Dotwork tattoo ideas

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Black ink tattoo of four arrows with feather and leaf fletching and stippled dotwork arrowheads, on the upper arm.
Four arrows on an upper arm
Black and grey full arm sleeve with chrysanthemums, flower of life geometry and dotwork, with red script on the forearm, shown on both arms.
Full sleeve with chrysanthemums and sacred geometry
Black and grey botanical tattoo of roses, a peony and leaves covering the upper arm and shoulder, drawn in fine line with dotwork shading.
Botanical roses and peony on upper arm
Black and grey tattoo of a hand with crossed fingers, outlined in bold black line with stippled shading, on the forearm.
Crossed fingers gesture on a forearm
Black and grey fine line botanical tattoo of a cow parsley sprig with stippled flower heads on the inner upper arm.
Cow parsley sprig on the upper arm
Hand-drawn neo-traditional tattoo design of a woman's face framed by a mandala of red spades and hearts, shown on paper with no body placement visible.
Woman's face within a red and black mandala
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of concentric rings of square blocks centred on the upper back of a woman with her hair up, photographed from behind.
Dotwork concentric circle on upper back
Dotwork tattoo of a gothic castle with tall spires on an upper arm, with a small blue crescent moon above it.
Gothic castle on an upper arm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo on the outer thigh showing a stag and owl head split down the middle with wings, above a triangle and circle motif.
Split stag and owl head with triangle on thigh
Black and grey stippled line drawing of a dreamcatcher design with a butterfly, roses and feathers, shown on a white background with no body placement.
Dreamcatcher with butterfly and roses
Small black hamsa hand tattoo with patterned detail on the inner wrist of a person with an open palm, against a purple and white tie-dye fabric.
Small hamsa hand on the inner wrist
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of an ornate floral heart and dotted chain drapes across a woman's upper back and nape, photographed from behind.
Ornamental floral back piece with dotted chains
Two matching black and grey forearm tattoos of a sun and a crescent moon, each with a drawn face and dotted chain detail, in a Dotwork and fine line style on the forearms.
Sun and moon forearm tattoos with dotted chains
Fine line and dotwork geometric tattoo of nested triangles forming a star on the inner wrist, shown in black and grey.
Nested triangle star on a wrist
Blue and black tattoo of Hokusai's Great Wave inside a golden ratio spiral grid, on the inner forearm.
Great Wave with golden ratio grid on forearm
Small black dots arranged like a star constellation in fine dotwork on the inside of a forearm, with two thin bracelets worn below it.
Dot constellation on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of peonies and a mandala across a woman's forearm, with a partly visible second tattoo at the lower right.
Floral mandala forearm tattoo
Black and grey fine line tattoo on a wrist, shown as a dotted chain bracelet with a diamond charm and a crescent moon.
Fine line bracelet and moon tattoo on wrist
Black ink tattoo of a winged scarab beetle with an eye motif above and a sun disc below, in dotwork and blackwork style on the forearm.
Winged scarab beetle with eye and sun on forearm
Black dotwork mandala flower tattoo split across the soles of two bare feet, with a Geometric and Dotwork style on the foot.
Mandala flower tattoo across both soles
Black dotwork tattoo of a pair of sycamore seeds joined at a short stem, on the outer arm, with partial lettering tattooed at the upper right.
Sycamore seed tattoo on arm
Black dotwork tattoo on the inner forearm of a person holding a phone, made of a circular geometric motif above a paisley shape, together forming a semicolon.
Semicolon tattoo of circle and paisley on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a hazy landscape with a dark island inside a thin circle with a dotted orbit, on a person's shoulder blade.
Stippled landscape in a circle on shoulder
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
Traditional style mandala tattoos on the elbows of two bent arms, with a small red flower below the upper mandala.
Mandala tattoos on both elbows
Black and grey tattoo of a seated rabbit covered in ornate geometric patterns and dotwork shading, placed on the upper thigh.
Ornate patterned rabbit on a thigh
Black and grey blackwork and dotwork tattoo of a raven with spread wings and claws gripping a branch, running down the forearm.
Raven with spread wings on a forearm
Black line drawing of a standing cat with its tail raised, filled with swirls and dots in a blackwork style on a cream background.
Ornamental cat design
Black line drawing of a lion head framed by feathers, a geometric mandala and dotwork patterns, shown as a tattoo design on white.
Lion head with mandala and feather design
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a shaded crescent moon with fine line circles and arrows on the forearm.
Moon and geometric circles on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork mandala with a crescent moon face and dangling dot chains and drops, tattooed on a lower leg.
Crescent moon mandala with dotwork on calf
Black and grey peony tattoo with two blooms and leaves on a forearm, shaded with stippled dotwork.
Two peonies on a forearm
Black and grey tattoos of lungs with branching airways and flowers on both forearms, with a small chain motif near the wrists.
Lungs and flowers on both forearms
Black and grey dotwork octopus tattoo with curling tentacles wrapping across the side of the ribs.
Octopus tattoo along the ribs
Black ink flash design of three butterflies, hanging feathers and dotted chains in a dotwork style, shown without any body placement.
Butterflies and feathers dotwork design
Black and grey dotwork rose with leaves and hanging geometric drops on the forearm.
Dotwork rose on a forearm
Black and grey blackwork tattoo of a bear silhouette with white constellation lines and star dots, on the outer ankle.
Bear silhouette with constellation on ankle
Black and grey forearm tattoo of a skull on a card labelled LA MORT, held by a hand above a geometric mandala, in a dotwork style.
Skull and hand tarot card on a forearm
Black and grey tattoo of a cartoon owl perched on a dreamcatcher with three feathers hanging below, on the upper back.
Owl on a dreamcatcher across the upper back
Black fine line tattoo of an eye with radiating rays and star motifs arranged in arcs across the palm of a hand.
Eye and stars tattoo on the palm
Black and grey owl tattoo with a compass and ankh on the forearm, in neo-traditional style with dotwork shading.
Owl and compass on a forearm
Six small dots in red, orange, yellow, green, blue and purple run in a row across the inner wrist, in a dotwork style.
Six rainbow dots on the inside of a wrist
Black and grey blackwork tattoo of a lion head in profile on an upper arm, with a dotwork face and an ornamental mandala-style mane.
Ornate lion head on upper arm
Black and white dotwork drawing of a wolf in profile, its body filled with pine trees, mountains, a moon and a leaping hare, shown as a tattoo design with no body part visible.
Wolf silhouette filled with forest and mountains
Black ornamental damask tattoo with floral motifs down the centre of a bare back, photographed in a mirror selfie.
Ornate damask design down the back
Woman seen from behind with a black dotwork ornamental V-shaped tattoo on her neck and small dotwork designs on the back of her hand.
Ornamental V-shaped neck tattoo
Black and grey wine glass tattoo on a forearm, its bowl filled with a curling wave and a whale tail in fine line and dotwork style.
Wine glass with wave on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo across a back showing two skeletons inside a geometric dotted frame, an eye in a triangle above, and botanical flowers and a tooth below.
Twin skeletons and eye on a back piece