Dotwork tattoo ideas

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Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a stylised girl with a red heart and branch motifs on a woman's upper arm and shoulder.
Stylised girl figure on upper arm
Black ink drawing of a compass rose with N, E, S and W letters, a rope border and dotwork shading, shown as a tattoo design on paper.
Compass rose with rope border in dotwork
Fine line black and grey tattoo of three moon phases with a dotted constellation on the inner upper arm, stippled shading on the moons.
Moon phases and constellation on upper arm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a standing fox beside a skull and pine trees within a circle, on a forearm.
Fox and skull in a dotwork forest
Realism tattoo of a woman wearing a gold Venetian mask with blue feathers, a peacock feather and a red flower across the upper arm and shoulder.
Venetian mask and peacock feathers on upper arm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a hand holding a sprig of flowers and fern-like leaves, with the words Hello Lovely beneath, on the forearm.
Hand holding flowers with Hello Lovely
Black fine line tattoo of a walking bear in front of stippled pine trees and a crescent moon, on the calf.
Bear, pine trees and crescent moon on a calf
Close-up of a black dotwork and linework mandala tattoo with leaves and a central geometric flower on a person's thigh, with a mustard skirt and bare feet in view.
Black mandala tattoo on a thigh
White ink mandala design on the back of a hand, with dotted lines running across the fingers and wrist, against a hazy mountain landscape.
White mandala on the back of a hand
Black and grey mandala tattoos on the upper arm and upper back of a woman with dark hair, seen from behind.
Mandala tattoos on upper arm and back
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of an acoustic guitar on the upper arm, with a crescent moon, stars, a cabin and pine trees inside the body.
Acoustic guitar with cabin scene on upper arm
Black fine line dotwork tattoo of a constellation of small dots and thin lines on skin, placed on the side of the body beside a floral zip jacket.
Star constellation tattoo on the side
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a rooster-headed astronaut holding a space helmet, placed on the upper thigh.
Rooster astronaut holding a helmet on a thigh
Colour geometric tattoo on the inner forearm of a figure with a checkered red and orange top, a stippled dotwork sphere and a faceted teal tail.
Geometric figure with faceted tail on forearm
Dark brown dotted henna-style ornament with a central medallion across the top of a foot, with a dotted vine running up towards the ankle and dots on the toes, in a sepia photograph.
Dotted henna-style ornament on a foot
Two black and grey tattoos: a Millennium Falcon linework design on the forearm and a dotwork Death Star on the lower leg.
Millennium Falcon and Death Star tattoos
Black and grey peony tattoo with stippled dotwork shading and dark leaves, sitting on the upper arm.
Peony tattoo on the upper arm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of an anatomical heart made of cactus, topped with a flower bloom, on the upper arm, shown in two side-by-side photos.
Cactus heart with flower on an upper arm
Black and grey dotwork flower tattoo with a long stem and leaves running down the stomach towards the navel.
Dotwork flower with stem on the stomach
Two hands with small black dotwork tattoos of a circle and a dotted triangle on the middle fingers, in a Hand placement.
Dotted circle and triangle tattoos on two fingers
Two raised forearms show matching small dark dotwork tattoos in loose curved clusters, placed on the inner forearm.
Matching dotwork marks on two forearms
Black and grey hamsa hand tattoo with an ornate pattern and a shaded eye, placed on the side of the ribs.
Hamsa hand with eye on the ribs
Black and grey dotwork tattoo on a forearm and wrist, with concentric circles and graduated bands that fade from solid black to fine stippling.
Dotwork circles and bands on a forearm
Black and grey fine line tattoo on the inner forearm, split into two bands with a mountain, sun and sunflower above and a sunflower, waves, stars and crescent moon below.
Mountain, sunflower and moon forearm bands
Black and grey photo of a small dotwork tattoo, a row of dots of varying sizes across the inner wrist, with the fingers raised.
Dotted line tattoo on a wrist
Black and grey blackwork tattoo of an animal skull surrounded by leaves and berries, on the outer thigh.
Animal skull with foliage on thigh
Fine line black tattoo of a bow and arrow with a leafy vine forming the bow, dotwork shading on the leaves, placed on the side of the torso.
Bow and arrow with leaf vine on the side
Black and white photo of a fine line tattoo on an upper arm showing a seated figure fishing by a lake inside a rope-edged oval frame with flowers below.
Fishing scene in an oval frame on an upper arm
Black ink line drawing of a rose bud with leaves, small flowers and dotwork shading, drawn on paper as a tattoo design.
Rose bud with leaves and dotwork shading
Small black and grey pineapple tattoo, shown cut in half with dotwork shading, on the side of a lower leg.
Halved pineapple on a lower leg
Colour tattoo of an ice cream cone with rainbow sprinkles in a dotted pattern on a forearm, shown beside a close-up of the dots.
Ice cream cone with sprinkles on a forearm
Black ink drawing of a mandala-style lotus flower with dotwork arcs and a fine-line ornament below, shown as a tattoo design on paper.
Lotus flower tattoo design sketch
Fine line black and grey tattoo of a wildflower bouquet with daisy and rose-like blooms on the inner forearm.
Wildflower bouquet on the inner forearm
Close photograph of a large black and grey blackwork and dotwork butterfly tattoo with filigree wings on a person's lower abdomen, above the navel.
Ornate black butterfly on the stomach
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of an eye inside an octagon within an ornate mandala, covering the back of a hand and reaching onto the fingers.
Eye mandala on the back of a hand
Black ink drawing of a butterfly above an open hand, with dotwork shading on the wings, shown as a tattoo design on paper.
Butterfly above an open hand design
Black and grey fine line solar system tattoo running down a forearm, with a sun featuring a face, planets on dashed orbits and Saturn at the base.
Solar system with sun on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork mandala half sleeve with floral and paisley motifs covering the upper arm and shoulder.
Mandala half sleeve on upper arm
Black and grey peony tattoo in dotwork shading covering a woman's shoulder and upper back, with leaves reaching towards the neck.
Peony cluster on a shoulder
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a mechanical walking castle with domed turrets, gears and stilt-like legs, shown on a calf beside its printed reference drawing.
Mechanical walking castle on a calf
Black and grey ornamental moth tattoo with circular eyespots and dotwork shading on the inner forearm.
Ornamental moth on an inner arm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo on the inside of a forearm showing a row of moon phases around a central full moon, framed by fine geometric lines.
Moon phases and geometric lines on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork and linework tattoo of peonies, leaves and a central triangle mandala across a person's upper back.
Peony and triangle mandala across upper back
Two matching black and grey daisy tattoos with yin and yang centres on two arms, shown in a greyscale photograph.
Matching daisy tattoos with yin and yang centres
Black ink dotwork drawing of a planchette with a central eye, crescent moons, a bone, leaves and YES and NO lettering beneath a burst of rays.
Planchette with eye, moons and YES NO lettering
Black and grey blackwork and dotwork thistle with spiky leaves running down the inner forearm.
Thistle tattoo on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a mountain range above a pine forest on a forearm, with stippled clouds behind the peaks.
Mountain range and pine forest on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork jellyfish on one forearm and seahorse on the other, both filled with mandala-style patterns.
Jellyfish and seahorse on forearms