Dotwork tattoo ideas

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Black and grey dotwork style tattoos of a brain, an eye and a human heart stacked down the inner forearm.
Brain, eye and heart on a forearm
Two matching black and grey dragon tattoos with stippled wings on the wrists, each with a small character beside it, against a dark brick wall.
Matching dragon tattoos on two wrists
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a nautilus shell spiral surrounded by stippled stardust on a forearm.
Nautilus shell and stardust on a forearm
Black line drawing of an ornate dragonfly with mandala-style patterned wings above a dotted geometric circle, shown as a tattoo design on white paper.
Ornate dragonfly design with geometric circle
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a dinosaur skull with a rose and leaves on the upper arm or thigh.
Dinosaur skull and rose on an upper limb
Black and grey lace garter tattoo with dotwork shading and a mandala-like centre on the upper thigh of a person holding plaid shorts.
Lace garter tattoo on a thigh
Small black and grey dotwork elephant head tattoo on the inner wrist, with stippled shading on the ears and head.
Elephant head on the inner wrist
Black and grey dotwork fox curled up asleep beneath a crescent moon, with teal accents, on the upper arm.
Sleeping fox and crescent moon on an upper arm
Black and grey line drawing of a floral bouquet with roses, tulips and leaves, shaded with dotwork, shown as a tattoo design.
Stippled floral bouquet design
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a moon on the heel of a bare foot, resting on a wooden step in front of a pale brick wall.
Moon tattoo on a heel
Fine line black vine tattoo with curls, dotwork and small leaves wrapping from the ankle across the top of the foot.
Fine line vine tattoo on an ankle and foot
Black geometric band tattoo wrapping around a woman's bent elbow, with dotwork quatrefoil panels and striped triangles in blackwork style.
Geometric band tattoo around an elbow
Black ink lace garter tattoo with dotwork shading and hanging diamond drops, sitting on the outer thigh.
Lace garter tattoo on the thigh
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a halved avocado with a faceted gem pit, a whole avocado, a red leaf and red crystals, on a calf.
Avocado with faceted gem on a calf
Black line drawing of a wolf head framed by triangles, a circle, feathers and a dreamcatcher, designed as a geometric tattoo flash.
Wolf and dreamcatcher geometric design
Front-facing grey wolf head drawn in soft wash shading, with stippled dots fading out at the edges on a white background.
Grey wolf head with dotted edges
Black and grey tattoo of balance scales held by a hand, framed by leafy branches and berries on the upper arm, with fine dotwork accents.
Scales and botanical branches on upper arm
Black ink drawing of a walking bear filled with pine trees and flying birds, shaded with dots and fine hatching on white paper.
Bear silhouette filled with pine forest
Black and grey dotwork peony with leaves on a person's upper arm, with a partial moth tattoo visible below it.
Peony and leaves on an upper arm
Close-up of a hand with small fine line black tattoos on the fingers, including a crescent moon, a star and dotted bands, held near the lips.
Crescent moon, star and dotted bands on fingers
Black line tattoo of a sea turtle with a world map shell and dotted flippers on the top of a foot, in a dotwork style.
Sea turtle with world map shell on foot
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a lace-style keyhole heart with leaves and teardrops across a person's upper back.
Lace heart keyhole design on upper back
Black ornamental mandala tattoo in a geometric and dotwork style on a woman's upper thigh, with white fabric draped beside it.
Black mandala tattoo on the thigh
Black ink drawing of a hamsa hand with an eye and yin-yang details above a lotus flower, in a botanical and dotwork style, with no body placement shown.
Hamsa hand and lotus flower design
Fine line black tattoo on a chest showing the words i forgive you in script above an outlined plaster with a dotted pad, in Fine line and Dotwork styles.
I forgive you lettering with plaster on chest
Small black and grey fine line swallow tattoo in flight on the side of a neck, with a dangling teal earring nearby.
Swallow in flight on the neck
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a coastal cliff, palm tree and sea inside a triangle on the forearm.
Coastal scene inside a triangle on a forearm
Black and grey tattoo of a hand with two fingers raised inside a braided rope oval tied with a knot, on the forearm, with stippled shading in the background.
Hand in a rope frame on a forearm
Black and grey fine line tattoo of the solar system across a person's upper back, with concentric orbit rings, shaded planets and a ringed Saturn.
Solar system across the upper back
Colour and grey Japanese style flower sleeve with red peonies and grey chrysanthemums covering the upper arm and forearm.
Red peony and chrysanthemum arm sleeve
Small black and grey owl tattoo with dotted shading on the side of a finger, shown on a hand resting on a light blue fabric.
Owl tattoo on a finger
Black geometric compass star tattoo on the inner forearm, with fine radiating lines and a dotted circular border.
Geometric compass star on a forearm
Black ink dotwork drawing of a dagger piercing an open umbrella, with raindrops and the lettering True Friends and Stab you in the front, shown as a tattoo design on paper.
Dagger and umbrella with True Friends lettering
Colour tattoo of a frog in dot-art style, with green dots, yellow and olive fills and black crosshatching, on the calf.
Dot-art frog on a calf
Black and grey sketch-style tattoo of a bird skull with a long beak, surrounded by orchids and leaves, on the inner forearm.
Bird skull with orchids on a forearm
Black and white photo of a dotwork mandala and paisley-style tattoo on the outer thigh, with a central eye motif and a dotted line below.
Mandala and paisley design on a thigh
Black and grey dotwork dragonfly tattoo with mandala-style floral wings running down the calf.
Mandala dragonfly on a calf
Black and grey dotwork elephant head with a mandala-style ornament above and hanging beaded drops below, tattooed on a forearm.
Ornate elephant head on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork lotus tattoo with a single line above it, centred on a torso wearing an open checked shirt.
Dotwork lotus on the chest
Small black fine-line geometric arrow tattoo with dotwork on the inner forearm, set against a black and white drawing.
Geometric arrow tattoo on forearm
Black and grey blackwork tattoo of a lace-patterned heart with dotted chains hanging below, on the upper leg.
Black lace heart with dotted chains on a leg
Black ink mandala tattoo with dotwork detail on a torso beside the ribs, with a small arrow tattoo near the waistband, in a blackwork style.
Black mandala tattoo on the ribs
Black dotwork and linework tattoo of a mountain range with pine trees and a row of dotted triangles across the inner forearm.
Mountain range and dotted triangles on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a curled sleeping fox with a cub inside its coil, framed by anemone-style flowers and leaves on the lower leg.
Curled fox and flowers on a calf
Black linework drawing of a wolf head with swirling flourishes, a jewelled brooch and dotted detailing, shown as a tattoo design on white paper.
Ornamental wolf head design
Forearm tattoo of an ornamental animal skull with dotwork swirls, surrounded by red poppies and buds in a botanical style.
Animal skull and poppies on a forearm
Black and grey geometric mandala tattoo with dotwork shading and spiral details across the back of a hand, shown from the wrist.
Geometric mandala on the back of a hand
Black and grey dotwork lotus mandala tattoo centred on the upper back, with a row of dots running down from it.
Lotus mandala on upper back