Dotwork tattoo ideas

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Black and grey bee tattoo with flowers and leafy sprigs across the chest, with dotwork shading on the bee's body.
Bee and flowers across the chest
Black and grey dotwork compass rose with a fine line rope leading to an anchor, tattooed on a shoulder.
Compass rose and anchor on a shoulder
Black tribal spiral and geometric tattoo across the back of a hand and wrist, with a small flower near the wrist, beside a gold bangle.
Tribal spiral tattoo on the back of a hand
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a standing cat with a curled tail on the upper thigh, with the cat's back arched toward the viewer.
Dotwork cat with curled tail on a hip
Black fine line tattoo of a bird with spread wings above two cupped hands, inside a circle with geometric diamonds, on a person's upper back.
Bird and cupped hands on upper back
Black and grey circular tattoo of a desert scene with a saguaro cactus, mountains and a rising sun, done in stippled shading on a forearm.
Desert landscape in a circle on a forearm
Back of a person's neck showing a tapering solid black line with a dotwork fade at the top, in blackwork and dotwork style at the nape.
Tapering black line with dotwork fade on the nape
Black ink lotus flower tattoo with dotted chain details on the outer thigh of a person lying on a padded table.
Lotus and dotwork chain on a thigh
Fine line black and grey magnolia branch tattoo with two open flowers and buds across a person's lower abdomen and hip.
Magnolia branch across the hip
Black and grey engraved-style tattoo of a pear with a leafy stem on the calf, shown in a street setting.
Pear with leaves on a lower leg
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a skull filled with mountains and pine trees, placed on a calf.
Skull with mountain landscape on a calf
Black ink design of a French bulldog's head in dotwork shading, framed by a leafy wreath and flowers, drawn on white paper with a fineliner pen beside it.
French bulldog with floral wreath
Fine line black starburst tattoo of radiating rays with dotted tips on the upper arm, with a hand and ring resting beside it.
Starburst tattoo on an upper arm
Black and grey ornate elephant tattoo with mandala and floral patterns on the outer thigh, in dotwork and blackwork style.
Ornate elephant on a thigh
Black and grey mandala tattoo with dotwork shading across the centre of the chest, with a flower motif at the top and scalloped wings spreading outward.
Mandala tattoo across the chest
Black dotwork and fine line spiral tattoo covering the shoulder and upper arm, with a dotted outer ring and radiating lines.
Spiral dotwork across a shoulder and upper arm
Black and grey lilac sprig tattoo with stippled petals and two leaves on the thigh, beside a pencil drawing of the same flower.
Lilac sprig on the thigh
Black and grey dotwork lotus mandala tattoo centred on the chest below the breasts, with a person's hands holding up a grey top.
Ornamental lotus tattoo on the chest
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a horned beetle with spread wings on the upper thigh.
Horned beetle on the thigh
Black and grey engraved tattoos on both thighs showing wilted roses with a spider web, a rose bouquet, a cat skull and a snarling cat head.
Roses and cat heads on both thighs
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a kidney with its blood vessels and the Greek words for one life, on the side of a torso.
Kidney with Greek text on the ribs
Black ink drawing of a front-facing owl with a geometric patterned face, feathers and talons, styled as a tattoo design with no body part shown.
Geometric owl design in black ink
Dark ornamental mandala design with dotted lines and finger bands across the back of a hand and fingers, in a style resembling henna.
Mandala design across the back of a hand
Fine line black tattoo of cupped hands, an eye motif, branch shapes and moon phases on the back of a neck.
Hands and symbols on the back of the neck
Circular tattoo on a calf showing a night sky with planets, a saucer, stars and a hatched landscape in black ink with a teal tint, in dotwork and blackwork style.
Space scene in a circle on a calf
Grey dotwork lotus tattoo with ornamental petals and dotted accents, centred on the upper back below the neck.
Lotus mandala on upper back
Black and grey photograph of a snarling big cat head tattoo on an upper chest, with the shading breaking up into fine dots toward the shoulder.
Snarling big cat dotwork on upper chest
Black and grey dotwork moon tattoo on the upper arm near the elbow, with a thin fine line curving on the forearm below.
Small shaded moon on an upper arm
Traditional tattoo of a UFO beaming down over a house with the words I want to believe on a banner, with teal flowers, on the upper arm.
UFO and house in a banner roundel
Black dotwork mandala shaped as a turtle, with pink, green and yellow watercolour splashes, tattooed on a forearm.
Mandala turtle on a forearm
Colour tattoo of a stag head with black branch-like antlers and a stippled black moon above it, placed on the upper arm.
Stag with branch antlers and moon on upper arm
Forearm tattoo of grey seed heads on thin stems above a shaded geometric circle, with orange and red vertical streaks below.
Seed heads and geometric circle on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork design of a multi-pointed star with a stippled centre circle, drawn as a flash-style tattoo design.
Dotwork star with a stippled sunburst
Four black line drawings of arrows, with stippled dotwork arrowheads and diamond details, shown as tattoo flash without a body placement.
Four arrow designs in a row
Black and grey flash design of a beetle, an eye in a triangle and engraved flowers, arranged symmetrically within thin geometric circles and lines.
Beetle, eye and flowers in a geometric design
Black and white two-panel photo of small star constellation tattoos made of dots and fine lines on a wrist, hand and forearm.
Star constellations on wrist and forearm
Dotwork anatomical heart tattoo showing two mice on a brick wall under a crescent moon and stars, in black and grey, with partial tattoos at the left edge.
Anatomical heart with two mice
Black line tattoo of two lungs and a windpipe on a person's side ribs, with hatched dotwork on the left lung and geometric triangles on the right.
Anatomical lungs on the ribs
Black ink tattoo of a stylised long-necked dinosaur filled with spirals, dots and geometric patterns, placed on the ankle.
Ornamental dinosaur on an ankle
Black ink feather tattoo on a forearm, filled with hatched and dotted ornamental patterns and two names in lettering.
Ornate feather with names on forearm
Black and grey flash drawing of an ornate moth with a crescent moon on its head, framed by dashed geometric lines on white paper.
Moth with crescent moon and geometric lines
Black dotwork mandala-style flower tattoo on a forearm, with stippled petals and bold outlines, shown against tattoo flash sheets.
Dotwork mandala flower on a forearm
Black ink tattoo on the side of the body showing a crescent moon with clouds, sun rays and a wave, in fine line and stippled dotwork.
Moon, sun and wave on the side
Black and grey flash drawing of a front-facing owl with detailed patterned feathers and a mandala-style chest, with no body placement shown.
Front-facing owl with ornate linework
Black ink drawing of an owl with a sugar skull woman's face on its chest, gripping a branch, in a dotwork and neo-trad style with no body placement shown.
Owl and sugar skull woman design on a branch
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a stylised woman's face with a rose, rosebuds and leaves above it, on the thigh.
Geometric portrait and rose on thigh
Black and white photo of a large blackwork geometric tattoo with a solid diamond and dotted lines across a woman's upper back, with a small sun tattoo on her shoulder blade.
Geometric diamond tattoo across upper back
Black and grey pen drawing of a geometric mandala design with a flower of life centre, moon phases and dotwork arrows, shown on paper with no body placement.
Mandala with flower of life and moon phases