Leaves tattoo ideas

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

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Black line drawing of two hands in lace cuffs, one wrapped in pansies and leaves, shown as a flash design for a tattoo.
Lace-cuffed hands with pansies
Black and grey botanical tattoo of peonies, roses and buds with shaded leaves on a woman's upper thigh.
Peony and rose cluster on a thigh
Black ink drawing of two magnolia flowers on a branch with leaves, shaded with geometric hatching and dotwork, on a plain beige background.
Two magnolia blooms on a branch
Black fine line flash drawing of an elephant head with a feather plume, flowers and dotted chains, shown without a body placement.
Elephant head with feathers and flowers
Colour peony tattoo with black outlines and soft watercolour-style washes in red, pink and yellow, with teal leaves running along a forearm.
Peony and leaves on a forearm
Two botanical flash designs on a white background, one with pink lilies and black and grey scrolling foliage, the other with pink buds and bold black swirls.
Pink lily and black scroll floral designs
Black and grey tattoo of a longhorn skull wreathed in roses and leaves, sitting on the outer thigh of a person in denim shorts.
Longhorn skull and roses on a thigh
Close-up of a colourful traditional style tattoo of an open pearl clam with a pink pearl and bubbles, beside a purple candy heart, on an upper arm.
Pearl clam and candy heart on an arm
Colour tattoo of a sugar skull with red roses and swirling linework on a man's upper arm and shoulder, worn beneath a white vest top.
Sugar skull and roses on upper arm
Traditional style colour tattoo of an oil lamp with a flame, yellow flowers and a leafy sprig on a forearm, shown in a three-panel close-up collage.
Oil lamp with flame and flowers on a forearm
Side-by-side photo of a botanical floral tattoo across a shoulder and upper arm, shown as a black linework outline on the left and shaded black and grey on the right.
Floral shoulder piece before and after shading
Colour tattoo of a symmetrical folk-style floral mandala with grey shaded petals, red hearts and green leaves on the shoulder and upper back.
Folk floral mandala on a shoulder
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a beetroot with leaves and trailing roots on the inner forearm, against a dark leather background.
Stippled beetroot on a forearm
Colour tattoo of a pink rose with green leaves inside a circular frame, with the script words Tale As Old As Time arching above it, on a person's upper back.
Pink rose in a ring with script on the back
Tattoo on the top of a foot showing a black silhouette of an adult and child above a pink outlined heart and a pink flower with green leaves and falling petals.
Silhouette, heart and flower on a foot
Traditional style tattoo of a black cat's head with amber eyes and orange whiskers, surrounded by red flowers and green leaves, on the upper arm.
Black cat and red flowers on upper arm
Black and grey blackwork tattoo of an ornate teacup and saucer decorated with roses, placed on the upper back near the shoulder.
Teacup and saucer with roses on upper back
Fine line and dotwork foxglove sprig tattoo in black ink running diagonally across the inner forearm.
Foxglove sprig on the forearm
Colour botanical tattoo of a bouquet of succulents, purple flowers and a ladybird on the upper back.
Succulent bouquet on upper back
Black and grey realism tattoo sleeve on an upper arm showing a Roman numeral pocket watch, a scrolled banner with script lettering, leaves and stars.
Pocket watch and script sleeve on upper arm
Fine line botanical tattoo of two lavender stems with green leaves on the lower leg, shown in soft purple and green ink.
Lavender sprig on the lower leg
Traditional style colour tattoo of a blue cross wrapped in green vines and a grey banner reading Mom and Dad, on a limb.
Blue cross with Mom and Dad banner
Realism tattoo of a lion wearing a feathered headdress, with blue eyes and red face paint, on the forearm.
Lion in feathered headdress on forearm
Colour tattoo of blue cornflowers with green stems and buds running up the inner forearm, drawn in a fine line botanical style.
Cornflowers on an inner forearm
Black ink line drawing of a compass inside a tree branch ring, with banners reading Not all who wander are lost and an anchor below, styled as a tattoo design.
Compass and tree design with banner text
Traditional style colour tattoo of an anatomical heart with flames, a pocket watch and a banner on the forearm.
Anatomical heart and pocket watch on a forearm
Black and grey traditional-style roses with leaves and fine script above them, tattooed across a woman's shoulder.
Black and grey roses with script on shoulder
Three photographs of a leg covered in illustrated tattoos with bold outlines, featuring a bowler-hat figure with an umbrella, a stylised tree and a bird, placed on the thigh.
Illustrated leg tattoos in three panels
A forearm covered in white ink tattoo work of lace-like floral and mandala motifs on pale skin.
White ink lace pattern on a forearm
Close-up of a fine line black tattoo of a small leafy sprig with two leaves on the outer ankle, in a botanical style.
Small leaf sprig on an ankle
Black and grey botanical tattoos on two calves, a rabbit with strawberries on the left leg and a fox with mushrooms and blackberries on the right.
Rabbit and fox calf tattoos with botanicals
Traditional style tattoo on a forearm showing a bottle enclosing a dark sea scene with waves, with a red rose and leaves at its base.
Bottle with sea scene and rose on a forearm
Black and grey botanical tattoo of a tied bunch of carrots with leafy tops on the lower leg, drawn in engraved-style linework with dotted shading.
Bunch of carrots on a calf
Black and grey line drawing of a botanical flower bouquet with roses, leaves and small buds, shown as a design on a white card over a weathered wooden background.
Botanical flower bouquet flash design
Colour tattoo of a red cardinal perched on a grey branch with green leaves, shaded in a soft realistic style on the lower back.
Red cardinal on a branch
Two side-by-side tattoo flash designs of a traditional dagger with a jewelled pommel wrapped in a rose, shown as a black line drawing and a coloured version.
Dagger and rose flash, line and colour versions
Black and grey mandala tattoo with dotwork shading and lotus-style petals across the centre of a chest, worn under a black top.
Mandala and lotus chest tattoo
Neo-traditional tattoo of a grey dog in an ornate gold frame, with a red flower, green leaves and paw prints on the lower leg.
Dog portrait in gold frame with red flower
Black and grey forearm tattoo of a sunflower, a rose and an ornate elephant head with mandala-style patterning, shown against a white fabric background.
Sunflower, rose and elephant on a forearm
Fine line tattoo of a rounded cartoon creature with pointed ears and a green sprouting seedling, on pale skin.
Cartoon creature and green sprout on skin
Realistic pale pink rose with dark green leaves tattooed on a woman's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Realistic rose tattoo on a shoulder blade
Black and grey botanical tattoo of a lavender sprig with a tied stem on the inner forearm of a person in dark top and jeans.
Lavender sprig on a forearm
Fine line black botanical sprig tattoo on a person's shoulder, against freckled skin and a plain pale background.
Botanical sprig on a shoulder
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a dotwork hand holding a flower stem with leaves, with the words Wish me the best beside it, on a forearm.
Hand holding a flower reading Wish me the best
Black and grey line drawing of a large-eyed black cat inside a lace oval frame, with peonies and leaves below, as a tattoo design.
Black cat in lace frame with peonies
Pencil and ink drawing of a woman's face framed by roses, peonies, a butterfly and a dragonfly, a neo-traditional tattoo design on paper.
Woman portrait with roses and butterfly
Black and grey serif lettering with small stars on the side of a torso, with a dark leafy tattoo partly visible at the top right.
Serif lettering with stars on side body
Colour tattoo of a large pink chrysanthemum with green leaves and grey shading on the upper arm, in a Japanese style.
Pink chrysanthemum with leaves on upper arm