Stem tattoo ideas

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

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Black and grey botanical tattoo of a leafy sprig with solid filled leaves on the back of the neck, shown in two side-by-side photos.
Leafy botanical sprig on the nape of the neck
Pencil drawing of three orchid blooms hanging from a curling vine, a botanical tattoo design with no body placement shown.
Three orchids on a vine tattoo design
Pencil drawing of a vertical floral scroll tattoo design with roses, acanthus-style swirls and small sparkle motifs, suited to a long placement such as the arm or back.
Vertical floral scroll tattoo design
Small watercolour-style purple flowers on a green stem with black dots, tattooed on the inner forearm.
Purple flowers and dotted stem on a forearm
Black and grey fine line drawing of a daisy on a thin stem with a small leaf and looping script, shown as a tattoo design with no body part visible.
Daisy with script along a stem
Coloured pencil tattoo design of pink lilies, butterflies and lotus flowers with a script letter R, in a botanical style.
Lilies and butterflies with lotus flowers
Black line drawing of a floral vine design with five-petal flowers, swirls, leaves and dots on a white background, shown as a botanical tattoo design without a body placement.
Black line floral vine design
Blue, purple and green watercolour-style flowers with long thin stems tattooed down a bare leg, from above the knee to the ankle.
Watercolour-style flowers down a leg
Colour botanical tattoo of two red poppies on a stem with a seed pod, leaves and a beetle, running down a person's back and side.
Red poppies and beetle down the back
Black and grey gladiolus tattoo with a red inverted triangle and a diagonal line on the inner forearm of a person with the hand resting open.
Gladiolus and red triangle on a forearm
Tattoo on an upper arm of red and grey shaded roses above a bold black geometric block design, with a rose bud and leaves below.
Roses and black geometric blocks on upper arm
Black and grey botanical flash design of two peonies with dark shaded leaves and a stem, with small yellow stamens at the centre of each bloom.
Black and grey peony flower design
Full-colour realism tattoo of pink lilies and butterflies with swirling stems running down the centre of a person's back.
Lilies and butterflies across a back
Watercolour-style botanical tattoo of blue flowers with orange centres, green buds and black ink splatter running down a lower leg, placed on the calf.
Watercolour blue flowers down a lower leg
Black line drawing tattoo design of a ball of yarn with two knitting needles, roses, leaves and a pair of scissors, in a botanical style.
Yarn, knitting needles and roses design
Close-up of a botanical tattoo on the inner forearm and wrist, showing three red five-petal blossoms, a red bud and black stems with curling swirls.
Red blossoms and swirl stems on a wrist
Flash sheet of black, blue, pink and teal dandelion seed heads with drifting birds, in a botanical style, with no body placement shown.
Dandelions and birds design sheet
Black and grey botanical tattoo design of two sunflowers with leaves and acanthus scrolls running vertically, drawn as a line sketch with shading.
Sunflowers and acanthus scrolls design
Colour tattoo of red poppies and buds in a watercolour style with ink splatters, running up the side of the ribs.
Watercolour poppies on the ribs
Colour tattoo of a sunflower with yellow and orange petals, a dark centre and green leaves and stem, on the inner forearm.
Sunflower tattoo on a forearm
Black and grey flash design of skulls among roses and thorned vines on a textured grey background.
Skulls and roses on thorned vines
Black linework design of an om symbol above a lotus flower, with a flowing vertical stem and curled flourishes, drawn on plain white paper.
Om symbol above a lotus flower design
Botanical flash design of two white snowdrops on looping green leaves that form a figure-eight, shown on a plain white background.
Two snowdrops with looping green leaves
Painted-style red tulips on dark grey stems and shaded leaves, tattooed on the side of a thigh.
Red tulips with grey shading on a thigh
A colour tattoo of a blueberry branch with blue berries and reddish-brown leaves running down the inner forearm of a hand hanging against a white brick wall.
Blueberry branch on a forearm
Red cherry blossom branch tattoo with dark stems and leaves running across the side of a torso over the ribs.
Cherry blossom branch across the ribs
Black line drawing of two open roses, a rosebud and leaves on a curling vine, shown as a botanical flash design with no body placement.
Two roses and a rosebud on a vine with swirls
Colour tattoo of a yellow dandelion clock with green leaves and a handwritten quote running down the calf, in a botanical style.
Dandelion and script quote on a calf
Black and grey realism tattoo of a dandelion clock on the forearm, with its seeds turning into a flock of birds flying upwards.
Dandelion seeds turning into birds on a forearm
Colour tattoo of three red tulips on green stems with black ink splatters and sweeping lines, across the side of a person's back.
Three red tulips on a back
Colourful watercolour-style flower tattoo with black linework and splatter running up the forearm.
Watercolour flowers on a forearm
Realistic colour tattoo of a sunflower with a green stem, leaves and exposed roots running down the calf.
Realistic sunflower with roots on a calf
Colour tattoo on skin of a pink rose and pink ribbon with green leaves and a shaded grey wing behind them.
Pink ribbon, rose and wing tattoo
Black and grey realism tattoo of a large rose with curling vines and leaves running down the forearm.
Realistic rose with vines on a forearm
Black and white flash design of a vertical vine with four rosebuds, curling tendrils and serrated leaves, suited to a long placement such as an arm or leg.
Vertical rosebud and leaf vine design
Colour botanical tattoo of pink lilies with grey shading and swirling scrolls, running down the side of the ribs.
Pink lilies and swirls on the ribs
Colour tattoo of an orange poppy with black linework, diamond-shaped spikes and a curled swirl on the back of a calf.
Poppy with geometric spikes on a calf
Colour tattoo of purple thistle flowers and green stems in a flowing botanical design on a lower leg, placed on the calf.
Thistle tattoo down a calf
Black line drawing of a tattoo flash design with two butterflies, lily flowers, swirling stems and dots, suited to a sleeve or back piece.
Butterflies and lilies flash design
Colour tattoo of a cherry blossom branch with pink flowers, buds and green leaves on a limb, shaded in a botanical realism style.
Cherry blossom branch tattoo on a limb
Drawing of a rose design with a red looping outline bloom, black stem and two black leaves on a white background, with no body part shown.
Single rose line drawing design
Black and grey realism style dandelion tattoo on the ribs with drifting seeds and the words behaving as the wind behaves along the stem.
Dandelion seeds and script on ribs
Colour daisy flowers linked by black swirling vines run down the back of a woman, a botanical tattoo on the back.
Daisy vine down the back
Colour botanical tattoo of pink lotus flowers, buds and green lily pads climbing vertically along the centre of a woman's back.
Lotus and lily pad vine down the spine
Fine line black lotus flower tattoo with a semicolon and two dots on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Lotus flower and semicolon on the wrist
Pink and red watercolour-style flowers with green stems running down the side of the ribs, below a striped top.
Pink watercolour flowers on the ribs
Brown ink sketch of two dandelion seed heads with drifting seeds and a looping stem with leaves, drawn as a botanical tattoo design with no body placement shown.
Dandelions with drifting seeds
Watercolour-style flash drawing of three poppies on a single black-inked stem, with red and orange petals and angular black linework.
Three poppies on a stem