Stem tattoo ideas

1,695 photos and flash · 89% Botanical, 36% Fine line · Forearm most common

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Close photo of a traditional style tattoo of a grey shaded mouse holding green stems beneath white daisies with yellow centres, on skin.
Grey mouse holding daisies
Fine line and dotwork tulips on a stem across a person's upper back, with a small crescent moon near the right shoulder blade.
Two tulips on a stem across a back
Small black fine line dandelion with drifting seeds on the back of a hand, with pink lips visible above.
Dandelion with drifting seeds on the hand
Black linework and pale pink anemone flowers with leaves wrap around a forearm, in a botanical tattoo style.
Pink anemone flowers on a forearm
Realism colour tattoo of a pink gerbera daisy with a green stem and dripping red-pink paint effect on the side of a torso, above jeans.
Pink gerbera with dripping petals on ribs
Black and grey rose tattoos with leaves and buds on a forearm, with a blank band of skin left between the two sections.
Black rose tattoos across a forearm
Black script quote and two shaded red roses tattooed on the side of a person's ribs, with a white top at the upper edge of the frame.
Script quote and two roses on the ribs
Two forearms with fine line botanical tattoos, ears of wheat on the left arm and lavender sprigs on the right, with the two wearers holding hands.
Wheat and lavender on two forearms
Large red chrysanthemum tattoo with dark green leaves in a Japanese style, placed on the side of the ribs.
Red chrysanthemum with leaves on the side
Black and grey botanical tattoo of a loose, washed flower bloom with a long stem, on the inner forearm above the wrist.
Black wash flower on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of paisley motifs and flowering stems covering the upper arm, with a dark tank top at the shoulder.
Floral paisley dotwork on upper arm
Colour tattoo of a ripe peach with a green leaf, stem and water droplets, photographed beside a coin for scale.
Peach with leaf tattoo
Black and grey botanical tattoo of a lily and an orchid with trailing vines, shaded in realistic detail on a calf.
Lily and orchid on a calf
Black botanical tattoo of a fern frond with a curled stem on the upper arm of a woman in a black top, against a graffiti wall.
Fern frond tattoo on upper arm
Two black fine line botanical tattoos on upper arms, one a bundle of lavender-like stems and the other a sprig of small wildflowers with buds.
Botanical sprigs on upper arms
Colour traditional-style tattoo of two lilies with blue petals spotted with white stars and red edges, with dark green leaves, on the side of a ribcage.
Star-patterned lilies on the ribs
Black and grey tattoo of a crescent moon entwined with blossom flowers and a sitting cat, on a person's upper back.
Crescent moon with cat and blossom on upper back
Colourful watercolour-style flower tattoo with pink, teal and orange petals and thin black linework on the inner forearm.
Watercolour-style flower on a forearm
Watercolour-style tattoo of two red poppies with green leaves and a small script word on the inner forearm.
Red poppies on a forearm
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a skull built from leaf veins, with a thin stem line above it, on the inner forearm against a pink background.
Leaf-textured skull on a forearm
Black and grey tattoo of flowers, leaves and buds running down the side of a hip and upper thigh.
Floral cluster on a hip and thigh
Colour tattoo of a blueberry branch with dark purple berries and green leaves wrapping around a forearm, in a botanical style with realistic shading.
Blueberry branch wrapped around a forearm
Back of a shaved head and neck with a black line lotus mandala on the scalp, a stemmed lotus design down the neck and mandala pieces across the shoulders.
Lotus mandala on scalp and neck
Two forearms held together, one with an olive-toned wheat botanical tattoo and the other with a grey-blue lavender botanical tattoo, both on the forearm.
Wheat and lavender botanical forearm tattoos
Black and grey botanical flash design of two roses with buds and leaves, shown on a white card against pale wood, with no body placement visible.
Black rose cluster flash design
Colour botanical tattoo of a pink lily, purple and pink irises and light blue forget-me-nots with green stems, on the side of a person's ribs.
Lily, iris and forget-me-not on the ribs
Large red rose tattoo with black linework and green leaves on the upper back near the neck, in a sketchy watercolour style.
Red rose with green leaves on upper back
Black fine line drawing of a lotus flower with a long curling stem on a white background, suited to a botanical tattoo design.
Fine line lotus flower design
Black and grey rose tattoo with a thorned stem and two leaves on the ankle, shaded with stippled dotwork on the petals.
Rose with thorned stem on an ankle
Fine line black tattoo of three drooping bell flowers on a thin curved stem, placed on the inner wrist and forearm.
Bell flower sprig on the wrist
Black and grey lily of the valley tattoo on the upper arm, drawn in fine line with dotwork shading on the leaf.
Lily of the valley on the upper arm
Botanical tattoo of a vertical sprig of red flowers and dark green leaves running down the upper back.
Red flower sprig on upper back
White ink fine line script reading Misneach Siorai above three shamrocks on a forearm.
White ink shamrocks and script on forearm
Black and grey botanical tattoo of a tied wildflower bouquet, with poppies, daisy-like blooms and seed pods, on a forearm.
Wildflower bouquet on a forearm
Line drawing of the number 5 formed into a rose bloom with a purple outline, a spiral inside and green leaves and stem, shown as a tattoo design without any body part visible.
Number 5 designed as a rose
Close-up of a botanical neo-trad tattoo of two pink roses with green leaves and stems wrapping around a forearm, with a blue knit sleeve behind.
Pink roses and leaves on a forearm
Colour tattoo of a sunflower with green leaves and loose orange wash on the outer thigh, drawn in botanical style with black outline.
Watercolour-style sunflower on a thigh
Traditional style flash drawing of two mirrored clusters of blue roses with dark leaves and teal-tipped buds on a parchment background.
Blue roses on stems in a traditional flash design
Close-up of a watercolour-style orange flower bloom with black script lettering on a person's ankle.
Orange bloom and script on an ankle
Colour tattoo of pink roses with green leaves and a rosebud across the shoulder and upper arm of a person in a red top.
Pink roses and foliage on an upper arm
Fine line botanical tattoo of a small purple flower with a thin green stem, placed on the neck just behind the ear.
Small purple flower behind the ear
Black and grey botanical tattoo of a star-shaped flower with swirling stems and the word Sisters in script, on the ankle.
Black and grey flower with Sisters script on ankle
Black and grey fine line botanical tattoo of a cow parsley sprig with stippled flower heads on the inner upper arm.
Cow parsley sprig on the upper arm
Black and grey fine line tattoo of two roses with leaves on a woman's inner wrist, wearing an orange top.
Rose sprig on the inner wrist
Colour tattoo of a red rose with green stem and falling petals, with the words The Beauty Is Found Within written along the stem, on the side of the torso.
Red rose with script on the side
Fine line black palm tree tattoo on the inner forearm of a person raising their arm against a white cloth and pale wall.
Palm tree on a forearm
Colour tattoo of a red rose with green leaves on a woman's shoulder and upper arm, shown in soft natural light.
Red rose tattoo on a shoulder and upper arm
Two matching small botanical tattoos of a rose sprig with leaves in dark ink on the inner forearms near the wrists.
Matching rose sprig tattoos on two wrists