Leaves tattoo ideas

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

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Colourful realism tattoo of two hummingbirds and orchids in pink, orange and blue across the upper arm and shoulder.
Hummingbirds and orchids on an upper arm
Side view of a shaved head and neck with large black blackwork mandala tattoos behind the ear and down onto the neck.
Black mandala tattoos on head and neck
Colour tattoo of a wildflower bouquet with daisies, poppies and wild roses in soft yellow and peach on a forearm, with green foliage.
Wildflower bouquet on a forearm
Black ink fine line and dotwork tattoo of an ornate flower with scrolling leaves on the inner forearm.
Ornate flower and scrollwork on a forearm
Two inner forearms side by side, each with a small black fine line botanical tattoo of a sprig of leaves, on a forearm placement.
Matching fine line sprigs on two forearms
Black ink and pink watercolour lotus flower on a tall stem with ornate dotwork and swirl-patterned leaves, shown as a tattoo design drawing.
Pink lotus with dotwork leaves
Black and grey botanical tattoo of daffodils and butterflies running up the inside of a forearm, with soft shading.
Daffodils and butterflies on a forearm
Pencil drawing of a tattoo flash design showing a cat in a top hat and bow tie inside a beaded oval cameo frame, with a rose and leaves below, on a sepia sheet of paper.
Cat in top hat cameo with rose, pencil flash
Black blackwork tattoo of silhouetted trees and ferns inside a circle on the inner forearm.
Black forest silhouette on a forearm
Colour tattoo of a pink lily with green leaves, blue and green butterflies and black music notes and treble clefs on the inner forearm, in a botanical style.
Lily, butterflies and music notes on a forearm
Traditional colour tattoo of a bicycle with orange flowers, a red heart and a grey DAD banner on a thigh.
Bicycle, heart and flowers with DAD banner on thigh
Traditional style colour tattoo of three nesting matryoshka dolls with pink flowers and green leaves on a forearm, shown in two side-by-side views.
Nesting dolls and flowers on a forearm
Pen drawing of a traditional-style tattoo design on paper, with two banners reading Fatally Yours, a skull, a heart, a flower and leaves, shown without a body placement.
Fatally Yours banners with skull and flower
Pencil sketch of a tattoo design showing a horned skull with a pink rose, leaves, pearl strands and a small bird, with a pencil beside it.
Skull and pink rose tattoo sketch
Colour botanical tattoo of a pink rose with green leaves and a fine-lined curling stem, placed on the forearm.
Pink rose with stem and leaves on skin
Four photographs of arm sleeves with whimsical black line-art tattoos, including a ladybird, a dandelion, a snail and a cat, with small red accents, on the upper arm and forearm.
Whimsical line-art sleeve shown across four arms
Two black line drawings of music staves curling into heart shapes, with treble clefs, notes and small floral sprigs, shown as tattoo flash on a white background.
Musical staff swirls with heart and treble clefs
Black ink line drawing of a leaf outline filled with a tree, branches, leaves and berries, shown as a tattoo design on white paper with no body part visible.
Leaf with tree and branches line drawing
Pencil sketch of a pocket watch with Roman numerals wrapped in blossom branches and petals, a design suited to a tattoo in a neo-traditional style.
Pocket watch and blossom sketch
Colour tattoo of a blossoming tree with pink flowers, set within a green lotus and a yellow circle holding a green Sanskrit-style symbol, on the back.
Blossom tree within a green lotus and yellow circle
Traditional style tattoo of a yellow crescent moon framing a dark mountain landscape under stars, with black leaves and red berries, on the shoulder and upper arm.
Crescent moon landscape on a shoulder
Black and grey peony and rose tattoos on a forearm, with a shaded circular motif between them, viewed with a person wearing a white printed top and black trousers.
Peony and rose on a forearm
Black ink line drawing of a rose, pocket watch and bead chain with leaves, shown as a tattoo design on paper rather than on skin.
