Dotwork tattoo ideas

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Forearm with a full cross-stitch style geometric tattoo in grey, red, pink and yellow diamonds and crosses, against a black background.
Cross-stitch style geometric sleeve on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork flash drawing of a skeleton resting its head on one hand while holding a steaming mug in the other.
Skeleton resting head on hand with steaming mug
Black ink drawing of a split sun and moon design with an eye, two roses, arrows and radiating dotwork rays, drawn on paper.
Sun and moon with eye, roses and arrows
Black and grey tattoo of an anatomical heart on a forearm, with stormy waves, clouds and a small house drawn inside the heart.
Anatomical heart with waves and a house
Black fine line and dotwork tattoo of mountains, pine trees and a crescent moon inside a diamond shape on the centre of the chest.
Mountain landscape in a diamond on the chest
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a serene Buddha-like face with a topknot, set in a symmetrical design on the forearm.
Dotwork Buddha face on a forearm
Pencil drawing of a geometric mountain peak drawn in thin lines, with stippled black shading dripping from its base, shown as a tattoo design on paper.
Geometric mountain peak with dripping base
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of two hands framing a sun, crescent moon and planets, placed on a calf.
Two hands, sun and planets on a calf
Fine line dotwork tattoo of a small geometric arrow shape on the inner wrist of a hand raised against a plain white wall.
Dotted geometric arrow on a wrist
Black dotwork drawing of a walking bear filled with pine trees and birds, shown on white paper as a tattoo design with no body part visible.
Bear silhouette filled with pine forest
Black ink drawing of a sun and crescent moon with carved-style faces, dotwork mandala detail and wavy rays, shown as a tattoo design on paper.
Sun and crescent moon with faces
A grid of fifteen black ornamental heart designs on a white background, filled with dots, swirls, paisley shapes and flowers, shown as a flash sheet with no body placement.
Grid of fifteen ornamental heart designs
Full arm sleeve tattoo in dotwork and geometric patterns, with black and grey shading on the shoulder and upper arm fading to red and orange dots on the forearm.
Geometric dotwork sleeve with a pale sun
Black and white photo of a dotwork grid tattoo of small evenly spaced dots on the back of a hand, resting on dark leather.
Dot grid tattoo on the back of a hand
Black ink drawing of a lighthouse within stippled clouds, with a compass rose below it on waves, shown as a tattoo design on paper.
Lighthouse and compass rose design
Two wrists pressed together, each with a matching black infinity symbol tattoo ringed by dots, shown in fine line style on the wrist.
Matching infinity tattoos on two wrists
Close-up of a hand with fine black line tattoos on the fingers, including thin bands, dotted lines and small arrow motifs, in a Fine line and Dotwork style.
Fine line finger tattoos with dots and arrows
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of an octopus with curling tentacles across the outer thigh.
Octopus tattoo on the thigh
Back view of a woman showing a large black and grey St George and dragon tattoo across her back, with a colour floral sleeve on her upper arm.
St George and dragon across a back
Black fine line vine and leaf tattoo across the back, shoulder and upper arm of a woman photographed from behind with her hair up.
Vine and leaf tattoo across a back
Black ink tattoo of planets on dotted orbital rings with thin crossing lines across the upper arm, in a fine line and dotwork style.
Planets and orbits on the upper arm
Black and grey fox head tattoo on the inner forearm, its left side merging into leaves, berries and sprigs in fine line and dotwork shading.
Fox head with botanical foliage on a forearm
Black and grey tattoo design drawing of an eye inside an ornate triangle, with a fan shell and dotted chains below, in a dotwork and geometric style.
Eye in triangle with shell and dotted chains
Black and grey paisley and floral tattoo with dotted detailing covering the upper arm.
Paisley and floral pattern on upper arm
Colour tattoo of a sunset landscape with a crescent moon, palm tree and pine trees inside a black hexagon, placed in the centre of the upper back.
Hexagon landscape with sunset on upper back
Black and grey dotwork drawing of an elephant head inside a hamsa hand frame, with an om symbol, flowers and leaves.
Elephant within a hamsa hand design
Pencil drawing of a tattoo design with a skull framed by roses, leaves, lace motifs and dotted chains, shown on paper with no body placement.
Skull, roses and lace design on paper
Small dotted-outline ghost tattoo with grey shading and pink cheeks, set among traditional colour tattoos on a lower leg.
Dotted ghost on a calf
Two views of a colourful neo-traditional fox tattoo on a forearm, framed by wheat stalks, orange flowers and a jewelled necklace.
Fox with wheat and flowers on a forearm
Blue linework drawing of an ornate stag head with antlers, surrounded by geometric dotwork patterns on a pale background.
Ornate stag head design
Coloured illustration of an ornate sun with a human face, its rays filled with dotwork and paisley-like patterns, shown as a design drawing rather than a tattoo on skin.
Ornate sun face with dotwork rays
Black and grey pencil drawing of a heart-shaped keyhole lock framed by roses and lace ornament, a flash design for a tattoo.
Lock, roses and lace ornament design
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a mason jar filled with planets and stars, with a label reading FAR AWAY, on the forearm.
Mason jar galaxy with FAR AWAY label
Black fine-line dotwork constellation tattoo of stars and connected dots on a woman's upper back, below the shoulder blade.
Constellation tattoo on upper back
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a deer head inside an outlined triangle with roses and flowers, on the side of the ribs.
Deer head and flowers in a triangle on ribs
Black and grey dotwork bee tattoo on one wrist beside the words just be in a simple serif font on the other wrist.
Matching bee and just be wrist tattoos
Fine line and dotwork tattoo of a woman with curly hair hugging a dark circular galaxy with coloured planets and a ringed Saturn, placed on the upper back.
Woman embracing a galaxy on the upper back
Black and grey crescent moon tattoo with floral, leaf and dotwork detail on the outer ankle, with parts of other tattoos visible at the edges.
Crescent moon with floral ornament on an ankle
Black and grey ornamental mandala tattoo with a dotwork rosette and scrollwork on an upper arm, photographed beside an ornate iron gate.
Ornamental mandala on upper arm
Black dotwork and linework tattoo of a tent, pine trees, a campfire and stars on a person's upper back.
Camping scene on upper back
Black and grey dotwork skull tattoo on a shoulder, with a scalloped crown filled with raindrop dots and wave lines.
Skull with raindrops on the shoulder
Black and grey jellyfish tattoo in fine line and dotwork shading running down the outer thigh.
Jellyfish tattoo on a thigh
Black and grey fine line giraffe tattoo with dotwork spots and soft shading on a limb, facing left with its legs visible.
Giraffe tattoo on a limb
Black ink drawing of a feather design, with geometric linework on the upper half and dotwork shading that darkens to solid black at the base.
Geometric feather design
Black and grey tattoo of a tree silhouette whose canopy breaks into scattered dots, on the side of a torso in a black and white photo.
Tree dissolving into dots on the side
Black and grey portrait tattoo of two people kissing on a forearm, with shaded slicked hair and geometric shapes below.
Kissing faces portrait on a forearm
Pink and grey rose tattoo on an upper arm and shoulder, with a dotwork flower behind the roses and a banner reading Fearless below.
Two roses and a dotwork flower on upper arm
Black and grey dotwork big cat head tattooed on the back of a hand, set against a solid black geometric triangle with script lettering beside it.
Roaring big cat on the back of a hand