Dotwork tattoo ideas

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Black and grey fine line and dotwork tattoo of a triangle, circles and arrows with dotted lines on the inner forearm.
Geometric triangle and circles on a forearm
Black fine line botanical tattoo of a slender sprig with dark leaves and stippled buds on the upper arm.
Botanical sprig on upper arm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a stag wearing a knitted collar, suit jacket and tie, on the front of a lower leg.
Stag in a suit on a calf
Black and grey flash design of a rib cage, rose, dagger, skull and butterfly with banners reading Can we create something beautiful and destroy it, in traditional style with dotwork shading.
Rib cage, skull and butterfly with banner text
Black lace-pattern tattoo band around the upper thigh, drawn in blackwork and dotwork style, with a bathtub edge visible behind the leg.
Lace band tattoo on a thigh
Black and grey ornamental tattoo covering the tops of both feet, with paisley, mandala and scrolling leaf designs and dotwork borders.
Ornamental paisley and mandala tattoo on both feet
Close view of a small dotwork tattoo of three black dots in a diagonal line on the inside of a forearm, with a fist raised above it.
Three small dots on a forearm
Black ink drawing of an ornate lotus mandala design with dotwork shading and hanging dot chains, drawn on white paper, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Lotus mandala tattoo design
Split image: a colour botanical tattoo of roses and flowers on an upper arm, beside a black and grey dotwork whale and moon inside a triangle on a calf.
Floral upper arm and whale calf tattoos
Small black fine line and dotwork tattoo of two mushrooms on the side of a bare knee against a pale grey background.
Two mushrooms on the side of a knee
Black ink drawing of a lion head in profile, with a flowing mane and tribal-style patterns in fine line and dotwork, shown as a tattoo design on white.
Ornamental lion head in profile
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 skull with a crown of roses tattooed on the side of a finger, shaded in stippled dotwork.
Skull and roses on a finger
Black and grey dotwork mandala tattoo wrapping around the wrist, with symmetrical petal shapes.
Mandala wrist band tattoo
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a cat's face framed by filigree ornaments on a forearm.
Ornamental cat head on a forearm
Three photographs of a forearm tattoo of black hexagons and dotwork shading that wraps toward the elbow, with red and blue splashes above.
Hexagon and dotwork forearm tattoo
Black and grey line drawing of an ornate feather filled with swirls, dots and fine decorative patterns, shown as a tattoo design on plain paper.
Ornate feather design
Black ink lotus mandala design with dotwork petals, shown flat beside a clear quartz point, a rose quartz figure and a citrine figure.
Lotus mandala design with crystals
Black ink drawing of an ornate lace-style tattoo design with circles, dots and a hanging leaf, shown on paper with no body placement.
Ornamental lace design with hanging leaf
Black and grey dotwork tattoo on a forearm of two large stars and a small star, one filled with a night sky and the other with a mountain scene and a bicycle.
Stars with night sky and mountain bicycle scene
Black dotwork spiral tattoo on the upper arm of a woman in a black top, shown in black and white photography.
Dotwork spiral on an upper arm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of an anatomical heart with a rose stem, smoke-like wisps and the words Comfortably Numb, on the outer thigh.
Anatomical heart with rose stem on a thigh
Black ink line drawing of a dreamcatcher with feathers, flowers and dotwork shading, drawn on paper as a tattoo design with no body placement shown.
Dreamcatcher with feathers and flowers
Colourful geometric bee tattoo with faceted purple wings, set within a black dotwork circle on the outer thigh.
Geometric bee in a dotwork circle on a thigh
Black and grey tattoo of a woodland landscape with a stone cottage, a hill and a bird, framed by ferns and set on the outer thigh.
Woodland landscape with cottage on a thigh
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of two figures kissing, based on Klimt's The Kiss, placed on the side of the ribs.
Klimt's The Kiss on the side of the torso
Fine line black dotted arrow tattoo on the side of an upper arm, with a person lifting a striped top beside it.
Dotted arrow tattoo on the upper arm
Black fine line tattoo on a shoulder and upper arm, with a lotus motif, crescent moon, dotted chains and hanging drops, shown in three close-up photos.
Fine line lotus and crescent shoulder tattoo
Black ink line drawing of a symmetrical henna-inspired paisley motif with leaves, scrolls and dots, shown as a tattoo design on white.
Henna-style paisley motif design
Black and grey blackwork tattoo of an anatomical heart pierced by a dagger, with roots and a geometric frame, on the upper arm.
Anatomical heart and dagger on upper arm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a skull with blossoming flowers and leaves growing from its crown, on a forearm.
Skull with flowers on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork tree inside a geometric crystal outline on a forearm, with a dotted circle and solid dots above and below.
Tree within a geometric crystal on a forearm
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
Black linework drawing of an elephant covered in mandala and paisley-style patterns, shown as a flash design.
Mandala-patterned elephant design
Black ink dotwork and fine line drawing of a sphynx cat head with a third eye, set beneath a dotted sun with radiating rays.
Sphynx cat with third eye and sun
Black and grey peony tattoo with stippled shading and leaves on the side of a thigh.
Peony tattoo on the thigh
Black and grey ink drawing of a lion in profile with an ornate patterned mane, in a blackwork and dotwork style.
Ornate lion in profile
Black and grey dotwork checkerboard optical illusion tattoo on the forearm, with the grid bulging and pinching inwards.
Checkerboard optical illusion on a forearm
Black and white flash design of an ornate Celtic knotwork cross with fleur-de-lis at the arm ends and a Maltese cross at the centre, in blackwork and dotwork style.
Ornate Celtic knot cross
Black and grey dotwork mountain range tattoo across the inner wrist, with the hand shown palm-up against a dark background.
Mountain range on the inner wrist
Black and grey mandala tattoo with dotwork petals and small seed pod motifs across the forearm.
Mandala tattoo on the forearm
Black linework tattoo on a forearm showing a city skyline, a dog and a figure bending down, with stippled dotwork shading at the lower left.
City skyline and dog on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork mandala tattoo with petal and scroll rings covering the upper arm.
Dotwork mandala on an upper arm
Black and grey linework and dotwork tattoo of a woman's face and a bird on the upper arm, with a blue sphere and orange crescent below.
Woman's face and bird on upper arm
Black and grey blackwork tattoos of lungs, flowers and a chain on both forearms, with the palms turned upwards.
Lungs and flowers on both forearms
Black and grey fine line tattoo on the back of a wrist, shaped like a bracelet with a dotted chain, a small diamond charm and two crescent moons.
Fine line wrist bracelet with diamond charm