Dotwork tattoo ideas

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Black and grey fine line tattoo on a forearm showing a wave inside a circle, with triangles, arrows and dotted geometric lines.
Wave in a circle with arrows on a forearm
Pen drawing of a chimpanzee wearing a skull as a hat, with a brain and wispy tendrils above, shown as a tattoo design in black and grey stippling.
Chimpanzee with skull and brain drawing
Six black line drawings of ornamental sacred hearts, some with flames, rays and roses, laid out on tracing paper as tattoo flash designs.
Sacred heart flash designs on tracing paper
Photograph of a realistic black and grey rose tattoo with water droplets on the back of a hand, shaded in fine dotwork and smooth gradients.
Realistic black and grey rose on a hand
Black and grey fine line and dotwork lotus flower tattoo with a spiral stem and dots, on the back of a neck.
Lotus and spiral on the nape of the neck
Black and grey flash drawing of a slick-haired man's face with a banner reading Don't tell me that I'll be fine, framed by two stippled roses.
Man's face with banner and roses design
Black and grey dotwork and geometric mandala with a triangle eye on a forearm, with a bold lettering tattoo reading I will stand my ground on the forearm below.
Eye mandala forearm and lettering on wrist
Dotwork and linework paisley tattoo with two blue-shaded flowers and leaves on the forearm.
Blue flowers and paisley on a forearm
Fine line black and red tattoo of a dotted chain bracelet with a crescent moon and hanging diamond on the wrist.
Dotted chain bracelet with diamond on wrist
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of an ornamental elephant head with circles and fine lines, on an upper arm.
Ornamental elephant head with geometric lines
Black and grey geometric dotwork tattoos cover a man's arms, shoulders and upper chest, with mandala and hexagon patterns.
Geometric dotwork sleeves on arms and chest
Black and grey lace-style heart tattoo with a scalloped border, dotted lines and small flower motifs, placed across the upper chest.
Lace-style heart on the upper chest
Black and grey dotwork fox head with a rose and flowing leaves tattooed on the upper back.
Fox head with rose on upper back
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
Fine line dotwork tattoo on the back of a hand showing stars, crescent moons and a solid dot joined by dotted lines in black ink.
Celestial dotwork and crescent moons on the hand
Black and grey dotwork panther tattoo with geometric diamond patterns filling its body, walking across the side of a ribcage.
Geometric panther on the ribs
Black and grey tattoo of a panther and a spotted leopard split down the middle inside a circle, placed on a thigh.
Panther and leopard split face on thigh
Line drawing flash design of a dotwork-shaded snake coiled around two pink roses, with planetary symbols and the Latin phrase Omnia Vnvs Est beneath.
Snake with roses and planetary symbols
Three black ink flash drawings on grey paper: a wolf head framed by peonies and leaves, a mandala-patterned wolf head in dotwork, and a partly visible third design.
Wolf heads with flowers and mandala designs
Black and grey dotwork tattoos on two wrists, one showing a row of planets with a ringed Saturn, the other a scatter of star-like dots.
Planet dots and star scatter on two wrists
Black and grey dotwork octopus tattoo with curling tentacles on the side of a torso, below a raised arm.
Octopus on the side of the ribs
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a smiling sun with a face inside a crescent moon, above a shaded lotus flower, on skin of the upper leg or arm.
Sun, crescent moon and lotus tattoo
Black dotted-line star constellation tattoo across the lower back and side of a person's torso, with jeans visible at the waistband.
Star constellation tattoo on lower back
Black and grey dotwork mandala sleeve tattoo covering the upper arm and forearm, with a dark tank top visible.
Mandala sleeve on an arm
Black and grey botanical tattoo of a leafy sprig with a dotted circle behind it, on the inner forearm.
Leafy sprig with dotted circle on a forearm
Black dotwork sun tattoo with a stippled centre and pointed rays, centred on the upper back.
Dotwork sun on upper back
Black ink mandala tattoo on the outer calf of a person's leg, photographed with the legs raised.
Mandala tattoo on the calf
Black and grey ornamental tattoo with a crescent, lotus and hanging diamond motifs across the upper arm and shoulder.
Crescent and lotus ornament on upper arm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of an anatomical heart with visible vessels on the side of a finger.
Anatomical heart on a finger
Black and grey geometric mandala tattoo with dotwork shading at the centre, placed in the middle of the upper back.
Mandala tattoo on upper back
Black ink dotwork drawing of an observatory dome among pine trees beneath a starry sky, set in a diamond shape on white paper beside two fineliner pens.
Observatory under a dotwork night sky
Black and grey dotwork design of a stag with large antlers, framed by roses and leaves, shown on a white background.
Stag and roses dotwork design
Black ink drawing of an ornate calligraphic letter with floral and leaf filling and stippled dotwork outlines, shown on white paper beside a quartz cluster and a fine liner pen.
Ornate floral lettering design in fine ink
Fine line and dotwork tulips on a stem across a person's upper back, with a small crescent moon near the right shoulder blade.
Two tulips on a stem across a back
Black dotwork and blackwork tattoo of an owl with a rose below it, placed on the outer thigh.
Owl and rose on the thigh
Small black and grey dotwork tattoo of an anatomical heart on the inner wrist and forearm.
Anatomical heart on a wrist
Black and grey mandala tattoo with fine detailed linework and dot accents on a shoulder, with a long braid of hair falling over the other shoulder.
Mandala tattoo on a shoulder
Fine line constellation tattoo of small dots joined by thin lines, placed on the shoulder in a black and grey photograph.
Constellation tattoo on the shoulder
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 fine line and dotwork tattoo of a running hare with dotted geometric lines and the words MAKE YOUR LUCK, on a person's upper back.
Running hare with geometric lines on upper back
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a cat in a striped jumper fishing from a rowboat under a dotted crescent moon, on the upper back.
Cat fishing from a rowboat on the upper back
Black ink dotwork drawing of the elephant-headed deity Ganesha within a geometric mandala, shown as a tattoo design on paper.
Ganesha mandala dotwork design
Black and grey lion face tattoo with overlapping geometric black bars and white gaps, sitting on the inner forearm.
Lion face with geometric blocks on a forearm
Black lettering reading STRONG on one ankle and a small row of three solid dots on the other ankle, both in black ink.
Strong lettering and three dots on ankles
Black and grey botanical tattoo of two magnolia blooms and a bud on the upper arm, with dotwork shading on the leaves.
Magnolia flowers on the upper arm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo on a forearm, showing a moon and stars over mountains and pine trees inside a diamond shape.
Night mountain scene in a diamond on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork lotus tattoo with dotted ornament lines on the sternum, shown under an open white shirt.
Lotus and dotwork tattoo on the sternum
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a compass rose with a sun and crescent moon face, placed on the upper arm.
Sun and crescent moon compass on upper arm