Dotwork tattoo ideas

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Black dotwork drawing of a lion head with lilies, paw prints, a dreamcatcher and peacock feathers, shown as a tattoo design on paper.
Lion, lilies and dreamcatcher design
Black ink drawing of a heart with a keyhole at its centre, flanked by keys, flowers and leaves, shown as a dotwork tattoo design on paper.
Heart with keyhole and flowers design
Black and grey dotwork compass rose design with N, E, S and W letters and ornate mandala-style petals, shown as a drawing with no body placement.
Dotwork compass rose design
Black and grey dotwork drawing of an anatomical heart with a carousel and horses on a platform above it, with vessels rising from the top.
Carousel on an anatomical heart in dotwork
Black and grey pencil and dotwork sketch of two peonies, a bud and leaves, drawn as a tattoo design on white paper.
Peony cluster tattoo design sketch
Hand-drawn black ink mandala design on white paper, with radiating petal shapes and dotwork shading, beside a pen and ruler.
Black ink mandala design with dotwork
Black ink mandala design with geometric triangles, dotted shading and hanging drops, drawn on paper beside three fine liner pens.
Ink mandala drawing with triangles and hanging drops
Black and grey dotwork drawing of a human ribcage with spine and shoulder blades, set within a circle of ornamental floral swirls.
Ribcage and floral dotwork design
Pencil sketch of a raven head in a geometric dotwork style, with fragmented triangles and circle construction lines, drawn in a spiral sketchbook.
Geometric raven head design in pencil
Black ink flash drawing of an ornate elephant with a paisley and dotwork patterned body, standing on a dotted ground, on a cream background.
Ornate elephant design with paisley body
Black ink flash drawing of a king of hearts and queen of spades playing card with ribbon banners reading You're the King, baby I'm your Queen, in a lettering and dotwork style.
King and queen playing cards with banner lettering
Geometric beetle drawing with crystal shapes and dotwork shading, inked on a tan leather panel.
Geometric beetle design on leather
Black and grey flash design of an open hand with a dotted triangle in the palm, a key, a bullet and the words TO KILL, with no body placement shown.
Open hand with triangle and key design
Black ink dotwork drawing of a lace-patterned bow with a heart keyhole and a dangling key, shown as a tattoo design on white paper.
Dotwork bow with heart keyhole and key
Black and grey ornate lotus mandala flash design with dotwork shading and hanging dot-and-diamond drops, drawn on a white background.
Ornate lotus mandala design
Eight pencil and ink drawings of chest piece tattoo designs, including mandalas, lace, a tiger, scrollwork and swallows with roses.
Chest piece design sketches collage
Black line drawing of a mandala-style lotus flower framed by curling leaf vines, with stippled dotwork shading, drawn on white paper as a tattoo design.
Mandala lotus with dotwork and leaf vines
Two pen sketches of tattoo designs: a left panel with a skull, roses and geometric lines, and a right panel with a bull skull, moths and dotwork shading.
Skull and rose designs in pen sketches
Black and grey pen drawing of a hamsa hand with a lotus flower and dotted shading, sketched on grid paper with a hand holding the pen.
Hamsa hand and lotus design sketch on grid paper
Drawn tattoo design of a meditating Buddha filled with galaxy colour, set above a lotus with black and grey moon phases, branches and dotwork around it.
Meditating Buddha with lotus and moon phases
Black and white flash sheet showing six drawn forearms and hands, each with a different traditional and blackwork tattoo design including a mandala, rose, dagger and horseshoe.
Six forearm and hand flash designs on drawn arms
Two pen drawings of lotus and mandala-style band designs with dotted and triangular borders, drawn on cream paper beside two pens.
Lotus and geometric band designs on paper
Black ink line drawing of an ornate vintage key with stippled dotwork shading beside the words 'We carry our prisons with us' in handwritten capitals, with no body placement shown.
Key with a 'We carry our prisons with us' quote
Ink drawing of a tattoo design showing an owl with spread wings above two roses and dotwork petals, with two black pigment liner pens beside it.
