Dot tattoo ideas

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

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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 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 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 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
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
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
Solid black heart inside a dotted outlined heart, surrounded by a mandala pattern, tattooed in black ink on a forearm.
Black heart mandala on a forearm
Black blackwork and dotwork lace-style scrollwork with soft pink watercolour flowers, tattooed on the side ribs.
Black lace scrollwork and pink flowers on the ribs
Black ink pine forest silhouette on the wrist beside a dotwork mandala design across the back of a hand.
Pine forest and mandala on hand and wrist
Black and grey dotwork mandala tattoo with floral and paisley motifs wrapping around a forearm.
Ornamental mandala sleeve on a forearm
Black ink stag head design made of flowing swirls and curling linework on a plain white background, with no body placement visible.
Swirling stag head design in black linework
Solid black skull tattoo on the upper arm with a row of standing figure silhouettes in the jaw area, in blackwork style.
Skull with figure silhouettes on upper arm
Back of a person's neck showing a tapering solid black line with a dotwork fade at the top, in blackwork and dotwork style at the nape.
Tapering black line with dotwork fade on the nape
Black and white photo of a large blackwork geometric tattoo with a solid diamond and dotted lines across a woman's upper back, with a small sun tattoo on her shoulder blade.
Geometric diamond tattoo across upper back
Black ink forearm tattoo with a solid blackwork band containing white raindrops and a crescent moon, above a black mandala with leaves and dots.
Blackwork raindrops and mandala on a forearm
Temporary-looking silver and gold designs of arrows, a black chevron band and an Eye of Horus on a tanned forearm and wrist.
Metallic arrows and Eye of Horus on forearm
Two crossed forearms covered in black blackwork tattoos of lattices, diamonds, dots and spirals, with stylised motifs on the upper arm, against a dark background.
Blackwork geometric sleeve on crossed arms
Black and grey blackwork tattoo of stripes wrapping around a forearm in an optical illusion, with a dotwork spiral pattern on the arm above.
Striped optical wrap on forearm
Black blackwork-style tattoo on an upper arm showing a blue police box, with a swirling dragon-like shape and dotted spatter around it.
TARDIS within a black tribal swirl on upper arm
Black dotwork and blackwork mandala tattoo with radiating spikes and a solid central circle, placed on the calf.
Dotwork mandala on a calf
Black and grey mandala tattoo on a forearm just below the elbow, with symmetrical petals, leaves and dot-tipped sprigs in blackwork and dotwork style.
Black and grey mandala on forearm
Two forearms with black bands separated by bare skin, and dotwork stippling fading toward the wrist, in a blackwork and dotwork style on the forearm.
Banded forearms with dotwork fade
Black and grey ornamental tattoo on the neck and upper back, with symmetrical fan and floral motifs, dotwork shading and dotted arcs.
Ornamental neck and upper back piece
Black ink lion head framed by lace-like filigree and dreamcatcher motifs on the outer thigh, shown from two angles.
Lion and lace ornament on a thigh
Black dotwork and blackwork tattoo of planets, a ringed planet and scattered stars running down the inner forearm.
Planets and stars down a forearm
Black ink flash sheet of twenty cross designs in fine line, filigree and bold blackwork styles, with no body placement shown.
Sheet of twenty cross designs
Black ink feather tattoo with dotwork shading on the ankle, above a navy canvas shoe.
Feather tattoo on an ankle
Solid black lace-style tattoo with scrolling leaves and a net pattern running down the right side of a bare back.
Black lace tattoo down the back
Black and grey photo of two forearms joined at the wrists, with a single geometric circle tattoo split across them in blackwork and dotwork style.
Geometric circle tattoo across two wrists
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 and grey fine line arrow tattoo on the inner upper arm, with an ornate hamsa hand motif filled with swirling patterns along its shaft.
Arrow with hamsa hand on upper arm
Black blackwork band tattoo with geometric patterns, dots and wave lines wrapping the upper thigh, with a small heart tattoo on a finger.
Geometric blackwork band on a thigh
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
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
Black geometric tattoo of concentric circles, arcs and solid dots running down the inner forearm, in black ink.
Concentric circles and dots on a forearm
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
Close-up of a solid black geometric band tattoo with triangles, zigzags and fringed lines wrapping the forearm near the wrist.
Black geometric band on a forearm
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 tattoo of an animal skull with two roses, leaves and a triangle, on the outer thigh.
Animal skull and roses on a thigh
Black and grey tattoos on a lower leg: a vertical column of geometric circles and triangles on the left, and a dark owl with a small figure on a branch on the right.
Geometric symbols and owl on lower legs
Black and grey photograph of a fine-line ornamental tattoo with a lattice centre, curled details and dots, placed on the upper arm near the shoulder.
Ornamental lattice tattoo on upper arm
Black and grey dotwork dreamcatcher tattoo with feathers and a floral mandala on the inner forearm.
Dreamcatcher and feathers on a forearm
Black mandala tattoo with a compass star at its centre, shown in two photos on a forearm against a white wall.
Mandala and compass rose on a forearm
Black ink flash design of a cat face built from tribal-style swirls, dots and small cat motifs, with no body placement shown.
Ornamental cat face tattoo design
Back view of a person with hair tied up, showing a small solid black circle tattoo on the upper back near the neck, in a blackwork style.
Small solid circle on upper back
Two forearms with matching black bands and a dotwork fade in black ink on a blanket background, in a blackwork and dotwork style on the forearm.
Two black bands and dotwork fade on forearms
Black and grey geometric dotwork full sleeves covering both arms of a shirtless man, with hexagons, dot gradients and sunburst patterns.
Geometric blackwork and dotwork full sleeves
Black tattoo on a woman's shoulder and upper arm, with a solid black cap breaking into fine line scribbles, small numerals and an outlined star.
Blackwork shoulder cap fading into fine line scribbles