Leaves tattoo ideas

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

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Two colour tattoos: a night castle with a moon and stars on an upper arm and a castle in a glowing sky inside a leafy globe with a Hogwarts banner on a forearm, in a neo-traditional style.
Castle night scenes on upper arm and forearm
Colourful folk-style floral tattoo running down the outer side of a lower leg from below the knee, with red, purple, blue and orange flowers and green leaves.
Folk floral vine down a leg
Two tree design drawings side by side: a black linework tree of life with roots inside a circle on the left, and a colourful swirling tree with a braided trunk on the right.
Tree of life designs in ink and colour
Woman seen from behind with five small brown maple leaf tattoos scattered across her upper back near the shoulder blade, in a botanical style.
Falling maple leaves across a shoulder blade
Realistic owl with pink flowers and green shading tattooed across the upper arm and shoulder.
Owl and flowers on an upper arm
Colour realism tattoo of two sunflowers with grey shaded leaves and stems running down the side of the ribs.
Two sunflowers with leaves on the side ribs
Black and grey realism tattoo of two roses with water droplets and leaves on an upper arm, with a ribbon swirl running behind them.
Black and grey roses on an upper arm
Black and grey realism sugar skull tattoo with a woman's face and roses on an upper arm.
Sugar skull and roses on an upper arm
Traditional colour tattoo on an upper arm showing a purple horse head, a cartoon figure with round glasses and a red scarf, and red and blue flowers.
Cartoon figure, horse and poppies on an arm
Flash sheet of black botanical wreaths, laurel sprigs and leafy border designs on a textured white background, drawn in a botanical style with no body placement shown.
Botanical wreath and garland flash sheet
Fine line drawing of a symmetrical floral design of lace-like roses, leaves and dangling chains in cream on a dark charcoal background, shown as a flash design with no body placement.
Symmetrical lace-style rose and chain design
Black ink flash design of a braided woman holding a goat, with a sunburst eye above her head and flowers at her shoulders, suited to a dotwork and botanical style.
Braided woman with an eye, flowers and a goat
Three black line drawings of hearts filled with paisley, leaves and berries, one with the word Love in script, shown as a tattoo flash design with no body placement.
Three outline heart designs with paisley and foliage
Line drawing of a tattoo design showing a koi fish above a teal clock face with Roman numerals, surrounded by roots, leaves and flowers, on a peach background.
Koi fish and clock face design
Before and after photo of a colour tattoo of a blue bird and pink lotus flowers covering a raised scar on the abdomen.
Lotus and bird cover-up over an abdominal scar
Colour tattoo of a hummingbird above orange and red hibiscus flowers with green leaves, running down a lower leg on the calf above red trainers.
Hummingbird and hibiscus flowers on a lower leg
Botanical tattoo of a pink lily with grey-shaded leaves and black swirling tendrils across the upper back.
Pink lily with swirls on upper back
Black and grey realistic roses with fine vines and leaves running from the upper arm down the forearm of a person in a white vest top.
Black and grey roses on an upper arm and forearm
Flash drawing of an ornate feather filled with swirling linework and dotwork, shaded in teal, blue and red, with no body placement shown.
Ornate feather design in teal and red
Watercolour-style botanical tattoos of cherry blossom and lavender running down both lower legs and onto the ankles.
Watercolour blossom and lavender on both legs
Brown line drawing of a tree with ornate swirling foliage, flowers and a dragonfly above long, curling roots, shown as a tattoo design on white.
Swirling tree with spreading roots
Black line drawing of gladiolus flowers on tall stems with two butterflies, in a botanical fine line style, suitable as a tattoo design.
Gladiolus and butterflies line drawing
Colour traditional style tattoo of a pocket watch, green roses and a banner reading December 25, on a limb.
Pocket watch and roses with December 25 banner
Botanical tattoo of yellow and orange flowers with green centres and black vine linework climbing from the ankle up the lower leg.
Yellow flowers and black vine on a lower leg
Black line drawing of a symmetrical owl built from paisley, leaf and mandala-style ornament, shown as a tattoo design on a plain white background.
Ornamental owl line drawing
Two photographs of forearm tattoos: a blue bird among green leaves on the left, and an orange seahorse with a blue wash and dotted bubbles near the elbow on the right.
Bird and seahorse tattoos on forearms
Pencil sketch of a goldfish with long flowing fins inside a circle, a fine line tattoo design shown in three stacked views.
Goldfish with flowing fins in a circle
Fine line botanical design of symmetrical roses, leaves and beaded chains drawn in cream on a dark grey background.
Symmetrical floral design with roses and hanging chains
Three forearms show cross-stitch style tattoos: a pink rose, a Stormtrooper helmet and a small floral motif, with a colourful elephant on a second arm and a red heart on a wrist.
Cross-stitch tattoos on forearms
Black linework flower tattoo being applied to a person's upper back by a tattooist wearing blue gloves and holding a tattoo machine.
Floral linework tattoo on upper back
Black and white line drawing of an open rose with two buds and leaves on a stem, in a detailed hatched ink style, shown as a tattoo design.
Rose and buds line drawing
Black ink drawing of a tree trunk shaped like a spine, with a songbird, an apple, ivy, branches and mushrooms, in a botanical style with no body placement shown.
Tree trunk spine with bird and apple
Black fine line drawing of a slender botanical sprig with small clustered flowers and two leaves, shown as a flash design.
Fine line sprig with small flowers
Traditional style tattoo of an anatomical heart with a wrapped band, orange flowers and dark leaves, shown on the forearm.
Traditional anatomical heart with flowers
Colourful neo-traditional tattoo of a purple creature with red eyes and a green beak, set against blue fan-shaped leaves, on the back of a calf.
Purple creature with green beak on a calf
Colour botanical skull tattoo made of sunflowers, roses and a butterfly, on the outer forearm of a person wearing a grey jumper.
Floral skull on a forearm
Purple linework tattoo of a botanical floral cluster with hatched leaves on the upper leg near the knee.
Purple floral cluster on a leg
Neo-trad colour tattoo of a tabby cat's face with green eyes, set above a red rose with green leaves, on a forearm.
Cat portrait and rose on a forearm
Colour traditional tattoo of blue and purple roses with green leaves and a rosebud, running down a forearm.
Blue and purple roses on a forearm
Black line drawing of an elven tree of life with swirling branches and small stars, set inside an ornate circular frame.
Elven tree of life design in a circle
Black blackwork tattoo of two silhouetted figures holding hands among branches and roots, across a person's upper arm and shoulder.
Two silhouetted figures holding hands within tree roots
A hand draws a fine line botanical sketch of flowers and leaves on white paper, with a second hand resting flat beside it.
Botanical flower sketch being drawn by hand
Colour tattoo of red roses and green leaves over a black lace-effect pattern, covering the upper arm and shoulder.
Red roses in lace on an upper arm
Two black and grey upper arm tattoos: on the left a Totoro-style character with small soot sprites among leaves, on the right a sketched hare with arrows.
Totoro and soot sprites, and a hare with arrows
Neo-traditional tattoo of a grey lynx face with amber eyes and orange and yellow flowers across the back of a hand.
Lynx face and flowers on the back of a hand
Colour botanical tattoo of white five-petalled flowers, green leaves and small orange buds across a person's upper back and shoulder.
White rose cluster on a shoulder blade
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of a fox head framed by blue flowers and a red rose, placed on the thigh.
Fox, blue flowers and red rose on a thigh
Colour neo-traditional tattoo on a calf of a rabbit with leafy branch antlers sitting in a blue teapot beside a red rose.
Rabbit with branch antlers in a teapot on a calf