Owl and roses tattoo design
Pen and dotwork drawing on paper of three cat designs: two skulls and a hairless sphynx cat head, with black drawing pens beside them.
Cat skulls and sphynx cat flash sheet
Black and grey traditional flash sheet of a cathedral with onion domes, compass roses, a skull, an anchor, crossed bones and barbed wire motifs on a white background.
Traditional flash sheet with cathedral and nautical motifs
Black ink flash drawing on pink paper showing a mountain range in a circle, an animal skull with an eye and rays, and a feather crossed with a sprig inside a dotted circle.
Mountains, skull and feather flash sheet
Black and grey traditional-style flash drawing of a crow in profile, with white bands across its body and head and stippled shading on the feathers.
Crow with banded body in traditional style
Black ink drawing of a symmetrical owl with dotwork circles and mandala patterns on its body, shown on white paper beside black fineliner pens.
Symmetrical owl drawing with mandala detail
Black and grey dotwork drawing of an eye within a teardrop mandala framed by cloud scrolls, shown as a tattoo design on paper.
Eye in a mandala with cloud scrolls
Traditional flash design of a paper boat on stippled waves beneath a red lightning bolt and clouds, framed by a rope border with a red flower at the base.
Paper boat and lightning in a rope oval
Black ink drawing of a handgun outline filled with flowers, leaves and dotwork shading, shown as a tattoo design on plain grey paper.
Floral pistol line drawing
Black ink dotwork drawing of a horned bull skull with a lotus mandala on the forehead and dotted chains hanging from the horns, drawn on white paper.
Bull skull with lotus mandala design
Black ink drawing of an anatomical heart with a faceted geometric lower half and dotwork shading on the right side, drawn on white paper beside a pen.
Geometric anatomical heart sketch
Black and grey flash design of a palm tree above a dripping night sky with stars and a crescent moon, drawn on a cream background.
Palm tree over a dripping night sky
Black and grey ink drawing of an ornate lotus and paisley mandala tattoo design, with dotwork shading, drawn on white paper.
Ornate lotus and paisley design drawing
Black ink mandala flash design with a radial floral pattern of petals, dots and scrollwork on a white background, suitable for a fine line or dotwork tattoo.
Black and white mandala design
Black ink drawing of a floating island with stippled mountains, pine trees, a lone figure and a light bulb in a dotted cloud, shown on paper as a tattoo design.
Floating island with mountains and light bulb
Black ink drawing of an ornate lotus flower mandala design with dotted geometric lines, shown on a pale sheet, with no body part visible.
Lotus mandala design with dotted lines
Neo-traditional flash drawing of a grey owl perched in front of a red and gold heart with a white banner and two gold keys, with black swirls around it.
Owl with heart and keys flash design
Black ink flash drawing of a symmetrical geometric lotus-style motif with fine lines and stippled dots, shown on a cream background with no body placement visible.
Geometric lotus-style design drawing
Black and grey drawing of an ornate four-leaf clover tattoo design with filigree scrolls and dotwork shading on a white background.
Ornate four-leaf clover design in black and grey
Black and grey traditional flash sheet showing five moth designs with bold outlines and dotwork shading, taped to a brown card background.
Five moths on a flash sheet
Black and grey dotwork and linework flash design of two roses overlapping a large outlined triangle, with leaves, drawn on white paper.
Two roses within a triangle design
Black ink drawing of a bee with a small crown above its head, rendered in stippled dotwork shading on a cream background, shown as a tattoo design without a body placement.
Bee with a crown in stippled ink
Dotwork and geometric flash design of a moth inside overlapping red triangles, with an eye, crescent moons and dots around it, in pink and red linework.
Moth in sacred geometry design
Orange line drawing of a symmetrical mandala with lotus petals and dotted detailing on a white background.
Orange mandala lotus design
Black ink drawing of a crescent moon filled with flowers and leaves, with dotwork stippling along its outer edge, on a cream background.
Crescent moon filled with flowers