Dot tattoo ideas

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

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Man's chest with a geometric tattoo of a dark faceted shape in dotwork shading, joined by fine lines to small teal and green triangles and dots.
Geometric chest tattoo with lines and triangles
Black dotwork mandala tattoo with leaf and petal motifs and a dotted border, on the outer thigh.
Mandala tattoo on the thigh
Black brushstroke tattoo with a teal streak and small ink dots on a woman's shoulder, with a light grey top worn off the shoulder.
Abstract brushstroke shoulder tattoo
Black and grey lotus mandala tattoo with a row of dots below it, on the inner forearm of a seated person wearing a grey skirt.
Lotus mandala on an inner forearm
Geometric flash sheet of navy line and solid designs, including squares, circles, triangles, arrows and diamonds, some with dotwork shading.
Geometric flash sheet with arrows and triangles
Black ink drawing of an ornamental mandala design with paisley motifs, feather-like shapes and dotted shading, drawn on white paper beside two black fineliner pens.
Ornamental mandala tattoo design drawing
Blue and teal ink mandala drawing with a central spiral, layered petals and dotted outer rings, shown as a standalone design with no body placement.
Blue and teal mandala design
Black and grey fine line and dotwork dagger tattoo with an ornate hilt and dotted trailing lines, on the forearm.
Dagger with dotted chain on a forearm
Black outline tattoo of a dragonfly whose body is a semicolon, above a band of outlined flowers on the wrist.
Dragonfly and semicolon on a wrist
Black ornamental mandala tattoo with dotwork detail on the upper arm, with older coloured tattoos visible around it.
Mandala tattoo on upper arm
Black and white photo of a fine line tattoo of small stars and dots on the inner forearm, with a dark top visible at the edge of the frame.
Small star cluster on a forearm
Traditional style tattoo of a Darth Vader helmet decorated like a sugar skull, with a blue daisy on top and pink flowers, on the outer thigh.
Darth Vader sugar skull on thigh
Small black fine line tattoo of a ringed planet, a sun and scattered dots on the inner wrist, with succulents in the background.
Planet, sun and stars on a wrist
Black and grey line drawing of a woman wearing an ornate masquerade mask, with swirling hair and a shell held in one hand, on tracing paper.
Masked woman with flowing hair design
Black line drawing of a stylised bee with butterfly-like striped wings, curled antennae and a patterned abdomen on a white background.
Stylised bee with swirled antennae
Black and white line drawing of a dreamcatcher with a star-centred mandala and five ornate feathers hanging below, shown as a tattoo design on a plain background.
Dreamcatcher mandala with feathers
Black and grey fine line tattoo of overlapping circles, arrows and dots with crosshair lines across the forearm.
Fine line geometric circles on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork mandala tattoos covering both forearms, each with a dense radial pattern of petals and rings.
Matching mandala tattoos on both forearms
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of two intertwined fish forming a rounded shape, placed on the upper back below the nape of the neck.
Two fish dotwork tattoo on upper back
Black and grey scrollwork tattoo with small flowers and dots wrapping around an upper arm.
Scrollwork and flowers on an upper arm
Black line drawing of an ornate dragonfly tattoo design with scrollwork above and dotted chains hanging from the wings.
Ornate dragonfly design with dotted chains
Small fine-line black tattoos of crosses and dots on a forearm, beside a black leather handbag and a silver cuff.
Tiny fine-line crosses on a forearm
Black line tattoo of an ornamental mandala with dangling chains and a feather on the side of the thigh, in a fine line style.
Ornamental mandala with chains and feather on thigh
Black and grey mandala tattoo with dotwork shading covering the upper arm, with a dark top and blurred background behind it.
Symmetrical mandala on an upper arm
Black fine line botanical sprigs with small flowers and the word empathy on the inner upper arm.
Fine line botanical sprigs with 'empathy' on upper arm
Pencil sketch design of a map of Canada with a dotted grid, a compass rose, a maple leaf and dripping outline, over dashed geometric guide lines.
Canada map with compass rose and maple leaf sketch
A dark ink mandala with dotted rings and scrolled petals on the palm of a hand, in a geometric style.
Circular mandala design on a palm
Black and grey dotwork drawing of an ornate elephant head with mandala patterns, a lotus above and below, and teardrop motifs, shown as a tattoo design.
Ornate elephant head mandala with lotus
Dark ink mandala and lotus design on the top of a bare foot resting on rocks, with a silver ring on one toe.
Mandala and lotus design on the top of a foot
Small colour tattoo of a hot air balloon with a zigzag and dot pattern on the ankle, drawn in fine black linework.
Hot air balloon on an ankle
Black ink script lettering reading A Dream is A Wish Your Heart Makes, framed by dotted stars and a small Mickey Mouse silhouette, on skin.
Script lettering with dotted stars and Mickey silhouette
Black and white photo of a full arm sleeve tattoo in blackwork and dotwork, with spirals and triangular geometric bands running from the shoulder to the forearm.
Full arm tribal sleeve in blackwork
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a shaded skull with a dotted triangle on its forehead and a geometric mandala below, on an upper arm.
Skull and dotwork mandala on an upper arm
Fine line black tattoo of the Roman numerals VII and VIII with outlined triangles on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Roman numerals VII and VIII with triangles
Black fine line tattoo of a geometric rose on a forearm, with a dotted stem that becomes an arrow with a diamond head.
Line rose and arrow on a forearm
White dotwork crescent moon filled with mandala-like patterns, drawn on a plain black background as a tattoo design.
Dotwork crescent moon with mandala pattern
Black and grey geometric tattoo on a calf showing cacti, feathers and an eye inside a triangle, with dotwork shading.
Cacti and eye in geometric frame on a calf
Colour mandala tattoo with a blue central flower, orange and pink petals and dotted detailing, on the upper thigh.
Colourful mandala on a thigh
Black and grey lotus tattoo with pink, purple and teal watercolour splashes on a forearm, with dotwork shading and dotted accents.
Lotus with watercolour splashes on a forearm
Back of a hand covered in a black blackwork mandala tattoo of swirls, stripes and dots, placed on the hand and fingers.
Black mandala design across the back of a hand
Forearm tattoo of an ornamental mandala with red linework on the upper part and black linework below, shaped around flower-like petals and a dotted circle.
Red and black mandala on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork lace-style ornament tattooed on the top of a foot and ankle, with dangling drop details.
Black lace ornament on a foot
Black ink drawing of a dotwork-edged insect with delicate wings and a scrolled dagger, sketched on textured paper with no body placement shown.
Insect and ornate dagger design
Black and white photo of a dotwork tattoo of a scattered star cluster on the inner upper arm of a woman whose face is turned away.
Dotwork star cluster on upper arm
Drawn tattoo design of a barn owl with stippled red roses, geometric lines and watercolour splashes on cream paper.
Owl and roses design with watercolour splashes
Black circuit board tree tattoo across a person's upper back, with branching lines and circular nodes, shown in a full view and a close-up.
Circuit board tree on upper back
Black abstract band tattoo along the side of the ribs and hip, shown in a two-panel photo of a bare midriff with a navel piercing.
Black band tattoo along the side of the ribs
Colour tattoo of a cartoon baby elephant with its trunk raised, spraying pink and teal swirls, on the ankle.
Baby elephant spraying swirls on an ankle