Dotwork tattoo ideas

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Two lowered-view legs in satin pointe shoes show black and grey tattoos on the calves, including a raven, a lightbulb and a cluster of roses in traditional and dotwork style.
Raven, roses and lightbulb on legs in pointe shoes
Six black and grey feather drawings on a peach background, several with dotwork and geometric patterning, shown as tattoo flash designs.
Six decorative feather designs
Black and grey mandala tattoo with dotwork shading on the inner forearm, extending from the wrist towards the elbow.
Mandala tattoo on a forearm
Black and grey traditional tattoo of an ornamental elephant head with dotwork patterns on the inner forearm, set against a red wash.
Ornamental elephant head on inner forearm
Pen-and-ink drawing of a tattoo design showing a revolver with a red rose, leaves, a swirling ribbon and a pointed quill, styled as a neo-traditional piece.
Rose and revolver tattoo design on paper
Black and grey dotwork tattoo on the leg showing a circular mountain landscape with a moon, pine trees and a winding river, with the words not all those who wander are lost.
Mountain landscape in a circle with quote on leg
Black and grey dotwork mandala tattoo with a seed of life motif and scale-patterned shapes across a person's upper back.
Seed of life mandala on upper back
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of an anatomical heart wrapped in octopus tentacles, with the word desillusions, on the ribs.
Octopus wrapped anatomical heart on ribs
Black and grey fine line dragonfly tattoo with dotted shading on the wings, placed on the inner forearm.
Dragonfly on the inner forearm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a planet inside a triangle with orbiting circles and stars, on the calf.
Planet in a triangle on a calf
Black and grey realism tiger head with red blossom and mandala detailing, tattooed on the calf.
Realistic tiger head with red blossoms on a calf
Dotwork and geometric flash design of a deer with branching antlers linked by constellation dots, drawn in fine brown ink on cream paper.
Deer with constellation antlers design
Fine line black ink botanical sprig with pointed leaves, berries and a flower, placed on the forearm.
Botanical sprig on a forearm
Full arm sleeve in blackwork and dotwork geometric designs, with a dotted mandala rosette and cube patterns on the upper arm and forearm.
Blackwork and dotwork geometric arm sleeve
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a horned demon with ram horns, wings and clawed hands on an upper arm.
Horned demon with wings on upper arm
Black blackwork tattoo of a geometric mandala pattern covering the back of a hand and fingers, with black painted nails.
Geometric mandala tattoo across the back of a hand
Black and grey tattoo of a three-masted sailing ship on rolling waves, framed in a circle with dashed sky lines, on the forearm.
Sailing ship in a circle on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork anatomical heart on the upper back, with a fine line heartbeat trace running to the right.
Anatomical heart with heartbeat line on back
Black ink flash drawings on tracing paper: an anatomical heart with two roses and a sleeping rabbit inside, beside a dotwork cat head in a Dotwork style.
Anatomical heart with roses and cat head flash
Black and grey sunflower tattoo with stippled dotwork centre and shaded leaves on the inner upper arm.
Sunflower with leaves on the upper arm
Black ink drawing of a bear in side profile, its body filled with stripes, scallops, triangles and dots, shown as a blackwork-style design on white paper.
Patterned bear outline in black ink
Black and grey dotwork tattoo on a calf showing a flying saucer beaming up a small animal beneath mountains, pine trees and a planet inside a diamond frame.
UFO beam over mountains in a diamond frame
Black ink drawing of an ornamental big cat face filled with dotwork, linework and geometric patterns, shown as a tattoo design.
Ornamental big cat face in black ink
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a skull, shells and peony flowers across a woman's hip and thigh, shown from the side against a white wall.
Skull and peony flowers across hip and thigh
Hand-drawn flash design of a lace-patterned flower with dotted chains and teardrop shapes, inked in teal on cream paper.
Dotwork flower design with teardrop dangles
Black and grey dotwork moth tattoo with a geometric background, sitting on the upper arm and shoulder.
Moth with geometric background on upper arm
Black and white line drawing of two mirrored winged horses rearing above an intertwined scaled serpent, framed by fine feather-like filigree, suitable as a tattoo flash design.
Symmetrical winged horses and serpent design
Black and grey dotwork and fine line tattoo of planets orbiting a central sun on the thigh.
Solar system orbits on the thigh
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a sun and crescent moon with hanging drops, centred on a person's upper back.
Sun and crescent moon with dangling drops on upper back
Dotwork crescent moon tattoo on the thigh filled with pine trees, mountains, clouds and stars, with small teal and yellow colour accents.
Crescent moon landscape on thigh
Black and grey dotwork and blackwork mandala tattoo with a radial geometric pattern, placed on the back.
Dotwork and blackwork mandala on the back
Black and grey dotwork drawing of a crescent moon with a smiling face and outlined stars, on a cream background.
Crescent moon with face and stars
Black ink ornamental mandala tattoo with dangling chain details across the underbust and sternum, seen in a mirror selfie.
Ornamental underbust mandala tattoo
Black ink drawing of an ornate elephant head in dotwork and mandala patterns, with a shaded rose in place of the ear, on white paper.
Ornate elephant with rose design
Traditional style flash design of an hourglass with an eye at its centre, two red and orange roses, and banners reading Time is Slipping.
Hourglass, eye and roses flash design
Black geometric tattoo of a solid triangle with a partly dotwork circle overlapping it, on the upper arm.
Solid triangle and dotted circle on upper arm
Black and grey traditional tattoo of two roses with stippled dotwork shading on the forearm.
Two roses with dotwork shading on a forearm
Black ink drawing of a death's-head moth with skull patterns on its wings, set against red geometric lines and a single eye on its body.
Death's-head moth with skulls and red geometry
Black and grey dotwork portrait of a man in a collared shirt, with the word SOMETIMES above, on the thigh.
Black and grey portrait of a man on a thigh
Black dotwork and geometric lotus mandala tattoo on a woman's wrist, with part of another tattoo visible on the forearm above it.
Dotwork lotus mandala on the wrist
Black ink dotwork drawing of a cluster of succulents and trailing string-of-pearls stems on white paper, a flash design for a botanical tattoo.
Dotwork succulent cluster drawing
Flash sheet of tattoo designs with Hopeless Romantic script, Fuck Love and Nah lettering, hearts, an arrow and a keyhole heart, with dotwork shading.
Hopeless romantic lettering flash sheet
Black ink drawing of the words Let me be brave in script lettering, with a bird in flight dissolving into stippled dots at the end of the phrase.
Let me be brave lettering with a bird
Colour tattoo of an Om symbol with a shaded Buddha face and dotwork patterns in teal and grey on a limb.
Om symbol with Buddha face on a limb
Black dotwork and fine line mandala tattoo with radiating petals on a lower leg, shown against a blue background.
Dotwork mandala tattoo on the calf
Black ink drawing of a crescent moon filled with flowers and leaves, with dotted lines and stars hanging below, shown as a tattoo design on white paper.
Floral crescent moon design
Green line drawing on black of a Cthulhu octopus head with tentacles wrapped in chains, under blackletter lettering reading Cthulhu, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement.
Cthulhu octopus with chains design
Black and grey dotwork tattoo design of two open roses with buds and leaves on a white background.
Two roses with buds and leaves