Dotwork tattoo ideas

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Colour tattoo of purple, magenta and pale blue roses with green leaves, small butterflies and fine dotted drapes across a shoulder and upper arm.
Coloured roses and dotted drapes on a shoulder
Black ink flash design of a snarling wolf head flanked by two skulls, leaves and radiating daggers, drawn in Neo-trad and Dotwork style.
Wolf head with skulls and daggers
Black ink ornamental elephant tattoo with mandala patterns and a curled trunk on the inside of a forearm, photographed against gravel.
Ornate elephant mandala on a forearm
Black mandala tattoo with radiating petals and dotted edges on a woman's shoulder and upper chest, with a long braid hanging to one side.
Mandala tattoo on a shoulder
Black ink flash drawing of a botanical sprig with large open flowers, buds and leaves, in a dotwork and fine line style, on a pale background.
Botanical flower sprig drawing in black ink
Black dotwork and blackwork tattoo of a tipi with a crescent moon and mountains on a forearm, set against a wooden fence.
Tipi, crescent moon and mountains on a forearm
Black and grey botanical tattoo of a thistle, bluebells and trumpet-shaped flowers on the inner upper arm, shaded with dotwork.
Wildflower sprig on an upper arm
Two black line drawings of peony flowers on tracing paper, a fine line flash design with dotted shading, taped to a cream sheet.
Two peony line drawings on tracing paper
Black and grey botanical tattoo of a radial flower with berry sprigs wrapping around an upper arm, shaded with dotwork.
Radial flower and berry tattoo on upper arm
Black and grey botanical tattoo of two crocus-style flowers on a stem, with dotwork shading, on the outer upper arm.
Crocus flowers on the upper arm
Black and grey dotwork armband tattoo on a forearm, with stippled shading fading into a dark treeline-like edge and a small dot above it.
Dotwork band with treeline on forearm
Black and grey dotwork mandala tattoo on a wrist, with diamond and dot linework running down the back of the hand and fingers.
Mandala wrist and hand tattoo
Black and grey dotwork drawing of a skull in an ornate oval frame, with a rosary, cross and roses scattered across the page.
Skull in ornate frame with rosary
Two black ink mandala tattoos in a side by side photo: a sun with chain drapes on the chest, and a crescent moon with chain drapes on the upper back.
Sun and crescent moon mandala tattoos
Black and grey tattoo of an eye inside a dotwork geometric star mandala on the forearm.
Eye in a geometric mandala on a forearm
Black dotwork and fine line tattoo of a circular mandala with a red polygon overlay on the upper arm of a bare-chested man.
Geometric circle and dotted lines on upper arm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a lion face with a mandala-style petal backdrop and fringed drapery below, shown on skin.
Lion face within a mandala design
Back view of a person's legs covered in black and grey blackwork and dotwork tattoos, with mandala motifs on the thigh and knee and a Greek key pattern on the hip.
Blackwork and dotwork leg sleeve with mandalas
Three small flash designs on white cards in dotwork style: a dripping cheese slice in orange and yellow, and two avocado halves, one with a pink stone and one with a dark stone.
Three fruit and cheese designs on cards
Black and grey forest tattoo with pine trees, a bare tree and small birds across a raised forearm, fading to dotwork at the base.
Forest and birds across forearms
Two forearms with black hexagonal blackwork tattoos filled with lace-like floral and web patterns, one sitting on each forearm.
Hexagon lace tattoos on two forearms
Black ink flash drawing of an anchor entwined with rope, with small stars and a crescent moon, in traditional style with stippled shading, drawn on white paper.
Anchor and rope flash design
Black and grey dotwork mandala tattoo spanning the upper back and nape of the neck, with a partial mirrored design on the left shoulder.
Mandala tattoo across the upper back and neck
Black and grey antlers tattoo on the back of a neck, with dotwork shading at the base.
Antlers on the back of the neck
Black ink line drawing of a squid with a dotted stipple shading and spotted tentacles, shown as a tattoo design in Dotwork and Fine line style.
Squid with stippled tentacles
Black ink conifer tree with stippled roots running down a forearm, set against grey pavement and green ferns.
Conifer tree on a forearm
Black fine line fern frond tattoo with dotwork accents running along the forearm.
Fern frond on a forearm
Black ink lotus mandala with a small flower and a draped dotted chain across the underbust, in botanical and dotwork style, on a woman's chest.
Lotus mandala with dotted chain on the chest
Two black and grey dotwork leaf tattoos on forearms, one inside a stippled circle and the other within a swirling dotted outline.
Matching dotwork leaf tattoos on forearms
Black and grey tattoo on the inner forearm showing a half ribcage with spine, a stippled flower and a moth, in a dotwork style.
Ribcage, flower and moth on a forearm
Black and grey lotus mandala tattoo with a dotted line below it on the inner forearm, above a brown leather watch strap.
Lotus mandala tattoo on a forearm
Teal and blue lotus flower tattoo design with dotwork shading and hanging beaded drops, shown as a drawing on a white background.
Lotus flower design with beaded drops
Black and grey dotwork rose cluster with leaves and a rosebud tattooed on the forearm, shown in two photos, one wider and one close up.
Rose cluster on a forearm in black and grey
Forearm tattoo of dark pine trees fading into dots at the wrist, with a small orange crescent moon and a pink sky wash, shown from two angles.
Pine forest and crescent moon on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a sunflower with leaves inside a diamond shape on a lower leg, placed on the calf.
Sunflower in a dotwork diamond on a calf
Dotwork tattoo of intertwined snakes shading from blue at the top to pink and red at the bottom, across the thigh.
Intertwined snakes in blue and pink dotwork
Black and grey dotwork mountain landscape with pine trees and rolling hills, enclosed in a fine line rectangle on the upper arm.
Mountain landscape in a frame on upper arm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of an open portable record player with a vinyl record and tonearm on the forearm.
Portable turntable with vinyl on a forearm
Close crop of a woman with long wavy hair in a black leather jacket, touching her chest, with a black geometric mandala tattoo across the back of her hand.
Geometric mandala tattoo on the hand
Black and grey stippled drawing of a crescent moon with cratered detail on a plain white background, shown as a tattoo design without a placement.
Crescent moon design
Fine line black constellation tattoo of small stars joined by dotted lines, on the top of a foot near the ankle.
Star constellation tattoo on a foot
Black and grey tattoo of a perched bird, half solid black and half dotted shading, crossed by thin triangle and square lines on a forearm.
Bird with geometric triangles on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a full skeleton with a skull and laurel wreath, on the inner forearm.
Skeleton and laurel wreath on a forearm
Black and grey barn owl tattoo with falling raindrops and stippled shading, placed on the forearm.
Barn owl under rain on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork drawing of two hairless sphynx cat heads interlocking inside a stippled circle, shown as a tattoo design.
Two hairless cats in a dotwork circle
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a winged anatomical heart above an oval frame holding two cats, on the forearm.
Anatomical heart with two cats
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of the Great Lakes map with a stippled fan texture on the side of the thigh.
Great Lakes map on the thigh
Small black and grey Saturn tattoo with stippled shading on the side of a woman's waist, above the hip, in a fine line and dotwork style.
Saturn tattoo on the side of the waist