Dotwork tattoo ideas

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Black and grey mandala tattoo with dotwork petals and small seed pod motifs across the forearm.
Mandala tattoo on the forearm
Black linework tattoo on a forearm showing a city skyline, a dog and a figure bending down, with stippled dotwork shading at the lower left.
City skyline and dog on a forearm
Black and grey blackwork tattoos of lungs, flowers and a chain on both forearms, with the palms turned upwards.
Lungs and flowers on both forearms
Black dotwork and fine line tattoo of five arrows on a forearm, with a hamsa hand holding an eye at the centre.
Five arrows with hamsa hand on forearm
Forearm tattoo of a cross-stitch style geometric folk pattern in muted red, teal, cream and black, shown on a bare arm against a dark background.
Cross-stitch style pattern sleeve on a forearm
Black and grey wave tattoo enclosed in a circle on a forearm, shaded with fine stippled linework.
Wave inside a circle on a forearm
Three arms shown side by side, each with a black and grey octopus and squid sleeve in a dotwork engraved style, running from the upper arm to the forearm.
Octopus and squid sleeve across three arms
Black and grey botanical tattoo of two stacked flowers with leaves on the forearm, with dotwork detailing in the centres.
Two flowers and leaves on a forearm
Black and white photo of a flexed arm with a dotwork and blackwork interlace tattoo of beast heads and knotwork on the forearm and upper arm, with a sun-like motif on the shoulder.
Interlace and beast tattoo on a flexed arm
Black and grey mandala tattoo with fine linework and dotwork shading across a wrist, set against a patterned floral background.
Mandala tattoo across the wrist
Realistic pink rose with black mandala lace and red faceted gems on a forearm, with dotwork diamond shapes near the wrist.
Realistic rose and gems on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a constellation above mountains and pine trees, set inside a diamond frame on a forearm.
Mountain and constellation in a diamond frame
Close photo of a small black dotwork tattoo of five dots arranged in a loose cluster on the inner wrist and forearm.
Small dot cluster on the inner wrist
Black and grey engraving-style tattoo of an open hand with an all-seeing eye in a triangle, on the inner forearm.
Open hand and all-seeing eye on a forearm
Black and grey geometric lion head tattoo in dotwork shading on the inner forearm.
Geometric lion head on a forearm
Black and grey blackwork forearm tattoo of bare winter trees, a pine, birds, clouds and a moon, with a dotted fade at the wrist.
Forest, moon and birds on a forearm
Small black dotwork bow tattoo on the wrist, with another hand resting against it.
Small dotwork bow on a wrist
Black and grey dotwork tattoo on the forearm of two reaching hands above a stippled circle ringed by dots.
Reaching hands over a stippled circle on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork mandala tattoo wrapping around the inner forearm, with layered petal shapes and small dots at the edges.
Dotwork mandala band on a forearm
Black and grey geometric stag head tattoo with antlers and triangles on the forearm, half angular outline and half shaded realistic fur.
Geometric stag head on an arm
Black and grey owl tattoo with a dotwork mandala chest, shown on the forearm in a black and white photograph.
Owl and mandala on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork geometric tattoo of five circles with triangle symbols and petal shapes on the inner forearm.
Dotwork geometric mandala on forearm
Black and grey geometric forearm tattoo of angular houses, brickwork and windows, shown from three angles on the forearm.
Geometric houses forearm sleeve
Fine black dot tattoo of a star constellation with faint connecting lines on the inner wrist and forearm.
Small star constellation on a wrist
Black and grey realistic tattoos of a pair of scissors on one forearm and a cat's head on the other forearm, with shading in a dotwork style.
Scissors and cat on two forearms
Black dotwork mandala tattoo with peacock feather motifs covering the inner forearm of a person standing on a stone street.
Mandala and peacock feather forearm tattoo
Fine line black and grey tattoo of a dotted globe hot air balloon carrying a heart suitcase, with the word Wanderlust and a paper plane, on the forearm.
Globe hot air balloon with the word Wanderlust
Black compass rose with an arrow and dotted ring tattooed on a forearm, in a geometric and dotwork style.
Compass rose and arrow on a forearm
Forearm tattoo of four running wolves in fine line, with the left wolf in watercolour tones and the right ones dissolving into dotwork.
Running wolves fading into dotwork on a forearm
Black and grey geometric tattoo of nested triangles inside a faint circle, placed on a forearm.
Nested triangles tattoo on a forearm
Black and grey fine line butterfly tattoo with patterned wings on the inner wrist, photographed in black and white.
Small butterfly on the inner wrist
Black and grey blackwork tattoo of a Dalek within a diamond outline on an arm, shaded with dotwork and fine hatching.
Dalek inside a geometric diamond on an arm
Black and grey mountain range tattoo on the wrist, with stippled dot shading on the peaks and a plain background.
Mountain range tattoo on the wrist
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a bone bound with rope, shown on the inner forearm of a person wearing dark clothing.
Rope-wrapped bone on a forearm
Dotwork hamsa tattoo with a blue and cream mandala centre on a forearm, the arm raised in front of a car steering wheel.
Hamsa hand tattoo on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a humpback whale above coral, set inside a geometric shape with a puzzle-piece notch on the forearm.
Whale in a geometric shape on a forearm
Black and grey fine line and dotwork tattoo of a llama wearing a hat and monocle, with the words save all drama for your llama, on a forearm.
Llama in a hat with dotwork shading
Fine black line tattoo of a cat in profile with a dotted echo outline on the inner forearm.
Cat outline on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a paisley and floral ornament with a leaf and a rose-like bud on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Paisley and floral mandala on a wrist
Two matching feather tattoos on a forearm, one teal with the words Her Mother and one pink with the words Her Daughter, in a colour illustrative style with dotwork stippling.
Pair of colour feather tattoos with script
Black and grey geometric tattoo of two overlapping downward triangles, one outlined and one shaded with dotwork, on the inner forearm.
Overlapping triangles on a forearm
Black and grey poppy tattoo with a long thin stem and leaves running across the inner forearm, drawn in a botanical style with stippled shading at the centre.
Poppy with a long stem on a forearm
Black and grey forearm tattoo of an animal skull with fangs, a feathered wing and a shaded rose, with a partly visible ribbon banner above.
Skull, wing and rose on a forearm
Black and grey tattoo of a spiral galaxy with small stars inside a solid black triangle, on the inner forearm.
Spiral galaxy in a triangle on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork rose tattoo with leaves and a dangling pendant chain on the forearm, with a floral sleeve visible beside it.
Rose with dangling drops on a forearm
Forearm tattoo of a Buddha head with a teal and gold band across the eyes, set against black geometric line work.
Buddha head with geometric background on forearm
Black ink mandala with a crescent shape and dotwork feathers across the back of a hand and wrist, shown against a plain white background.
Mandala and feathers on hand and wrist
Small black dragonfly tattoo with stippled wings and a long thin body on the forearm, with woven bracelets at the wrist.
Dragonfly on a forearm