Flower tattoo ideas

8,605 photos and flash · 64% Botanical, 16% Traditional · Forearm most common

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Bold black silhouette drawing of a flowering stem with large five-petalled blooms and closed buds on a cream background, a botanical tattoo design.
Flowering stem in bold black silhouette
Fine line botanical tattoo in white ink, showing flowers and trailing vines across the top of a foot against a dark background.
White ink flowers and vines on a foot
Pencil and ink sketch of three lilies with scrolling foliage on a sketchbook page, drawn as a botanical tattoo design with no body placement shown.
Lily and scroll design sketch
Woman in a dark grey band t-shirt showing colourful traditional rose and floral tattoos on her upper arms and forearms.
Tattooed arms in a band t-shirt
Two palms facing the camera, covered in black mandala-style geometric tattoos with dotwork on the fingers and decorative script running down the fingers and wrists.
Mandala and script tattoos on both hands
Black and grey realism and dotwork elephant tattoo with a lotus mandala above and sunflowers on the upper arm.
Elephant with lotus mandala on upper arm
Black and grey dotwork sleeves with mandala flowers and a small bird on both upper arms and forearms of a woman wearing a white top and a chunky chain necklace.
Mandala and dotwork sleeves on both arms
Pencil and ink sketch of a tattoo design showing a woman's face framed by flowing hair, with two small birds and blossoms, in a Neo-traditional style.
Woman with birds and flowers tattoo design
Colour tattoo of large purple and pink clematis-style flowers with grey dotted leaves across a shoulder and upper arm.
Purple clematis flowers on a shoulder
Traditional style colour tattoo of a globe on a stand with pink blossom and a WANDERLUST banner, on a forearm.
Globe with cherry blossom and Wanderlust banner
Black handwritten script reading be brave, framed by green leaves and small orange, yellow and pink flowers, shown as a tattoo design on a white background.
Be brave script with flower wreath
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a woman with closed eyes and a flower crown, with a lace-collared dress, on the upper arm.
Woman with flower crown on upper arm
Fine line black tattoo of a small botanical sprig with three buds on the inner forearm, against a red brick wall.
Small botanical sprig on inner forearm
A traditional flash sheet printed in cream on navy blue, showing a sheet of tattoo designs including a skull eagle crest, pistols, roses, a shark, a snake and a woman's bust.
Traditional flash sheet in cream on navy
Black dotwork and linework lotus tattoo with mandala-style petals and single dots above and below, sitting on the upper back.
Dotwork lotus flower on the upper back
Hand-drawn feather design in bright marker colours with swirls, leaves and orange flowers, shown on plain paper with no body placement.
Colourful marker feather design
Black and grey fine line lotus mandala tattoo with dangling drop details on the upper back between the shoulder blades.
Lotus mandala tattoo on upper back
Colour realism tattoo of an anchor wrapped in rope and pink and cream roses on the outer thigh.
Anchor with roses on a thigh
Black outline drawing of a lotus flower with pointed petals and curled base details on white paper, shown as a botanical tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Lotus flower outline design
Realistic coloured tattoo of a chickadee perched among purple morning glory flowers and green leaves.
Chickadee and morning glory
Black and grey engraving-style cluster of roses and rosebuds on a person's inner wrist and forearm, against a pale background.
Engraved rose cluster on the inner wrist
Sheet of metallic gold and silver temporary tattoo designs, including a seated Buddha, mandalas, om symbols, floral motifs and a hamsa hand, on a white background.
Metallic temporary tattoo design sheet
Upper arm tattoo of a songbird in flight among raspberries, leaves and pink wild roses, in soft grey shading with muted colour.
Songbird and wild roses on an upper arm
Two photos of a black and grey mandala tattoo with dotwork shading on the lower back, shown close up and at a wider angle.
Black and grey mandala on the lower back
Full sleeve tattoo on an upper arm in realistic colour, showing two green and orange puppet characters, one holding a paintbrush at an easel, with flowers and a vegetable below.
Puppet painters full sleeve on upper arm
A woman in a white strapless gown holds a bouquet of yellow roses and succulents, with colourful neo-traditional portrait tattoos covering her upper arms and forearms.
Colourful portrait sleeve on upper arms
Black and grey realism tattoo of peony flowers with leaves and a small bee on the upper arm.
Black and grey peony and bee on upper arm
Black line flash sheet of traditional-style designs with banners, including a microphone, teapot, coffin, bear with dagger, and a rabbit in a top hat.
Traditional flash sheet with banner designs
Detailed grey vintage bicycle tattoo with small coloured roses along its base, on the inner forearm near the wrist, in a realism style.
Vintage bicycle and roses on a forearm
Black line drawing of a globe where the continent of North America is formed from clusters of daisy-like flowers, a botanical flash design with no body placement shown.
Daisy-filled globe with North America
Vintage-style botanical drawing of white daisies with yellow centres, blue flowers and green leaves arranged in a bouquet on a white background.
Daisy and blue flower bouquet
Dotwork lotus flower with a teal and black mandala above and dotted chains with teal drops below, tattooed on the outer thigh.
Lotus and mandala on the thigh
Colour tattoo of pink, purple and teal flowers, butterflies and small stars in a sweeping vertical line across a person's back.
Flowers, butterflies and stars down a back
Black and grey botanical tattoo of a dahlia and a peony with leaves and buds, running up the outer forearm.
Dahlia and peony tattoo on a forearm
Small black outline lotus tattoo in fine line style on the inner wrist, with the hand raised against white bedding.
Small outline lotus on a wrist
Black and grey dotwork mandala tattoo across the upper back of a person with short hair, photographed from behind.
Mandala tattoo across upper back
Black and grey fine line Hamsa hand tattoo with an eye and floral filigree on the inner forearm, shown against ripped denim.
Hamsa hand with eye on a forearm
Colour tattoo of pale white roses with yellow shading and green leaves, covering the upper arm and shoulder in a neo-traditional botanical style, shown from three angles.
White rose sleeve with green leaves on upper arm
Black ink drawing of a silhouetted cat sitting on a crescent moon wrapped in vines and five-petal flowers, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement.
Black cat on a crescent moon with flowers
Realistic colour tattoo on the side of a ribcage showing a hawk-moth feeding from orange blossom, with the branch ending in a ball-and-stick molecule.
Hawk-moth and blossom branch on the ribs
Traditional style flash design of a black and white striped lighthouse in an oval frame, with clouds, rocks, mountains and a red flower.
Lighthouse in an oval frame
Back view of a black and grey dotwork peony cluster tattoo across the upper back, with white bra straps visible.
Black and grey peony cluster on upper back
Colour tattoo on a forearm of pink roses and green leaves with black outlines, wrapped by a ribbon banner carrying lettering, in a neo-traditional style.
Roses and ribbon banner on a forearm
Black and grey butterfly tattoo with rose-filled wings on the side of a thigh, shown in dotwork and fine line shading.
Butterfly with floral wings on the thigh
Fine line geometric rose tattoo in black ink on the forearm, built from overlapping angular petals that spiral into the centre.
Geometric rose on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork lotus tattoo on the centre of a chest, with a fine line and loop beneath it, partly covered by a black lace top.
Lotus tattoo on the chest
Black and grey lotus mandala tattoo with dotwork shading and hanging petal edging, placed on the chest beneath the breast.
Lotus mandala under the breast
Colourful sugar skull tattoo design with roses, gem-set eyes and ornate scrollwork on a black background, shown as a flash drawing.
Sugar skull with roses and gem eyes