Bud tattoo ideas

1,075 photos and flash · 94% Botanical, 24% Fine line · Forearm most common

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Black and grey chrysanthemum tattoo with buds and crystal shapes on the outer thigh, drawn in a botanical style with dotwork shading.
Chrysanthemums and crystals on a thigh
Fine line botanical tattoo of a slender sprig with small pink-tinted flowers and buds on the inner upper arm.
Fine line flower sprig on upper arm
Small black fine line tattoo of a slender sprig with tiny buds on the inner upper arm, below a rolled white shirt sleeve.
Fine line sprig on an upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a rose with a long stem and serrated leaves, on the side of the torso.
Realistic black and grey rose with stem
Black and grey fine line tattoo of peonies, buds and leaves centred on the sternum, with hands resting over the chest above it.
Peony bouquet on the sternum
Pencil drawing of a sugar skull with diamond-filled eyes, framed by two shaded roses and leaves, as a tattoo design on sketchbook paper.
Sugar skull with roses pencil design
Colour traditional-style rose tattoo with red petals, green leaves and bold black outlines, shown on a calf.
Traditional rose with green leaves on a calf
Black botanical tattoo of bare branches with small buds wrapping around a wrist on the forearm, against a dark background.
Bare branches wrapped around a wrist
Purple shaded botanical design of roses and leaves on a white background, shown as a flash drawing with no body placement visible.
Purple rose and foliage design
Close view of a small fine line botanical sprig tattoo in black ink on the ribs, with a hand holding up a cream top beside it.
Fine line sprig on the ribs
Black and grey geometric mandala above a cluster of botanical flowers and buds on a forearm, in a Botanical and Geometric style.
Mandala and flowers on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a vintage film camera with poppy flowers and a bud on the forearm.
Film camera and poppies on a forearm
Engraved-style line drawing of an ouroboros serpent forming a circle, entwined with roses, buds and leaves on a cream background, shown as a tattoo design without a body placement.
Ouroboros serpent with roses
Black line drawing of a sketchy botanical design with flowers, leaves and swirling vines, suitable as a Botanical tattoo flash.
Floral swirl sketch design
Side-by-side photos of a forearm: on the left a small dark anchor tattoo on the inner wrist, on the right the same area covered by a large shaded black rose with teal leaves in a traditional style.
Before and after: black rose cover-up on forearm
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a red poppy with teal and yellow flowers and green leaves on the upper arm.
Red poppy and teal flowers on an arm
Black and grey fine line tattoo of poppy flowers arranged in a circle with dotwork centres, on the inner forearm.
Poppy blooms in a circle on a forearm
Black fine line tattoo of roses, buds and leafy foliage spreading across the upper back of a woman with her hair in a bun.
Rose bouquet across the upper back
Neo-traditional floral tattoo on an upper arm and shoulder, with grey-shaded blossoms at the top and a red rose and green leaves below.
Floral sleeve of peonies and rosebuds on upper arm
Black and grey botanical tattoo of two peony flowers with leaves and a small bee, on the upper arm.
Black and grey peonies with a bee on upper arm
Full colour botanical tattoo of three sunflowers with green leaves and buds running diagonally down the side of the ribs.
Sunflower trio on the ribs
Pencil-style neo-traditional sketch of a cat's head in profile with whiskers, beside a cluster of buds and leaves.
Sketched cat head with buds
Colour botanical tattoo of red and pale pink peonies with buds and green leaves, running down the outer thigh of a person in black underwear.
Peony cluster on a thigh
Black line drawing of a flower bud on a curling vine with spiral tendrils, a botanical tattoo design shown on a plain white background.
Swirling vine with a flower bud
Black and grey botanical tattoo of peonies and leaves running across the shoulder and upper chest in fine linework.
Peony cluster on a shoulder
Red poppy tattoo with a green stem and bud on the inner forearm, in a soft painterly style.
Red poppy on a forearm
Neo-traditional tattoo of a bouquet of blue and pale flowers tied with a ribbon, on the upper arm, with partial tattoos visible at the edges.
Blue flower bouquet tied with ribbon on an arm
Black and white photo of a fine line botanical tattoo of a slender branch with small blossoms and buds on a shoulder.
Fine line blossom branch on a shoulder
Black and grey tattoo of a bow and radiating arrows with leaf and bud motifs, on a section of skin, placement unclear.
Bow and arrows with leaves on skin
Traditional style tattoo of a yellow rose with teal leaves and buds on a solid black shape, on the inner forearm.
Yellow rose with teal leaves on a forearm
Pencil sketch in a sketchbook of a frog surrounded by leaves and flowers arranged in a circle, drawn as a possible botanical tattoo design.
Frog and foliage in a circular pencil design
Black traditional tattoo of a rose with stippled dotwork petals, two arrows and the words LOVE YOURSELF SO NO ONE HAS TO set in a circle around it.
Rose and arrows with circular lettering
Two pencil sketches of tattoo designs showing flowers, leaves and butterflies, one in blue pencil and one in graphite.
Floral and butterfly tattoo design sketches
Colour tattoo of red camellias with leaves and a bud on the shoulder blade, and a brown swallow with falling petals and a second camellia lower on the back.
Camellias and a swallow across a back
Black ink anatomical heart with roots and branches on the inner wrist of a raised hand, in a botanical style.
Anatomical heart with roots on a wrist
Black outline drawing of two peonies with leaves on pale tracing paper, a botanical tattoo design with no placement shown.
Peony line drawing with leaves
Realistic colour tattoo of purple violets with yellow centres, green leaves and a small bud on a stem, on the forearm.
Violets and a bud on a forearm
Pen sketch of a symmetrical botanical mandala with a central five-petalled flower surrounded by leaves, sprigs and small buds, drawn as a tattoo design.
Symmetrical flower and leaf mandala sketch
Colourful sketch-style blossom branch tattoo with pink, red, blue and orange linework on the inside of a forearm.
Sketched blossom branch on a forearm
Line drawing of a blue ink floral bouquet with peonies, open flowers and leaves on a white background, shaded with fine dots and hatching, with no body placement shown.
Blue ink floral bouquet design
Black ink tattoo of a large central flower with smaller blooms, buds and leaves, in a botanical dotwork style, on the inner upper arm.
Black ink flower cluster on an upper arm
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a small flowering sprig with leaves and a bud on the inner upper arm, below a striped sleeve.
Fine line flower sprig on the upper arm
Traditional-style tattoo of red and blue flowers with green leaves and yellow accents, shown in two photos on a leg and an arm.
Traditional red and blue flowers with leaves
Traditional black rose tattoo with a bud, leaves and thorned stem on a forearm near the elbow, with a partly visible banner above.
Black rose tattoo on forearm
Colour tattoo of pink peonies with small blue flowers and green leaves across an upper arm and shoulder, in a botanical style.
Pink peonies and blue blossoms on an upper arm
Colour tattoo of a wild rose sprig with pink petals, dark green leaves and a bud, in botanical style with dotwork centres, on the forearm.
Wild rose sprig on a forearm
Black ink line drawing of a magnolia branch with two open blooms and several buds, sketched on torn paper as a botanical tattoo design.
Magnolia branch tattoo design sketch
Close-up of a teal and black botanical tattoo with stylised leaf and bud shapes and small dots, placed centrally on the chest above a sheer black bralette.
Teal botanical motif on the sternum