Dotwork tattoo ideas

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Black and grey tattoo of an ornate elephant head inside a circular mandala on the forearm, in a fine line and dotwork style.
Ornate elephant head with mandala on forearm
Black dotwork tattoo of two flying saucers, stars and pine trees inside a diamond outline on the forearm.
UFOs and pine trees in a diamond outline
Two raised forearms side by side: the left has a pink rose and birdcage tattoo with teal leaves, and the right has a grey geometric triangle and key design on the forearm.
Rose, birdcage and geometric key on forearms
Black and grey mandala tattoo on a forearm and an ornamental floral sleeve on the other arm, with small finger tattoos, resting on white bedsheets.
Mandala and floral sleeve on forearm and hand
Black dotwork jellyfish tattoo on a forearm, with long dotted and lined tentacles trailing towards the wrist.
Jellyfish on a forearm
Black and grey traditional style tattoo on a forearm showing a figure standing on a crescent moon beside clouds and a four-point star.
Figure on a crescent moon with clouds and stars
Black and grey tattoo of a skeletal chameleon curling around a branch with leaves and a dotted spiral, on the forearm, in an engraving style.
Skeletal chameleon with leaves on a forearm
Bold, colourful neo-traditional tattoo of a horned mask with stippled orange and yellow eyes, on the forearm.
Colourful horned mask on a forearm
Black dotwork forearm tattoo with a large spiral circle at the elbow side and bands of shading fading from dark to light towards the wrist, in black and grey.
Dotwork circle and gradient bands on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork sunflower with leaves filling a triangular frame on the forearm, photographed against a white brick wall.
Sunflower in a triangle on a forearm
Black and grey tattoo on a forearm of an upside-down bat with a smiling moon above it and a bird's beak beside it, in blackwork and dotwork style.
Upside-down bat and moon on a forearm
Fine line black tattoo on a forearm showing a fern frond on the left joined by a single line to a dotwork mountain range on the right.
Fern and mountain range along a forearm
Two matching forearm tattoos in black ink: a sun with a face and dotted chain drapery on the left arm, and a crescent moon with a face on the right arm, in a dotwork style.
Sun and moon tattoos on two forearms
Forearm with a full cross-stitch style geometric tattoo in grey, red, pink and yellow diamonds and crosses, against a black background.
Cross-stitch style geometric sleeve on a forearm
Black and grey tattoo of an anatomical heart on a forearm, with stormy waves, clouds and a small house drawn inside the heart.
Anatomical heart with waves and a house
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a serene Buddha-like face with a topknot, set in a symmetrical design on the forearm.
Dotwork Buddha face on a forearm
Fine line dotwork tattoo of a small geometric arrow shape on the inner wrist of a hand raised against a plain white wall.
Dotted geometric arrow on a wrist
Full arm sleeve tattoo in dotwork and geometric patterns, with black and grey shading on the shoulder and upper arm fading to red and orange dots on the forearm.
Geometric dotwork sleeve with a pale sun
Black and grey fox head tattoo on the inner forearm, its left side merging into leaves, berries and sprigs in fine line and dotwork shading.
Fox head with botanical foliage on a forearm
Two views of a colourful neo-traditional fox tattoo on a forearm, framed by wheat stalks, orange flowers and a jewelled necklace.
Fox with wheat and flowers on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a mason jar filled with planets and stars, with a label reading FAR AWAY, on the forearm.
Mason jar galaxy with FAR AWAY label
Black and grey dotwork bee tattoo on one wrist beside the words just be in a simple serif font on the other wrist.
Matching bee and just be wrist tattoos
Black and grey portrait tattoo of two people kissing on a forearm, with shaded slicked hair and geometric shapes below.
Kissing faces portrait on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo on a forearm showing an eye inside a triangle above an ornate mandala with swirling floral details.
All-seeing eye mandala on forearm
Black dotwork mandala tattoo with a radiating petal pattern on the forearm, beside a grey knitted sweater sleeve.
Mandala tattoo on a forearm
Black dotwork and linework tattoo on a forearm showing a sailing ship and a wave rising out of a pint glass, with a small cloud above.
Ship and wave in a pint glass on a forearm
Small black dotwork tattoo of a row of dots resembling braille across the inner wrist, with woven bracelets nearby.
Row of dots on inner wrist
Black and grey compass rose with a lotus flower and scrollwork on the inner forearm, with dotwork shading.
Compass and lotus on a forearm
Black geometric arrow with a dotted compass wheel tattooed on the inner wrist and forearm.
Geometric arrow and compass on the inner wrist
Pale raised circles and dots in a dotwork pattern across a forearm, with a dotted line along the lower edge.
White dot and circle pattern on a forearm
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a lotus flower with a spiral unalome line above and an infinity loop below, placed on a forearm.
Lotus and unalome on a forearm
Black and grey sketch-style tattoo of a horse head inside a circle with construction lines, on the forearm.
Sketched horse head in a circle
Black and grey dotwork whale tattoos with fine dotted geometric lines across a full arm sleeve on the upper arm and forearm.
Whales and geometric lines on an arm sleeve
Black tribal-style band tattoo wrapping the inner forearm, with a shaded flower and swirling motifs, in black ink on skin.
Tribal band with flower on a forearm
Forearm tattoo of running wolves that move from coloured geometric facets on the left to black dotwork on the right.
Running wolves along a forearm
Colour traditional tattoo of a feather in red, orange, yellow and black with stippled shading, running along the forearm.
Traditional feather tattoo on forearm
Small fine line black tattoo of two overlapping triangles with dotwork shading on the inner forearm, shown from two angles.
Two overlapping triangles on the inner forearm
Black and grey rose tattoo with leaves and dotwork shading running along a forearm.
Black and grey rose on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork mandala with a flower of life centre and leaf motifs covering the back of a hand and forearm, with small letters on the fingers.
Mandala and flower of life on hand and forearm
Man with full black and grey geometric dotwork sleeves, snowflake-style shoulder pieces and a chest design, photographed against a dark background.
Geometric dotwork sleeves and chest on a shirtless man
Close view of a fine line geometric tattoo with dotwork on a forearm, held against a brown leather bag with embossed line patterns.
Geometric lines and dots on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a hawk perched on an inverted triangle with dotted lines, on the inner forearm.
Hawk perched on a triangle on a forearm
Black and grey tattoo of pine tree silhouettes fading into stippled dotwork shading on the inner forearm, with a silver crescent moon bracelet at the wrist.
Pine treeline fading into dotwork on forearm
Fine line black arrow tattoo on the forearm below the elbow, with a small cluster of dots on the upper arm, shown on a bare arm beside a white t-shirt.
Dot cluster and small arrow on an arm
Black and grey tattoos on a woman's forearms, upper arm and fingers, including a dotwork mandala, a rose, flowers and a portrait of a woman in a headpiece, with her face hidden behind her hands.
Mandala, floral and portrait sleeve on arms and hands
Black and grey skull hourglass tattoo with stippled shading and hatched linework on the inner forearm.
Skull hourglass on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a moon, stars, mountains and pine trees inside a circle on the inner forearm.
Moon, mountains and pines in a circle on a forearm
Black ink mandala tattoo with lotus flowers and leaves, shaded with dotwork, across the inner forearm.
Mandala and lotus design on a forearm