Dotwork tattoo ideas

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Black and grey botanical tattoo of a fluffy puff-shaped flower and leafy branches on the calf, done in dotwork and fine line.
Puff flower and leaves on a calf
Purple octopus tattoo with curling tentacles running from the ankle up the calf, shaded with dotwork texture.
Octopus tattoo on a lower leg
Black and grey geometric wolf head tattoo with overlapping triangles on a calf, drawn in fine line with dotwork shading.
Geometric wolf head on a calf
Black and grey sketch tattoo of a gothic castle with spires, a grand staircase and a walled town on the calf, drawn with fine lines and stippled shading.
Gothic castle sketch on a calf
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a skull inside a map pin shape, with GOOD BYE lettering above it, on a lower leg.
Skull in a map pin with GOOD BYE lettering
Black and grey geometric fox tattoo in fine line with dotwork dots and a faint diamond shape behind it, placed on a lower leg.
Geometric fox with dotwork halo on a calf
Black and grey raven tattoo on the calf, with stippled dotwork shading on its head and wing and dark strands trailing downwards.
Raven with dissolving roots on a calf
Black fine line and dotwork lotus mandala tattoo with a dotted drop-line running down the calf, shown in a close-up and a full-leg view.
Lotus mandala on a calf
Black and grey compass rose tattoo with a rope border and stippled shading on the calf, with N, E, S and W letters around the star.
Compass rose on a lower leg
Black and grey tattoo of a sleeping dog merging into a mountain cabin scene with pine trees, stars and a crescent moon, on a calf.
Sleeping dog and mountain landscape
Black and grey tattoo of an anatomical heart with engraved hatching, dotwork shading and a triangle pattern on the lower leg.
Anatomical heart with triangle pattern on a calf
Black and grey tattoo of tall pine trees and flying birds on a lower leg, with stippled dotwork ground fading out at the bottom.
Pine trees and birds on a lower leg
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a faceless skeletal mermaid with long flowing hair and a crescent moon, placed on the calf.
Skeleton mermaid on a calf
Black and grey tattoo of a steaming teacup with a rose and leaves in a traditional style with dotwork shading, on a lower leg.
Teacup, rose and leaves on a calf
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a small raptor style dinosaur with a curled tail, on the calf.
Dotwork raptor on a calf
Black linework mandala with a central semicolon and dotted border, tattooed on the lower leg in a geometric style.
Mandala with semicolon on a lower leg
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a woman with wavy bobbed hair and a large stippled rose below her shoulders, on a lower leg.
Woman portrait with rose on a calf
Black dotwork mandala tattoo on a calf showing an eye in a triangle above a ship's wheel and an anchor, with fern and filigree ornament.
Eye, anchor and ship's wheel on a calf
Black and grey geometric cat tattoo with dotwork shading on the lower leg.
Geometric cat on a calf
Black and grey tattoo of a snarling cat head with bared fangs and dotted shading, on a lower leg, in a traditional blackwork style.
Snarling cat head on a calf
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of an elephant head with a mandala headdress on the calf.
Elephant head with mandala on a calf
Black and grey traditional tattoo with dotwork shading on a leg, showing a woman's profile filled with a night sky, crescent moon, stars and pine trees, above a rose and a small flower.
Night forest silhouette with roses on a calf
Black and grey dotwork tattoo on a calf showing a storm cloud with lightning, a wave and a sailing ship rising out of a floral teacup.
Storm cloud and ship in a teacup on a calf
Black and grey dotwork calf tattoos showing a moon, crystals, a cactus, an eye in an open hand and morel mushrooms, across both legs.
Calves with moon, hand and cactus tattoos
Dotwork solar system tattoo wrapping a lower leg, with a sun with a red-orange centre near the knee and shaded planets, including Saturn, on orbit lines.
Solar system with sun on a lower leg
Black and grey blackwork tattoo of a witch in a pointed hat riding a broomstick, with dotwork stippling behind her, on a calf.
Witch on a broomstick silhouette on a calf
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a songbird perched on a floral teacup and saucer, on the lower leg.
Songbird on a teacup and saucer
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a pug silhouette inside a circle, framed by layered geometric triangles, on a calf.
Pug silhouette in geometric triangles on a calf
Black and grey dotwork lotus mandala tattoo with a dotted chain and geometric drop motifs running down the calf.
Dotwork lotus mandala on a calf
Black and grey traditional tattoo of mountains, pine trees, a crescent moon, dotted stars and flowers on a calf.
Mountain landscape with moon and flowers on a calf
Black and grey dotwork and blackwork tattoo of an anatomical heart with a pinwheel above, framing a dog and a penguin in a window, on the lower leg.
Anatomical heart with pinwheel and animals
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a mountain valley with a river inside a circle, on the calf or lower leg.
Mountain valley landscape in a circle
Black and grey dotwork cat head surrounded by overlapping geometric triangle lines, tattooed on the outer leg.
Geometric cat head with triangles on a leg
Black dotwork tattoo of a snarling big cat head in profile, with bared fangs, on the calf.
Snarling big cat head in dotwork
Black and grey dotwork stegosaurus tattoo with a bold outline on the lower leg, with a partial dark tattoo visible at the top of the frame.
Stegosaurus tattoo on a lower leg
Black and grey dotwork mandala tattoo above a row of moon phases and dotted chains on the calf.
Mandala and moon phases on a calf
Black blackwork and dotwork mandala tattoo with a white heart at its centre, placed on the calf.
Mandala with a heart on a calf
Black and grey dotwork mountain and forest scene in a diamond shape with a red dotwork moon above, on a calf.
Red moon and mountain diamond on a calf
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a columnar cactus with spines in a striped clay pot, on the calf.
Cactus in a pot on a calf
Two small black ink hamsa hand tattoos in dotwork style, one on each lower leg, with a lace top and silver bracelets visible.
Two matching hamsa hand tattoos on the legs
Black and grey blackwork tattoo of a bird with a fish-like head and clawed feet on a calf, with hatched and dotted shading.
Fish-headed bird on a calf
Three views of a black blackwork tattoo of pine tree silhouettes and flying birds on a calf, fading into dotwork at the base.
Pine forest and birds on a calf
Black ink mandala tattoo on the outer calf of a person's leg, photographed with the legs raised.
Mandala tattoo on the calf
Two black and grey cat head tattoos side by side on the lower legs, a hairless cat on the left and a tabby cat on the right, both in stippled dotwork shading.
Two cat heads on the calves
Black and grey geometric unicorn head tattoo on a lower leg, with dotwork shading and triangular shards breaking away below it.
Geometric unicorn head on a calf
Dotwork meerkat standing on a wireframe cube with a red sun behind it, tattooed on a calf and partly coloured with multicolour squares.
Meerkat on a cube on a calf
Black and grey dotwork mandala and hexagon leg sleeves running from thigh to ankle on three pairs of legs.
Dotwork mandala leg sleeves on three legs
Back view of a person's legs covered in black and grey blackwork and dotwork tattoos, with mandala motifs on the thigh and knee and a Greek key pattern on the hip.
Blackwork and dotwork leg sleeve with mandalas