Leaf tattoo ideas

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Close-up of a pink watercolour-style poppy tattoo with a long thin stem on a person's calf.
Pink watercolour poppy on a calf
Realistic red maple leaf tattoo with a heart-shaped negative space on a lower leg, shaded in deep red and maroon.
Red maple leaf with heart cut-out on leg
Black and grey botanical tattoo of two poppies and a seed pod running down the calf, with fine linework and stippled shading.
Two poppies and seed pod on a calf
Black ink ornamental mandala tattoo with dotwork shading running down a leg from the shin onto the top of the foot.
Ornamental mandala leg tattoo from shin to foot
Collage of black lace tattoos on an upper arm, shoulder, upper back, collarbone, side body and lower leg, with grey roses and red and green butterflies in one panel.
Black lace tattoos on arms, back and legs
Black and grey dotwork mandala leg sleeve with a butterfly on each thigh, covering both legs from thigh to ankle.
Mandala leg sleeve with butterflies
Realistic pink and blue-green roses with grey-green leaves, shaded in colour on the calf of a leg, with a bathtub in the background.
Pink and blue roses on a leg
Small green leaf tattoo with a thin stem on the lower leg above the ankle, in a fine line botanical style.
Small green leaf on a lower leg
Black linework lotus flowers and mandala-style patterns cover both lower legs, from below the knee towards the ankle, with a small vine at the ankle.
Lotus and mandala linework on both lower legs
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of a night mountain landscape with a moon and stars, set inside a leaf shape on the calf.
Night mountain landscape inside a leaf
Two purple and green calla lily tattoos run down a lower leg in a botanical style, with a small black fine line calla lily on the ankle.
Calla lily tattoos on calf and ankle
Black and grey realism roses with swirling vine linework running down a lower leg and onto the ankle.
Black and grey roses and swirling vine on a calf
Back view of both calves covered in black and grey roses, leaves and geometric dotwork patterns that run up towards the knees.
Geometric and rose leg tattoos on calves
Realistic colour tattoo of a ladybird on a leg, covered by clear plastic wrap, with a green and yellow wash behind it.
Realistic ladybird tattoo on a leg
Black ink botanical vine with leaves and flower buds wrapping from the calf over the ankle and onto the foot, shown in a two-panel photo.
Botanical vine down calf, ankle and foot
Colourful neo-trad style tattoo of pink poppies, yellow songbirds and green leaves on a calf, shown on both legs.
Poppies and songbirds on a calf
Black botanical tattoo of a leafy sprig with four pairs of hatched leaves on a stem, on the calf.
Leafy sprig on a calf
Colour tattoo of Hello Kitty with a red bow, pink cherry blossoms and a grey folding fan in Japanese style on a calf.
Hello Kitty with cherry blossom and fan
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a pug silhouette inside a circle, framed by layered geometric triangles, on a calf.
Pug silhouette in geometric triangles on a calf
Small black fine line tattoo of a leafy sprig on the lower leg, above a sandal strap.
Small sprig tattoo on the lower leg
Black and grey Japanese style chrysanthemums and a serpent tattooed across the back and legs of a woman lying face down on a treatment bed.
Chrysanthemums and serpent across legs and back
Black and grey botanical tattoo of a fern with a curled fiddlehead on the calf, drawn in fine outlines with soft grey shading.
Fern and fiddlehead on a calf
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
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
Small watercolour-style red and pink flower tattoo with a green stem on the outer lower leg, above the ankle, with rolled jeans and white canvas trainers.
Watercolour red flower on the lower leg
Back view of both legs covered in black and grey geometric and botanical tattoos, including roses and a feather, on the thighs and calves.
Black and grey leg sleeve with roses and geometry
Two large rose tattoos on the backs of a person's calves, one red and one blue-grey, with dark linework and teal leaves.
Red and blue roses on both calves
Black and grey fine line poppy tattoo on the back of a calf, with a stem, buds, leaves and a shaded diamond below.
Poppy with diamond on a calf
Realistic colour tattoo of a maple leaf in orange, red and yellow with shaded veins, on a person's lower leg.
Autumn maple leaf on a lower leg
Two lower legs resting on a floral sheet, covered in colour traditional tattoos of roses, a cat head and a butterfly on the calves and shins.
Traditional roses, cat and butterfly on legs
Botanical colour tattoo of a red poppy with a fine black stem on the calf, shown above black leather boots.
Red poppy on a calf
Black and grey sunflower tattoo with shaded petals and leaves on a person's calf, shown in a casual outdoor setting.
Two sunflowers on a calf
Black and grey tattoo of a veined leaf with dotwork shading on a person's calf.
Veined leaf tattoo on a calf
Black fine line sunflower tattoo with dotwork centre and a leaf, sitting on the calf above a partial circle outline.
Sunflower with circle on a lower leg
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a halved avocado with a faceted gem pit, a whole avocado, a red leaf and red crystals, on a calf.
Avocado with faceted gem on a calf
Blackwork calf tattoo of a stylised leaf pattern with small dots, shown from three angles on a lower leg.
Black leaf pattern tattoo on a calf
Two photographs of brown-ink tattoos: Winnie the Pooh seen from behind with a leaf and the words 'If there ever comes a day when we can't be together' on a calf, and Piglet with a leaf and 'keep me in
Pooh and Piglet quote tattoos on legs
Colour and black lace-style tattoo of flowers and leaves on a woman's lower leg, with a pink bloom, red poppy and yellow leaves below black lace patterns.
Lace and flowers on a calf
Person in a wide-brim hat sitting by a pool with a fine line black bicycle tattoo on the calf and a fine line tower and stars tattoo on the upper arm.
Bicycle on calf and tower on upper arm
Reddish-brown paisley and lotus design running from the thigh down the calf to the ankle, in a henna-style pattern rather than black tattoo ink.
Paisley and lotus henna-style design on a leg
Colour tattoo of three daisies with yellow centres, a yellow and black bee and black stems on a lower leg, in a traditional style.
Daisies and bee on a lower leg
Colour tattoo of a pink rose, magnolia blooms and buds with blue and pink watercolour splashes on a lower calf.
Rose and magnolia with watercolour splashes on a calf
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 peony and botanical tattoo covering the lower legs from the knee to the ankle, shown on both legs in a Japanese-influenced floral style.
Peony and flower leg sleeve on both legs
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of a grey cartoon creature with big eyes and blue patterned markings, framed by pink flowers and green leaves on a calf.
Cartoon creature with flowers on a calf
Gold and silver metallic temporary geometric tattoos of chevrons, arrows and lattice patterns on the back of a hand, forearm, calf and ankle.
Metallic gold and silver temporary tattoos on hand and legs
Traditional style tattoo of a green and red cobra rising above a patterned coil, with two small red flowers, on a lower leg.
Cobra and flowers on a lower leg
Two neo-traditional tattoos on the lower legs: a grey bat hanging upside down from a branch, and a pastel bird with a pink flower.
Hanging bat and pastel bird on two legs