Dotwork tattoo ideas

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Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a raven in flight on a person's upper back, with its wing and body formed from a bare tree.
Raven and bare tree on upper back
Black ink mandala tattoo with lotus flowers and leaves, shaded with dotwork, across the inner forearm.
Mandala and lotus design on a forearm
Black and grey sun tattoo with a face, ornamental rays and hanging chains, sitting on the thigh.
Sun with face and hanging chains on thigh
Black and grey lotus flower tattoo with dotwork shading and outlined petals, placed on the forearm.
Lotus flower on a forearm
Dotwork design of stippled mountains and a rising sun inside a geometric triangle, drawn in black ink on cream paper with no body placement shown.
Stippled mountains inside a triangle
Black and grey dotwork tattoo on a thigh showing pine trees and a full moon inside an ornate frame, with a moth below.
Moon, pine forest and moth in an ornate frame on thigh
Two forearms with matching black geometric bands of zigzags and triangles, shaded with dotwork, in a sepia photo of two people holding hands.
Matching geometric forearm bands on two people
Black and grey traditional bouquet tattoo with a rose, poppy-style flowers and leaves, tied with a band at the stem, on a calf.
Flower bouquet on a calf
Black linework tattoo covering a forearm in lattice, dot and bands patterns, with geometric and dotwork styling, photographed in black and grey.
Geometric lattice sleeve on a forearm
Colour tattoo of a dotwork mandala flower with orange petals, teal edges and mauve shading on a forearm, with a small geometric arrow design below it.
Mandala flower tattoo on a forearm
Colourful ornamental feather tattoo with black linework and dotwork shading on the side of a person's ribs, with a hand resting on the chest.
Ornate feather on the ribs
Black dotwork lotus flower tattoo with dangling beaded chains behind a person's ear.
Dotwork lotus tattoo behind the ear
Open book tattoo with black linework, dotwork shading and pink, blue and orange watercolour splashes on the upper back.
Open book with watercolour splashes
Black and grey tattoo of the sun and a row of planets, including Saturn with its rings, with scattered stars running along a forearm.
Solar system tattoo on a forearm
Black dotwork drawing of a mountain, pine trees and a small cabin inside a diamond shape with geometric ornament below, shown as a tattoo design on white paper.
Mountain cabin landscape in a geometric diamond
Black and grey sketch-style tattoo of an upright hare pierced by arrows on the upper arm, with dotwork shading in the fur.
Hare with arrows on upper arm
Colour tattoo of a lily, daisy, blue rose and peacock feather with dotted vines across a person's upper back and shoulder.
Lily, daisy and peacock feather on a shoulder
Black and grey tattoo on the side ribs of a torso, showing a profile made of connected dots and lines filled with a mosque skyline, clouds and birds.
Profile of minarets and clouds on the ribs
Black and grey dotwork and fine line tattoo of a mountain, dotted sun and cable car cabins inside a triangle, on the upper back.
Mountain and cable car in a triangle on upper back
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a crescent moon on the forearm, with stippled shading around its outer edge and an unshaded white centre.
Crescent moon in dotwork on a forearm
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a jellyfish with dotwork shading on the bell, on the lower leg.
Jellyfish tattoo on a lower leg
Black ink mandala-style tattoo across the top of a foot, with a lotus motif rising towards the ankle and dotwork shading.
Lotus and mandala tattoo across the top of a foot
Black ink mandala-style lotus flower tattoo with dot accents on a woman's upper back, seen from behind in a wooded setting.
Mandala lotus on upper back
Black and grey traditional cat skull tattoo with dotwork shading and bold outlines, on a limb with other tattoos partly visible at the edges.
Cat skull tattoo in black and grey
Black and grey crescent moon tattoo with mandala-style patterns and hanging droplets on the back of the neck.
Crescent moon with mandala pattern on the neck
Close-up of a hand with a small black swoosh tattoo on one finger and tiny dot clusters on the other fingers, in a minimal dotwork style.
Small swoosh and dot tattoos on fingers
Black and grey dotwork paisley and mandala sleeve covering the upper arm and elbow, with a flower motif and swirling leaves.
Paisley and mandala arm sleeve in grey
Black and grey flash design of a dotwork mandala above feathers, butterflies, arrows and stars, shown on a plain white background with no body placement.
Mandala and feather dreamcatcher design
Black tattoo of snow-capped mountains under a crescent moon and stars, with horizontal water lines beneath, shaded with dotwork on the forearm.
Mountains, crescent moon and stars on a forearm
Black ink drawing of an ornate tiger head with dotwork shading, stars and a central flower, shown as a tattoo design on paper rather than on skin.
Ornate tiger head design in dotwork
Black and grey dotwork fish tattoo spanning the upper chest and shoulder, with fine geometric lines and wave-like fronds beside it.
Dotwork fish tattoo on chest and shoulder
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a stag, pine trees, a river and mountains inside a diamond frame on a lower leg, shown from three angles.
Stag and mountain landscape in a diamond frame
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a hand making a split-finger gesture, framed by flowers and leaves, on the inner forearm.
Split-finger hand with flowers on a forearm
Black ink lotus flower mandala tattoo with dotwork petals and curling swirls on a person's upper chest.
Lotus mandala on the chest
Black ink tattoo on a forearm of a gramophone horn releasing dotted filigree swirls, with a small record player at the end, in dotwork style.
Gramophone and swirls on a forearm
Black circle tattoo on a calf with white geometric mountain linework and white dots for stars, in a blackwork and dotwork style.
Geometric mountains in a black circle on a calf
Black and grey geometric tattoo of overlapping circles with dotted lines on a forearm, photographed beside a dark t-shirt.
Overlapping circles on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo on a back showing a girl seated in a basket of red apples beneath tall trees and birds in flight.
Girl with apples in a wooded scene on the back
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a horned, goat-headed robed figure beside a flame and candle, with sun and moon motifs, on the thigh.
Goat-headed robed figure with flame on thigh
Black fine line tattoo of a heron in flight with dotwork shading, placed on the inner forearm.
Flying heron on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a rabbit sitting on a crescent moon, placed on the inner wrist and forearm.
Rabbit on a crescent moon on a wrist
Black ink drawing of a symmetrical four-armed ornament with stippled dotwork at its centre, drawn as a tattoo design on paper beside two pens and a pencil.
Four-armed ornament tattoo design sketch
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of an eye inside a radiating sunburst on the forearm, with a hand curled at the top of the frame.
Eye within a dotwork sunburst on a forearm
Black and grey tattoo of a curled-up sleeping squirrel framed by flowers and leaves, done in dotwork and linework on a lower leg.
Sleeping squirrel with flowers on a calf
Black and grey dotwork rose with a bud and layered leaves running up a forearm, shaded with stippled dots and fine lines.
Rose and leaves on a forearm
Colour traditional dagger tattoo with a teal, red and orange flower and dotwork shading on a limb, shown in three side-by-side panels.
Traditional dagger and flower
Black line drawing of a lotus flower tattoo design with dotwork shading and mandala-style detail, drawn on paper with no body part shown.
Lotus flower design with dotwork
Black and grey dotwork raven head in profile on a calf, with inky strands trailing down below the neck.
Raven head tattoo on a calf