Laurel tattoo ideas

56 photos and flash · 41% Traditional, 30% Botanical · Forearm most common

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Black laurel wreath tattoo with a tied bow on the palm of a hand, with a colour tattoo of hearts visible on the wrist.
Laurel wreath on palm
Black and white photo of a fine line laurel wreath tattoo on the inner forearm, with leaves curving up from crossed stems.
Small laurel wreath on a forearm
Black line drawing of a laurel wreath encircling a stylised number four, shown as a tattoo flash design with no body placement.
Laurel wreath around a number four
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a fox above laurel branches, with flowing lines below, on a forearm.
Fox and laurel on a forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a winged angel slumped over a stone pedestal with the word ONCE and a laurel wreath, across a person's upper back.
Winged angel on a pedestal across the back
Black and white drawing of six forearms and hands, each with a different traditional-style tattoo design including a mandala, skull, rose, eye in a triangle and crossed bones.
Six hands with black ink tattoo designs
Black and grey engraved-style tattoo of a sailing ship under stars, with waves, clouds and the date 1872 beneath, on the upper arm.
Sailing ship and 1872 on upper arm
Black linework laurel wreath with a small tied bow at the base, drawn in a vintage engraved style on cream paper, shown as a tattoo design.
Laurel wreath design
Close photo of a small black fine line laurel wreath tattoo on the back of a clenched hand, with a steel and gold wristwatch on the wrist.
Laurel wreath on the back of a fist
Traditional style illustration of a pin-up woman holding a red rose, with teal line tattoos of swallows and flowers on her shoulders and forearm.
Pin-up with rose and swallows
Fine-line black tattoo of an open leaf wreath on the back of a neck, with leaves curving around the lower half.
Small leaf wreath on the back of the neck
Pencil sketch of a barn owl with spread wings, laurel sprig, arrows and an ornate hourglass, drawn as a neo-traditional tattoo design with no body placement shown.
Owl with wings and hourglass design sketch
Traditional style flash design of an anchor wrapped in rope with a ship's wheel, two swallows and a laurel wreath, drawn on torn paper over wooden boards.
Anchor and ship wheel with swallows
Black linework laurel wreath with the words Courage, dear heart in script across the centre, tattooed on an arm.
Laurel wreath with Courage, dear heart script
Black line drawing flash sheet of traditional tattoo designs, including a ship, anchor, dagger through a heart, snake, swallow on a padlock and diamond in a laurel wreath, with no placement shown.
Traditional flash sheet of nautical and classic motifs
Three forearms show cross-stitch style tattoos: a pink and green rose on the left, a grey Stormtrooper helmet in the middle and a pink flamingo with laurel on the right, with small line tattoos at the
Cross-stitch style tattoos on three forearms
Traditional style tattoo of a tooth wrapped in a yellow banner reading WISDOM, set in a black triangle with laurel branches, on a limb.
Wisdom tooth in a triangle with laurels
Traditional style colour tattoo of a teacup with steam, a crescent moon and a laurel branch, with the words tea, Earl Grey, hot, on the inner forearm.
Teacup and crescent moon on a forearm
Fine line tattoo of a green and black laurel wreath on the ankle, with leaves curving around an open base.
Small laurel wreath on an ankle
Traditional tattoo of a sailor pin-up girl in a white hat and red top, with an anchor and green laurel wreath, on the upper arm.
Sailor pin-up with anchor and laurel on upper arm
Navy line drawing of a bearded sailor in a striped top and cap, with tattooed arms, anchor and rope, and the lettering A smooth sea never made a skilled sailor.
Sailor flash with smooth sea lettering
Black and grey flash sheet of cartoon ghosts, a skull, a moon, a heart, a mountain and stars, with the lettering Sad Ghosts Forever and Stay Nice.
Sad ghosts flash sheet
Pencil drawing of a bearded skull wearing a peaked captain's cap with a star and laurel badge, with rope and crossed anchors below, shown as a tattoo design.
Skull in captain's cap with beard and anchor
Watercolour and ink tattoo design of a red-haired figure with lightning bolt face paint, surrounded by rockets, planets, a crystal and a sun with leaves.
