Leaves tattoo ideas

6,438 photos and flash · 63% Botanical, 22% Traditional · Forearm most common

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Black silhouette design of a curved botanical wreath made from grasses, leaves, berries and dandelion seed heads on a white background.
Botanical wreath silhouette design
Black and grey flash sheet of decorative alphabet letters A to Z, each with floral swirls, and some with small butterflies, in a lettering style.
Decorative alphabet letters A to Z with swirls
Flash design of a black horse head with a white sugar skull pattern on its face, red roses in its flowing mane and blue leaves, in a neo-traditional style.
Horse head with sugar skull face and roses
Black and grey flash drawing of a sugar skull couple, a woman with a flower in her hair and a man in a top hat and bow tie, framed by roses and leaves, shown without a body placement.
Sugar skull couple flash design
Black ink line drawing of a skull built from poppies, orchids, carnations and small star flowers, shown as a design with no body placement.
Floral skull line drawing
Painterly botanical flash design of a bouquet with a pink rose, rust-coloured bloom, mustard berries and sage leaves on a white background.
Painted bouquet of pink rose and rust bloom
Black ink drawing of a mandala-style lotus flower with dotwork arcs and a fine-line ornament below, shown as a tattoo design on paper.
Lotus flower tattoo design sketch
Black outline drawing of an open rose with pointed leaves on a white background, shown as a botanical tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Open rose line drawing with leaves
Three fine line botanical sprigs of oval leaves drawn in black ink on a cream background, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Three fine line leafy sprigs
Painted illustration of a retro-style camera framed by blue forget-me-not flowers and green leaves, shown as a design on cream paper.
Camera and forget-me-nots design
Black line drawing sheet of five tattoo design motifs: a ribbon, a scrolled leaf frame, a single five-petal flower, and two circular floral compositions.
Line drawing of ribbon and floral tattoo designs
Traditional-style design of a vintage silver teapot with two dark red roses and dashed rays on a sepia background.
Teapot and red roses design
Black and grey pencil drawing of a tattoo design with a rose, a compass and two butterflies, shown on paper beside a purple pencil.
Rose, compass and butterflies design
Black line drawing of an ornate capital letter with a swirled base, a five-petalled flower, small buds and leaves on vines, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement.
Ornate capital letter with flowers and leaves
Black ink drawing of an ornate butterfly with acanthus scroll wings and leaf detail, shown as a tattoo design without a body placement.
Ornate butterfly design
Black ink drawing of a tree of life with patterned leaves, curling swirls and a dotted circular border, shown on white paper beside two fine liner pens.
Tree of life design with patterned leaves
Black and grey flash design of a deer skull with antlers, wrapped in shaded roses and a small geometric diamond, on a textured cream background.
Deer skull with antlers and roses
Three black ink line drawings of roses set within geometric diamond frames on white paper, beside a compass and two fineliner pens.
Three geometric rose designs on paper
Black ink drawing of a sugar skull with triangle motifs in the eye sockets, framed by detailed flowers and leaves, shown as a tattoo design on paper.
Sugar skull surrounded by flowers
Pencil drawing of an anatomical heart with daisies, a small clustered bloom and buds growing from its top and sides, on a white background.
Anatomical heart with flowers pencil sketch
Tattoo design of a realistic eye with a rainbow iris, surrounded by black ornamental vines, leaves and swirls on a white background.
Realistic eye with botanical swirls
Black and grey lettering design of a globe wrapped in botanical sprigs, with the words Be the change you wish to see in the world.
Globe with lettering and botanical sprigs
Pencil drawing of a tattoo design showing a woman framed by two birds, roses and leaves in a neo-traditional style.
Woman portrait with birds and roses
Black ink sketch of a ribcage with a flower, a pelvis, an insect wing and a spine decorated with a bird, blossom and mushrooms, drawn as a tattoo design.
