Dotwork tattoo ideas

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Black and grey fine line sun and crescent moon tattoos with dangling drops on the upper back, shown in a three-panel collage with two people seen from behind.
Sun and crescent moon tattoos on upper backs
Black and grey geometric tattoo of an elephant with folded, origami-style facets and stippled dotwork shading on a limb.
Geometric origami elephant tattoo
Black and grey botanical tattoo of a flower bouquet with dotwork shading on the inner forearm.
Botanical bouquet on a forearm
Palm of a hand with a large black and grey mandala tattoo, a small purple centre, radiating lines and dotwork across the hand.
Mandala tattoo across a palm
Colour tattoo of a bear head in front of a pink and teal sunset, with a blossoming branch and leaves, on the upper arm.
Bear head, sunset and branch on upper arm
Black ink mandala inside a crescent moon and geometric star outline on the upper back shoulder, in a fine line and dotwork style.
Mandala and crescent moon on a shoulder
Black fine line tattoo of a vertical arrow with a diamond, dots and a small chevron, running down the lower leg above the ankle.
Vertical arrow and diamond line tattoo on a leg
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of an astronaut in a spacesuit on the forearm, shown from two angles.
Astronaut in a spacesuit on a forearm
Black and grey skull wearing a feathered headdress, tattooed on the upper arm in a stippled dotwork style.
Skull in feathered headdress on upper arm
Black and grey dotwork mandala tattoo with floral and paisley motifs wrapping around a forearm.
Ornamental mandala sleeve on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo on a calf showing a column of planets with Saturn, dotted orbit arcs, and a surreal face with roots below.
Planets and orbits with a surreal face on a calf
Black and grey realism elephant tattoo with a dotwork mandala and sunflowers on an upper arm.
Elephant with mandala and sunflowers on upper arm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a pine tree beside a crescent moon inside a circle, on the thigh above the knee.
Pine tree and moon in a dotwork circle
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a seated cat silhouette filled with pine trees, placed on the inner forearm.
Cat silhouette filled with pine trees on forearm
Black ink drawing of a howling wolf beneath a curling ribbon banner with hymn lyrics, in a dotwork and lettering style, shown as a flash design rather than on skin.
Howling wolf with hymn banner design
Black and grey dotwork seahorse tattoo with a mandala flower on the side of a person's ribs.
Seahorse with mandala flower on ribs
Black and grey blackwork and dotwork tattoo of a city skyline, mountains, conifer trees and a geodesic dome across the shoulder and upper back.
Cityscape with mountains and geodesic dome on a shoulder
Dotwork mandala design drawn in ink on white paper, with a lotus-like centre, geometric patterning and a scalloped border.
Dotwork mandala design sketch
Black ink drawing of two magnolia flowers on a branch with leaves, shaded with geometric hatching and dotwork, on a plain beige background.
Two magnolia blooms on a branch
Black fine line flash drawing of an elephant head with a feather plume, flowers and dotted chains, shown without a body placement.
Elephant head with feathers and flowers
Black and grey fine line chandelier tattoo with dotted drops on the centre of the chest, framed by two hands holding open a flannel shirt.
Chandelier tattoo on the chest
Purple ink sketch of a fox head inside a sun-like mandala with sacred geometry and swirling lines, shown as a tattoo design drawing.
Fox head in a sun mandala design
Small black and grey dotwork tattoo of overlapping crescent moons on the side of a ribcage.
Overlapping crescent moons on the ribs
Black and grey unicorn head tattoo with stippled shading and triangular lines on a person's upper back, near the shoulder blade.
Unicorn head with geometric lines on upper back
Black dotwork mandala tattoo with lotus motifs running down the middle of a woman's back, seen from behind.
Ornamental mandala tattoo down the spine
Black and white photo of a fine dotted star constellation tattoo across the upper back, between the shoulder blades.
Dotted star constellation on upper back
Colour tattoo of a symmetrical folk-style floral mandala with grey shaded petals, red hearts and green leaves on the shoulder and upper back.
Folk floral mandala on a shoulder
Fine-line black geometric tattoo of a shaded hexagon with a long vertical line and small cross mark, on the inside of a forearm.
Geometric hexagon and line on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a Yoda-like character with large ears and a wrinkled face, on the upper arm.
Yoda portrait tattoo on upper arm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a beetroot with leaves and trailing roots on the inner forearm, against a dark leather background.
Stippled beetroot on a forearm
Black dotwork tattoo of an ammonite-style spiral shell on the outer thigh, with shaded segments fading across the chambers.
Ammonite spiral on a thigh
Fine line and dotwork foxglove sprig tattoo in black ink running diagonally across the inner forearm.
Foxglove sprig on the forearm
Two photos of a red mandala tattoo with black outlines and dotwork shading covering the elbow and upper forearm.
Red mandala tattoo on the elbow
Black and grey dotwork mandala tattoo on the outer thigh of a seated person with legs crossed.
Mandala tattoo on a thigh
Fine line black ink tattoo of a constellation of dots and small star shapes on the inside of an ankle, against pale skin.
Fine line constellation on an ankle
Blue-grey pine tree silhouettes fading into dotwork shading on a man's forearm, with a gold watch on the wrist.
Pine trees on a forearm
Small black dotwork tattoo of a few dots on the side of a finger, on a hand with black painted nails, palm facing the camera.
Tiny dot tattoo on a finger
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a Gothic cathedral facade with a rose window and spire on the forearm.
Gothic cathedral facade on a forearm
Black line drawing of a roaring lion head in a geometric dotwork style, shown as a tattoo design on torn tracing paper against a wooden surface.
Roaring lion head line design on tracing paper
Black ink drawing of a tattoo design showing an owl with a skull above it, a moth, a crescent moon, antlers and crossed bones, rendered in dotwork and linework.
Owl, skull and moth tattoo design drawing
Black dotwork tattoo design of a symmetrical fan of overlapping shaped segments, drawn on a white background with no body placement shown.
Symmetrical dotwork fan design
Black geometric wolf head tattoo with dotwork and blackwork shading on the upper arm, with small touches of pale teal.
Geometric wolf head on the upper arm
Black and white photograph of a dotwork drawing on paper showing a cat's head in profile beside a stippled crescent moon, with no body placement visible.
Cat head with crescent moon design
Two small black butterflies with stippled wing detail, one larger and one smaller, tattooed on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Two butterflies on a forearm
Black and grey botanical tattoos on two calves, a rabbit with strawberries on the left leg and a fox with mushrooms and blackberries on the right.
Rabbit and fox calf tattoos with botanicals
Black and grey botanical tattoo of a tied bunch of carrots with leafy tops on the lower leg, drawn in engraved-style linework with dotted shading.
Bunch of carrots on a calf
Black and grey lion head tattoo with a detailed mane in fine line and dotwork style on the upper arm.
Lion head with flowing mane on upper arm
Black and grey dotwork drawing of a stag beetle with a skull and two female faces at its centre, set within a circle and triangles.
Stag beetle with skull and faces