Leaves tattoo ideas

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Black and grey pencil sketch of a steampunk compass rose surrounded by interlocking cogs, levers and scrollwork flourishes, drawn as a tattoo design.
Steampunk compass with gears and flourishes
Pen drawing of a tattoo design showing a songbird perched on an ornate birdcage beside a shaded purple rose, with leaves and dotted chain detail.
Bird, birdcage and rose design
Pencil and ink drawing of a split ribcage and spine with a pink rose and vines on one side, and an animal skull with a moth wing below, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement.
Ribcage, rose and moth skull design
Pink and grey pencil drawing of a pocket watch framed by two lotus flowers, beaded chains and scrolling foliage, shown as a tattoo design.
Lotus flowers and pocket watch design
Pencil sketch of an hourglass wrapped in leafy vines and two scroll banners with script, in a botanical tattoo design style.
Hourglass with vines and scroll banners
Traditional flash design of two swallows, one with yellow and purple flowers and green leaves, the other pierced by a dagger, with no body placement shown.
Two swallows with flowers and a dagger
Black and grey drawing of a traditional rose with shaded petals and outlined leaves, shown as a tattoo design on white paper with no body placement visible.
Traditional rose design with leaves
Pencil-style drawing of a tattoo design with the word Love in ornate script, a large swash L, leaves and buds in black and grey.
Ornate script Love with botanical flourishes
Black ink drawing of a crescent moon filled with mandala patterns, a lotus flower and a vertical ornamental line, shown as a tattoo design on white paper.
Crescent moon with mandala and lotus design
Traditional-style flash design of a glowing jack-o'-lantern nested in a purple rose with green leaves and an orange and red flame above, drawn on white paper.
Jack-o'-lantern rose flash design
Black and grey line drawing of an hourglass wrapped in leafy vines, a botanical flash design with no body placement shown.
Hourglass entwined with vines
Line drawing of a rose with leaves and an empty ribbon banner in plum linework on a cream background, a traditional style flash design with no body placement shown.
Rose and blank banner flash design
Black ink line drawing of a daisy on a long stem with two small leaves, shown as a fine line tattoo design on white paper with no body placement visible.
Single daisy on a long stem
Black and grey pencil and dotwork sketch of two peonies, a bud and leaves, drawn as a tattoo design on white paper.
Peony cluster tattoo design sketch
Hand-drawn black ink mandala design on white paper, with radiating petal shapes and dotwork shading, beside a pen and ruler.
Black ink mandala design with dotwork
Black linework flash design, drawn on paper, of a bearded man in profile with a pipe, roses and rope around him.
Bearded man profile with roses and rope
Teal and brown line drawing of an owl with scalloped feathers perched on a branch, shown as a tattoo design without any body part visible.
Owl perched on a branch line drawing
Pencil sketch of a small wildflower bouquet with leaves, buds and pale lilac petals on a plain off-white background.
Wildflower bouquet sketch
Hand-drawn flash design of pink lotus flowers and green leaves with bold black astrological symbols and a triangle, labelled Cancer.
Lotus and astrology symbols design
Two grey pencil tattoo design drawings on tracing paper showing ornamental scrollwork, beaded chains and diamond pendant drops, styled as fine line ornament.
Ornamental scroll and diamond tattoo designs
Coloured drawing of an ornate elephant head with a jewelled headdress, hanging chains and curved tusks, in neo-traditional style flash.
Ornate elephant head design
Traditional style flash drawing of a crowned figure with clasped hands in a robe, framed by pink flowers and green leaves on an orange background.
Crowned praying figure flash design
Black and grey dotwork drawing of a human ribcage with spine and shoulder blades, set within a circle of ornamental floral swirls.
Ribcage and floral dotwork design
Black ink flash design of a swallow with a lace-patterned wing, paisley motifs and flowers, drawn in a black-and-white fine line style.
