Dotwork tattoo ideas

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Black and grey dotwork tattoos on two wrists, one showing a row of planets with a ringed Saturn, the other a scatter of star-like dots.
Planet dots and star scatter on two wrists
Black and grey dotwork mandala sleeve tattoo covering the upper arm and forearm, with a dark tank top visible.
Mandala sleeve on an arm
Black and grey botanical tattoo of a leafy sprig with a dotted circle behind it, on the inner forearm.
Leafy sprig with dotted circle on a forearm
Small black and grey dotwork tattoo of an anatomical heart on the inner wrist and forearm.
Anatomical heart on a wrist
Black and grey lion face tattoo with overlapping geometric black bars and white gaps, sitting on the inner forearm.
Lion face with geometric blocks on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo on a forearm, showing a moon and stars over mountains and pine trees inside a diamond shape.
Night mountain scene in a diamond on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of an acoustic guitar on a forearm, with a tree, stars and mountains filling the body.
Guitar with tree and mountains on forearm
Black and grey fine line lotus tattoo with dotted shading on the inner wrist, below a knitted sleeve.
Small lotus tattoo on a wrist
Black and grey elephant head tattoo with mandala ornaments and a lotus on the inner forearm.
Mandala elephant head on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a skeleton hand forming a V sign on the forearm.
Skeleton hand making a V sign
Colourful geometric deer head tattoo with dotwork antlers and swirls on an arm, with teal, pink and brown fills.
Geometric deer head on an arm
Fine line tattoo of a dotted line with small star shapes running diagonally along a forearm, beside a flower vase on a wooden table.
Dotted line with small stars on a forearm
Black and grey rose tattoos with leaves and buds on a forearm, with a blank band of skin left between the two sections.
Black rose tattoos across a forearm
Black and grey dotwork and fine line tattoo of a sequence of moon phases stacked vertically on a forearm, with a smaller matching version on the other arm.
Moon phases tattoo on both forearms
Black compass rose tattoo with dotwork ring and N, E, S, W letters on the outer forearm of a person wearing a dark top.
Compass rose on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a draped ghost with two dot eyes on the forearm, shown against a pale skin background.
Dotwork ghost on a forearm
Colourful floral sleeve tattoo with dotwork fill covering the upper arm and forearm, shown from two angles.
Floral sleeve tattoo on an arm
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a small leafy sprig with stippled leaves on the inner forearm, shown against a dark sleeve and pale wall.
Small leafy sprig on the forearm
Close view of a hand resting on a floral sheet, showing a fine line and dot constellation tattoo in black ink on the inner wrist.
Small star constellation on the wrist
Black and grey neo-traditional key tattoo with red shading on the bow, crossing a rope-framed compass rose on the forearm.
Key and compass rose on a forearm
Black ink lotus mandala with intricate fine line patterning and three dots above it, on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Ornate lotus mandala on a wrist
Black dotwork tattoo of a globe showing Africa and part of Europe, placed on a forearm.
Dotwork globe showing Africa on a forearm
Black and grey fine line constellation tattoo of connected star points on the inner forearm, shown in a black and white photograph.
Constellation tattoo on a forearm
Black and white photo of a forearm with a wide band of black dotwork dots around the wrist, the hand resting on a dark fabric.
Dotwork band on a forearm
Three black and grey photographs of forearms with geometric blackwork tattoos of hexagons, stripes and star shapes, shown from the same angle.
Geometric blackwork forearm sleeves in three views
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a sun with a face and orbiting planets on the inside of a forearm, with a small cluster of stars.
Sun and planets on a forearm
Black ornamental mandala tattoo wrapping around the inner wrist and lower forearm, built from dotwork and fine linework.
Ornate mandala wrist cuff tattoo
Black and grey fine line geometric tattoo of overlapping circles and ornate detail on the inner forearm, with vertical lines running up the arm.
Geometric circle tattoo on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a pine forest treeline on a forearm, fading into stippled dots towards the wrist, shown from two angles.
Pine forest treeline on forearm
Close-up of a black and grey mandala and floral tattoo with dotted shading on a woman's forearm, while her hand rests on her hip.
Mandala and floral forearm tattoo
Black dotwork tattoo of a scallop shell with a stippled fan of ridges and a bold outline, on the inner forearm.
Scallop shell on a forearm
Black and grey sunflower tattoo in a botanical style, with dotwork shading in the centre, on a forearm.
Sunflower tattoo on a forearm
Mixed-colour stag head tattoo with grey shading, yellow dotwork accents and a fine line arrow on a forearm.
Stag head and arrow on a forearm
Small fine line and dotwork hourglass tattoo with swirls and dots on the inner wrist and forearm, in black ink.
Small hourglass on the inner wrist
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a pine treeline forming a band around the forearm near the elbow, fading to light dots at the top.
Pine tree treeline armband on forearm
Black and grey mandala tattoo with a rose, leaves and a hanging crescent moon on the forearm, in a dotwork style.
Mandala and rose on a forearm
Black and grey full arm sleeve with chrysanthemums, flower of life geometry and dotwork, with red script on the forearm, shown on both arms.
Full sleeve with chrysanthemums and sacred geometry
Black and grey tattoo of a hand with crossed fingers, outlined in bold black line with stippled shading, on the forearm.
Crossed fingers gesture on a forearm
Two matching black and grey forearm tattoos of a sun and a crescent moon, each with a drawn face and dotted chain detail, in a Dotwork and fine line style on the forearms.
Sun and moon forearm tattoos with dotted chains
Fine line and dotwork geometric tattoo of nested triangles forming a star on the inner wrist, shown in black and grey.
Nested triangle star on a wrist
Blue and black tattoo of Hokusai's Great Wave inside a golden ratio spiral grid, on the inner forearm.
Great Wave with golden ratio grid on forearm
Small black dots arranged like a star constellation in fine dotwork on the inside of a forearm, with two thin bracelets worn below it.
Dot constellation on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of peonies and a mandala across a woman's forearm, with a partly visible second tattoo at the lower right.
Floral mandala forearm tattoo
Black ink tattoo of a winged scarab beetle with an eye motif above and a sun disc below, in dotwork and blackwork style on the forearm.
Winged scarab beetle with eye and sun on forearm
Black dotwork tattoo on the inner forearm of a person holding a phone, made of a circular geometric motif above a paisley shape, together forming a semicolon.
Semicolon tattoo of circle and paisley on a forearm
Traditional style mandala tattoos on the elbows of two bent arms, with a small red flower below the upper mandala.
Mandala tattoos on both elbows
Black and grey blackwork and dotwork tattoo of a raven with spread wings and claws gripping a branch, running down the forearm.
Raven with spread wings on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a shaded crescent moon with fine line circles and arrows on the forearm.
Moon and geometric circles on a forearm