Dotwork tattoo ideas

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Black and grey ornamental floral tattoo with dotwork shading running down a forearm.
Ornamental floral design on forearm
Black and grey dotwork mandala tattoo with geometric borders covering the back of a person's neck, below a shaved nape.
Symmetrical mandala on the back of the neck
Black ink mandala tattoo with dotwork detail on the outer forearm of a person with a gold ring, wearing a lace top and dark jeans.
Black mandala on a forearm
Black and grey botanical tattoo of a raised fist inside a floral wreath shaped like a female symbol, on a forearm.
Raised fist in a floral wreath on a forearm
Black ink ornamental elephant tattoo with dotwork and mandala-style patterns across the upper back of a woman with blonde hair.
Ornate elephant on upper back
Black and grey botanical tattoo of a large daisy-like flower with dotwork centre and shaded rose partly visible behind it, on a forearm.
Black and grey daisy with rose on an arm
Black and grey pencil drawing of an ornate lotus flower with scrollwork, dotted chains and a faceted teardrop gem, in a dotwork and botanical style.
Ornate lotus design with scrollwork and gem drop
Black and grey geometric tattoo of a seated woman within a diamond lattice frame on the outer thigh, with a grey skirt lifted above it.
Geometric woman figure on a thigh
Black and grey realism tattoo of an owl set in a yin yang circle, with a barn owl style pale half, on the upper thigh.
Owl in a yin yang circle on a thigh
Black ink drawing of a mandala-patterned elephant head above a lotus, with hanging chain and drop details, in a dotwork and geometric style.
Mandala elephant with lotus and hanging chains
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a howling wolf with geometric leaves on the inner forearm.
Howling wolf and geometric leaves on a forearm
Black and grey realistic skull with roses inside overlapping geometric triangles on a forearm, with the word Believe on the wrist, shown beside its flash design.
Skull and roses in triangles on a forearm
Black and grey fine line tattoo of planets and orbits, including Saturn with its rings, running along a forearm.
Solar system line tattoo on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of an alien head inside a circular flower of life mandala on the upper arm.
Alien head within a flower of life mandala
Black geometric tattoo of an arrow, stippled diamond and circles running down the inner forearm, in fine line and dotwork.
Geometric arrow and diamond on a forearm
Green and teal peacock tattoo with dotwork shading and fine line feather detail on a woman's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Peacock tattoo on a upper back
Black and grey mandala leg sleeve with a moth on each upper thigh, shown from the thighs down to the feet on a dark table.
Mandala leg sleeve with butterflies
Neo-traditional tattoo on an upper arm of a small bird with clockwork gears in its body, surrounded by red poppies and green leaves.
Clockwork bird with red poppies on an upper arm
Black ink drawing of a ram skull with curled horns, stippled and hatched, with an eye and radiating rays above it, on a cream background.
Ram skull with eye and rays
Black and grey tattoo of an anatomical heart on the upper arm, with a faceted geometric lower half and stippled dotwork shading across the upper vessels.
Geometric anatomical heart on upper arm
Close-up of a small black dot and dash tattoo on the skin behind a person's ear, in a fine line style.
Small dot and dash tattoo behind the ear
Colour tattoo of a snare drum with drumsticks on the forearm, overlaid on a rainbow wash and red colour blocks with stippled shading.
Snare drum with rainbow streaks on a forearm
Black fine line lavender sprig with a dotted triangle outline on the inner forearm, with a hand resting beside it.
Lavender sprig in a dotted triangle on a wrist
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a vintage film camera with poppy flowers and a bud on the forearm.
Film camera and poppies on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork mandala flowers tattooed down the upper arm and shoulder, with a person in a grey top and a tattoo studio chair behind.
Mandala flowers on upper arm
Black and grey botanical forearm tattoo with a rose, quartz crystals, sprigs of foliage and fine dotted geometric lines.
Crystals and rose on a forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo of two crossed feathers with a stippled quill tip on the upper arm.
Crossed feathers on an upper arm
Black and grey dotwork mountain landscape framed by a triangle outline on a forearm.
Mountain landscape in a triangle on a forearm
Black and grey botanical tattoo on a forearm with a long fern frond, pine cones, a dotted dahlia-like bloom, leaves and small crystals.
Fern, pine cones and crystals on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo on a forearm showing a night forest with pine trees, mountains, a tent and an animal on a floating rock base, with a close-up panel beside it.
Night forest scene on a forearm
Black and grey fine line tattoo of poppy flowers arranged in a circle with dotwork centres, on the inner forearm.
Poppy blooms in a circle on a forearm
Pink flamingo tattoo in dotwork style on a person's upper back, with a patterned wing and long thin legs.
Pink flamingo tattoo on upper back
Black ink drawing of a barn owl perched on a stippled skull within a diamond frame, a dotwork and blackwork tattoo design shown on tracing paper with no body placement.
Barn owl on a skull tattoo design
Colour hummingbird tattoo with an outline flower and black dots on a forearm, shown in three angled views.
Hummingbird and flower on a forearm
Pen and ink sketchbook drawings of an arrow, a feather, an antler and a revolver, with fine line shading and dotted detail on the arrowhead.
Sketched arrow, feather, antler and revolver designs
Black and grey tattoo of a skeletal woman with flowers in her hair and a crown, inside a circle of lettering, on a limb.
Skeletal woman in a circle with light bulbs
Black dotwork and fine line tattoo of a fox head with a vertical line and small diamond between the eyes, on the inner forearm.
Fox head on a forearm
Black and grey blackwork mandala tattoo with dotwork shading on the side of a neck, with a partial second tattoo at the left edge.
Mandala tattoo on the side of the neck
Black and grey dotwork tattoo on a forearm, shown inside a diamond shape with a moon, pine trees and mountains above wavy horizontal bands.
Moon and mountains in a diamond on a forearm
Small black dotwork tattoo of five dots in a vertical line on the inner forearm, above the wrist.
Five dots in a line on a forearm
Black linework design of a crescent moon with mandala-style ornament, a lotus flower and hanging drops, in a fine line and dotwork style.
Crescent moon with lotus and drops
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of paisley, mandala and floral motifs running from the upper arm across the elbow.
Paisley and mandala tattoo on upper arm
A green-eyed owl tattoo with a dotted green body and dark shaded wings on the thigh of a person wearing black fingerless gloves.
Green owl tattoo on a thigh
Black and grey geometric mandala tattoo with lotus-like petals and hanging chain drops, placed across the upper back.
Mandala with hanging chains on upper back
Full arm sleeve in blackwork and dotwork with a hexagon scale pattern on the forearm and an ornamental mandala on the upper arm, shown from three angles.
Blackwork sleeve with hexagon scales and mandala
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a dog's face inside a diamond with rosebuds, on the calf.
Dog portrait in a diamond on a calf
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a house and trees inside a leafy wreath, with roses above and below, on the outer thigh.
House and roses in a wreath on a thigh
Black ink fine line tattoo of a wave inside a circle on the forearm, with stippled shading on pale skin.
Wave inside a circle on a forearm