Dot tattoo ideas

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

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Fine line black tattoo of a vertical dot, zigzag line and looped shapes on the back of a person's neck.
Fine line loops and dot on the nape
Fine line tattoo of a small outlined elephant raising its trunk to spray red, teal and purple swirls, placed on the side of the torso.
Outline elephant with coloured swirls on the side
Colourful watercolour-style New York skyline tattoo with the Empire State Building on a forearm, in blue, purple, pink and teal.
Watercolour New York skyline on a forearm
Fine line tattoo of a black spiral above a vertical row of small red, orange, green, blue and purple dots on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Spiral and coloured dot line on a wrist
Full back tattoo of a twisted ribbon running down the spine over ornamental lattice panels, in black and grey dotwork and linework.
Ornamental ribbon back piece
Black and white drawing of a hamsa hand tattoo design with blackwork outlines and dotwork detailing on a white background.
Hamsa hand design
Black line drawing of a tattoo flash design with two butterflies, lily flowers, swirling stems and dots, suited to a sleeve or back piece.
Butterflies and lilies flash design
Black dotwork fading into solid black bands on a forearm, with the hand raised in front of a wooden parquet floor.
Dotwork fade and black bands on a forearm
Small solid black tribal-style butterfly tattoo with swirled wings and two dots, on the wrist of a light-skinned arm.
Small black tribal butterfly on a wrist
Black line drawing of a geometric mandala design with overlapping circles at its centre, swirls, a sunburst above and hanging diamond shapes below.
Geometric mandala design with seed of life
Black outlined octopus tattoo with swirl and dot patterning across the ribs and side of a torso, in a dotwork style.
Ornamental octopus on the side of the ribs
Black and grey mandala tattoos on the backs of two hands and wrists, with small rose tattoos on the fingers and silver rings.
Mandala and rose hand tattoos
Black and white photo of a small fine line tattoo of a vertical ornamental symbol resembling an unalome, placed centrally on the chest.
Fine line vertical symbol on the chest
Black solid-ink flash design of a crescent moon above a vertical column of dots, a ringed planet and a circle with two small white dots, shown on a white background.
Crescent moon and planet dot design
Full arm sleeve in blackwork and dotwork featuring hexagons and a central mandala motif, running from the upper arm down to the wrist.
Geometric blackwork sleeve on arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a dreamcatcher with feathers, beads and flowers across a person's upper back.
Dreamcatcher with flowers on upper back
Black fine-line lace mandala with a feather and dangling chains tattooed on the upper thigh, shown in three side-by-side photographs.
Lace mandala with dangling feather
Hand with red nails resting on ripped jeans, showing fine line chevron and bar tattoos on the fingers and black lettering tattoo on the thigh.
Finger line tattoos and lettering on thigh
Black ink drawing of an Om style symbol with a crescent, teardrop and dotted lines above and below, on white paper, shown as a tattoo design.
Om symbol with dotted line design
Back view of a person in a studded leather vest with a black spotted pattern tattoo on the upper arm and smaller tattoos on the forearm and hand.
Black spotted tattoo on upper arm
Black and red abstract bird tattoo with dotwork and a geometric lattice across the shoulder and upper arm.
Abstract bird and geometric pattern on upper arm
Colour tattoo of a stylised geometric animal with dotwork patterns and circular dot stems on a person's calf, in green, mustard and black linework.
Geometric animal and dot motifs on a calf
Black ink flash drawing of a molecular structure with two hexagonal rings inside a dotwork stippled circle, with dotted line ends, shown on cream paper.
Stippled molecule design
Black dotwork and fine line pyramid above the words 'the world is a wonderfully weird place' in typewriter-style text, tattooed on the inner forearm.
Pyramid and quote on a forearm
Two matching black sun designs with yin yang centres sit on the upper thighs of a person in denim and white shorts.
Matching sun and yin yang designs on two thighs
Black and teal dotwork mandala tattoo with a blank centre, sitting on the inner forearm.
Dotwork mandala on a forearm
Neo-traditional tattoo of a stylised bird with a crescent moon and diamond shapes on the inner forearm, in yellow, blue-grey and orange.
Stylised bird and crescent moon on a forearm
Fine line black lotus flower tattoo with a semicolon and two dots on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Lotus flower and semicolon on the wrist
Small black fine line lightning bolt tattoo on the inner wrist and forearm, with the hand raised against a dark background.
Small lightning bolt on the wrist
Blue, teal, purple and pink watercolour-style splash tattoo on a person's lower leg just above the ankle.
Watercolour splash tattoo on the ankle
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a rose with geometric arrows, triangles and circles running vertically along the ribs.
Geometric rose and arrow down the ribs
Black line drawing of a solid heart entwined with looping ribbon lines and small dots, shown as a tattoo design on a plain white background.
Heart and swirling ribbon design
Colour tattoo of a blue and green hummingbird with outlined stars and swirls on the upper back.
Hummingbird with stars on upper back
Black Eye of Horus tattoo with dotted rays on the side of a ribcage, partly covered by white fabric.
Eye of Horus with dotted rays on ribs
Abstract tattoo of black, red, green and blue shapes, circles and fine lines covering a forearm.
Abstract colour shapes on a forearm
Black and grey tattoo of a patterned elephant with its trunk raised, placed on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Ornate elephant on upper back
Grey dotwork and linework mandala tattoo on the top of a foot, with a hand dusting orange powder beside it using a brush.
Mandala tattoo on a foot
Black compass rose tattoo with a solid eight-point star inside dotted and solid rings, on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Compass rose on the inner forearm
Black linework design of a stylised phoenix with spread wings and a long swirling tail, drawn on a white background.
Tribal phoenix flash design
Black line drawing of a botanical tattoo design with five-petal flowers, leaves and a curling vine on a white background, shown without a body placement.
Floral vine line drawing
Colour flash drawing of a serpentine dragon with a long horned head, filled with pastel teal, pink and purple and decorated with black scrollwork, in a neo-traditional style.
Pastel serpentine dragon flash design
Black fine line tattoo of paw prints with curling swirls and small dots across the top of a foot, with a denim jeans cuff above it.
Paw prints and swirls on a foot
Black and grey shaded infinity symbol tattoo with two small dots on the top of a bare foot.
Infinity symbol on the top of a foot
Small black fine line tattoo of a heart outline containing script strokes and a cross-like mark, on the side of the torso.
Small heart outline with script on the side
Standalone botanical tattoo design of red and black roses joined by black swirling scrolls on a white background, with no body placement shown.
Red and black rose scroll design
Dotwork tattoo of stars and dotted spirals running up a forearm, set against a red patterned fabric.
Stars and dotted spirals on a forearm
Black ink drawing of an ornate treble clef made of swirling flourishes, curls and dots on a white background, shown as a tattoo design without any body placement.
Ornate treble clef flourish design
Flash sheet of 36 black line drawings of sunbursts and stars on a cream background, under the heading 36 hand-drawn sunbursts and stars.
36 hand-drawn sunbursts and stars sheet