Dotwork tattoo ideas

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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 stippled dotwork drawing of mountain peaks above a dense pine forest, shown on white paper against a dark background.
Mountain and pine forest design
Black and grey mandala tattoo with dotwork detail covering the back of a hand and onto the wrist.
Black mandala tattoo across the back of a hand
Colour and grey tattoo of a Stormtrooper helmet with galaxy-filled visor and shards, on the lower leg.
Stormtrooper helmet with galaxy visor on a calf
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a small songbird with spread wings on the upper arm.
Songbird in flight on upper arm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a mountain range under a starry night sky, framed in a rectangle on the upper arm.
Mountain night sky in a framed box on the upper arm
Four pen drawings on paper of a fox with an umbrella, a fox in a teacup, a dog with a bird, and a patterned bird, with dotwork shading and red and blue accents.
Four whimsical animal line drawings with dotwork shading
Black and grey realistic eye tattoo with stippled shading and long lashes on the inside of a palm, fingers spread.
Eye tattoo on the palm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo on an upper thigh, showing a curved lion cub outline with two lion silhouettes on a tree branch inside it.
Lion cub arc with lion silhouettes on a thigh
Black and grey dotwork tattoos of The Chariot and Strength tarot cards, one on each calf.
Chariot and Strength tarot tattoos on legs
Black and grey geometric forearm tattoo of a drafting compass framed by triangles and mandala-style dotwork patterns.
Compass and mandala forearm tattoo
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of an anatomical heart with a fading, smudged top edge, set inside a dotted geometric diamond on the forearm.
Stippled heart within a dotted diamond
Colour tattoo of three stacked arrowheads over a dotted circle with orange watercolour washes and teal wave lines, on the outer thigh.
Three arrowheads over a watercolour circle
Black linework tattoo of a lion head with a mandala crown and geometric lines, with dotwork shading, on a forearm.
Geometric lion head on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of an ornate masked face with peacock feathers and paisley motifs across an upper arm and shoulder.
Ornate masked face on upper arm
Black ink drawing of a symmetrical lotus mandala design with dotwork shading and a central gem motif, drawn on white paper beside fine liner pens and a stencil ruler.
Lotus mandala design with dotwork shading
Black and grey botanical tattoo of flowers, a bud and leaves within a dotted diamond outline, on the inner upper arm.
Black and grey flowers in a dotted diamond on upper arm
Large realistic grey elephant head tattoo across a person's upper back, with a trunk formed of vertebrae and muted brown tusks.
Elephant head with vertebrae trunk across back
Black and grey lotus flower with fine mandala detailing and dotted lines above and below, on the upper back of a woman with a short brown bob.
Lotus flower on upper back
Black dotwork pear tattoo with a bold outline and swirling dot patterns inside, on the inner forearm.
Dotwork pear on a forearm
Small circular chest tattoo of grey stippled mountains with a moon above and a wreath of green leaves and pink flowers, in dotwork and botanical style.
Mountain range in a botanical circle on the chest
Black and grey tattoo of mountain peaks above a row of pine trees, set inside a pointed shield shape on a forearm.
Mountains and pine forest on a forearm
Flash sheet in a spiral notebook with black and red dotwork designs of a goblet, radio, crown, Deathly Hallows symbol, tombstone, eye, lighter and the words Avada Kedavra.
Harry Potter Deathly Hallows flash sheet
Black and grey dotwork roses and an anatomical heart tattoo across the upper arm and shoulder.
Roses and anatomical heart on an upper arm
Black and grey blackwork tattoo on a forearm showing a guitar body filled with inverted trees and roots, with the neck fading into a city skyline.
Guitar body of trees and roots with skyline neck on a
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a great white shark inside a dotted hexagon outline on the inner forearm.
Great white shark in a dotted hexagon on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork mandala tattoo on the upper arm, shown in a close-up and a side view beside it.
Dotwork mandala on upper arm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of an anatomical heart with a cluster of cats inside, above pine trees, a crescent moon and stars.
Anatomical heart with cats and night sky
Black and grey realism tattoos of cats with ornamental scrollwork and a tower on two forearms, with script lettering above the wrists.
Cats, scrollwork and tower on two forearms
Black dotwork drawing of a moth with a crescent moon above it, set within dashed geometric construction lines, shown as a tattoo design on white paper.
Dotwork moth with crescent moon and geometric lines
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a humpback whale swimming across the inner forearm, shown on a bed.
Humpback whale tattoo on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork mandala tattoo with an eye motif and swirling petals on a lower leg, resting on a dark surface beside blue leopard print leggings.
Mandala tattoo on a lower leg
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a frog with a central eye inside a black diamond, shown on an upper arm in a tank top.
Frog with eye inside a black diamond on upper arm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a teepee under a crescent moon with stars, cacti and a bull skull on the inner forearm, framed by fine geometric circles.
Teepee and desert scene on a forearm
Black and grey traditional style tattoo of a hamsa hand with an eye, flowers and dotted detail, on the side of a person's ribs, with partial Latin script below.
Hamsa hand with eye on the ribs
Black and grey dotwork drawing of a sunflower-style mandala with a crescent moon at its centre, shown as a design on white paper with no body placement visible.
Sunflower mandala with crescent moon
Black linework maple leaf with dotwork shading and green and yellow watercolour leaves on the forearm.
Maple leaf with watercolour leaves on a forearm
Black ink flash drawing of a planchette with a central eye, YES and NO lettering, a sunburst and acanthus scrolls, in a dotwork and blackwork style.
Planchette with eye and acanthus scrolls
Black and grey engraving-style anatomical heart tattoo with numbered labels and fig. 4 caption on the inner forearm, shown in three black and white photographs.
Anatomical heart tattoo on the inner forearm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo on an upper arm, with a linework elephant, repeating tessellated shapes and a circle within flowing outlines.
Dotwork elephant and tessellation sleeve
Traditional dotwork tattoo in black and grey, showing a rose above a stippled hand with a scalloped cuff on the upper arm.
Rose and dotwork hand on upper arm
Black and grey fine line and dotwork tattoo of five origami cranes hanging on dotted strings across the upper back and shoulder blade.
Origami cranes on dotted strings across a shoulder blade
Black dotwork mandala and flowing spiral linework tattooed down a bare lower back, with dotted lines continuing onto both forearms and upper arms.
Dotwork mandala and spiral down the lower back
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a howling wolf head inside overlapping geometric star lines, on the inside of a forearm.
Howling wolf in a geometric frame on a forearm
Two photographs of a black line tattoo of an ornamental cat filled with swirls and a crescent, with a dotted mandala behind it.
Ornamental cat with dotwork mandala
Black and grey dotwork wolf head above an animal skull, framed by geometric diamond outlines, on the outer thigh.
Wolf head and skull on a thigh
Black and grey ornate floral tattoo with stippled shading covering a person's upper back, from the nape of the neck to between the shoulder blades.
Ornate floral tattoo across upper back
Black fine line and dotwork feather-like ornament tattooed at the centre of the chest, with fine radiating dots and curled scroll details.
Fine line feather ornament on the chest