Dotted line tattoo ideas

367 photos and flash · 52% Fine line, 43% Dotwork · Forearm most common

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Small fine line black butterfly tattoo with swirling dotted trails on the outer ankle of a light-skinned leg.
Butterfly with swirls on an ankle
Colourful neo-traditional tattoo of a red campervan on a road below striped cliffs, a red gemstone and orange flowers, on the upper leg.
Campervan, cliffs and flowers on a leg
Fine line tattoo of a running woman with a ponytail, in teal and purple, trailing dotted wind lines, on the calf.
Running woman with dotted wind lines on a calf
Fine line black and grey geometric tattoo of stacked crescent moons and circles with dotted lines on the back of a neck.
Crescent moons and circles on the nape
Black and grey honeybee tattoo on the upper arm, surrounded by berries, leaves and flowers, with the Latin phrase Alis volat propriis below.
Honeybee and botanicals on an upper arm
Two matching black and grey tattoos on the inner forearms, a heart-shaped padlock with the word Always and an ornate key with the word Forever, edged with dotted lines.
Matching padlock and key tattoos on wrists
Blue line drawing on tracing paper of a mandala design with dotted chains and drop pendants, drawn as a flash design for a tattoo.
Mandala and dotted chain design sketch
Black fine line tattoo of a paper plane with a dotted loop trail, placed on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Paper plane with dotted trail on upper back
Grey geometric tattoo of a winged eye inside a triangle, with arrows and dotted lines, on a person's abdomen, with a small colour rose and diamond tattoo below.
Winged eye in triangle on abdomen
Black and grey dotwork mandala lotus tattoo with dotted line chains across a woman's underbust, shown in a monochrome photo with her hands resting on her chest.
Mandala lotus underbust tattoo
Fine line black tattoo of a LEGO minifigure's separated parts, from helmet to legs, running down the forearm.
LEGO minifigure parts on a forearm
Back of a woman's neck with a black and yellow lotus flower tattoo on the upper back, with a dotted line and small star motifs hanging below it.
Lotus flower on upper back
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a bow and arrow inside overlapping circles with dotted arcs, on the ribs.
Bow and arrow within overlapping circles
Sheet of metallic gold and silver henna-style tattoo designs showing lace bands, an elephant and a mandala flower.
Metallic henna-style temporary tattoo flash sheet
Black and grey fine line and dotwork tattoo of overlapping circles, a dotted axis line and shaded moon phases on the inner forearm, with a small script word at the edge.
Overlapping circles and moon on a forearm
Black and grey realistic tiger head tattoo framed by fine line circles and arrows on the upper arm.
Tiger head in geometric circles on upper arm
Four stacked forearms show matching small black fine line swirl tattoos with dotted lines on the wrist.
Matching swirl wrist tattoos
Fine line constellation tattoo of small dots joined by thin dotted lines on the top of a foot, with red painted toenails.
Constellation tattoo on the top of a foot
Black and grey engraving-style tattoo on a back, showing a bee, a bird skull, carnations, a heart and berry branches inside dotted geometric lines.
Bee, skull and carnations on a back
Black and grey dotwork stag with antlers, a Deathly Hallows symbol and the number 9 3/4 above a geometric triangle, tattooed on a forearm.
Stag with Deathly Hallows on a forearm
Black fine line geometric tattoos on three fingers of a hand, including stacked lines, a chevron and a small circle with a dotted line.
Geometric line tattoos across three fingers
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a nautilus spiral with dotted geometric construction lines and circles on an upper arm.
Nautilus spiral with geometric construction lines
Black ink tattoo on a forearm showing a cheese grater with an onion slice, an apple, leaves and partial script beneath.
Grater and produce on a forearm
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a paper aeroplane with a dotted loop trail, placed on the back of the neck near the shoulder.
Paper aeroplane with dotted trail on the neck
Fine line black tattoo of an arrow crossing two overlapping circles and small dotted arcs on the inner forearm.
Arrow and circles on a forearm
Black fine line and dotwork star constellation tattoo across the side of a torso, with larger solid stars and dotted connecting lines.
Star constellation tattoo on the side
Fine line geometric tattoo of nested diamonds and triangles with dotted chain drops and two small dots, placed centrally on a person's upper back.
Fine line geometric diamond design on upper back
Black and grey photo of a small dotwork tattoo, a row of dots of varying sizes across the inner wrist, with the fingers raised.
Dotted line tattoo on a wrist
Black ink drawing of a butterfly above an open hand, with dotwork shading on the wings, shown as a tattoo design on paper.
Butterfly above an open hand design
Fine line black tattoo on a forearm showing an arrow inside a dotted loop, script lettering and an ampersand, ending in an arrow pointing to a small circular motif.
Arrow and script loop on a forearm
Black and white photo of a fine line constellation tattoo with dotted connecting lines and a small script word, placed on the upper chest near the collarbone.
Constellation tattoo on upper chest
Two side-by-side photos: a small black and grey fine line botanical sprig on an upper arm, and a dotted star constellation tattoo on the upper back below the neck.
Fine line sprig on an arm and star constellation on a back
Black and grey engraving-style tattoo of a bat and a firefly with dotted arcs and dashed lines on a forearm.
Bat and firefly with dotted geometry on a forearm
Fine line wrist tattoo of a small black ampersand between thin blue and red lines on the inner forearm, with a spoon ring on the hand below.
Ampersand between coloured lines on a wrist
Watercolour-style tattoo of the Alaska outline in teal and pink with an outlined heart and a dotted line, on the side of the ribs.
Alaska map with heart on ribs
Black ink drawing of a crescent moon filled with flowers and leaves, with dotted lines and stars hanging below, shown as a tattoo design on white paper.
Floral crescent moon design
Colourful geometric tattoo on a forearm showing a snail outline over a red sun and orange triangles, with thin black linework.
Snail and sun geometric forearm tattoo
Two views of a geometric dotwork tattoo on the outer thigh, with dotted lines, circles and a small figure in black ink with touches of blue.
Geometric dotwork thigh tattoo
Black line drawing of a symmetrical ornate tattoo design with a central gem, lace-like panels, swirls and dotted lines, in a fine line style.
Ornate gem and lace design
Black and grey botanical tattoo on the thigh with a ring of bees above a bouquet of herbs and flowers, framed by dotted diamond lines.
Bees and botanical bouquet on a thigh
Black line drawing of a vertical arrow topped with overlapping geometric triangles, a geometric design shown on a plain white background.
Arrow with geometric triangles
Fine line dotted tattoo of a small star and a curving trail of dots on the side ribs, with a hand lifting a pale blue sweatshirt.
Dotted star trail on the ribs
Black and grey fine line arrow with overlapping circles and dotted lines on the side of the torso.
Arrow with overlapping circles on the side
Colourful compass rose tattoo with black dotted linework and a lettered ring, with watercolour-style splashes, across the upper back.
Compass rose with lettering on upper back
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a feather arrow, a winged thunderbird emblem and a cactus within circles, running down the forearm.
Feather, thunderbird and cactus on a forearm
Close view of a small black fine line tattoo of a dotted arrow curving across the side ribs, with a person lifting their striped top.
Small dotted arrow on the ribs
Neo-traditional tattoo of a hawkmoth with black and grey wings and an amber thorax, placed on the side of the ribs, with dotted trails and small crosses below.
Hawkmoth with amber thorax on the ribs
Colour tattoo of a dark profile silhouette in an ornate oval frame, with a blue carriage, pink bow and script above, on a forearm.
Silhouette cameo and carriage on a forearm