Dotwork tattoo ideas

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Fine line black tattoo of a vertical arrow with overlapping circles, triangles and dotted lines on the forearm.
Arrow and circles on a forearm
Black and grey chrysanthemum tattoo in botanical dotwork style on the ankle, shown in a close-up photo.
Chrysanthemum on the ankle
Black dotwork tattoo of a paw print with a heart left as bare skin in one toe pad, shown in close-up on skin.
Paw print with heart in dotwork
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of two hands clasping, one plain and one covered in scales with an eye, with a dotted arc and three drips below, on the outer arm.
Clasped hands with a scaled arm in dotwork
Black and grey photograph of two hands held together, each with a small fine line anchor tattoo with dotwork detail on the back of the hand.
Matching anchor tattoos on two hands
Two black and grey fine line tattoos on forearms: a left panel with an owl, armillary sphere and fox on the inner arm, and a right panel with a geometric triangle and circles.
Owl, sphere and triangle on forearms
Black and grey botanical tattoo of a bare tree whose roots curl into a circle of foliage and roses around two curled animals, placed on the ankle and lower calf.
Bare tree and curled foxes on an ankle
Black and grey dotwork and linework mandala tattoo wrapping around a forearm, with a dark shirt and jeans visible behind.
Dotwork mandala on a forearm
Black dotwork mandala tattoo with layered petals centred on the upper back of a woman with long hair.
Mandala tattoo on upper back
Fine line black tattoos across the fingers of a hand, including a crescent moon, dots, straight lines, a triangle and dotted bands, on the hand and fingers.
Fine line moon and triangle finger tattoos
Black and grey hamsa hand tattoo with dotwork shading and a mandala in the palm, sitting on the forearm against a dark background.
Hamsa hand with mandala on forearm
Two black and grey arrow tattoos on a person's inner forearms, one a stacked geometric arrow with dotwork shading and the other a single shaded arrow, against a white patterned top.
Two arrow tattoos on forearms
Black and grey stag head tattoo with long antlers across the back of a hand, with small letter tattoos on two fingers, in traditional and dotwork style.
Stag head and antlers on the back of a hand
Black ink dotwork design of an elephant head wearing a crown, with a radiating dotted mandala and a drop shape below, drawn on pale paper.
Elephant head with dotwork mandala design
Black and grey dotwork tattoo on a forearm of a suited figure whose face is replaced by peonies, roses and chrysanthemums, with a hair bun at the top.
Suited figure with flowers for a face on a forearm
Black ink drawing of lips with teeth biting the lower lip, filled with geometric zentangle-style patterns, on white paper.
Patterned lips drawing
Black ink dotwork drawing of a rose with two buds and leaves inside a ring of dots, beside a black pen on white paper.
Stippled rose with buds inside a dotted circle
Black and grey fine line and dotwork tattoo of intersecting elliptical orbits around a solid central circle, on the inner forearm.
Orbital ellipses on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of the sun and a row of planets, including Saturn, linked by fine dotted geometric lines down a forearm.
Solar system dotwork on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork and line tattoo on the upper arm, showing a split face of a woman with a side bun and a dark helmeted mask inside a geometric diamond frame.
Split female face and helmet in a diamond frame
Black and grey geometric wolf head tattoo with faceted linework and dotwork shading, running along the inner forearm.
Geometric wolf head on a forearm
Black and grey blackwork elephant with a lotus mandala above it, tattooed on the upper arm, with dotwork shading beneath.
Elephant and lotus on upper arm
Traditional style tattoo of three snarling dog heads in orange and black with flames and a diamond frame, on the forearm.
Three snarling dog heads on a forearm
Close photo of a faint brown dotwork tattoo of wavy lines on the inner wrist and forearm, held by another person's hand.
Dotted wave lines on a wrist
Black dotwork tattoo of three pine trees in front of a stippled circle with mountain outlines, on the upper arm of a woman in a dark vest top.
Pine trees in a dotwork circle on upper arm
Black and grey ornamental owl tattoo with a mandala centre on a person's calf, shown below rolled-up jeans.
Ornate owl with mandala on a calf
Black and grey botanical tattoo of a large peony with leaves, buds and small flowers on the outer thigh.
Peony and botanical cluster on thigh
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a songbird standing on a wireframe octahedron, placed on the inner forearm.
Songbird standing on an octahedron on a forearm
Black and grey blackwork paisley and dotwork sleeve covering a forearm and upper arm, worn with a dark tank top.
Paisley blackwork sleeve on forearm
Black and grey flash design of a wolf head inside an inverted triangle, with three moon phases above the eyes.
Wolf head in inverted triangle
Black and grey dotwork crescent moon tattoo on the side of a person's neck, shown in a black and white photograph.
Crescent moon on the neck
Black and grey dotwork elephant tattoo with paisley and mandala ornament covering the calf.
Ornamental elephant on a calf
Black and grey ornamental mandala tattoo with diamond motifs and dotwork across the back of a hand, with a beaded bracelet on the wrist.
Ornamental mandala tattoo on the back of a hand
Black dotwork tattoo of the Egyptian queen Nefertiti in profile, wearing her crown, on the inner forearm, with another hand holding the arm.
Nefertiti bust in dotwork on a forearm
Fine line tattoo of a cat with closed eyes, black line flowers and red berries on its head, and a red heart, on the upper arm.
Cat with flowers and heart on upper arm
Black and grey dotwork mandala tattoo on the outer thigh, with dangling dotted chains and small moon and star charms beneath it.
Mandala and hanging charms on a thigh
Three views of a full arm sleeve tattoo with grey dotwork mandalas and a flower of life pattern on the upper arm, and red and teal feather forms running down the forearm.
Full sleeve of mandalas and red and teal feathers
Black and grey lotus mandala tattoo with dotwork shading, placed centrally on the upper chest.
Lotus mandala on the chest
Black and grey fine line tattoo of the solar system with a sun and dashed orbit lines wrapping around a forearm.
Solar system with sun on a forearm
Black and grey geometric elephant head tattoo with dotwork shading, centred across the upper back.
Geometric elephant head on upper back
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a fox head in a diamond frame with dotwork shading, flowers and a tied ribbon, on the upper arm.
Fox and flowers in a diamond frame
Black and grey Medusa head tattoo with a weeping face and coiled snakes in fine line and dotwork shading, on the outer thigh.
Medusa head with snakes on a thigh
Black fine line geometric tattoo of nested triangles, a diamond and dotted circles on the upper arm, with dotwork shading.
Geometric diamond and circles on an upper arm
Back of a woman's neck showing a black and grey dotwork-style tattoo of an eye inside a triangle formed by bones, placed at the centre of the nape.
All-seeing eye within crossed bones on neck
Small black dotwork tattoo of three dots on the side of a middle finger, shown beside mint green nails and a gold ring.
Three dots tattoo on a finger
Black and grey butterfly tattoo with dotted wing panels and a bold outline, placed on the forearm.
Butterfly tattoo on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork peony tattoo with leaves on the inner forearm, shown against a pale background.
Two peonies on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork and blackwork tattoo of a wave and setting sun inside a circle on the forearm.
Wave and sunset in a circle on a forearm