Dotwork tattoo ideas

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Black ink ornamental crescent moon tattoo with dotwork lace patterns and dangling drops on the upper arm.
Ornamental crescent moon on upper arm
Black and grey photograph of a small fine line stag head tattoo with branched antlers, placed centrally on the upper back between the shoulder blades.
Small stag head on upper back
Black and grey dotwork tattoo on a forearm showing an eye inside a triangle above an ornate mandala with swirling floral details.
All-seeing eye mandala on forearm
Black dotwork mandala tattoo with a radiating petal pattern on the forearm, beside a grey knitted sweater sleeve.
Mandala tattoo on a forearm
Black and grey stag head tattoo with large antlers on the back of a hand, with a small letter I tattooed on a finger.
Stag head tattoo on the back of a hand
Black dotwork and linework tattoo on a forearm showing a sailing ship and a wave rising out of a pint glass, with a small cloud above.
Ship and wave in a pint glass on a forearm
Black and grey sketch-style tattoo of a horned animal skull with leaves and flowers on the upper arm, shown in a black and white photograph.
Horned animal skull and leaves on upper arm
Small black dotwork tattoo of a row of dots resembling braille across the inner wrist, with woven bracelets nearby.
Row of dots on inner wrist
Black and grey compass rose with a lotus flower and scrollwork on the inner forearm, with dotwork shading.
Compass and lotus on a forearm
Black geometric arrow with a dotted compass wheel tattooed on the inner wrist and forearm.
Geometric arrow and compass on the inner wrist
Black and grey dotwork flash designs on paper showing a teepee with a crescent moon, a UFO beaming up a small figure, and a rocket beside a crescent moon.
Dotwork flash of teepee, UFO and rocket
Black and grey dotwork geometric fan tattoo of stacked petal shapes and small stars on the side of a ribcage.
Geometric dotwork fan on the ribs
Black linework flash design of a floating astronaut in a spacesuit, with a dotted planet and stars, set inside a circle of overlapping triangles.
Astronaut floating within a geometric circle
Two versions of a black ink botanical tattoo design showing a lotus flower with dotted chain drapes on a parchment-coloured background.
Lotus and dotted chain tattoo design
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a sea turtle with a mandala shell on the inner upper arm.
Mandala sea turtle on an upper arm
Black dotwork mandala tattoo of concentric rings of dots radiating from a central point, across the outer shoulder and upper arm.
Dotwork mandala on the shoulder
Black ink geometric mandala lotus tattoo with dotwork accents on the side of a person's ribs.
Mandala lotus tattoo on the ribs
Black and grey fine line dotwork tattoo of a constellation-like design with arrows, circles and starbursts across the upper back.
Fine line constellation across the upper back
Pale raised circles and dots in a dotwork pattern across a forearm, with a dotted line along the lower edge.
White dot and circle pattern on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of two honey bees with detailed wings on a shoulder and upper back.
Two bees on a shoulder
Black and grey fine line and dotwork crescent moon tattoo with geometric detail, placed centrally on the back of the neck.
Crescent moon with geometric detail on the neck
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a mermaid curled inside an open sardine tin, with bold outlines and stippled shading, on a limb.
Mermaid in a sardine tin
Neo-traditional hourglass tattoo on the outer thigh, showing a sunset above and a moon and stars over dotwork sand, inside a black diamond frame.
Hourglass with sunset and night sky on thigh
Small black dotwork and fine line four leaf clover tattoo on the upper arm, near the elbow.
Four leaf clover on an upper arm
Two blue ink dotwork mandala designs drawn on pale paper, one lower left and one upper right, with stippled petal shapes.
Two blue dotwork mandala designs on paper
Black ink drawing of a symmetrical lotus flower design with stippled dotwork shading and ornamental detail on textured paper, shown as a tattoo design rather than on skin.
Lotus flower dotwork design
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a lotus flower with a spiral unalome line above and an infinity loop below, placed on a forearm.
Lotus and unalome on a forearm
Fine line black and grey mandala flower tattoo with a small feather beside it on the inner upper arm.
Mandala and feather on the upper arm
Black ink drawing of a tattoo design showing an anchor wrapped in rope and a serpent, with two sharks, bubbles and a sunburst behind, in dotwork and blackwork shading.
Anchor with rope, sharks and serpent design
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a compass rose, world map outline and passport stamps across a woman's upper back and shoulder.
Compass and world map on shoulder
Black and grey sketch-style tattoo of a horse head inside a circle with construction lines, on the forearm.
Sketched horse head in a circle
Black and grey dagger piercing a shaded skull in front of a shield-shaped banner, tattooed on the calf.
Dagger and skull on a calf
Black ink drawing of a geometric feather design with hatched and stippled panels, shown on plain cream paper with no body placement.
Geometric feather design in black ink
Black line drawing of an elephant head wearing a feathered headdress, with a medallion, flowers and dotted chains, shown as a tattoo design on a cream background.
Elephant head with feathers and dotted chains
Black and red stormtrooper helmet tattoo with speckled dotwork edges on the upper arm, worn over a dark blue sleeve.
Stormtrooper helmet on upper arm
Black and grey dotwork whale tattoos with fine dotted geometric lines across a full arm sleeve on the upper arm and forearm.
Whales and geometric lines on an arm sleeve
Black tribal-style band tattoo wrapping the inner forearm, with a shaded flower and swirling motifs, in black ink on skin.
Tribal band with flower on a forearm
Black dotwork mandala tattoo with an om symbol on a person's upper back, with a hand resting beside it bearing the words This too shall pass.
Mandala back tattoo with om symbol
Black and grey silhouette tattoo of an adult lifting a child against a circle, placed centrally on a person's upper back.
Silhouetted figure lifting a child on a back
Four photographs of a black and grey dotwork and geometric leg sleeve on the lower leg, showing a skull with an eye, a stacked spine motif and a mandala on the calf.
Skull, eye and mandala leg sleeve
Forearm tattoo of running wolves that move from coloured geometric facets on the left to black dotwork on the right.
Running wolves along a forearm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a humpback whale with overlapping geometric lines and a solid circle on the upper arm.
Humpback whale with geometric lines
Black and grey flash sheet of tattoo designs including a pipe, key, skull cameo, feather, tobacco tin, compass, pocket knife, matchbox and honeycomb, set on a dotted background.
Flash sheet of pipe, key, skull and feather
Black and grey fine line tattoo of two roses with leaves and a rose bud inside a geometric diamond outline, on the outer thigh.
Two roses in a diamond frame on thigh
Black dotwork stipple drawing of a hand with the index and middle fingers crossed, shown on a pale grey textured background.
Crossed fingers hand in dotwork
Two matching black mandala flower tattoos, one on a woman's shoulder blade and one on her upper arm, in a dotwork style.
Mandala flower tattoos on shoulder and upper arm
Small black fine line cicada tattoo with dotwork shading on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Cicada tattoo on upper back
Colour traditional tattoo of a feather in red, orange, yellow and black with stippled shading, running along the forearm.
Traditional feather tattoo on forearm