Leaf tattoo ideas

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

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Hand-drawn botanical flower design with spiral tendrils, striped leaves and a small butterfly, shaded in yellow and green with black ink.
Stylised flower with spirals and leaves
Colour tattoo of a blue bluebonnet flower spike with yellow buds, a green stem and a leaf, placed on the ankle.
Bluebonnet flower on an ankle
Traditional style tattoo of a red and grey anchor wrapped in a rope, with red flowers, dark teal leaves and small birds, on the thigh.
Traditional anchor with rope and flowers on a thigh
Black line drawing of a stiletto high heel built from ornate flowers, leaves and swirling paisley motifs on a white background.
Floral high-heel shoe line drawing
Dark botanical design of flowers, leaves and vines across the back of a hand and along one finger.
Floral henna-style design on the back of a hand
Black and grey botanical tattoo of a fern frond inside a circular frame on a forearm, with shaded linework.
Fern leaf in a circle on a forearm
Hand-drawn flash design of a pink-shaded rose with leaves and dotwork mandala petals, held up over a person's chest.
Rose and mandala tattoo design sketch
Realistic black and grey rose tattoo with shaded petals and a small leaf on the inner wrist and forearm of a person with white-tipped nails.
Black and grey rose on the wrist
Black and grey botanical tattoo of a poppy with a thin stem and leaves on the inner forearm.
Poppy with stem on a forearm
Black filigree scroll tattoo with dotwork and geometric infill, paired with soft pink shaded flowers, on the side of the torso.
Black filigree scroll with pink flowers
Botanical green fern tattoo running down the centre of a bare back, between the shoulder blades, with the hair worn up in a bun.
Green fern tattoo down the spine
Black and grey realistic cherry blossom tattoo with branches and leaves covering the outer thigh of a kneeling person.
Cherry blossom thigh tattoo in grey
Small fine line tattoo of a purple lavender sprig with green stem and leaves on a person's forearm.
Lavender sprig on a forearm
Colour tattoo of a pink rose with green leaves and loose watercolour-style washes on pale skin.
Pink rose with green leaves
Forearm tattoo of an ornate skeleton key with grey scrollwork, a teal infinity symbol and a grey leaf motif, photographed against a black background.
Key and infinity symbol on a forearm
Black and grey pencil drawing of a tattoo design with curling vines, small flowers, a pocket watch on a chain with a key, and the script words Life is what you make of it.
Vine, flowers and pocket watch design
Black ink flash drawing of an ornate paisley and leaf mandala design with dotwork shading, drawn on white paper with no body placement shown.
Paisley and leaf mandala tattoo design
Two wrists held together, each showing half of a matching black ink floral tattoo that joins across them.
Matching floral wrist tattoos
Black linework paisley motifs with small flower details running down a forearm, with a hand holding a phone at the lower edge of the frame.
Paisley tattoo running down a forearm
Small black fine line tattoo of a hand with crossed fingers and a small flower, placed on the upper arm.
Crossed fingers and flower on upper arm
Black band tattoo with white botanical linework of peonies, leaves and small flowers around the upper arm, shown in three photographs.
Floral band tattoo around the upper arm
Colour tattoo of red and orange poppies on stems with green leaves and buds, running down the upper back in a painterly botanical style.
Poppy sprig on the upper back
Black and grey drawing of an ornate four-leaf clover with filigree swirls and small clover motifs, shown on white paper.
Ornate four-leaf clover design
Neo-traditional tattoo of a black cat silhouette filled with red and pink roses and olive leaves, shown in a two-panel view on the torso.
Rose-filled cat silhouette tattoo
Flash sheet of lily and blossom tattoo designs with scroll swirls, some in pink, orange and purple and others in grey pencil and ink, with no body placement shown.
Lily and blossom flash sheet with swirls
Black and grey ornamental paisley and flower tattoo covering the shoulder and upper arm of a person with their back partly turned to the camera.
Paisley and flower shoulder piece
Fine line tattoo design of a daisy with pink-tinged petals, a yellow centre, green leaves and swirling black vines on white paper.
Daisy and vine tattoo design
Close view of a gold botanical vine tattoo with curling tendrils and leaves across the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Gold vine tattoo on upper back
Traditional style colour tattoo of a teacup with yellow flowers, red roses and a banner reading Sally on a limb.
Teacup and roses with Sally banner
Black and grey drawing of two hibiscus flowers, a plumeria and leaves with swirling scrollwork, a tattoo design with no placement shown.
Hibiscus and plumeria with swirls
Brown line drawing of a open flower with a central seed head and two leaves on a slim stem, shown on a cream card against a white background.
Hand-drawn flower with leaves design
Full back tattoo in Japanese style showing a warrior figure among cherry blossoms and clouds, in mixed red, orange, cream and grey ink, on the back.
Full back Japanese warrior and cherry blossom
Black and grey realism tattoo of peonies and leaves across a shoulder and upper arm.
Black and grey peonies on a shoulder
Photo of a realistic maple leaf tattoo in red, orange and brown shading with black edges, sitting on the side of the hip.
Realistic maple leaf on a hip
Photograph of a flash sheet of hand-drawn doodle motifs, including leaves, sprigs, dots and seed heads, in black and red ink.
Doodled leaves and sprigs flash sheet
Black and grey Botanical lily tattoo with one teal flower and curling tendril lines on the side of a torso, above a studded waistband.
Lily tattoo on the side of the torso
Side by side photographs of a black and grey geometric mandala tattoo with leaf details on the upper arm, with purple stencil lines shown on the right.
Mandala tattoo on upper arm, before and after
Black and grey tattoo of realistic roses and a swirling vine running down the side of the ribs.
Roses and swirling vine on the ribs
Black ink ornamental paisley tattoo centred on the chest, in fine line and dotwork, shown in a black and white photograph.
Ornamental paisley tattoo on the sternum
Traditional style peach roses with green leaves and black outlines across a person's lower torso, above a dark waistband.
Traditional roses across the lower torso
Neo-trad style forearm tattoo of a grey shaded rose and buds above two red roses, with grey leaves, on the outer forearm.
Red and grey roses on a forearm
Pencil sketch of a daisy-style flower with a long leaf extending down to the right, drawn on textured paper, shown as a botanical tattoo design.
Daisy and leaf pencil sketch
Black line drawing of a flower cluster with paisley swirls and vine tendrils, a flash design suited to a tattoo in fine line or Neo-trad style.
Black line flower and paisley design
Black line flash sheet of five ornate lotus flowers with paisley-style detailing, stems and leaves, in a fine line botanical style.
Five ornate lotus flower designs
Botanical tattoo across the shoulder and upper arm showing two songbirds among raspberries, wild roses and leaves, in mostly grey shading with peach and yellow accents.
Songbirds and wild roses on an upper arm
Black and grey dreamcatcher tattoo with feathers and small turquoise gems on the outer thigh of a person lying on a blue bed.
Dreamcatchers and feathers on a thigh
Watercolour-style red flower tattoo with fine black script reading sister and a pale leaf, on the inside of a forearm.
Red flower and sister script on forearm
Pen sketch flash design of two roses, a small cottage and scattered diamonds drawn in purple ink on a sketchbook page, with no body placement shown.
Rose, cottage and diamond sketch design