Red-haired figure with rockets and planets flash
Black and grey flash design of an all-seeing eye in a triangle above a skull, crossed bones, a candle and a twin-headed eagle, framed by scrollwork on a sunburst background.
All-seeing eye and eagle skull design
Traditional style flash design of two swallows over clasped hands with red roses and green laurel, shown on a round board and in a white frame beside a vintage camera.
Swallows holding hands in traditional flash style
Black fine line tattoo of a faceted geometric mountain above a laurel wreath on the upper back, shown from behind.
Geometric mountain and laurel on upper back
Black and white flash design of an ornate planchette with a central eye, sun, moon and stars, lettered OUIJA and AS ABOVE SO BELOW.
Ouija planchette with eye and celestial motifs
Fine line black leaf wreath tattoo on the back of a neck, open at the bottom, with small leaves on delicate stems.
Small leaf wreath on the back of the neck
Black and grey engraved-style tattoo of a lighthouse on rocks inside an oval laurel frame, placed across a person's upper back.
Lighthouse in an oval frame on a back
Traditional-style flash design of a bearded sailor in a knitted cap smoking a pipe, framed by rope, with an anchor, laurel leaves and a red flower below.
Bearded sailor with pipe and anchor
Black and grey laurel wreath tattoo with shaded leaves and crossed stems at the base, placed on the side of the torso.
Laurel wreath on the ribs
Pencil sketch of a traditional-style anchor wrapped in rope with a pocket watch showing Roman numerals, drawn as a tattoo design on paper.
Anchor and pocket watch design
Close-up of a small fine-line leaf wreath tattoo in dark ink on the inner wrist, with a tiny tie at the top.
Small leaf wreath on a wrist
Traditional style tattoo of a woman's face framed by a leafy headdress on the forearm, shaded in black and grey with touches of red.
Traditional woman portrait with leaf headdress
Traditional style tattoo of an alligator head wrapped in a laurel branch, in black, grey and orange, on a person's shoulder.
Alligator head with laurel on shoulder
Traditional flash design of two tattooed women riding bicycles on rollers above a banner reading Roller Race, with roses and a laurel wreath.
Two women on bicycles roller race flash
White line drawings of traditional tattoo flash motifs, including an eagle, skulls, a hand, a bear and a skeleton, on a black fabric tapestry hung against a white wall.
Traditional flash sheet on black fabric
Traditional style flash design of a woman with a voluminous dark beehive hairstyle, red roses and a ribbon banner reading LOVE IS A LOSING GAME.
Traditional portrait with roses and banner
Black and white photo of a small fine line laurel wreath tattoo on the outer ankle.
Small laurel wreath on an ankle
White lettering on a black background forming a skull outline, with the words Beautiful Disaster, Perfectly Imperfect, Love Hate, Live Fast Die Pretty and Sinner Saint.
Skull made of lettering
Colour tattoo of a black chain circle inside a green leaf wreath with red flowers, on the inner forearm of a person wearing a striped top.
Chain wreath with red flowers on a forearm
Fine line tattoo of a steaming coffee cup on a saucer, flanked by laurel sprigs and a handwritten phrase, on the upper chest.
Coffee cup and laurel sprigs on the chest
Illustrated flash design of a red-haired mermaid with a teal tail, a small anchor above, a laurel wreath and a starfish, with a lettered banner below.
Red-haired mermaid with anchor and banner
Colour tattoo of the Hogwarts crest with a letter H and the script quote Hogwarts will always be there to welcome you home, surrounded by laurel leaves, on the upper back.
Hogwarts crest with quote on upper back
Black and grey neo-traditional tattoo on a forearm showing a Chi-Rho monogram in a shaded circle, with alpha and omega letters, laurel leaves, berries, a crown and scrollwork.
Chi-Rho monogram with laurel on a forearm
Black and grey tattoo of two skeletons, a man in a bowler hat and a woman with a feathered hat, framed by laurel branches on a calf.
Skeleton couple in Victorian dress on a calf
Black and grey dotwork tattoo on a thigh of a circular mountain, pine tree and river scene framed by laurel leaves and a flower.
Mountain landscape and flower on a thigh