Dotwork tattoo ideas

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Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a stippled moon, a crescent moon and small stars on a person's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Dotwork moon and stars on a shoulder blade
Black ink blackwork tattoo of a heart-shaped ornamental motif with swirls and dotted chains on a forearm.
Ornamental heart with dotted chains on forearm
Black ink line drawing of a sun with dotwork and rays above geometric mountains and wavy sea lines, all enclosed in a triangle, shown as a tattoo design on white paper.
Sun, mountains and waves in a triangle
Large geometric tattoo across a person's upper back with concentric rings, dotted lines, stars and a lettered quote, in black with pink and blue watercolour washes.
Geometric back piece with stars and quote
Painted design of a blue owl with dotted feathers perched on a lilac branch beside red berries, shown without any body placement.
Blue owl on a berry branch
Black fine line botanical wreath tattoo with dotwork accents on the outer thigh.
Botanical wreath on a thigh
Four side-by-side views of a black and grey full sleeve tattoo on an arm, with geometric gears and circles, a dotwork sky, and a shaded landscape of trees on the forearm.
Full sleeve with gears, trees and dotwork sky
Black and grey lotus flower tattoo with ornamental swirls, leaf motifs and dotwork on a shoulder, photographed in black and white.
Lotus and ornamental swirls on a shoulder
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a single wing with bold outlines and stippled feather shading, on the outer ankle.
Dotwork wing on an ankle
Black and grey dotwork lotus flower design with mandala-style petals and dangling dotted chains, drawn as a tattoo design.
Ornate lotus flower design
Black and grey tattoo of two open roses with buds and leaves trailing down the inner forearm towards the wrist, in a stippled botanical style.
Two roses and buds on a forearm
Black and white photo of a neck and upper chest with two small dotted line tattoos near the collarbones, in dotwork style.
Two tiny dotted marks near the collarbones
Black fine line and dotwork tattoo of a fox head merged with a rose and flowing braid, placed centre upper back.
Fox and rose on upper back
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
Upper arm tattoo of paisley and floral ornament in grey dotwork shading with red and pink flower accents.
Paisley and floral sleeve on upper arm
Black ink drawing of a lighthouse inside a circular compass rose, with dotwork and patterned panels, sketched as a tattoo design.
Lighthouse inside a compass rose design
Black ink drawing of an ornate lion head with mechanical-style detailing and three roses below, a fine liner pen beside it on a cream page.
Ornate lion head with roses, pen drawing
Silver metallic temporary tattoos of triangles, dots and infinity symbols on a forearm and ankle, with a small black script line above the wrist.
Silver metallic temporary tattoos on arm and ankle
Black and grey flash sheet of gothic tattoo designs including a moth, owl, ghost, coffin, dagger, cat and crossed bones, drawn in dotwork and bold outlines.
Black and grey gothic flash sheet
Three bands of metallic silver and gold dots in a dotwork-style temporary tattoo on an upper arm, with a hand in front wearing rings.
Metallic dot bands on upper arm
Black and grey drawing of a snake with a geometric patterned body on pale paper, with dotted linework and small arrow marks, shown as a tattoo design rather than on skin.
Geometric snake design in black ink
Black ink flash design of an eye inside a triangle, with feathers, a crescent mandala and lettering, drawn in blackwork and geometric style.
Eye in triangle with feathers and lettering
Small black and grey fine line swallow in flight with the words stand by me beside it on a forearm.
Swallow and stand by me on a forearm
Black dotwork elephant head with ornate mandala detailing across the back of a hand and onto the wrist.
Ganesha mandala on the back of the hand
Three black and grey dotwork tattoos: a skull with peonies and a fern on the thigh, a moth over a split skull on the upper arm, and a skull with leaves on the upper arm.
Skulls with peonies, fern and moth tattoos
Black ink drawing of an ornamental lotus flower with dotwork shading and hanging beaded details, shown as a tattoo design on white paper.
Ornamental lotus flower design in black ink
Black and grey dotwork lotus mandala tattoo with fine scrolling linework on the forearm, near the wrist.
Lotus mandala on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of hanging feathers and an ornate motif behind an ear, on the side of the head.
Feathers and ornament behind the ear
Black dotwork drawing of an eagle in flight, with a forest of pine trees, a wolf and a moon shown within its wings and body, drawn on white paper.
Eagle in flight with forest and wolf
Small dotwork tattoo of a ring of coloured dots forming a colour wheel on the inner wrist of a raised hand.
Colour wheel of dots on the wrist
Black and grey dotwork mandala shaped like a sea turtle, with paisley-style flippers, on the inner forearm.
Mandala turtle on a forearm
Black ink lotus mandala tattoo with ornamental detailing on the side of a thigh, shown in a close crop.
Lotus mandala on a thigh
Fine line constellation tattoo of small dots joined by dotted lines in a V shape, on the side of the ribs.
Fine line constellation tattoo on the ribs
Two small red dot tattoos in a dotwork style sit on the side of the neck below the ear, with black ear studs above.
Two small red dots on the neck
Fine dotted-line tattoo of a constellation-like pattern in black ink on the upper back, near the shoulder blade.
Dotted constellation line on upper back
White line drawing of a coiled snake filled with geometric dotwork patterns, set between a sun motif at the top and a crescent moon at the bottom, on a dark background.
Geometric snake design with sun and crescent
Black and grey neo-traditional compass rose inside an ornate scrolled cartouche, tattooed across the upper back of a woman seen from behind.
Ornate compass rose tattoo across upper back
Black dotwork tattoo of a sun, pine tree and mountain inside an inverted triangle on an upper arm.
Sun, mountain and pine in a triangle
Two forearms with matching black bands and a dotwork fade in black ink on a blanket background, in a blackwork and dotwork style on the forearm.
Two black bands and dotwork fade on forearms
Black and grey photo of a woman with fine line script lettering on her inner forearm and a dotted constellation tattoo on her ribs below the bust.
Script forearm tattoo and dotted constellation
Geometric rabbit head in black linework with stippled grey shading above a solid red faceted heart, tattooed on an upper arm.
Geometric rabbit and red heart on upper arm
Black and grey blackwork and dotwork tattoo of three square panels showing a forest, a wooden cabin and a path, running down the inner forearm.
Three forest and cabin panels on a forearm
Black and grey geometric dotwork full sleeves covering both arms of a shirtless man, with hexagons, dot gradients and sunburst patterns.
Geometric blackwork and dotwork full sleeves
Black and grey realism tattoo of a castle on mountains beneath a full moon, enclosed in a dotted triangle, on the upper back.
Castle and full moon on a upper back
Black and grey dotwork and fine line tattoo of geometric symbols and crosses running along a forearm, photographed on a dark leather surface.
Geometric symbols on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork and fine line tattoo of a geometric rose, arrows and triangles stacked vertically along the ribs.
Geometric rose and arrows down the ribs
Black and grey photo of two hands resting palm down, with small solid dot tattoos on several fingers in a dotwork style.
Small dot tattoos on fingers
Black and grey mandala tattoo with dotwork shading covering the shoulder and upper arm of a person in a dark top.
Ornate mandala tattoo on a shoulder