Ribcage, pelvis and spine with flora and fauna
Black and white line drawing of a botanical design with a dahlia-like flower and a fern stem, labelled Leo with a short line of text beneath, shown as a flash design with no body placement.
Leo botanical flash with dahlia and fern
Black ink dotwork drawing of a cluster of succulents and trailing string-of-pearls stems on white paper, a flash design for a botanical tattoo.
Dotwork succulent cluster drawing
Black and grey tattoo design of a shaded rose over a ribbon banner, with scrolling vines and a small spider, drawn on a white background.
Rose with banner and scrolling vines
Fine line flash design of the words Do small things with great love, with a stylised flower and leaves at each side.
Quote with flowers and leaves design
Black line drawing of a bouquet of roses and buds with soft pink shading, drawn on tracing paper beside a mug of tea, shown as a botanical tattoo design.
Rose bouquet line drawing with pink shading
Black ink drawing of a crescent moon filled with flowers and leaves, with dotted lines and stars hanging below, shown as a tattoo design on white paper.
Floral crescent moon design
Black and grey dotwork tattoo design of two open roses with buds and leaves on a white background.
Two roses with buds and leaves
Black ink flash drawing of an axe whose handle grows into leafy branches, with two crossed arrows above the foliage, in a botanical style.
Axe with leafy branches and crossed arrows
Blue ink botanical flash design of a central rose surrounded by smaller flowers and leaves, with a second floral motif below, on a white background.
Blue rose and floral flash design
A hand with a pen sketches a black and grey dotwork anatomical heart decorated with two peony flowers and leaves.
Anatomical heart with peonies design
Black ink dotwork drawing of a bird skull beside a flowering branch and a feather, a tattoo design sheet with no body placement shown.
Bird skull, blossom branch and feather design
Pencil design sketch of a pocket watch with roman numerals, wrapped in shaded leaves and a small eye, drawn on torn paper.
Pocket watch with leaves and roman numerals
Greyscale pencil design sketch of a clock face with Roman numerals, feathered wings, peony flowers and leaves, drawn in a neo-traditional style for a sleeve.
Clock, wings and peonies sleeve design
Black thread embroidery in a wooden hoop showing a traditional-style rose and a hand with leaves on cream fabric.
Embroidered rose and hand design
Black line drawing of a fine-line botanical tattoo design on a white background, showing a daisy, a peony-style bloom, a dahlia and small leaves arranged in a vertical spray.
Floral line drawing with daisy and peony blooms
Greyscale pencil-style drawing of a howling wolf with pink and yellow roses and leaves on a white background, shown as a tattoo design without a body placement.
Howling wolf with roses flash design
Black line drawing of a tattoo design in a traditional style, showing a hand holding a letter with a heart, two roses, leaves and a butterfly, on a tracing sheet.
Hand holding envelope with roses and butterfly
Black line drawing of three leaves with curling scroll swirls in a botanical flash design, shown on a white background with no body placement.
Leaves and scrolls line design
Black ornamental butterfly design made of swirling scrolls, dots and small flowers on a white background.
Ornate swirl butterfly design
Black line drawing of a tree with a figure in yoga tree pose, its body filled with mandala patterns, with roots below and no body placement shown.
Yoga tree pose with leafy branches and roots
Black line drawing of a tree of life with leafy vines and interlaced Celtic knotwork roots, shown as a tattoo design on white.
Tree of life with knotwork roots
Illustrated design of three red hibiscus flowers with green leaves and swirling vines over splashes of paint, drawn in a botanical style with no body placement shown.
Hibiscus flowers with green swirls
Black ink mandala drawing in the shape of a Mickey Mouse head, with leaf-petal motifs and dotted, looped patterns, drawn on a spiral sketchbook page.
Mandala design in the shape of a Mickey Mouse head
Flash-style design of two black palm trees, a red hibiscus with green leaves and two small butterflies on a cream background, with no body placement shown.
Palm trees and hibiscus flash design