Leaf tattoo ideas

1,189 photos and flash · 67% Botanical, 23% Fine line · Forearm most common

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Colour traditional tattoo on a forearm of a glass bottle with a woven stopper, showing a green graveyard scene with crosses and lightning bolts, beside a red flower and green leaves.
Graveyard bottle and flower on a forearm
Watercolour-style tattoo of two red poppies with green leaves and a small script word on the inner forearm.
Red poppies on a forearm
Two bare feet, one with a fine line bird's nest on a branch with a teal leaf and a small blue and pink detail, the other with a fine line bird carrying a red heart, both on the top of the foot.
Nest and bird tattoos on two feet
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a skull built from leaf veins, with a thin stem line above it, on the inner forearm against a pink background.
Leaf-textured skull on a forearm
Black and grey tattoo of flowers, leaves and buds running down the side of a hip and upper thigh.
Floral cluster on a hip and thigh
Fine line black tattoo of three drooping bell flowers on a thin curved stem, placed on the inner wrist and forearm.
Bell flower sprig on the wrist
Black and grey lily of the valley tattoo on the upper arm, drawn in fine line with dotwork shading on the leaf.
Lily of the valley on the upper arm
Colour tattoo of a sunflower with green leaves and loose orange wash on the outer thigh, drawn in botanical style with black outline.
Watercolour-style sunflower on a thigh
Traditional style flash drawing of two mirrored clusters of blue roses with dark leaves and teal-tipped buds on a parchment background.
Blue roses on stems in a traditional flash design
Colour neo-traditional tattoo on an upper arm and shoulder showing red roses, a jewelled heart padlock with a key, and teal feathers.
Roses and heart padlock on upper arm
Black ink tattoo of four arrows with feather and leaf fletching and stippled dotwork arrowheads, on the upper arm.
Four arrows on an upper arm
Black and grey botanical tattoo of stems, leaves and flower heads running up the inner forearm, in fine line with dotted shading.
Botanical stems and flowers on a forearm
Black fine line drawing on cream paper of two dogs' heads beside poppies, leaves and star-shaped flowers, a tattoo design with no body placement shown.
Two dogs with poppies and flowers
Black fine line fern sprig tattoo curving across the upper arm of a woman seated on a bed, seen from behind.
Fern sprig on an upper arm
Black line drawing of a bird skull with roses, leaves and crystals, a neo-traditional tattoo design shown without a body placement.
Bird skull with roses and crystals
Black lace-style floral tattoo with scrolls, leaves and a large rosette across the back, in a botanical blackwork style.
Black lace-style floral tattoo on the back
Small black and grey fine line tattoo of a four-petal clover on the inner wrist of a hand held up against a teal background.
Small clover tattoo on an inner wrist
Close view of two forearms with metallic temporary tattoos in gold, silver and blue, including palm trees, a wave, leaves and shells, against sand.
Metallic palm tree and wave designs on forearms
Pen and ink sketch of a wide-eyed owl with spiky crown feathers perched on a bare branch, drawn on aged parchment-toned paper.
Wide-eyed owl perched on a branch
Black linework outline of an ornamental lotus-style design with filigree swirls, tattooed on the upper back.
Ornamental lotus outline on the upper back
Pencil drawing of an anchor wrapped in rope, with roses, hibiscus flowers and leaves, as a tattoo design sketch.
Anchor with roses and hibiscus drawing
Pink and grey lotus flowers with leaves and water ripples tattooed on a lower back, photographed from behind, in a botanical style.
Pink lotus flowers on lower back
Black and grey shaded Celtic knot tattoo of an interlaced triquetra with pointed leaf-shaped loops on skin.
Celtic knot triquetra with leaf loops
Black and grey shaded roses with leaves and buds tattooed across an upper arm and shoulder, worn by a person in a red and blue striped top.
Shaded roses on an upper arm
A gold metallic temporary tattoo of a leaf vine runs down the centre of the chest, worn with a pink lace bralette and denim jeans.
Gold metallic leaf vine on chest
Botanical flash design of pink and peach flowers, buds and green leaves in watercolour style on a white background, with no body placement shown.
Pink and peach flower sprig design
Traditional style colour tattoo of an open lighter decorated with a red rose and green leaves, with a small flame above it, on a lower leg.
Lighter with rose and flame on a calf
Black fine line tattoo of a chrysanthemum with oak-style leaves and a dotted circle outline, on the inner forearm, against a brick wall.
Chrysanthemum and oak leaves on a forearm
Traditional style tattoo of a black and grey fleur-de-lis with two red and yellow roses and green leaves, placed on the centre of a person's chest.
Fleur-de-lis and two roses on the chest
Gold botanical leaf design across the back of a hand, with a gold ring and bracelets, photographed beside turquoise gift packaging.
Gold leaf design on the back of a hand
A grid of eight black fine line tattoos of wildflowers, sprigs, a leaf, a plant pot and outlined hands, placed on ribs, upper arms and forearms.
Fine line botanical tattoos collage
Black and grey realism style tattoo of three stacked roses with shaded leaves running along a forearm, with a gold watch on the wrist.
Three black and grey roses on a forearm
White ink tattoo of paisley and flower motifs on the upper back, drawn with fine dotted linework.
White ink paisley and floral design on upper back
Realistic blue and purple roses with black swirling vines and a teal butterfly, tattooed down the lower leg and onto the ankle.
Blue and purple roses with swirls on a lower leg
Colour tattoo of a bouquet of pink carnations, purple buds and green leaves with black stems on the inside of a forearm, in botanical style.
Pink carnation and purple bud bouquet on a forearm
Black and grey tattoo of three roses with shaded leaves on the upper thigh, partly covered by white underwear.
Three black and grey roses on a thigh
Black ink and pencil shaded flash drawing of a hamsa hand with a lotus flower at its base, in a botanical neo-traditional style.
Hamsa hand with lotus flash
Traditional style tattoo of a solid black heart with a dotted border, two red flowers and an orange flower with dark green leaves, on the inner forearm.
Black heart with red flowers on forearm
Flash design sheet of ornate black filigree crosses with red roses, green leaves and grey rose centres on a white background, shown without a body placement.
Ornate crosses and roses design sheet
Two-panel photo of black and grey dotwork fern tattoos on an upper arm, one a full frond and one an unfurling fiddlehead.
Fern and fiddlehead on upper arm
Realistic pink lily tattoo with green leaves and grey shading on the upper arm.
Pink lilies on an upper arm
Black ink line drawing of a paisley and floral motif with dotted and mandala-like detail, a flash-style design on cream paper.
Paisley and floral ink drawing
Black line drawing of a stylised leaf sprig with decorative patterned fills, offered as a botanical tattoo design.
Stylised leaf sprig line drawing
Black line stencil of an ornate hamsa hand with mandala patterns and dotted border on transfer paper, with a faint pink outline behind it.
Hamsa hand stencil with mandala detail
Black and grey blackwork tattoo of a bird in flight on a person's upper back, its wing blending into a bare tree and a leaf.
Bird in flight merging into a tree on the upper back
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a tulip with a stem and leaf on the inner wrist, with a curved line encircling the wrist above it.
Fine line tulip on a wrist
Close-up of a small black fine line sprig tattoo on the inner wrist, with a raised hand and pale bedding behind.
Small black sprig on an inner wrist
Black and grey botanical tattoo of cherry blossom flowers, buds and shaded leaves wrapping around the outer forearm.
Blossom and leaf sleeve on a forearm