Dotwork tattoo ideas

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Black ink lace-style mandala tattoo with petal shapes and hanging drops on the ankle and top of the foot.
Black lace mandala tattoo on the ankle
Black dotwork tattoo of a symmetrical ornament on the forearm, joined by a fine dotted line to a matching motif on the palm.
Dotwork ornament on forearm and palm
Three black and white rose tattoo designs on a flash sheet, one with dotted shading and leaves, one open bloom with an outlined bud, and one with dotwork shading and leaves.
Three rose designs on a flash sheet
Grey dotwork and linework mandala tattoo on the top of a foot, with a hand dusting orange powder beside it using a brush.
Mandala tattoo on a foot
Black and grey geometric lotus tattoo with dotwork shading on a person's lower abdomen, above open denim jeans.
Geometric lotus on the lower abdomen
Split image: on the left, colour tattoos of Finn and Jake from Adventure Time on two limbs; on the right, black and grey dotwork tattoos of a doe and a stag on two forearms.
Adventure Time and deer tattoos on forearms
Black compass rose tattoo with a solid eight-point star inside dotted and solid rings, on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Compass rose on the inner forearm
Colour flash drawing of a serpentine dragon with a long horned head, filled with pastel teal, pink and purple and decorated with black scrollwork, in a neo-traditional style.
Pastel serpentine dragon flash design
Black and grey drawing of a detailed owl with spread wings above a sugar skull decorated with flowers and roses, shown as a tattoo design with no body part visible.
Owl and sugar skull with spread wings
Black and grey botanical tattoo on two calves, with a hare among strawberry plants on the left leg and a fox with mushrooms on the right.
Hare and fox with botanical calf sleeve
Dotwork tattoo of stars and dotted spirals running up a forearm, set against a red patterned fabric.
Stars and dotted spirals on a forearm
Black and grey fine line tattoo of four origami cranes hanging on dotted strings, photographed on skin.
Origami cranes hanging on dotted strings
Black and grey dotwork lion head with flowing mane set inside a lightning bolt outline, tattooed on a limb.
Lion head inside a lightning bolt
Black and grey chrysanthemum tattoo with dotwork shading and geometric crystal shapes on the forearm.
Chrysanthemum with dotwork shading on forearm
Collage of ten owl tattoo designs in black and grey linework, dotwork and geometric styles, plus a few colour watercolour and geometric pieces, under the heading 36 Owl tattoo designs.
36 owl tattoo designs collage
Black and white line drawing of a strawberry ice cream cone with a piped swirl, a bow with a heart, and a lattice waffle cone, shown as a flash design with no body placement.
Strawberry ice cream cone flash design
Black linework botanical tattoo of a sprig with a small bird and orange dots, with dotwork shading behind, on the side of the ribs.
Botanical sprig and bird on ribs
Black line drawing of several ornamental swirls and scattered dots, presented as a flash sheet of fine line tattoo designs with no body placement shown.
Ornamental swirls and dot flourishes
Promotional sheet of tattoo-style drawings showing a koi carp with a ribbon and a Tattoo Art banner, plus stipple and outline brush samples, with no body placement.
Tattoo-style brush samples with koi carp design
Two matching black and grey mandala tattoos on the inner forearms, one on each arm, with bangles and a turquoise bead bracelet above.
Matching mandala tattoos on two forearms
Full arm sleeve tattoo of a pink axolotl with dotwork and geometric patterns, yellow circles and a flower bud, across the upper arm and forearm.
Axolotl full arm sleeve
Black and grey photo of a fine line tattoo on the back of a wrist, styled as a dotted chain bracelet with a small diamond and crescent moons, placed on the hand.
Fine line chain bracelet on the wrist
Colourful abstract planet tattoo with splatter and dotwork on an upper arm and forearm, crossed by teal and purple diagonal lines.
Planet and splatter sleeve with diagonal lines
Black and grey tattoo of ornate scissors with a beetle on one blade, shown on the inner forearm, in a dotwork and realism style.
