Dotwork tattoo ideas

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Black and grey tattoo of a tree inside a geometric diamond outline on the forearm, with a solid black circle and three vertical lines above it.
Tree in a geometric diamond on a forearm
A black and grey flash sheet of dotwork tattoo designs including a rabbit, a squirrel in a star, a bicycle, a camera, a hot air balloon and a flower bouquet.
Black and grey flash sheet of animals, objects and flowers
Black and grey dotwork tattoo on the inner forearm showing a bald head with closed eyes held by a hand, with a second hand pinching a small object above it.
Hands holding a bald head on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork and traditional tattoo on a forearm showing a stormy wave and sailing ship inside a patterned teacup, with a rain cloud above.
Teacup with a storm at sea on a forearm
Pastel purple and green butterfly tattoo on an ankle, surrounded by coloured stars, black swirls and dotted trails.
Butterfly and stars on an ankle
Black and grey blackwork and dotwork tattoo of a snow globe showing a ringed planet, stars and mountains, on the forearm.
Snow globe with Saturn and mountains on forearm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of an anatomical heart displayed under a glass dome on a stand, shown on skin.
Anatomical heart under a glass dome
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of two narwhals, a Roman numeral clock face, clouds and stars across an upper arm, shown from two angles.
Narwhals, clock and clouds on upper arm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a smiling cat wearing round glasses, a ribbed beanie and a striped jumper, on the forearm.
Bespectacled cat in a beanie and jumper
Black and grey rooster tattoo with stippled shading on the forearm, with other tattoos of foliage and holly visible around it.
Rooster tattoo on the forearm
Black and grey skull tattoo in an ornate scrolled frame with a candelabra-style ornament below, on the inner forearm.
Skull in ornate frame with chandelier on forearm
Geometric faceted heart tattoo in green, maroon and grey on a forearm, with a smaller matching heart tattoo below it.
Two faceted heart tattoos
Two black and grey forearm tattoos in a stippled style: a songbird on a branch with stars and a rose on the right arm, and a honeycomb-filled vessel with leaves on the left arm.
Bird and honeycomb forearm tattoos
Black and grey dotwork triangle tattoo with a shaded point on the centre of a woman's chest, above a knit crop top.
Small triangle tattoo on the chest
Black and grey dotwork and linework tattoo design of a two-faced woman with flowers, leaves and a pearl necklace, drawn on white paper.
Twin-faced figure with flowers and pearls
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a hot air balloon with a sun face on the calf, with clouds and a small figure in the basket.
Hot air balloon with sun face on a calf
Black and grey dotwork mandala with two peony flowers on the outer thigh, with fine linework and shading.
Mandala and peonies on a thigh
Abstract geometric tattoo in grey and red ink with dotwork shading, covering the upper arm and forearm of a person in a dark top.
Abstract geometric sleeve on upper arm and forearm
Black and grey mandala tattoo with dotwork shading on the outer thigh of a bare leg, with a second leg beside it.
Black mandala tattoo on a thigh
Black and grey photo of a fine line tattoo on a forearm showing a row of planets, with Saturn and a banded Jupiter-like planet among small dots.
Solar system planets on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork mandala sleeve covering a full arm, with geometric star and flower motifs from shoulder to wrist.
Geometric mandala sleeve on an arm
Black dotwork and line tattoo of a geometric lion head in profile beside a vertical arrow, on pale skin.
Geometric lion head with vertical arrow
Illustrated tattoo on a forearm showing a large-eyed girl in a crown with patterned birds and an arrow, in a dotwork and geometric style.
Illustrated girl and birds on a forearm
Dotwork and fine line tattoo of a hot air balloon above a tower and a boat, with pink and green accents, across the upper back.
Hot air balloon over tower and boat on back
Dotwork bear face inside a botanical wreath with a snowflake, tattooed on a forearm in black and grey ink.
Bear face and botanical wreath on a forearm
Grey dotwork mandala tattoo on the top of a foot, with a hand brushing orange cosmetic pigment beside it.
Mandala tattoo on a foot
Black ink drawing of a geometric lion head in profile on white paper, with angular mane lines and stippled dotwork shading, showing no body placement.
Geometric lion head design
Black ink drawing of a spread-winged eagle with ornamental feather patterns, shown as a tattoo design rather than on skin.
Patterned eagle in flight
Small black and grey dotwork elephant head tattoo on the side of a finger, with red painted nails visible.
Small elephant head on a finger
Two black ink mandala tattoos in dotwork style, one of a lotus on a woman's upper arm and shoulder and one of a dense flower on a forearm.
Black mandala tattoos on upper arm and forearm
Fine line geometric tattoo of overlapping circles and dotted arrow lines running down the inner forearm, in black ink.
Geometric circles and arrows on a forearm
Watercolour and linework tattoo on a calf showing a line-drawn girl, a pocket watch with an eye at its centre and black dotwork.
Watercolour pocket watch and girl on calf
Black and grey ornate lotus tattoo with filigree and dotwork detail on the inner forearm near the wrist, shown with the palm facing the camera.
Ornate lotus tattoo on the inner wrist
Black abstract tattoo of solid and outlined circles, dots and thin lines running down the middle of a person's lower back, in a fine line and blackwork style.
Abstract circles and lines down the spine
Black outline mandala tattoo with dotwork detail across the top of a foot, with purple painted toenails.
Mandala tattoo across the top of a foot
Two hands with silver-white geometric mandala and chevron designs on the hands, wrists and forearms, with silver rings on the fingers.
Silver mandala designs on hands and wrists
Traditional colour tattoo of a gramophone with green leaves on a calf, set against a grey dotwork background with the word HARDCORE.
Gramophone and leaves with HARDCORE lettering on a calf
Black and grey dotwork drawing of a seahorse with a curled tail on a white background, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Seahorse tattoo design in dotwork
Fine line jellyfish tattoo in dark blue ink with dotted, trailing tentacles on the upper arm of a person in a white t-shirt.
Jellyfish tattoo on upper arm
Black and grey tattoo of a peony with leaves and a bud, framed by dotted geometric triangles, on the forearm.
Peony and geometric triangles on a forearm
Purple and black line drawing of a hummingbird, a flower and a peacock feather with dotwork shading on a white background.
Hummingbird, flower and peacock feather design
Back of a woman's neck and upper back showing a black ornamental mandala tattoo in a V shape with dotted chain drapes, in a dotwork and geometric style.
Mandala and dotted drape across upper back
Realism tattoo of a grey shaded skull with red roses and dotwork mandala shapes on an upper arm.
Skull and red roses on upper arm
Two photographs: a colour spiral galaxy tattoo on the back of a hand in blue and orange, and a black and grey dotwork galaxy with a pink core on a shoulder.
Spiral galaxy tattoos on a hand and a shoulder
Ornate feather design drawn in black linework and dotwork, with teal, blue and red accents on a white background.
Ornate feather tattoo design
Black dotwork lotus mandala tattoo with fine red dotted guide lines across the forearm, set against a purple towel.
Lotus mandala on a forearm
Black and grey full arm sleeve tattoo with ornamental paisley and mandala patterns, a flower mandala and a Buddha face near the wrist, running from the upper arm down the forearm.
Full arm sleeve with mandalas and a Buddha face
Full arm sleeve tattoo in dotwork and geometric style, showing an eye, a mandala, rainbows and a stylised figure, running from the upper arm down the forearm.
Geometric dotwork arm sleeve with an eye