Leaves tattoo ideas

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Pencil sketch of a large-eyed cartoon bat with fluffy fur, surrounded by curling vines and leaves, drawn as a tattoo design in a sketchbook.
Cartoon bat with vine flourishes
Close view of a forearm with a white ink botanical tattoo of a rose and leaves, shown in fine outline on the inner forearm and wrist.
White ink rose and leaves on a forearm
Black and grey pencil-style flash design of two roses, leaves, a filigree Roman numeral clock and hanging pearls, with the script words 'You know my name, not my Story...'.
Roses, clock and pearls with script lettering
Realism style tattoo of a black acoustic guitar with a red rose and leaves on the upper arm.
Acoustic guitar and red rose on upper arm
Colour tattoo of four hibiscus flowers in red, blue and orange with green swirling vines, sitting on the calf in a neo-traditional style.
Hibiscus flowers and vines on a calf
Traditional style tattoo of a seated cat filled with mandala and paisley ornament in black, grey and red on the forearm.
Ornamental seated cat on forearm
Black fine line leaf tattoos trail up the inner forearm from the wrist, with the hand raised above.
Falling leaves trail on a forearm
Black and grey blackwork and dotwork tattoo of a snake coiled around a peony-like flower with smoke above, on a forearm.
Snake coiled around a flower on a forearm
Realistic pink rose with green leaves inside a downward-pointing triangle on a forearm, shown in colour.
Realistic rose in a triangle on a forearm
Black and grey sugar skull tattoo with roses and leafy vines across the upper back, shown from behind.
Sugar skull and roses on upper back
Black and grey rose tattoos on both sides of a woman's upper chest and shoulders, above a white lace camisole.
Roses across chest and shoulders
Black ink line drawing of an ornate heart with mandala-style patterns, leaves and trailing vines, drawn as a tattoo design on paper.
Ornate heart with vines and leaves
Black line tattoo of a rose with leaves and stems in a botanical style, running down the side of a person's ribs.
Rose and leaves along the ribs
Traditional style tattoo of a red rose with black shading and a dagger running vertically through it, placed centrally on the chest below a black bra top.
Dagger and rose on the chest
Pencil sketches of peony clusters with leaves on tracing paper, drawn as designs for a tattoo in a fine line botanical style.
Peony cluster tattoo sketches on tracing paper
Black linework laurel wreath with the words Courage, dear heart in script across the centre, tattooed on an arm.
Laurel wreath with Courage, dear heart script
Pencil drawing of a tattoo design showing two shaded koi fish within black tribal-style lines, with flowers and swirls, in black and grey.
Koi fish and flower tattoo design
Traditional style colour tattoo on a forearm showing a couple embracing inside a rope frame, with a crescent moon, a sun and a red flower below.
Embracing couple and flower on a forearm
Black fine line tattoo of a patterned teacup with dotted steam, a heart tea bag tag and the word M.O.M beneath, on a person's leg.
Teacup with tea bag and M.O.M lettering
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a reclining figure with leafy foliage on the upper arm.
Reclining figure with foliage on upper arm
Black line drawing of a tattoo design with an hourglass, three roses, a pocket watch and banners reading I wish time was on our side, in a traditional style.
Hourglass, roses and pocket watch tattoo design
Black fine line tattoo of a stylised star and leaf motif on the inner forearm, set against a cream textured fabric.
Star and leaf motif on an inner forearm
Colour tattoo of a red rose with green leaves and dark blue script text on the side of a torso, shown on the ribs.
Rose and script quote on ribs
Colour and grey tattoo of an anchor wrapped in roses and blue flowers, with a shaded pocket watch below it, on a forearm.
Anchor, pocket watch and flowers on a forearm
Realistic colour tattoo of a pink peony, bud and green leaves with a hummingbird perched on the stem, on the side of the upper thigh.
Peony and hummingbird on a thigh
Colour tattoo of a yellow and orange daffodil with green leaves and a long stem on skin, in a traditional botanical style.
Daffodil tattoo in yellow and orange
Botanical tattoo of a flowering sprig with green leaves running up the outer forearm, with soft grey shading on the blossoms.
Flowering sprig on a forearm
Japanese-style chrysanthemum sleeve in red and black dotwork covering the upper arm and shoulder.
Red chrysanthemum sleeve on upper arm
Painted traditional-style peony with green leaves on a bark-edged wooden slice, shown against a grey wall.
Traditional peony painted on a wooden slice
Three pencil sketches of the word Vegan in script lettering, decorated with leaves, a small heart and swirls, drawn on torn paper.
Vegan script lettering sketches with leaves
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a hand holding a flowering branch on a forearm, with partial lettering beside it.
Hand holding a blossom branch on a forearm
Full arm sleeve tattoo in realistic colour showing an eggplant, tomatoes, broccoli and corn on the cob across the upper arm and forearm.
Vegetable sleeve with eggplant, tomato and corn
Botanical tattoo of a rose sprig with two open roses, leaves and buds running down a forearm, shaded in muted red and grey.
Rose sprig tattoo on a forearm
Fine line black tattoo of interlaced scrolls and two small leaves on the inner forearm, with a silver chain bracelet at the wrist.
Interlaced scroll tattoo on a forearm
Hand resting on a tiled floor with a colourful traditional-style winged motif and crescent moon on the back, and a purple rose on the wrist.
Winged motif, crescent moon and rose on a hand
Colour tattoo of pink blossoms and green leaves curving across the top of a bare foot, shown against a pale wooden floor.
Pink blossom sprig on the top of a foot
A botanical tattoo of brown antlers framing red and pink flowers with green leaves, on the inner wrist of a raised hand against a black and cream woven rug.
Antler and flower wrist tattoo
Black and grey mandala tattoo on a woman's shoulder and upper arm, with fine line petals, leaves and swirls around a dotwork centre.
Mandala tattoo on a shoulder
Black and grey botanical tattoo of a flowering sprig with leaves and dotted tendrils on the upper arm, against a brick wall.
Botanical sprig on the upper arm
Colour compass rose tattoo with vines, an anchor and a yellow bird on the upper chest of a woman wearing a denim shirt and striped top.
Compass rose with anchor and bird on chest
Traditional colour tattoo of a globe on a stand with an orange flower, black leaves and the words WHEN I COME AROUND, on a limb.
Globe with flower and lettering
Blackwork armband tattoo on the forearm with white negative-space daisy and leafy flowers set in a solid black band.
Daisy and flowers in a blackwork armband
Black ink drawing of an ornamental cross design with filigree detail, leaf motifs and stippled dotwork shading, shown as a flash design with no body placement.
Ornamental cross with leaves and dotwork
Traditional-style flash design of two swallows, a red rose, a red heart, a blue flower, a pocket watch and two sonic screwdriver-style objects, with banners reading All of Time and Space and Allons-y.
Swallows, rose and heart with banner scroll
Black ink dotwork sketch of two roses with shaded leaves, drawn on white paper in a spiral sketchbook as a tattoo design.
Two roses dotwork flash sketch
Neo-traditional tattoo of a black and grey cat head with yellow eyes above a red rose with green leaves, on a leg.
Cat and rose on a leg
Colour traditional-style tattoo of a red flower, pink buds, green leaves and red chilli peppers across the top of a foot, shown in three panels.
Red flower and chilli tattoo on a foot
Black and grey fine line tattoo of two birds perched on a thin branch with small leaves, on a person's upper back near the shoulder.
Two birds on a branch on the upper back