Swallow with paisley and lace-style flowers
Black and grey pencil drawing of a sleeve tattoo design with a pocket clock, a banner reading timeless, roses and leaves, shown as a design rather than on skin.
Clock, roses and banner sleeve design
Traditional style flash design of a red heart with a tan banner reading MOM, a blue bird, pink roses and yellow stars.
Traditional heart banner reading MOM
Black and grey pencil drawing of an open rose with a side bud and serrated leaves, a botanical design suited to a tattoo.
Open rose with serrated leaves
Black line drawing of two leafy branches curving up from crossed stems at the base, with small dots above, shown as a botanical tattoo design on a white background.
Crossed leafy branches in a V shape
Flash design of a woman in profile with a skull-shaped lower face, a green headscarf and a red poppy in her black hair, in a neo-traditional style.
Skull-faced woman with poppy flash
Grey stippled bat with spread wings above a cluster of red, pink and yellow flowers and green leaves, drawn as a botanical tattoo design on cream paper.
Bat with red and pink flowers
Black line drawing of the words GET AWAY FROM ME, with each letter set on a thin stem with small leaves, shown as a tattoo design on a plain white background.
Get away from me lettering on stems
Pencilled tattoo flash design of a dagger wrapped in grey scrollwork, with three pink roses and a red drip on the blade.
Dagger, roses and scrollwork design
Black silhouette flash design of a butterfly resting beside a five-petalled flower and leaves, with swirling stems, shown on a white background.
Butterfly and flower design
Hand-drawn tattoo design of a blue shaded rose with leaves and dotted chain drapes beneath it, drawn on paper beside pens and a pencil.
Blue rose with dotted drape design
Pencil sketch of a neo-traditional tattoo design showing a castle in a beaded oval frame, surrounded by roses and the words Beauty Lies Within.
Castle and roses in an oval frame
Black and grey ink drawing of a skull whose jaw and crown grow into twisted branches, with a forest scene in a circle, a deer, birds and orange falling leaves, shown as a botanical tattoo design with
Skull formed from a tree and forest
Line drawing of a Japanese-style peony and chrysanthemum design with swirling waves and clouds on a dark background, shown as a tattoo design rather than on skin.
Japanese peony and wave design
Neo-traditional flash design of a perforated triangular metal form overlapping gold and purple roses, green leaves and a red runic circle with blood drips.
Perforated pyramid with roses and runic circle
Symmetrical botanical flash design of pink flowers, leaves and gold-brown stems drawn in fine line on a white background.
Pink floral botanical design sketch
Black ornamental design of two sleeping owls on a curled branch with leaves and a German phrase, drawn as a stencil style line design with no body placement shown.
Two owls on a branch stencil design
Black ink line drawing of a cactus with three arms and a cluster of flowers and leaves at its base, drawn as a traditional-style tattoo design on paper.
Cactus and flowers tattoo design
Two pen sketches of tattoo designs: a left panel with a skull, roses and geometric lines, and a right panel with a bull skull, moths and dotwork shading.
Skull and rose designs in pen sketches
Flash design of a woman in profile wearing a red horned headpiece, with red roses and a banner reading Witches be crazy, in a neo-traditional style with no body placement shown.
Witch profile with roses and banner
Black ink line drawing of a flowering plant with fern-like leaves inside an outlined light bulb, shown on a plain white background with no body placement.
Flowering plant inside a light bulb
Pen drawing of an ornate oval frame made from acanthus leaves and scrolls in brown ink on a grey background, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement.
Ornate scrolled oval frame design
Pencil sketch of a geometric rose with faceted petals, leaves and dotted chains ending in diamond drops, drawn as a tattoo design.
Geometric rose with dangling chains
Black line drawing of a winged angel with flowing hair, framed by open roses, rosebuds and leaves, shown as a botanical-style tattoo design with no body placement.
Winged angel with roses design
Ink drawing of an ornate lettering design with curling leaf flourishes and dot shading, drawn on cream paper beside a fine liner pen.
Ornate lettering sketch with flourishes