Dot tattoo ideas

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

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Black and white photo of a forearm with a wide band of black dotwork dots around the wrist, the hand resting on a dark fabric.
Dotwork band on a forearm
Black and grey photo of three small black semicolon tattoos on the inner wrists of three arms held together.
Three small semicolon tattoos on wrists
Black and mint brushstroke crescent tattoo with a dotted trail on the inner forearm, shown with the wrist raised.
Brushstroke crescent moon on a forearm
Two small matching black dot and dash tattoos sit on the inner forearms of two people standing side by side.
Matching dot and dash tattoos on forearms
Black ornamental mandala tattoo wrapping around the inner wrist and lower forearm, built from dotwork and fine linework.
Ornate mandala wrist cuff tattoo
Close-up of a fine line black tattoo of a stylised clef with three dots on the inner wrist and forearm.
Stylised clef and dots on a wrist
Close-up of black monoline script lettering on the inner forearm, with two stacked words, one appearing upside down, and a small dot beside each word.
Stacked script lettering on a forearm
Small black fine-line tattoo of a botanical sprig with branching foliage on the inner forearm, beside a rolled grey linen sleeve.
Fine line sprig on inner forearm
Black fine line tattoo on a forearm showing a crescent moon outline, a solid black circle with white geometric linework, and a row of small symbols above it.
Geometric moon and symbols on a forearm
Mixed-colour stag head tattoo with grey shading, yellow dotwork accents and a fine line arrow on a forearm.
Stag head and arrow on a forearm
Fine-line constellation tattoo of connected dots and thin lines on a pale forearm resting on white bedsheets.
Constellation tattoo on a forearm
Two matching black and grey tattoos on the wrists: a shaded key with a dotted trail on the upper arm, and a heart-shaped lock with a dotted trail on the lower wrist.
Matching key and heart lock wrist tattoos
Small fine line and dotwork hourglass tattoo with swirls and dots on the inner wrist and forearm, in black ink.
Small hourglass on the inner wrist
Black fine-line tattoo of a line with a dot and small loops on the inner wrist, beside a black-and-grey tree tattoo on the upper arm.
Fine line wrist mark and tree on upper arm
Watercolour-style forearm tattoo with black script reading carpe diem and an abstract double helix in green, red and orange washes.
Carpe diem script and DNA helix on a forearm
Fine line black tattoo of crossed arrows with the letters M and R and two small dots on a forearm, covered with cling film and tape.
Crossed arrows with M and R on a forearm
Fine line and dotwork geometric tattoo of nested triangles forming a star on the inner wrist, shown in black and grey.
Nested triangle star on a wrist
Two muddy hands cupped together around a pale object, showing green banded tattoos with dot details on both wrists.
Green banded wrist tattoos on muddy hands
Small black dots arranged like a star constellation in fine dotwork on the inside of a forearm, with two thin bracelets worn below it.
Dot constellation on a forearm
Several hands meet in the centre of the frame, showing black ink sun, yin yang, spiral and cross designs on the hands, wrists and forearms.
Hands with sun and yin yang designs
Black dotwork tattoo on the inner forearm of a person holding a phone, made of a circular geometric motif above a paisley shape, together forming a semicolon.
Semicolon tattoo of circle and paisley on a forearm
Traditional style mandala tattoos on the elbows of two bent arms, with a small red flower below the upper mandala.
Mandala tattoos on both elbows
Both hands held palm up showing white ink snowflake designs with icicle drips on the palms and wrists, set against autumn leaves.
White snowflake designs on open palms
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a shaded crescent moon with fine line circles and arrows on the forearm.
Moon and geometric circles on a forearm
Painterly DNA double helix tattoo in orange, red and yellow with blue and yellow dots on the inner forearm.
DNA helix on a forearm
Black fine line arrow tattoo running along a forearm, with chevron fletching, a diamond head and small dotted details.
Fine line arrow on a forearm
Six small dots in red, orange, yellow, green, blue and purple run in a row across the inner wrist, in a dotwork style.
Six rainbow dots on the inside of a wrist
Fine line black arrow tattoo with dotted accents running up the forearm, shown against a grey sleeve and brick wall.
Arrow on the forearm
Black and grey dotwork mandala tattoo covering a forearm, with a large flower near the elbow and geometric patterns running down towards the wrist.
Mandala forearm sleeve in black and grey dotwork
Black linework geometric tattoos of triangles and circles on an arm, worn beside a brown leather hip bag with cream fringing at the waist.
Geometric arm tattoos with a fringed leather hip bag
Black and grey fine line tattoo of planets in a row down the inner forearm, including two ringed planets and a banded planet in the middle.
Solar system planets down a forearm
Black and white photo of a fine line script lettering tattoo with a small dot above it, on the inner forearm.
Fine line script lettering on a forearm
Black and grey compass rose tattoo with N, E, S and W letters and a dotted outer ring, shown on the forearm.
Compass rose on a forearm
Traditional style tattoo of a solid black heart with a dotted border, two red flowers and an orange flower with dark green leaves, on the inner forearm.
Black heart with red flowers on forearm
Collage of four small fine line tattoos: a black equals sign on a finger, interlocking rainbow hearts with symbols on the hip, a rainbow arc on the ear and a row of rainbow dots on the forearm.
Small rainbow tattoos on finger, hip, ear and forearm
Black and grey dotwork armband tattoo on a forearm, with stippled shading fading into a dark treeline-like edge and a small dot above it.
Dotwork band with treeline on forearm
Black and grey dotwork mandala tattoo on a wrist, with diamond and dot linework running down the back of the hand and fingers.
Mandala wrist and hand tattoo
Black linework tattoo on a forearm showing a brain above a computer monitor and keyboard, with partial designs at the edges and a small green accent.
Brain, computer and keyboard on a forearm
Black and grey tattoo of an eye inside a dotwork geometric star mandala on the forearm.
Eye in a geometric mandala on a forearm
Black fine line fern frond tattoo with dotwork accents running along the forearm.
Fern frond on a forearm
Black and grey lotus mandala tattoo with a dotted line below it on the inner forearm, above a brown leather watch strap.
Lotus mandala tattoo on a forearm
Black and white photo of a tiny fine line circle tattoo on the inner wrist, with the hand resting open below it.
Small circle tattoo on the inner wrist
Black dotwork tattoo on a forearm showing a seedling with roots, then a stippled soil block, a patterned pot and a saucer stacked in a vertical sequence.
Seedling and potting stages on a forearm
Black and grey photograph of a stacked geometric diamond and chevron tattoo running down a forearm, with a standing figure and wooden floor behind.
Stacked geometric diamonds on a forearm
Black and grey wrist tattoo of palm trees, a crescent moon, stars and waves inside a circle, shown on a forearm near the wrist.
Palm trees, moon and waves on a wrist
Brown ink sun with a plain centre, pointed petal-like rays and dotted chevron details, placed on the inner forearm.
Sun design on the inner forearm
Colourful abstract tattoo of stylised figures in loose sketched black lines and watercolour-style washes of red, orange, green and turquoise, on a forearm.
Abstract watercolour figures on a forearm
Black and grey Roman numerals XXIV.X.VIII tattooed in a lettering style across a forearm.
Roman numerals on a forearm