What do dot tattoos mean and what are they like?

Dot tattoos are not the most popular body decoration option. Recently, however, it is gaining more and more popularity. It is worthwhile to understand in more detail the features and meanings of this type of tattoo.

Choosing a drawing to be applied by a master, some people give it their own personal meaning, find a conceptual meaning inherent in another national culture, religion or philosophical doctrine. However, in the simplest images, in the application of which there are no particular difficulties, a completely different meaning may be contained. And its interpretation in the meaning accepted in a separate social stratum can deliver unpleasant or dangerous minutes for the conceptualist and philosopher.

Uncomplicated labels were used to denote aggressiveness, belonging to the omitted, a tendency to theft or snitching in social groups that stand outside the boundaries of legal activity and are punished for this. Part of the meaning of the simple image has remained unchanged.

However, the belief about the loss of the previous meaning is being introduced more and more persistently (which does not quite correspond to reality), a deep sacred meaning is being positioned.

• Conceptualists of the group "Art and Language" we are sure that the point is an important symbol that conveys the deep meaning of art without the help of verbal expression.
• In Latin America and Mexico the image of three dots means the Holy Trinity, since in some countries it is forbidden to use sketches of religious content for tattooing.
• Big black dot on a man's chest symbolizes the achievement of some important life goal or the passage of an intended milestone.
• Have women next to the nails or on the middle phalanx of the finger, the number of dots can indicate the number of children born to her, the intended goals.
• Point on a woman's shoulder - warning the world about indifference to material values.
• Conceptually interpreted a point is both something whole and an integral part of it.
• Traditional the image color is jet black. The red ones are part of another pattern (color). There is also a bindi on the forehead (on a married woman, round or teardrop-shaped).
• V tantrism bindi - this is a talisman from the evil eye.

A point can be part of another image. Together with a comma, it indicates suicidal tendencies. In a man, a large dot on his chest can notify the world that he has found his beloved and intends to remain faithful to her. If a person is a philosopher, then a tattoo is the center of the universe, and he is a contemplator. A dot inside a circle is a polysemantic symbol; a whole treatise can be written about its meaning.

The meaning and interpretation depend not only on the location, but also on what the person himself means by it. A good example is when a large dot on the chest depicts finding a beloved or achieving a life goal (for someone, it is a beloved woman who can represent a real life goal).

One point located in the center of the circle will have the same ambiguity. It all depends on the size, color and even the distance of the outline of the circle from its center. Here are just some of the meanings:

• circle small size and a white point - the Moon and its inherent strength (growth, changes, magical properties);
• big circle means the sun, femininity, masculinity and determination, family or even intuition;
• the point is the symbol of the embryo, and the circle is the feminine principlethat feeds him during development;
• circle with dot denotes a person who wants to be active in any sphere of life;
• sometimes it's a shorthand conjugal union or association.

But in another social layer, a dot in a circle may mean that a person belongs to the untouchable caste, so for philosophical thoughts it is better to look for another version of the image.

In addition to the Holy Trinity in Latin America, 3 dots in Latin mafiosi symbolize belonging to the underworld, the crazy life they lead. In the sacred sense, a triangle of dots can mean the ability to clairvoyance or the desire to acquire it, a timely reflection of an attack or a guard against the evil eye. Placed not in a triangle, but in a row, they denote ellipsis, incompleteness or inability to achieve a life goal. Three dots (one on each finger) in a woman can mean the number of targeted peaks or children born.

If this number is not part of a dotwork image, but just 4 vertices of a rectangle, square or rhombus, then this is an unfortunate choice, indicating the number of years of imprisonment, seclusion. This applies exclusively to a drawing close to localization, in which the graphic symbol is located within the visual reach. Otherwise, points connected by lines and located on different fingers can mean anything.

The dots on the arm, represented in the form of a dice (four in the corners and one in the center) is a tattoo that is international and symbolizes a person who sits alone in 4 walls. However, in Vietnam, he has a different meaning - a person who has loyal friends.

Dot tattoo in the modern interpretation is the predecessor of the modern dotwork style.It is available only to a true master, since the image is executed with points of different sizes and gives a whimsical visualization from different points of view. In some cases, dots don't make good or special sense:

• applying dot images (one at a time) on the finger, at the nail or on the middle phalanx, women can represent the number of children or life goals;

• three dots on one line on the arm, leg and even on the ear - this is an ellipsis, a symbol of incompleteness or expectation of continuation;

• forever, at the outer corner, if you do not take into account other interpretations, a tattoo can mean non-traditional sexual orientation or ease of having sexual intercourse;

• on the ear such a tattoo is often used by women who find an odd number of dots along the auricle aesthetic (but the general meaning of one model located on the lobe is that a person does not fulfill his promises);

• symbol value on the face determined by the shape and location: above the lip - the same meaning as at the corner of the eye, on the nose - an indication of the informer, on the forehead - the third eye or bindi;

• on the wrist or it is not recommended to apply dots on the knuckles of the fingers: this is information about the past, not always specious, it is located in plain sight for quick information and does not carry any aesthetic load.

The essence of such a pattern is to leave room for imagination.: the viewer himself thinks out what is in the picture, mentally following from number to number. This is not always easy, so the deeper meaning of the tattoo remains inaccessible to most of those who see it.

Tattoo artists warn that the external simplicity of such an image is not always available to amateurs who are going to perform it at home... Men are advised to choose a larger image, at least 2 mm across, and in a strictly defined location. Girls prefer small dots on the auricle or on the toes, although sometimes it can be a leg or forearm.

The image, completely created by the master from points, often has no connotation, except that one can recall the impressionists who painted with point strokes.