Dotwork tattoo ideas

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Black and grey dotwork elephant tattoo filled with mandala patterns, sitting across the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Mandala-filled elephant on a upper back
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of stacked planets, including two ringed planets, within a thin rectangular frame marked 0, 1/2 and 1, on a forearm.
Planets in a vertical scale on forearm
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
Fine line black tattoo of a lotus with mandala detailing and a dotted chain ending in a crescent moon, on a lower leg.
Lotus and crescent moon on a calf
Black and grey dotwork and linework mandala tattoo with lotus-like petals running along the inner forearm, with a small Roman numeral below the wrist.
Mandala and lotus forearm piece
Black fine line tattoos on a person's upper back, including a botanical sprig with cones above a hanging stick, an outlined stag bust with an arrow, and a compass design.
Botanical sprig and stag bust on a upper back
Side view of a man's shoulder and upper arm with a dotwork tattoo of a red and black fan and geometric pattern, with red splatter shapes across the shoulder.
Red and black fan design on shoulder and upper arm
Black linework tattoo on the inner forearm of a woman with long hair, a triangle eye on her forehead, and a hand holding a flame, framed by a dotted halo and vines.
Woman with all-seeing eye and flame on forearm
Black and grey dotwork and fine line tattoo of an owl perched on a branch, on the back of a person's calf.
Owl on a branch on a calf
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a crescent moon framing a mandala with lotus-like petals, placed on the upper back.
Moon and mandala on upper back
Black and grey traditional tattoo with dotwork shading on a thigh, showing mountains, pine trees, a sunburst, roses and the script Let's be Adventurous.
Mountain sunrise and roses on a thigh
Black ink botanical mandala tattoo with dotwork shading and swirling vines on the outer thigh, with a hand holding a mug in the foreground.
Floral mandala tattoo on the thigh
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 grey dotwork and linework tattoo on the upper back and shoulder showing a skull with flowers and leaves growing from its crown and roots trailing below.
Skull with flowers and roots on a shoulder blade
Two views of a black and grey dotwork mandala tattoo with a central unfilled flower on the forearm.
Black mandala tattoo on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of an eagle head and outstretched wings on skin, with stippled shading and fine engraved lines.
Eagle head and wings in dotwork
Black and grey dotwork mandala tattoo with petals, eye motifs and fine geometric lines on the inner forearm.
Symmetrical mandala on the inner forearm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo on a forearm showing a winged sun, a cactus in a circle, and a vertical arrow with a feather at the top.
Geometric cactus and winged sun on a forearm
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
Black and grey botanical tattoo of peonies and leaves with stippled dotwork shading on the forearm of a person wearing a grey top.
Peony cluster on forearm
Black and grey blackwork tattoo of a lighthouse under a starry night sky, enclosed in a teardrop shape on the forearm.
Lighthouse in a teardrop on a forearm
Black and grey sketch-style tattoo of mountain peaks inside a circle with construction lines, on the upper arm.
Mountain peaks in a circle on an arm
Fine line botanical tattoo of wildflowers and grasses in red and green with black dotwork on the inner forearm.
Wildflower sprig on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of three roses in a descending row along a thin line on the forearm, with small cross marks at each end.
Three roses on a forearm
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 and grey dotwork mandala and geometric full sleeve tattoo covering a person's arm from the upper arm to the wrist.
Mandala and geometric full arm sleeve
Small fine line and dotwork tattoo of two avocado halves in black ink on the inner ankle, one half shaded with stipple dots.
Avocado halves on the ankle
Black and grey dotwork hourglass held by a skeletal hand, tattooed on the calf with a bold outline.
Hourglass held by a skeletal hand on a calf
Black and grey dotwork mandala tattoo with a central star-shaped flower and petal rings, sitting on the forearm of a person in a grey top.
Mandala tattoo on a forearm
Black linework tattoo of two crossed arrows with diamond and chevron patterns and small dotted accents, in a geometric fine line style on the inner forearm.
Crossed arrows and diamonds on a forearm
Black line tree with layered leaves inside a teardrop outline, with dotwork dots, on the inner forearm of a person wearing a striped top.
Leafy tree in a teardrop on a forearm
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
Black and grey mandala tattoo with dotwork shading covering a forearm, with geometric patterns continuing up the arm.
Mandala sleeve on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a peony, a honeybee and a faceted gem on an upper arm.
Peony, bee and gem on an upper arm
Neo-traditional style tattoo of two beetles in blue, orange and black ink, surrounded by dotwork stippling on a forearm.
Two beetles with dotwork on a forearm
Two raised forearms showing a shaded black dotwork rose with leaves on the left forearm and the word Dreamer in fine script lettering on the right inner wrist.
Black rose and Dreamer script on forearms
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
Small dotwork pineapple tattoo in dark ink on the side of a finger against a dark background.
Pineapple tattoo on a finger
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 fern frond tattoo in stippled dotwork shading on the inner forearm of a person whose sleeve is rolled up.
Fern frond on a forearm
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 dotwork tattoo of a rose, two pansies and an animal skull with leaves, shown on a limb.
Rose, pansies and animal skull
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
Geometric seahorse tattoo in black linework and dotwork with teal accents, sitting on the forearm inside a dotted circle.
Geometric seahorse on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a skull formed from a bare, twisted tree across a person's upper back, with roots spreading below.
Skull formed by a bare tree on a back
Dotwork saguaro cactus tattoo with orange, pink and teal geometric bands on the upper arm.
Saguaro cactus with geometric bands on upper arm