Rose and pocket watch design drawing
Two traditional colour tattoos on a calf: a blue heart reading eat me beside a pink bottle reading drink me, both with flowers and leaves.
Eat me heart and drink me bottle on a calf
Colour traditional tattoo of a red heart with a dagger, an AS IF banner, red flowers and green leaves on a leg.
Traditional heart with dagger and AS IF banner
Fine line tattoo of a white daisy on a slender stem with green leaves, placed on the inner forearm.
Daisy stem on an inner forearm
Flash sheet of five designs showing a black stylised glyph decorated with pink cherry blossom, some with green leaves and branches, drawn in a botanical style.
Cherry blossom on a stylised glyph flash sheet
Traditional style flash sheet in navy line work showing an anchor with rope, a swallow in flight, a three-masted sailing ship and a cluster of roses on a white background.
Nautical flash sheet with anchor, swallow, ship and roses
Black ink drawing of an eye inside a triangle, set against a circular mandala and an ornate face, shown as a tattoo design on paper.
All-seeing eye in a triangle with mandala
Black and grey blackwork tattoo of a ram skull and a deer skull with antlers, framed by leaves and a flower, on the outer thigh.
Animal skulls and leaves on a thigh
Black sketchy linework tattoo of a fox and a rabbit with leaves and a branch across the chest and shoulder.
Fox and rabbit with leaves on chest
Black and grey rose tattoo with leaves and stems across the outer hip and upper thigh, shown in a close photograph.
Black and grey rose with leaves on the thigh
Heart-shaped ribbon tattoo with Mom in script lettering, green flowers and leafy swirls, on skin.
Heart ribbon with Mom script and flowers
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of a pocket watch with Roman numerals set within a peach flower and green leaves on the back of a hand.
Pocket watch and flower on the back of a hand
Black linework tattoo of a lily of the valley sprig with bell-shaped flowers and striped leaves, placed on the inner wrist and forearm.
Lily of the valley sprig on wrist
Black ink tattoo of a panda hanging from a bamboo branch with leaves trailing down, in a brush-style Japanese design on the upper back.
Panda and bamboo on the upper back
Two painterly rose tattoos, one red and one blue-grey, on the backs of a pair of calves.
Two rose tattoos on the calves
Black and grey realism tattoo of a rose with leaves on the forearm of a person wearing denim shorts and a lace top.
Black and grey rose on a forearm
Pencil and ink sketch of a pocket watch with Roman numerals, surrounded by leaves and scrolls, drawn as a neo-traditional tattoo design with no body part shown.
Pocket watch with leaves and scrolls
Realistic black and grey raven perched on a branch in front of a bare tree, tattooed on the outer thigh.
Raven on a branch with bare tree on thigh
Black and grey botanical tattoo of two peony flowers and leaves on a forearm, shown in a close view and a wider view with a hand.
Peony and leaves on a forearm
Traditional style flash drawing of a black dagger piercing two red and orange roses with black leaves and a rose bud.
Dagger and rose flash design
Dotwork tattoo of an anatomical heart with green leaves sprouting from the top, placed on the centre of the chest.
Dotwork anatomical heart with green leaves on the chest
Black ink pocket watch surrounded by flowers and leaves tattooed on an upper arm, in a traditional outline style.
Pocket watch and flowers on an arm
Traditional flash drawing of three swallows in blue, red and orange, one with a small orange flower and green leaves, and one holding a cream scroll banner.
Three swallows in traditional flash
Hand-drawn yin yang design with a coloured sun on one side and a starry moon on the other, with the words live by the sun and love by the moon.
Yin yang sun and moon design with lettering
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of paisley-style flowers, leaves and scrolls across a shoulder and upper back.
Black ornamental floral scrollwork on a shoulder
Black line drawing of an ornamental cat face framed by roses, leaves and swirling stems, in the style of a tattoo design.
Ornamental cat face with roses