Dotwork tattoo ideas

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Black dotwork and line tattoo of a bearded man in profile with swept-up hair, shown on an upper arm beside its original design drawing.
Bearded profile portrait on an upper arm
Small black and grey dotwork and geometric tattoo of a Darth Vader helmet inside a triangle with a lightsaber hilt, on the inner forearm.
Geometric Darth Vader helmet on a forearm
Fine line black tattoo of three crossed arrows with feathered fletching and a looping script monogram in the centre, on the inner upper arm.
Crossed arrows and feathers with monogram
Blue botanical tattoo of flower heads and leaves in a circular arrangement on the inner forearm, shaded from dark blue to turquoise.
Blue flower clusters on a forearm
Red and black compass rose tattoo with a dotted outer ring and N, S, E and W markings, on the inner forearm.
Compass rose on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork and fine line tattoo of a solar system with orbit rings and planets on a limb.
Solar system tattoo with orbiting planets
Black and grey drawing of a fish with a sailing ship and waves in its body and a skeletal tail, a neo-traditional style tattoo design on paper.
Ship-filled fish with skeleton tail design
Black ornate owl head tattoo with dotwork detailing on a forearm, photographed against a grey pavement.
Ornate owl head on a forearm
Black ink dotwork drawing of three pine trees, a crescent moon, a campfire with smoke and a small tent on white paper, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Pine trees, moon and campfire design
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a stippled wave inside an outlined triangle on the side of a thigh.
Wave inside a triangle on a thigh
Black ink pen sketch of a dotwork cat creature with a leaf above and a lotus flower below, drawn on a sketchbook page.
Dotwork cat with leaf and lotus design
Black fineline mandala design drawn on white paper, with radial floral petals, diamond shapes and dotwork shading, shown with two fineliner pens.
Black ink mandala design on paper
Black fine line and dotwork tattoo of a botanical sprig with leaves and bell-shaped flowers curling into a spiral, placed on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Botanical spiral sprig across the upper back
Black and grey pine tree tattoo on a forearm, with a solid silhouetted crown, stippled dotwork shading on the lower branches and a thin fading trunk line.
Pine tree on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork mandala tattoo with a lotus centre and dangling chain details, covering the upper arm and shoulder.
Lotus mandala on an upper arm and shoulder
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a skull merged with layered feathers, placed on the side of the ribs.
Feathered skull on the ribs
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of an hourglass with a diamond inside, two peonies and an everlasting banner on the side of the ribs.
Hourglass and peonies on the ribs
Black and grey dotwork swallow in flight above a lotus flower tattoo on the side of the ribs.
Swallow and lotus on the ribs
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of an animal head with long ears inside a leafy oval frame on the forearm.
Animal head in oval frame on a forearm
Black and grey geometric lion head tattoo with dotwork shading in the mane and vertical script beside it, on an upper arm.
Geometric lion head on upper arm
Black ink design of a hamsa hand filled with an elephant, an eye and dotwork patterns, drawn on cream paper.
Hamsa hand with elephant and eye
Small black fine line tattoo of a star constellation made of dots and tiny star shapes, on the side of a person's ankle above an anklet.
Star constellation tattoo on ankle
Black and grey dotwork tattoo on the inner forearm of a larger four-legged animal bowing its head to nuzzle a small rabbit.
Animal nuzzling a rabbit on a forearm
Black and grey lotus flower tattoo with dotwork centre and a geometric triangle outline, on the upper arm.
Lotus flower with triangle outline on an upper arm
Black and grey botanical tattoo of two roses with dotwork shading inside overlapping geometric lines, placed on the side of the ribs.
Two roses within geometric lines on the ribs
Black and grey dotwork mandala tattoo with a symmetrical lotus-like design and fine connecting circles, placed on the forearm.
Geometric mandala on a forearm
Black mandala tattoo with leaf motifs on a woman's upper chest, partly covered by black lace lingerie.
Black mandala tattoo on upper chest
Silver-toned dotted lines and a dark geometric band on a woman's thigh, with a small crescent moon tattoo on one finger, in a fine line and dotwork style.
Dotted lines and thigh bands
Black ink mandala tattoo with a crescent moon and dotwork border on the inner forearm, set against a green mountain valley.
Mandala and moon on a forearm
Black and grey lotus mandala tattoo with dotted shading, sitting on the centre of the chest between two strips of tape.
Lotus mandala tattoo on the chest
Hand-drawn flash design of a pink-shaded rose with leaves and dotwork mandala petals, held up over a person's chest.
Rose and mandala tattoo design sketch
Black and grey geometric tattoo of a nested triangle with a mandala-style pattern, dotwork dangling dots and a teardrop, on the centre of a woman's chest.
Triangle and dotwork mandala on the chest
Fine line and dotwork tattoo of a tea bag hanging from a string with a small dotted square above, on the forearm.
Tea bag with dotwork shading on a forearm
Black and grey blackwork tattoo on an upper arm showing a stylised bird with a fanned feather crest, a peony and small arrows.
Bird and peony on an upper arm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a wild cat face with spotted markings on an upper arm, beside a rolled-up dark patterned sleeve.
Wild cat face on upper arm
Black and grey dotwork and engraved-style sleeve on the upper arm and shoulder, showing waves, a figure, a moon and a chain along the lower arm.
Engraved sea and figure upper arm sleeve
Realistic black and grey paw print tattoo with fur texture and stippled toe pads, placed on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Black and grey paw print on upper back
Back of a woman with her hair in a bun, showing a black blackwork and dotwork mandala flower tattoo at the base of the neck with bold black lines sweeping over the shoulders.
Black mandala flower on upper back
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a hairless cat with three glowing eyes and crossed bones, on the side of a ribcage.
Hairless cat with crossed bones on ribs
Black and grey skull tattoo with peonies and leaves, shaded in dotwork, on the forearm.
Skull and peony on a forearm
Black line stencil of a butterfly over a geometric star design, held up on a clear transfer sheet by a hand with black nail polish.
Butterfly over geometric star stencil
Black dotwork tattoo on a calf, a circle split like a yin-yang with a night sky, moon and pine trees on one side and waves and an animal's face on the other.
Yin-yang landscape on a calf
Black filigree scroll tattoo with dotwork and geometric infill, paired with soft pink shaded flowers, on the side of the torso.
Black filigree scroll with pink flowers
Black and grey geometric dotwork sleeve covering a man's arm from shoulder to wrist, with stars, circles and mandala-like patterns.
Geometric dotwork sleeve on an arm
Colourful neo-traditional tattoo of a red campervan on a road below striped cliffs, a red gemstone and orange flowers, on the upper leg.
Campervan, cliffs and flowers on a leg
Black dotwork mandala design drawn on paper, with a radial centre, stippled petals and leaf sprays, in a geometric and botanical style.
Dotwork mandala with leaves
Black and grey dotwork lotus tattoo with geometric petals on the wrist and forearm, with small dots on the back of the hand.
Geometric lotus and dots on a wrist
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a winged, seated Egyptian cat above an Eye of Horus, placed on the ribs.
Winged Egyptian cat and Eye of Horus on ribs