Dotwork tattoo ideas

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Pencil sketch of an ornamental lotus-style tattoo design with beaded details and chain swags running across the page, drawn on paper beside a mechanical pencil.
Ornamental lotus pendant design with chain swags
Pencil drawing of a cloud with dotted raindrops and dripping droplets on white paper, a tattoo design with no body placement shown.
Cloud with falling raindrops design
Black ink drawing of a cougar face inside a circle with a hexagon and dashed construction lines, shown as a tattoo flash design.
Cougar head in a circle and hexagon
Hand with four small dotwork moon phase tattoos in black and grey, one on each finger, set against a backdrop of bones and a glass candle jar.
Moon phases tattooed across four fingers
Black and grey dotwork drawing of a humpback whale set against an outlined geometric crystal shape, shown as a tattoo design on a white background.
Humpback whale within a geometric crystal
Black dotwork tattoo on a forearm showing a seedling with roots, then a stippled soil block, a patterned pot and a saucer stacked in a vertical sequence.
Seedling and potting stages on a forearm
Black and grey ornate owl design with spread wings, holding a crystal ball, drawn in fine lines and dotwork with no body placement shown.
Ornate owl with spread wings holding an orb
Two matching black fine line compass and arrow tattoos with dotted rings sit on the back of two hands held together.
Matching compass and arrow tattoos on two hands
A symmetrical mandala design with a flower-like centre and dotted petals, shaded from blue to teal, shown as a drawing on a white background.
Blue gradient mandala design
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a bow and arrow with feathered fletching and dotted guide lines, placed on the upper arm.
Bow and arrow on upper arm
Black and grey feather tattoo with a dotted ornamental anklet design, shown on a bare ankle and foot against a white background.
Feather and dotted anklet tattoo
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of an exploded mechanical watch movement, with plates, wheels and screws linked by dotted lines, on the calf.
Exploded watch movement on a calf
Black and grey ornate feather tattoo with dotwork and triangle patterns across the top of a foot, with dark painted toenails.
Ornate feather tattoo across a foot
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a ram skull above an animal face with a faded purple circle behind, on the outer thigh.
Ram skull and animal face on thigh
Black ink drawing of an ornate lotus mandala with dotted chain lines below, shown as a tattoo design on plain paper.
Lotus mandala with dotted chain design
Black linework drawing of a dreamcatcher with a crescent moon, a mandala flower and three feathers, shaded with dotwork, shown as a tattoo design on paper.
Dreamcatcher with crescent moon design
Black and grey dotwork winged mandala tattoo with dangling teardrop chains across the chest, with hands holding fabric aside.
Winged mandala tattoo across the chest
Black ink flash drawing of an ornate mandala-style crown with dotted and blackwork detailing, beside two smaller drop-shaped ornaments, on a white background.
Ornate mandala crown design with matching drops
Black dotwork spiral tattoo on the upper back near the shoulder, shown from behind with the neck and hair visible.
Dotwork spiral on the shoulder
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of an arched cat silhouette filled with stars and moon phases, placed on the inner upper arm.
Night sky cat silhouette on upper arm
Black dotwork tattoo of a campfire with pine trees, a crescent moon and stars on the upper arm.
Campfire, pine trees and crescent moon on an arm
Black ink mandala tattoo in a lace-like geometric style wrapping around the upper thigh, with hanging drop lines and diamonds below.
Lace-style mandala thigh band tattoo
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a mandala, a rose and leaves covering an upper arm and elbow.
Mandala and rose on an upper arm
Black dotwork tattoo of a spotted fawn with its head bowed, sitting on the side of a person's ribs.
Dotwork fawn on the side of the ribs
Black and grey dotwork flash design of a woman with flowing hair, a starfish, bubbles and a skull on her cheek, drawn in ink on textured paper.
Woman with starfish and skull, dotwork design
Two matching yin yang tattoos on forearms, one a dotwork outline with a mandala and the other a blackwork mandala and paisley fill, in black ink.
Matching yin yang mandala forearm tattoos
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a headstone-shaped plaque reading BE KIND, framed by two daffodil-style flowers and leaves, on a forearm.
Be kind headstone with daffodils on an arm
Black and grey mandala tattoo with an infinity symbol at its centre, placed on the top of a shoulder.
Mandala with infinity symbol on shoulder
Fine line tattoo of a small cluster of stars with a faint dotted haze on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Small star cluster on inner forearm
Pink line drawing of a sugar skull woman with curled hair in an oval floral frame, with a peony at the base, shown as a tattoo design.
Sugar skull portrait with peony
Black and grey butterfly tattoo with a geometric triangle and dotwork accents on a forearm.
Butterfly and triangle on a forearm
Watercolour-style lotus flower tattoo on the thigh, outlined in black with dotwork detail and blue, pink and yellow ink.
Watercolour lotus on a thigh
Black and grey ink drawing of a mandala-patterned butterfly with a dotwork arrow below, shown as a tattoo design on white paper.
Mandala butterfly and arrow design
Photo of a small geometric tattoo of two crossing lines made of dots and dashes in pink, grey and dark ink, on the upper back below the shoulder blade.
Crossed dotted lines on upper back
Black and grey dotwork lotus mandala tattoo with dangling dot chains and drops, sitting on the centre of the chest below a pink sweatshirt.
Lotus mandala tattoo on the chest
Black ink flash design of a white silhouetted creature framed by swirling waves, scale patterns and fine dotwork.
Silhouette within swirling waves
Black and grey dotwork hamsa hand with a lotus and an eye at its centre, tattooed on the outer thigh.
Hamsa hand and lotus with eye on thigh
Black ink ornamental feather design on a white background, built from bold solid stripes, rows of dots and curling filigree, shown as a flash design with no body placement.
Ornamental feather design in black
Black and grey tribal swirl and leaf tattoo with dotted shading on the back of a hand, extending up towards the wrist.
Tribal swirl and leaf tattoo on the back of a hand
Black dotwork tattoo of a woman's head with hair covering her eyes and a songbird perched on top, sitting on the forearm.
Woman with bird over eyes on forearm
Black line drawing of a mandala-style triangular design with a dotted border and a trailing ornamental spray, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement.
Mandala triangle tattoo design
Black and grey sketch-style tattoo of a skull with branches and a rose on the forearm.
Skull and rose on a forearm
Black and grey traditional rose tattoo with dotwork shading and leaves across the back of the neck.
Rose on the back of the neck
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of two hands with solid black shadow shapes behind them, on the side of the torso.
Dotwork hands with black shadow on side
Black and grey mandala flash design with a central flower, layered petals, leaves and pointed geometric outer border, drawn on paper.
Mandala flower design in black and grey
Black and grey dotwork mandala tattoo covering a forearm, with layered petals, a geometric star at the wrist and soft shading.
Mandala forearm tattoo in black and grey
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of two peonies and a small bird inside a geometric diamond outline on the outer thigh.
Peonies and a bird on a thigh
Black and grey mandala tattoo on the top of a woman's shoulder, with layered petals and geometric detail, photographed outdoors.
Mandala tattoo on a shoulder