Dotwork tattoo ideas

63 photos and flash · 60% Dotwork, 49% Geometric · Forearm most common

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Black ink drawing of a smiling matryoshka doll with a rose and leaves on its body, shown in dotwork and botanical linework, with two black ink pens beside it.
Matryoshka doll with rose, black ink drawing
Four pen drawings of tattoo designs: a dotwork geometric stag, a jellyfish, a ram skull inside a circle and two feathers, all in black ink on white paper.
Geometric stag, jellyfish, ram skull and feathers
Black ink drawing of a standing lion, filled with paisley, mandala and swirl ornament, on white paper.
Ornate lion line drawing
Black geometric butterfly with dotwork shading on a lilac and blue painted background, mounted in a wooden embroidery hoop.
Geometric butterfly in an embroidery hoop
Black and grey ink drawing of a spread-winged creature built from stippled dotwork, shown as a tattoo flash design on white paper.
Stippled winged creature design in black ink
Black ink flash drawing of a sun with a sleeping face and moon phases above, with dotwork shading and hanging drops, on a sketchbook page.
Sun face with moon phases design
Black and grey design drawing of a wolf's head with intricate dotwork and geometric patterns across the face and hanging feathers below, shown without a body placement.
Ornamental wolf head with feathers
Black and grey drawing of a standing bulldog covered in intricate geometric and dotwork patterns, shown as a standalone tattoo design with no body placement.
Ornamental bulldog design
Black and grey pen drawing of an ornate sugar skull wreathed in flowers and leaves, a flash design suited to a fine line or botanical style.
Ornate sugar skull with flowers
A flash sheet of sixteen paw print designs in a four by four grid, including solid black, stippled dotwork, tribal, rainbow and coloured outline versions.
Paw print flash sheet, sixteen designs
Black ink dotwork and fine line drawing of a sphynx cat head with a third eye, set beneath a dotted sun with radiating rays.
Sphynx cat with third eye and sun
Black and grey pen drawing of an ornate heart with lace-like filigree, dotwork shading, a diamond motif and hanging chains, shown as a tattoo design.
Ornate heart and lace design drawing
Black and grey drawing of a shaded skull with feathered wings, butterflies and a compass, sketched on tracing paper beside a pen.
Winged skull with butterflies design
Symmetrical cream line drawing of a mandala with lotus petals, scrollwork and dotted detail on a dark purple background, shown as a design rather than on skin.
Cream mandala on a dark background
Black line drawing of a woman's face in sugar skull style, with a rose at the upper left, a spiderweb over the forehead and long flowing hair, shown as a tattoo design on cream paper.
Sugar skull portrait with rose and spiderweb
Black ink drawing of a sitting cat filled with ornamental tribal patterns on a cream background, suited to a blackwork tattoo design.
Sitting cat in tribal patterns
Ink drawing of a cat face with a large bow on its ear, with tribal-style swirls and dotted shading filling one side of the head.
Cat head with bow and tribal swirl pattern
Black ink pen drawing of a wolf head in fine line hatching, set inside a dashed geometric frame, shown as a tattoo design on paper.
Wolf head pen drawing in a geometric frame
Three black ink line drawings of feathers with beaded dotted details and drop ornaments on a plain grey background, shown as fine line tattoo flash designs.
Three feather and bead line designs
Black line drawing flash of an ornate sun above a crescent moon, both decorated with fine dotwork and hanging drop ornaments.
Sun and crescent moon line designs