sugar skull style markings and tears, with a shaded rose below, on an upper arm.
Portrait of a woman with sugar skull makeup and rose
Line drawing of a lotus flower with black outlines and tan shading, above swirl motifs and a dotted line with a circle and a star, shown as a tattoo design on a white background.
Lotus flower with dotted line ornament
Black line drawing of a floral vine design with five-petal flowers, swirls, leaves and dots on a white background, shown as a botanical tattoo design without a body placement.
Black line floral vine design
Black ink ornamental mandala and scrollwork tattoo on an upper arm, shown in a casual indoor photo.
Ornamental mandala tattoo on upper arm
Bold black ink flourish with two curling loops and three small dots beside it, drawn on a white background as a tattoo design.
Black ink swirl with three dots
Colourful paisley and floral tattoo running from the upper arm down the forearm, with orange, purple and green flowers and flowing swirls in a botanical, neo-traditional style.
Paisley floral sleeve on an arm
Black linework mandala and paisley tattoo covering a woman's shoulder and upper arm, with a flower-centred design.
Mandala and paisley tattoo on shoulder and arm
Fine line tattoo of an arrow passing through two crescent moons on the wrist, with green accents along the shaft.
Arrow and crescent moons on a wrist
Black and grey elephant head tattoo with a lotus mandala above it, on the inner forearm.
Elephant and mandala on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork mandala tattoo with a hanging teardrop pendant on the inner wrist and forearm.
Mandala wrist tattoo with teardrop pendant
Black fine line lotus flower tattoo with dotwork detail on the ankle, above a pink sock and olive trouser leg.
Lotus flower on an ankle
Black fine line tattoo of a vertical line topped with a dot and stacked looping spirals on the ankle.
Fine line spiral symbol on an ankle
Small fine line black arrow tattoo with a feathered tail, a triangular head and two dots, on the side of the ribs.
Small fine line arrow on the ribs
Flash sheet of eighteen black line drawings of circular geometric designs with rings, dots, hexagons and straight lines, in a three by six grid.
Grid of circular geometric line designs
Black ink tattoo of a sun and crescent moon on a forearm, with the crescent filled with swirls, dots and stripes.
Sun and crescent moon on a forearm
Sketch-style tattoo of an elephant head with a compass rose, red and teal splashes and a trail of dots, on the outer forearm.
Elephant and compass on a forearm
Fine line black tattoo of a lotus flower with a dotted halo and an unalome line running down the forearm.
Lotus and unalome on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork mandala tattoo on a forearm, with a band of layered petals above a drop-shaped ornament and a dot.
Mandala armband tattoo on a forearm
Black ink drawing of a bass clef with two dots and a long stroke extending above and below, on a white background.
Bass clef design in black line
Traditional style flash sheet of red and black heart designs, including a dagger through a heart, a rose with a MOM banner, and swallows with LOVE ALWAYS lettering.
Traditional heart flash sheet
Forearm tattoo of black dotwork stipple fading upward into a solid black band near the wrist, with a thin strip of unmarked skin between the band and the stipple, photographed with the hand raised.
Dotwork gradient and black band on forearm
Black tribal design drawing on a white background, a symmetrical ornament with spirals, dots and bold curved shapes, shown as a stencil-style flash design.
Symmetrical tribal ornament design
Black fine line tattoo of a spiralling unalome with dots above and below, ending in a lotus flower, on skin in a greyscale photo.
Fine line unalome and lotus tattoo
Black line drawing of a woman's face with dot and line markings on the forehead, cheeks and chin, surrounded by tribal-style arrow, tree and triangle motifs.
Tribal facial markings with motif sheet
Black ink design of a giraffe head and neck filled with swirls, dots and geometric panels, drawn on a white background.
Ornate giraffe head design in black ink
Black ink lotus mandala design with dotted outlines and a line of dots running diagonally, drawn on a pale surface under warm light.
Lotus mandala design with dots
Two black and grey dotwork tattoos on upper backs: a whale tail fluke within a circle on the left, and a crescent moon with a face on the right.
Whale tail and crescent moon on upper backs
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a diagonal arrow crossed by two overlapping circles and small dots, on the upper arm.
Arrow and overlapping circles on an arm
Close photograph of a small dotwork tattoo of black dots scattered across the inner wrist and forearm.
Scattered black dots on the inner wrist
Black and grey mandala tattoo with peach-shaded flowers and dotted beadwork on the upper thigh, worn under a red tartan skirt.
Mandala and flowers on a thigh
Close view of a forearm and hand with white ornamental patterns on the skin, worn with silver rings and bracelets.
White ornamental designs on forearm and hand
Black and grey dotwork mandala tattoo with stacked arch shapes and a solid triangle, covering the inner forearm.
Mandala forearm piece in dotwork
Black tribal-style design of a wolf's head with a rose above it and leaf and dot accents, shown on a white background.
Tribal wolf and rose design
Black linework tattoo of overlapping circles with Gallifreyan-style script and dots, running down the inside of a forearm.
Gallifreyan circles on a forearm
Tattoo flash design of three blue flowers among black mandala and paisley linework, with feather-like strokes, intended for a body placement not shown.
Blue flowers with black mandala linework design
Four black and grey photographs of fine line geometric tattoos showing arrows crossing overlapping circles, placed on the upper arm and forearm.
Fine line arrows and circles on arms
Black dotwork tree tattoo on the upper arm and shoulder, with a dense stippled canopy and a brushstroke trunk ending in a small purple tint.
Tree with dotted canopy on an upper arm
Colourful abstract revolver tattoo on the side of the ribs, with swirling patterns in pink, blue and yellow and a black beaded chain.
Colourful revolver on the ribs
Black ink flash drawing of a butterfly with patterned wings and a flowing fine line vine trailing downward, shown on a plain white background.
Butterfly with flowing vine line design
Neo-traditional tattoo of a horned woman with glowing red eyes and a red and black backdrop, on the inner forearm.
Horned woman with red eyes on forearm
Two side-by-side drawings of an ornate lotus flower tattoo design with swirling filigree and dotted shading, shown on a sepia background.
Ornate lotus flower design in two versions
Black fine line tattoo of a crescent moon with a sleeping face, dotted beads and geometric diamond drops across the upper back.
Crescent moon with dotwork on upper back
Black and grey dotwork leg tattoo on the calf showing a winged fairy holding a leafy sprig above a patterned door and a bottle, with small colour accents.
Winged fairy and door design on a calf
Black dotwork and linework mandala and paisley tattoo across the upper arm and shoulder, with light blue leaf shapes behind it.
Mandala and paisley design on upper arm
Blackwork flash design of a spread-winged owl with Celtic knotwork chest, spiral wing tops and dotted feather rows, with no body placement shown.
Spread-winged owl with Celtic knotwork
Black line drawing of a mermaid with flowing hair and an ornamental scaled tail on a white background, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Mermaid line drawing design