Dotwork tattoo ideas

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Fine line and dotwork tattoo on an upper arm, with a shaded black mandala circle, red geometric polygons and dotted lines rising upward.
Mandala and geometric lines on upper arm
Black dotwork tree tattoo on the upper arm and shoulder, with a dense stippled canopy and a brushstroke trunk ending in a small purple tint.
Tree with dotted canopy on an upper arm
Black and grey neo-traditional tattoo design drawing of a wolf head with a cube pattern, mandala, crossed arrows and an eye within a triangle, with no body placement shown.
Wolf head with arrows and eye triangle
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a sun, stacked planets and dotted geometric lines on the inner forearm.
Sun and planets on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork mandala tattoo with floral details wrapping the ankle and top of the foot.
Dotwork mandala on ankle and foot
Two side-by-side drawings of an ornate lotus flower tattoo design with swirling filigree and dotted shading, shown on a sepia background.
Ornate lotus flower design in two versions
Black and grey ornamental wolf head tattoo with a third eye motif on the upper arm, in a blackwork and dotwork style.
Ornamental wolf head on upper arm
Two black and grey forearm tattoos: an eye within a triangle of radiating lines on the left, and a geometric eye with dotwork and a shaded cube on the right.
Eye in triangle and geometric forearm tattoos
Black fine line tattoo of a crescent moon with a sleeping face, dotted beads and geometric diamond drops across the upper back.
Crescent moon with dotwork on upper back
Dotwork and line tattoo of a girl in a patterned dress holding an umbrella with coloured raindrops, across the upper arm and shoulder.
Girl with umbrella and raindrops on upper arm
Black stippled paw print tattoo on the ribs, with a heart-shaped gap of bare skin in one of the toe pads.
Paw print with heart on the ribs
Black and grey dotwork leg tattoo on the calf showing a winged fairy holding a leafy sprig above a patterned door and a bottle, with small colour accents.
Winged fairy and door design on a calf
Black ink flash sheet of paisley swirls, lotus-like flowers and leaves with dotwork and fine line detail, drawn on a white background.
Paisley and floral flash sheet in black ink
Black dotwork and linework mandala and paisley tattoo across the upper arm and shoulder, with light blue leaf shapes behind it.
Mandala and paisley design on upper arm
Small black tattoo of a hamsa hand with an eye in its palm and dotted edging, on the side of a foot beside a coin.
Small hamsa hand with eye on foot
Blackwork flash design of a spread-winged owl with Celtic knotwork chest, spiral wing tops and dotted feather rows, with no body placement shown.
Spread-winged owl with Celtic knotwork
Fine line and dotwork tattoo on a calf showing a bearded face in a red dotted balloon, with a paper plane above and a small house with a red heart below.
Surreal balloon face and house on a calf
Colour traditional tattoo on a thigh of a Barcelos-style rooster with dotted patterns, a red rose with a cross through it and green leaves.
Barcelos rooster and rose on a thigh
Black and grey lion head tattoo across a man's upper back and shoulder, realistic on the left and geometric with dotwork shading on the right.
Half realistic, half geometric lion on shoulder
Black and grey dotwork mandala and rose full sleeve tattoo covering the upper arm and forearm, photographed in black and white against a white brick wall.
Mandala and rose full sleeve
Black and white dotwork rose with leaves, shown as a temporary tattoo design beside a mint crop top, denim shorts and sandals.
Stippled rose temporary tattoo design
Full back tattoo of a twisted ribbon running down the spine over ornamental lattice panels, in black and grey dotwork and linework.
Ornamental ribbon back piece
Black and grey tribal blackwork sleeve tattoo covering the shoulder, upper arm and forearm, with a geometric mandala on the shoulder and a chest piece.
Tribal blackwork sleeve on a man's arm
Black and white drawing of a hamsa hand tattoo design with blackwork outlines and dotwork detailing on a white background.
Hamsa hand design
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a small owl perched on a branch, across the top of a foot.
Dotwork owl on a branch across the foot
Two tattoo photos: on the left, a black and grey eye inside a triangle with sunburst rays in dotwork shading; on the right, a colour eye within a ribbon frame surrounded by teal and yellow flowers on
Eye in triangle tattoos, dotwork and neo-trad
Geometric bird tattoo with dotwork shading and handwritten script across the shoulder blade, with a dotted-line plant and teal accents down the back.
Geometric bird and dotted plant on a back
Black and white dotwork flash design of an ornate keyhole escutcheon framed by scrolls and flowers, with no body placement shown.
Ornate keyhole escutcheon design
Black dotwork fading into solid black bands on a forearm, with the hand raised in front of a wooden parquet floor.
Dotwork fade and black bands on a forearm
Grey moon phase tattoos on a person's upper back, showing crescents and a full moon with stippled texture, in a sepia vintage-filtered photo.
Moon phase tattoos across a back
Black outlined octopus tattoo with swirl and dot patterning across the ribs and side of a torso, in a dotwork style.
Ornamental octopus on the side of the ribs
Full arm sleeve in blackwork and dotwork featuring hexagons and a central mandala motif, running from the upper arm down to the wrist.
Geometric blackwork sleeve on arm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a faceted helmet with a small antenna on the inner forearm.
Geometric helmet on a forearm
Black and red abstract bird tattoo with dotwork and a geometric lattice across the shoulder and upper arm.
Abstract bird and geometric pattern on upper arm
Colour tattoo of a stylised geometric animal with dotwork patterns and circular dot stems on a person's calf, in green, mustard and black linework.
Geometric animal and dot motifs on a calf
Black ink flash drawing of a molecular structure with two hexagonal rings inside a dotwork stippled circle, with dotted line ends, shown on cream paper.
Stippled molecule design
Black dotwork and fine line pyramid above the words 'the world is a wonderfully weird place' in typewriter-style text, tattooed on the inner forearm.
Pyramid and quote on a forearm
Black and grey fine line tattoo of the planets in a vertical row along a forearm, with Saturn and a banded Jupiter among the smaller spheres.
Planets in a row on a forearm
Black and teal dotwork mandala tattoo with a blank centre, sitting on the inner forearm.
Dotwork mandala on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork conch shell tattoo with a red sun and two palm trees above a horizon line, on the upper arm.
Conch shell above a horizon with palm trees and red sun
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a rose with geometric arrows, triangles and circles running vertically along the ribs.
Geometric rose and arrow down the ribs
Black and grey mandala tattoo with a radiating star centre on the outer forearm, with the hand raised and a thin bracelet on the wrist.
Mandala tattoo on the forearm
Black and grey forest silhouette armband tattoo with a small moon and soft clouds, wrapped around the inner forearm.
Forest silhouette armband on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork and linework rose tattoo on the side of a person's head, with a thorned stem running down behind the ear.
Black and grey rose on the side of head
Black Eye of Horus tattoo with dotted rays on the side of a ribcage, partly covered by white fabric.
Eye of Horus with dotted rays on ribs
Two black and grey plague doctor tattoos, one on the upper arm with a bird on the shoulder and a dotted moon, and one on the forearm, both in blackwork and dotwork style.
Two plague doctor tattoos in black and grey
Colour dotwork sleeve tattoo on an upper arm and forearm showing stylised houses, trees and a small bird on a hill.
Village houses and trees sleeve on an arm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of an elephant head within a geometric mandala frame on the ankle.
Elephant head in geometric frame on an ankle