Fern tattoo ideas

209 photos and flash · 83% Botanical, 25% Fine line · Forearm most common

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Botanical tattoo on a shoulder and upper arm, showing pale peach wild roses with green leaves, dark ferns, succulent-style blooms and small red berries, in a neo-traditional style.
Wild roses and ferns on a shoulder
Side view of a black and grey fern tattoo running up the ribs and side of the torso, with black lace lingerie and a raised arm.
Fern tattoo on the side of the ribs
Black and grey brush enso circle framed by ferns, trees, birds and a deer, drawn as a tattoo design with no body part shown.
Enso circle with ferns, trees and birds
Black henna-style floral and dotted lace design across a person's lower back and hips, above red underwear.
Henna-style lace design on lower back
Black ink drawing of the hand-lettered words and if not he is still good, framed by a wreath of leaves, ferns and small flowers, shown as a design with no body placement.
Hand-lettered quote in a leafy wreath
Pen line drawing on graph paper of a fern frond, several feather and frond designs, a swirl and a hummingbird head, suitable as fine line tattoo flash.
Fern fronds, feathers and hummingbird sketch
Colour botanical tattoo of pink roses, rosebuds, a fern frond and red berries across the upper back of a person with short hair.
Botanical bouquet of roses and fern on upper back
Black ink line drawing of a pine tree, a deer and hatched hillside with a banner reading Prone to Wander, on aged paper.
Prone to Wander pine and deer design
Black and grey botanical leaf tattoos wrap both forearms of a person in a grey dress with hands held open.
Leafy fern sleeves on both forearms
Close-up of a realistic owl tattoo with a soft blue wash and fern fronds on the inner upper arm.
Owl perched on a branch on the upper arm
Black and grey botanical tattoo on a forearm with a long fern frond, pine cones, a dotted dahlia-like bloom, leaves and small crystals.
Fern, pine cones and crystals on a forearm
Black ink fine line tattoo on a forearm showing a compass with arrows, a fern, mountain peaks, a rose and the letters PNW.
Compass, fern, mountains and rose on arm
Close view of a fine line botanical fern frond tattoo on a shoulder, shading from black at the collarbone to blue on the upper arm.
Fern frond across a shoulder
Close photo of a small black fine line sprig tattoo on the inner wrist, with the hand raised against a pale bed sheet.
Small fern sprig tattoo on a wrist
Black fern frond tattoo on the inner forearm near the wrist, with a green cloth and a transfer sheet of the same design on a wooden table.
Black fern tattoo on a wrist
Black and white photo of a fine line fern frond tattoo on the side of the ribs, with a hand resting over the chest above it.
Fine line fern frond on the ribs
Close-up of a small black fine-line botanical sprig tattoo running vertically along the side of the ribs, with a tiny chevron mark nearby.
Fine line sprig on the ribs
Black and grey ink drawing of a scorpion with a raised tail, framed by fern fronds and plant sprigs, with the word Scorpio and a short quote beneath.
Scorpio scorpion with ferns
Colour tattoo of a fox head among red poppies and yarrow, tied with fern-like foliage, on a person's upper arm and shoulder.
Fox and poppies on an upper arm
Black and white photo of a bare lower leg and foot with a solid black fern tattoo wrapping from the calf down towards the ankle, in a botanical style.
Fern tattoo wrapping a lower leg
Black ink stippled drawing of two poppies and fern fronds on a stem, shown as a botanical tattoo design sketch on cream paper.
Poppies and fern sprig line drawing
Black and white photo of two raised hands showing detailed fern frond tattoos on both forearms, in a botanical style.
Fern tattoos on both forearms
Blackwork and dotwork tattoo on the inner forearm showing three solid black circles with an oak leaf and acorns, a wave, and a fern with a pine cone, linked by dotted lines and small botanical sprigs.
Oak, wave and fern circles on a forearm
Fine line black fern tattoo with a red midrib on the inner forearm, shown in two photographs with a striped sleeve pushed up.
Fern tattoo on the inner forearm
Black ink flash sheet of a floating island with pine trees, a snail on mushrooms, fern sprigs and hanging crystals in fine line style.
Floating island, snail and mushroom flash sheet
Black and grey fern tattoo across a person's shoulder and upper arm, drawn with outlined fronds and soft shading.
Fern tattoo across shoulder and upper arm
Black botanical feather tattoo centred on a woman's upper back, seen from behind above a white lace top.
Feather tattoo on the upper back
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a mandala with feathers and fern leaves, running from the nape of the neck onto the upper back.
Ornamental dotwork neck and upper back tattoo
Black and grey traditional style flash sheet showing six drawn designs including a rose, a dagger, a wreath, an eye with rope and a pendant, with no body placement shown.
Black and grey flash sheet of six designs
Black and grey blackwork and dotwork tattoo of an anatomical heart overgrown with flowers and leaves, across an upper arm.
Anatomical heart with flowers on upper arm
Black ink full sleeve on a woman's arm, with mandala patterns, scrollwork and fern sprigs covering the upper arm and forearm down to the wrist.
Blackwork mandala sleeve with fern motifs
Black and grey dotwork and geometric tattoo on an upper arm showing a large beetle with a crescent moon, crystal, ferns and flowers within triangle lines.
Beetle, crescent moon and crystal on upper arm
Colour tattoo of an antler and a fern frond on the outer thigh, drawn in a botanical style with soft shading.
Antler and fern on a thigh
Black fine-line botanical tattoo of a feathery sprig running diagonally down a pale forearm, against a blue fabric with white stars.
Fine line sprig on a forearm
Black and grey tattoo of an unfurling fern frond with a spiral tip on the calf.
Unfurling fern frond on a calf
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of flowers, leaves and a dotted chain with drops across the chest below the breasts.
Flower garland across the chest
Solid black fern frond tattoo across the back of a hand and onto the wrist, botanical style, photographed against a plain white background.
Fern tattoo on the back of a hand
Black fine line fern fronds tattooed on the upper arm of a person in a white t-shirt and high-waisted denim jeans.
Fern sprig on an upper arm
Sheet of gold and silver metallic temporary tattoo designs, including shells, arrows, chain bands, waves and fern fronds.
Gold and silver metallic tattoo design sheet
Six black ink floral and scroll designs on a white background, with feathered fronds, leaves and curling swirls in a flourish style.
Six black floral and scroll tattoo designs
Neo-traditional botanical tattoo of wild roses, a succulent, ferns and berries across a shoulder and upper arm, shaded in peach, olive and black.
Wild rose and fern across a shoulder
Black and grey botanical tattoo of leaves, fern fronds and buds wrapping around a forearm just below the elbow.
Botanical leaves and fern on a forearm
Fine line black botanical sprig with a peony, fern fronds and a succulent-style flower on the inner forearm.
Botanical sprig with peony and fern on forearm
Black fern frond tattoo in detailed linework running down the inner forearm of a person wearing a grey marl top.
Fern leaf tattoo on a forearm
Black and grey photograph of a torso with full dotwork sleeves, chest patterns and a lotus with fern-like fronds tattooed on the abdomen.
Dotwork sleeves with lotus on the abdomen
Black ink fern frond tattoo on a forearm, with the hand open and a blurred outdoor background.
Black fern frond tattoo on a forearm
Black and grey tattoo of a woodland landscape with a stone cottage, a hill and a bird, framed by ferns and set on the outer thigh.
Woodland landscape with cottage on a thigh
Black ink line drawings on white of mushrooms, cacti, leaf sprigs, ferns and succulents, arranged as a botanical flash sheet with no body placement shown.
Hand-drawn botanical flash sheet in black line