Scissors and beetle on a forearm
Black line drawing flash of an ornate sun above a crescent moon, both decorated with fine dotwork and hanging drop ornaments.
Sun and crescent moon line designs
Black ink flash design of a braided woman holding a goat, with a sunburst eye above her head and flowers at her shoulders, suited to a dotwork and botanical style.
Braided woman with an eye, flowers and a goat
Line drawing of a tattoo design showing a koi fish above a teal clock face with Roman numerals, surrounded by roots, leaves and flowers, on a peach background.
Koi fish and clock face design
Black and grey mandala lotus tattoo with dotted lines above and below, placed centrally on the chest.
Mandala lotus with dots on the chest
Black and grey dotwork lotus mandala tattoo with fine linework across the calf, above a black sock.
Lotus mandala on a calf
Black and grey ornamental half sleeve tattoo with paisley and mandala motifs, shaded with dotwork, covering the shoulder and upper arm.
Ornamental half sleeve on shoulder and upper arm
Black linework lotus mandala tattoo with dotted lines, a star and crescent moon, and pink, purple and blue watercolour splashes on the inner forearm.
Lotus mandala with star and moon on forearm
Flash drawing of an ornate feather filled with swirling linework and dotwork, shaded in teal, blue and red, with no body placement shown.
Ornate feather design in teal and red
Black and grey dotwork skull tattoo with an eye in a triangle and heart-shaped rays, on the thigh.
Skull and eye tattoo on a thigh
Colour cartoon character in a green jacket and blue jeans, with red stippled outlines of a diamond, a rabbit and a banner, tattooed on a calf in a dotwork style.
Cartoon character with banners on a calf
Black dotwork drawing of a teacup and saucer with a small alien head in a crescent moon, a tea bag, and the words Not everybody's cup of tea across the top.
Teacup with alien in crescent moon
Black and grey dotwork mandala tattoo with lace-like scalloped petals across the upper back, shown from behind.
Dotwork mandala on upper back
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a vinyl record on a forearm, photographed against a dark background.
Vinyl record tattoo on a forearm
Black line drawing of an ornate spiral seashell filled with dotwork, scale-like cells and swirling filigree, shown as a tattoo design without a placement.
Ornate seashell line drawing
Blue ink drawing of a geometric mandala design with a diamond, dotwork and fine spiral linework, shown on white paper beside lace and dried flowers.
Blue ink geometric mandala design on paper
Dotwork and geometric tattoo of a stylised fox with clouds and lightning on the inner forearm, shaded in orange, black and grey.
Stylised fox on a forearm
Black and grey tattoo of a skeletal raptor-like dinosaur in shaded dotwork on the inner forearm.
Dinosaur skeleton on a forearm
Line drawing of a sun with flame-like rays above a soft blue-tinted crescent moon, linked by dotted lines and small star shapes, with no body placement shown.
Sun and crescent moon design with stars
Black and grey fine line and dotwork geometric tattoo on the inner forearm, showing overlapping circles, a triangle, dotted lines and a shaded wave inside a circle.
Geometric circles and triangle on a forearm
Black and grey sketch-style tattoo of a barn owl with spread wings, holding a small cottage in its talons, on the outer thigh.
Barn owl carrying a cottage on a thigh
Black geometric maze pattern tattooed in a band across a forearm, with dotwork stippling along the top and bottom edges.
Black geometric maze band on a forearm
Black and grey tattoo of a sun with a crescent moon, a peace sign wreathed in daisies and a flower with a yin yang centre, stacked down the middle of a woman's back.
Sun, peace sign and flower down a back
Realistic pink orchid tattoo with buds, green stems and black splatter with dotwork shading, placed on the calf.
Pink orchids with black splatter on a calf
Four black and grey butterfly designs stacked vertically on a white background, with detailed wing veining and stippled dot shading.
Four butterfly designs in black ink