Dotwork tattoo ideas

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Black ink line drawing of a crescent moon with a profiled face, dotted lace-like patterns and a dangling pendant, drawn as tattoo flash on plain paper.
Crescent moon face with ornamental linework
Black and grey tattoo on an upper arm showing a crescent moon, an oval mountain and river landscape with stippled shading, a sprig of foliage and a crystal cluster.
Moon and mountain landscape on upper arm
Black and grey pine tree silhouettes forming a forest treeline on a lower leg, fading into dotwork shading towards the ankle.
Pine forest treeline on lower leg
Black and grey dotwork and fine line tattoo of a sun with rays, clouds and a curling wave inside a circle, on the inner forearm.
Sun, clouds and wave on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork tattoos of a brain on the left inner forearm and an anatomical heart on the right inner forearm.
Brain and heart tattoos on two forearms
Black and grey botanical tattoo of roses and dahlias covering a forearm, with dense dotwork shading and fine linework.
Black and grey floral forearm sleeve
Black ink drawing of an owl design with ornate feathers and dotwork circles, shown as a tattoo-style flash sheet with no body placement.
Ornate owl ink drawing in dotwork detail
Black and grey blackwork tattoo on an upper arm and shoulder showing a hare wrapped in a snake, with roses and leaves above and an eye in a triangle below.
Hare, snake and botanical upper arm piece
Black and grey mountain range tattoo with hatched peaks, pine trees and a dotted diamond border, placed on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Mountain range tattoo on upper back
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of roses and a mandala pattern across the side of a torso, on the ribs.
Roses and mandala on the side ribs
Black and grey compass star tattoo with a dotwork shaded circle behind it, on a man's shoulder and upper arm.
Compass star on a shoulder
Black ink stippled drawing of two poppies and fern fronds on a stem, shown as a botanical tattoo design sketch on cream paper.
Poppies and fern sprig line drawing
Black and white photo of three small dot tattoos in a row on a man's upper chest, with tiny dotwork on one finger and a small X on the back of the hand.
Three dots on the upper chest
Black and grey crescent moon with a face, stars and clouds, in traditional style with dotwork shading, on the lower leg.
Crescent moon with face on a calf
Two palms facing the camera, covered in black mandala-style geometric tattoos with dotwork on the fingers and decorative script running down the fingers and wrists.
Mandala and script tattoos on both hands
Black and grey realism and dotwork elephant tattoo with a lotus mandala above and sunflowers on the upper arm.
Elephant with lotus mandala on upper arm
Black and grey dotwork sleeves with mandala flowers and a small bird on both upper arms and forearms of a woman wearing a white top and a chunky chain necklace.
Mandala and dotwork sleeves on both arms
Black and grey linework flash of an ornately patterned giraffe head with mandala and filigree detailing, drawn for a tattoo.
Ornate giraffe head design
Black and grey lion face with ornate mandala-style petals behind it, tattooed on the side of a ribcage.
Lion and mandala on the ribs
Fine line hot air balloon tattoo with small stars and dotted circles on the forearm, in black ink.
Hot air balloon on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a woman with closed eyes and a flower crown, with a lace-collared dress, on the upper arm.
Woman with flower crown on upper arm
Black and grey blackwork tattoo of a whale with a circle and hexagon pattern across its body, on the inner forearm.
Whale with geometric pattern on a forearm
Black dotwork and linework lotus tattoo with mandala-style petals and single dots above and below, sitting on the upper back.
Dotwork lotus flower on the upper back
Colourful dotwork tattoo of concentric circles and dot rings across a forearm and the back of a hand, with dark outlined circle clusters near the wrist.
Rainbow dotwork circles on forearm and hand
Black ink flash drawing of an octopus with curling tentacles wrapped around a dotwork mandala, shown on white paper with no body placement.
Octopus and mandala design
Black ink lace-style mandala tattoo with dangling chains and diamonds, worn as a garter design on the thigh.
Lace garter mandala tattoo on a thigh
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a camping scene inside a circle on the inner forearm, with a crescent moon, mountains, pine trees, a tent and a campfire.
Camping scene in a circle on a forearm
Two photos of a black and grey mandala tattoo with dotwork shading on the lower back, shown close up and at a wider angle.
Black and grey mandala on the lower back
Colour tattoo of a hot air balloon with three portrait medallions, a lettered basket and an anchor, in neo-traditional style with dotwork, on a person's upper back.
Hot air balloon with portraits on upper back
Dotwork lotus flower with a teal and black mandala above and dotted chains with teal drops below, tattooed on the outer thigh.
Lotus and mandala on the thigh
Small black fine line tattoo of a solid heart on the inner wrist, trailing into dots and musical notes rising up the forearm.
Heart and music notes on a wrist
Black linework butterfly design with lace-like wing patterns, dotted trailing lines and a soft pink wash, drawn on paper as a flash design.
Lace-patterned butterfly design
Black dotwork and mandala-style tattoo of a rebel alliance style emblem on the side of the ribs.
Mandala rebel emblem on the ribs
Black and grey dotwork mandala tattoo across the upper back of a person with short hair, photographed from behind.
Mandala tattoo across upper back
Back view of a black and grey dotwork peony cluster tattoo across the upper back, with white bra straps visible.
Black and grey peony cluster on upper back
Black and grey butterfly tattoo with rose-filled wings on the side of a thigh, shown in dotwork and fine line shading.
Butterfly with floral wings on the thigh
Black dotwork tattoo of a skeleton holding a staff on a house boat over rolling waves, with five stars above, on a forearm.
Skeleton with staff on a house boat
Black dotwork mandala tattoo on the inside of a wrist, with a fine-lined star-like centre and dotted border.
Black mandala tattoo on a wrist
Cartoon black cat with pink ears and a pink star collar, surrounded by stippled dotwork stars, tattooed on the upper back.
Black cat and stars on upper back
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a striped popcorn bucket labelled corn, with popcorn pieces and a speech bubble reading pop, on the forearm.
Popcorn bucket and speech bubble on an arm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a winged sugar skull with a bird head on the centre of the chest, below a grey top.
Winged sugar skull across the chest
Black and grey dotwork lotus tattoo on the centre of a chest, with a fine line and loop beneath it, partly covered by a black lace top.
Lotus tattoo on the chest
Black and grey blackwork tattoo of three stylised female figures in patterned robes on the outer thigh, one holding a sword and one holding a tablet marked LEX.
Three stylised figures on a thigh
Black and grey lotus mandala tattoo with dotwork shading and hanging petal edging, placed on the chest beneath the breast.
Lotus mandala under the breast
Small black constellation tattoo of dots and five-point stars on the inner forearm, in fine line style.
Star constellation tattoo on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork and linework tattoo of an ornate wolf head with a dotted moon and dotted geometric lines on the inner forearm.
Ornate wolf head and dotwork moon on forearm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a howling wolf on a forearm, with a mountain range and bare trees filling the wolf's body.
Howling wolf with mountain and trees on a forearm
Blackwork and dotwork tattoo on the inner forearm showing three solid black circles with an oak leaf and acorns, a wave, and a fern with a pine cone, linked by dotted lines and small botanical sprigs.
Oak, wave and fern circles on a forearm