Stem tattoo ideas

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

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Black and grey tattoo of a hand holding a flower with an eye at its centre and radiating rays, with leaves, on a forearm.
Hand holding an eye flower on forearm
Black and grey traditional roses with thorns and leaves on the upper thigh, shown against a white waistband and a patterned bedsheet.
Black and grey roses on a thigh
Traditional style solid black rose tattoo with a stem, leaves and thorns on the forearm.
Black rose on a forearm
Black and grey blackwork-style tattoo of a rose with buds and leaves, with hatched linework and dotted details, on a forearm.
Rose with buds and leaves on a forearm
Colour tattoo of red roses and green leaves wrapping around a black triangle outline on the forearm, in a traditional botanical style.
Red roses and vine around a triangle outline
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
Colour traditional tattoo of a sunflower with a stem, leaves and a banner reading SPARK, on the upper arm near the elbow.
Sunflower and SPARK banner on an upper arm
Black and grey botanical tattoo of leaves on a hip and roses, feathers and flowers on a thigh, with a banner reading LIGHT OF MY LIFE on the lower leg.
Botanical hip and rose thigh tattoos
Two hands with traditional tattoos: a red rose with green leaves on the left hand and a colourful crescent moon with a face and flowers on the right hand.
Rose and crescent moon on two hands
Hand-coloured flash drawing of a small winged figure perched on a large red rose with green leaves, in a traditional bold-outline style.
Winged figure on a red rose flash
Traditional-style tattoo of two red roses with green leaves, orange highlights and a stem, running down the inside of a forearm.
Two red roses on a forearm
Black and grey traditional tattoo of two roses with buds and leaves on the upper arm.
Two roses and buds on an upper arm
Close view of a teal blue rose tattoo with green leaves and black outlines on the back of a hand, in a traditional style.
Blue rose on the back of a hand
Traditional flash drawing of three blue roses with dark brown leaves tipped in teal, on a parchment-coloured background.
Blue roses and dark leaves flash
Line drawing of a rose with leaves and an empty ribbon banner in plum linework on a cream background, a traditional style flash design with no body placement shown.
Rose and blank banner flash design
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a carnation and leafy stem held by a dotwork hand on the upper arm.
Carnation and hand in dotwork
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a skull with flowers growing from its crown, shaded with dotwork, on a forearm.
Skull with flowers on a forearm
Traditional style tattoo of a rose with a bud and black leaves, shaded in yellow ochre, on the forearm.
Traditional rose with bud on a forearm
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a flower bouquet with dotwork shading on the inner forearm, set against a turquoise towel.
Flower bouquet on a forearm
Black and grey traditional-style bouquet of roses and small flowers with leaves on the upper arm.
Black and grey floral bouquet on an upper arm
Neo-traditional tattoo of a red rose bud with a skull shaded inside its petals, with olive leaves and a thorned stem, on skin.
Rose bud with skull shading on the upper body
Close-up of traditional style red and black flower tattoos on the back of a hand, with further tattoos on the wrist and fingers.
Traditional red flowers on the back of a hand
Blue-black floral tattoo of a rose with leaves on a calf, with a matching larger rose design on a forearm and a smaller piece on another leg.
Matching blue rose tattoos on forearm and calf
Black and grey traditional tattoo of two roses with a butterfly between them on an upper arm.
Two roses and a butterfly on an arm
Colour tattoo of a yellow and orange sunflower with green leaves and a red ladybird, in a traditional style on the thigh.
Sunflower and ladybird on a thigh
Back of a woman's neck showing a red rose bud on a thorned stem with three grey shaded leaves, in a botanical style.
Red rose with grey leaves on the neck
Black and grey rose tattoo with shaded petals and green-grey leaves on the inner wrist of a hand with turquoise nails.
Black and grey rose on a wrist
Colour traditional-style tattoo of a peach with green leaves and a red stem on a forearm, outlined in black.
Peach with leaves on a forearm
Traditional style colour tattoo of a spotted green and yellow frog beside a red rose on a stem, on the calf.
Spotted frog and rose on a lower leg
Red cherries with green stems and a leaf, surrounded by black stars and dots, in a colour tattoo on the side of the thigh.
Cherries and stars 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
Colourful traditional tattoo on a forearm showing a bouquet of flowers held by a hand, with a yellow scroll border and a ribbon banner.
Traditional flower bouquet held by a hand
Black linework flash of a scorpion whose curled tail ends in a rose with leaves and thorns, drawn on a plain pink background.
Scorpion with a rose tail in black linework
Traditional style tattoo of a white skull with a red rose and green leaves on a stem, placed on the outer ankle of a leg.
Skull and red rose on an ankle
Two ankle tattoos in traditional style: red cherries with green stems on one ankle and a grey shaded swallow in flight on the other, with white canvas trainers.
Cherries and swallow on both ankles
Bold black traditional rose with leaves and a bud on the forearm, with part of another tattoo visible near the top of the arm.
Black traditional rose on a forearm
Colour tattoo of sunflowers with green leaves and trailing vines wrapping across the upper arm and shoulder, in a botanical style.
Sunflowers and vines on an upper arm
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
Colour tattoo of a purple thistle with green leaves and stems on a leg, in a bold outlined botanical style.
Purple thistle on a leg
Traditional style tattoo of a teal five-petalled flower with orange-brown leaves on the outer thigh, with part of a coloured eye tattoo visible above.
Teal flower with orange leaves on thigh
Traditional style colour tattoo of a sunflower with orange petals, a dark brown dotted centre and green stem and leaves, on a lower leg.
Sunflower on the lower leg
Small colour tattoo of a red strawberry with green leaves and black outlines, on the back of a person's neck.
Small strawberry on the back of the neck
Colour traditional tattoo of red and orange flowers, rosebuds and brown-green leaves across a thigh.
Traditional floral piece on a thigh
Traditional style flash drawing of a cluster of red roses with dark leaves, held by a grey hand with red drops of blood on the stem.
Traditional rose and gripped stem flash
Colourful folk-style floral tattoo in red, orange, pink, blue and green, with a cluster of stylised flowers and large leaves on an arm.
Folk floral tattoo on an arm
Two hands with black and grey traditional style tattoos, a large skull on the back of the left hand and a rose on the back of the right hand, with small finger tattoos including a cross, a letter P
Skull and rose tattoos on the hands
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
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