Dotwork tattoo ideas

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Small black and grey line tattoo of two halved avocados with stippled shading on the inner forearm.
Two halved avocados on a forearm
Black and grey ram head tattoo with curled horns and fine dotwork shading on a thigh, shown twice side by side.
Ram head tattoo on a thigh
Pencil and ink flash sheet showing rat silhouettes with ornate key tails and Mind the Gap lettering, drawn without any body placement shown.
Rat and key designs with Mind the Gap script
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of ginkgo, hop cones, lavender sprigs and leaves covering a forearm.
Botanical leaves and hops on a forearm
Black and grey mandala-style flower tattoo with dotwork shading on the inner upper arm, with the arm raised.
Mandala flowers on upper arm
Black and grey blackwork and dotwork mandala tattoos covering a woman's thigh and calf, with a further design on her forearm, while she sits on sand.
Blackwork mandala leg sleeve on sand
Black and grey botanical tattoo of a bouquet of marigold-style flowers and leaves tied with a ribbon, running along the forearm.
Flower bouquet tied with ribbon on a forearm
Black ink drawing of a compass rose set within a mandala, with dotwork shading on the petals, shown as a tattoo design on cream paper.
Compass rose mandala design
Black dotwork tattoo of two crossed arrows with hatched fletching on the forearm, shaded to a dotted fade at the centre.
Crossed arrows on a forearm
Black and grey peony flash drawing with dotwork shading and leaves, shown on white paper.
Peony flash design with leaves
Gold metallic temporary tattoo of a teardrop medallion with dots across the back of a hand, with a patterned cuff on the wrist, on a person lying on sand.
Gold metallic hand chain and wrist cuff
Black and grey dotwork and geometric tattoo on a forearm showing a stippled moon inside an inverted triangle above a detailed rocket surrounded by circles and dotted lines.
Rocket and moon in a triangle on a forearm
Black and grey swallow tattoo with dotted shading on the inner forearm, above a silver and turquoise bracelet, with rocks and sea behind.
Swallow tattoo on a forearm
Black and grey ink drawing of a spread-winged creature built from stippled dotwork, shown as a tattoo flash design on white paper.
Stippled winged creature design in black ink
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a heart split diagonally, with an anatomical heart above and a brain below, placed on the chest.
Split anatomical heart and brain on the chest
Black and grey flash sheet with four designs: a cracked tombstone reading HOPE, a dagger with Sad Truth, a noose with Sweet Dreams, and a rose with a basketball centre reading Still Ballin.
Four flash designs on a light background
Black and grey realism tattoo of an elephant head with a small square symbol on its forehead, placed on the outer thigh.
Elephant head on the thigh
Black ornate filigree tattoo with swirls, drops and dotted chains across a woman's shoulder and upper back, in fine line and dotwork style.
Ornate filigree chandelier tattoo on a shoulder
Black and grey dotwork and fine line floral mandala sleeve on an upper arm, with a rose at the shoulder.
Floral mandala sleeve on upper arm
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a skull with flowers and leaves growing from its top, shaded with dotwork, on a limb.
Skull with flowers in traditional style
Black dotwork flash sheet of ten pairs of crescent arc designs with dot clusters and hanging drops, shown without any body part.
Dotwork arc and drop ornament flash sheet
Black fine line tattoos of a star, crescent moon and eye with rays on the fingers and back of a hand, worn alongside black jewelled rings.
Fine line star, moon and eye tattoos on fingers
Black and grey tattoo of a howling wolf on the upper arm, its head filled with stars and a moon above a pine forest and a tent, in blackwork and dotwork style.
Wolf howling over a pine forest on an upper arm
Black and grey botanical tattoo of roses, buds and leaves running down the upper arm, photographed against a brick wall.
Roses and foliage on an upper arm
Black and red ink drawing of a compass rose with splatter and dotwork spray, shown as a flash design on white paper.
Compass rose with ink splatter
Black and grey botanical tattoo of two hydrangea blooms and leaves, shaded with dotwork, on an upper arm.
Hydrangea blooms and leaves on an upper arm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of an owl face beneath a crown, with ornate scrollwork below, on the forearm.
Owl with crown and ornamental scrollwork
Pencil drawing of a winged anatomical heart beneath a crown, with skulls, a triangle and an eye, in a dotwork and geometric style, shown as a tattoo design on aged paper.
Winged anatomical heart with crown and eye
Black and grey fine line drawing of a small sitting rabbit with long upright ears and stippled shading, shown as a tattoo design on a white background.
Sitting rabbit line drawing
Black and grey tattoo of a snarling bear head with two snakes, a triangle and a dotwork sun on the forearm.
Bear head with snakes on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork mandala tattoo with fine linework on the top of a shoulder, set against a green and yellow leaf pattern.
Mandala tattoo on the shoulder
Black and grey fine line dotwork tattoo on a forearm showing a small figure with a scarf carried up by a cluster of birds, above a stippled planet and stars.
Small figure drifting from birds over a planet
Black and white photo of two people with arms linked, each showing solid black bands on the forearm in a blackwork style, with dotwork on one arm and small script on the wrist.
Black bands and dots on two forearms
Black and grey photo of two wrists with small dotwork tattoos, a row of dots with a ringed planet on the left and scattered dots like stars on the right.
Planet and star dot tattoos on two wrists
Black and grey sketch-style tattoo of two magpies and a crescent moon on the forearm, shown in two side-by-side close-up photographs.
Two magpies and a crescent moon on a forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo of an upside-down raven wrapped in chain beneath a pocket watch and smoke, shown on the upper arm.
Upside-down raven and pocket watch
Black ink drawing of an ornate hot air balloon with lattice panels, dotwork shading and scrolling filigree below the basket, on paper beside a marker pen.
Ornate hot air balloon tattoo design
Two black and grey dotwork tattoos of a doe and a stag head with antlers, placed on the inner forearms of two people.
Matching doe and stag heads on two forearms
Black and grey realism tattoo on a forearm, with a wolf and a woman's face split by a geometric triangle and scattered diamond shapes.
Wolf and woman portrait on a forearm
Black linework tattoo of a geometric mountain range with dotwork shading on the inner upper arm, sitting above a straight horizon line.
Geometric mountain range on upper arm
Black and grey blackwork and dotwork tattoo of a pine tree silhouette on a forearm, fading into fine stippling towards the wrist.
Pine tree forest silhouette on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork luna moth tattoo on the upper arm, with a gold cuff bracelet on the wrist and a floral top visible beside it.
Luna moth tattoo on an upper arm
Black and grey dotwork drawing of a curved claw or horn shape with small hatched marks, shown as a tattoo design on white paper.
Stippled curved claw design
Black and grey realism tattoo of a triceratops skull with stippled shading on the outer thigh and hip.
Triceratops skull on the thigh
Black and grey blackwork and dotwork tattoo of a detailed moth with patterned wings, sitting on the forearm against a background of green foliage.
Moth tattoo on a forearm
Flash sheet of ten black tribal-style heart designs on a white background, each built from swirls, dots and linework, with no body placement shown.
Ten tribal heart designs on a flash sheet
Black and grey owl within a dreamcatcher design with feather charms, tattooed on the inner forearm and wrist in a detailed blackwork style.
Owl and dreamcatcher on a forearm
Black and white photo of a dotwork and fine line tattoo of a world map with a paper plane outline on the forearm.
World map and paper plane on a forearm