Small colour tattoo of a pink and purple lilac sprig with green leaves on the outer ankle, in a fine line botanical style.

Enlarged with AI from a smaller original

Lilac sprig on an ankle

Fine line · Ankle · Colour · Photo

A small sprig of lilac with pink and violet flower clusters rises from a thin green stem with several leaves, drawn in delicate fine linework. The flowers are softly shaded from deep purple at the tip to lighter pink lower down, with touches of green in the leaves. The tattoo sits centrally on the ankle against a plain skin background, with a blurred brown fur surface behind the foot.

Find an artist for this

Take it to an artist as a reference. A good artist will make it yours rather than copy someone else's tattoo.

A story inspired by this tattoo · fiction

Margaret pins the sprig to your lapel just as the band finishes the quickstep, licking her thumb to smooth the stem. The florist on Cliff Road had only one bunch left on Friday, she says, and it would be a crime to let it go to waste on a Saturday. You can smell it through the cigarette haze and the sweat of the Pavilion's wooden floor, sweet and faintly bitter, like cough sweets left in a coat pocket.

Keep reading

The hall is hot enough to make the tall windows run with damp. Ronnie is on the ticket table with the cashbox and a face like thunder, because the lads from the depot have turned up uninvited and are making a nuisance of themselves by the cloakroom. Margaret squeezes your hand and says nobody is going to spoil the evening, least of all a pair of dockers with ginger hair and no manners.

A sailor asks you for the next foxtrot. He dances the way he talks, all elbows and apology, and treads on your good shoes twice before you both laugh. Over his shoulder you watch Margaret lead her own partner in a slow circle, her head tipped back, her laugh carrying over the brass.

When the last waltz comes round, the lilac has begun to brown at the tips and the scent has thinned to something you have to lean in to find. You take it out, press it flat between the pages of the hymn book in your coat pocket, and tell yourself you will bring her a fresh one next Saturday, and that she will say it's a crime to waste the money.

More like this

Fine line tattoo of a small sprig of purple flowers with a green stem on the ankle, shown against a grey sock and brown blanket.
Small purple sprig on an ankle
Fine line tattoo of a small sprig with pink blossoms and green stems on the inside of an ankle.
Small pink flower sprig on an ankle
Fine line pink rose tattoo with a thin green stem and leaves on the inside of a wrist, above a red knitted sleeve.
Pink rose with stem on a wrist
Fine line tattoo of small coloured flowers and leaves linked by thin dots and lines, placed on the inside of an ankle.
Small flowers on a constellation line, ankle
Fine line watercolour style tattoo of a small purple flower, a pale bud and green leaves on a stem, on the inner ankle beside rolled denim.
Small purple flower sprig on an ankle
Fine line lavender sprig tattoo in purple and green on the inner leg, just above the knee.
Lavender sprig on the inner leg
Fine line tattoo of a small sprig of purple flowers curving across the outer ankle.
Purple flower sprig on an ankle
Fine line colour tattoo of two lavender sprigs with green stems and leaves on the ankle and lower leg.
Lavender sprigs on the ankle
Fine line colour tattoo of two purple lavender sprigs with green stems and leaves on the lower leg, in the Botanical style.
Lavender sprig on a lower leg
Fine line botanical tattoo of two lavender stems with green leaves on the lower leg, shown in soft purple and green ink.
Lavender sprig on the lower leg
Fine line botanical tattoo of a lavender sprig in purple and green on a calf.
Lavender sprig on a lower leg
Fine line colour tattoo of a small pink wildflower sprig with green stems and lilac buds on the ankle.
Small pink wildflower sprig on the ankle

From the plentytattoo archive, uploaded by a user. Is this your work? Ask for credit or removal.