Dotwork tattoo ideas

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Black and grey dotwork tattoo of two adult elephants and three calves walking in a line across the upper back.
Elephant family walking across upper back
Black and grey crescent moon tattoo with a carved face, four stars and dotted chains with drop pendants, placed on the upper back.
Crescent moon and stars on upper back
Black and grey dotwork compass rose tattoo with ornate mandala-style petals on the upper back.
Compass rose with mandala detail on upper back
Realistic bumblebee tattoo with a ring of dots on an upper back, shaded in yellow, black and grey.
Bumblebee with dotted circle on upper back
Dotwork mandala tattoo with a blue and orange spiral galaxy at its centre, placed across the middle of a person's upper back.
Galaxy mandala on upper back
Black and grey dragonfly tattoo framed by ornate scrollwork and dotwork geometric patterns across the neck, shoulders and chest.
Dragonfly and scrollwork across neck and chest
Black and grey dotwork mandala tattoo with a central Om symbol, placed on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Om mandala on the upper back
Black and grey dotwork lotus flowers and geometric mandala tattoo across the upper back and nape of the neck.
Lotus and geometric mandala on upper back
Black and grey botanical tattoo of a tree whose roots and leaves curve into a globe, placed between the shoulder blades on a woman's back.
Tree on a globe across the upper back
Colourful diamond-shaped tattoo of a crystal mountain under a moon with dotwork sky and flowing landscape, placed on the back.
Diamond landscape with crystal peak on skin
Black and grey dotwork tattoo on a person's upper back showing a waterfall landscape in a diamond frame, with pine branches, cones and a log beside it.
Waterfall landscape in a diamond on a shoulder blade
Black and grey fine line and dotwork tattoo of a feather with a flock of birds rising from it, on the upper back near the neck.
Feather and flying birds on upper back
Black dotwork and fine line tree of life with branches and roots, enclosed in a dotted circle with arrow marks, on the upper back near the neck.
Tree of life in a dotted circle on upper back
Black and grey tattoo of a feather that breaks into dots and flying birds, shaded realism on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Feather dissolving into birds on the upper back
Dotwork spiral mandala tattoo with red wash accents on the upper back, set against the left shoulder blade area.
Spiral mandala on upper back
Black and grey lotus mandala tattoo with dotwork shading on the upper back, with hands pressed together in prayer below it.
Lotus mandala tattoo on upper back
Fine line black tattoo of overlapping circles with dotwork accents across the upper back.
Overlapping circles and dots on a upper back
Black and white photo of a person seen from behind, hands raised to their head, with a geometric lotus tattoo between the shoulder blades on the upper back.
Lotus tattoo on upper back
Black and grey sketch-style tattoo of two birds and flowers across a woman's upper back, with dotwork shading.
Two birds and flowers across a back
Black and grey dotwork lotus mandala tattoo centred on a person's upper back, with a dotted chain and drop ornaments hanging below.
Lotus mandala with dotted drape on upper back
Black fine line crescent moon tattoo with a feather, arrow and stars on the upper back, in a dotwork style.
Crescent moon and feather on upper back
Man seen from behind with a large black and grey dotwork and geometric tattoo covering his back, featuring mandalas and an eye motif, with tattooed sleeves on both arms.
Full back mandala and eye tattoo
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a radiating sun with concentric circles, centred on the upper back.
Radiating sun on upper back
Black dotwork and line lotus mandala tattoo centred on the upper back, with small dots scattered around the outer petals.
Lotus mandala on the upper back
Black and grey mandala tattoo with dotted petals on the upper back of a person with dreadlocks tied up, photographed from behind.
Mandala tattoo between the shoulder blades
Black dotwork hamsa hand tattoo with an eye, an om symbol and leaf motifs, placed on the upper back.
Hamsa hand with eye and om symbol on upper back
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of an Om symbol in a triangle with a dreamcatcher and feathers, on a person's upper back.
Dreamcatcher and Om symbol on upper back
Black and grey daisy-style flower tattoo with bold outline petals and stippled centre, on the upper back near the shoulder.
Daisy-style flower tattoo on upper back
Woman with a white and pale pink ornamental mandala tattoo outlined in black and dotted detail, placed between the shoulder blades on her back.
Ornate mandala tattoo on upper back
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a constellation of dots and star clusters across a shoulder blade and upper arm.
Dotted constellation across a shoulder
Black and grey tattoo of mountains, a crescent moon and stars inside a diamond frame, with pine trees at the base, on the upper back.
Mountain landscape in a diamond frame on the back
Black ink tattoo of a lace and mandala necklace with teardrop drops and dotted chains across the upper back, in dotwork style.
Lace necklace design across upper back
Small black fine line tattoo of a row of planets, including a ringed planet like Saturn, on the upper back below purple hair.
Planet row tattoo on upper back
Back of a woman's neck and upper back showing a large black ornamental mandala tattoo in a V shape, placed across the nape and between the shoulder blades.
Black ornamental mandala across upper back and nape
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of an eye framed by lotus-like petals and a mandala, placed on the upper back below the nape of the neck.
Eye within a mandala on the upper back
Black and grey realism tattoo on a person's upper back showing a top-hatted man in a tailcoat balancing on a tightrope between a heart and a brain.
Tightrope walker with heart and brain on a back
Black and white photo of a fine line and dotwork dandelion tattoo with a long thin stem running down the centre of a bare upper back.
Dandelion tattoo on upper back
Black and grey tattoo of mountains inside a dotted circle, with a script quote beneath it, on the upper back of a person seen from behind.
Mountains and script quote on the upper back
Watercolour-style tattoo of a bare tree with blue, orange and pink washes and black linework across a person's upper back.
Watercolour-style tree on upper back
Black and grey dotwork and line tattoo of a bat with spread wings among leaves, placed on a person's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Bat and leaves across a shoulder blade
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a scorpion constellation beside a crescent moon on the upper back.
Scorpion constellation and moon on a shoulder blade
Black and grey ornate lotus tattoo in dotwork and fine line detail, centred on a woman's upper back.
Ornate lotus on upper back
Black and grey Traditional style elephant tattoo with patterned paisley and swirl details on a person's lower back.
Ornate elephant on the lower back
Black and grey dotwork lace dreamcatcher tattoo with three feathers and beads on the upper back, with part of another animal tattoo visible to the left.
Lace dreamcatcher on upper back
Black compass rose tattoo with red accents, dots and a circle of lettering on a person's upper back beside the shoulder blade.
Compass rose with circular lettering on back
Black and grey realism tattoo of three roses with lace-style ornament and hanging drops across a woman's upper back.
Three roses with lace on upper back
Black and red bass clef tattoo with a guitar neck, sketched hand and splatter details on a person's upper back, in a dotwork and watercolour style.
Bass clef and guitar neck on upper back
Black and grey blackwork tattoo of a triple moon with a dotwork pentacle inside a circle and the script words Blessed Be, on the upper back.
Triple moon and pentacle on the upper back