Botanical tattoo ideas

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Black linework laurel wreath with a small tied bow at the base, drawn in a vintage engraved style on cream paper, shown as a tattoo design.
Laurel wreath design
Pen drawing of a tattoo design sheet with a green-inked snake entwined in ivy, a shaded grey snake and a small botanical sprig, shown on textured paper.
Snake, ivy and leaf sprig design sheet
Black line drawing of a lotus flower with an ornamental base on white paper, with a thumb visible at the left edge.
Lotus flower line drawing on paper
Black ink line drawing of a bare-branched tree with leaves whose trunk forms a double helix and whose roots spread at the base, shown as a tattoo design.
Tree growing as a DNA double helix
A black botanical vine band with curling scrolls, leaves and grey dots on a beige background, drawn as a tattoo design with no body placement shown.
Black vine scroll band design
Black ink drawing of an interlaced lotus flower on grey paper, with a row of dots above and a spiral below, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement.
Interlaced lotus design with dots and spiral
Pencil and red pencil sketch of a barn owl with outstretched wings surrounded by leaves and petals, in a botanical style, drawn on paper.
Barn owl with red botanical leaves
Black line drawing of the elephant-headed deity Ganesha framed by an ornate mandala and resting on a lotus, a flash design suited to a larger back or chest piece.
Ganesha with mandala and lotus design
Black line drawing of a layered dahlia flower with hatched shading on a white background, a botanical flash design with no placement shown.
Dahlia flower line drawing
Illustration of a hovering hummingbird in teal and green, with a dotted body and a body filled with fern and leaf shapes, drawn in a botanical style.
Hummingbird with fern and leaf fill
Black silhouette of a small bird with a plus sign and a pansy flower in outline, shown as a botanical flash design on a cream background.
Bird and pansy flash design
Black and grey dotwork drawing of a sunflower-style mandala with a crescent moon at its centre, shown as a design on white paper with no body placement visible.
Sunflower mandala with crescent moon
Coloured drawing of a green man face formed from leaves in green and blue tones, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Green man face made of leaves
Pencil line drawing of a woman's face and shoulders with flowers in her hair and leaves along her neck, shown as a flash design sketch with no visible body placement.
Pencil sketch of a woman with flowers in her hair
Black ink step-by-step drawing of a flower with swirling petal and scroll details, built up in stages across two columns, shown as a flash design rather than on skin.
Step by step floral swirl design drawing
Mirror-symmetric flash design of a central purple and white daisy with orange flowers, grey leaves and brown swirling ornament on a parchment background.
Symmetrical daisy and floral ornament design
Black linework drawing of an orchid tattoo design with dotwork details, shown on white paper held by two hands.
Orchid tattoo design in linework
Pencil sketch of a tattoo design showing a Roman numeral clock face with a monarch butterfly, orchids and ornamental swirls, with no body placement shown.
Clock, orchids and butterfly design sketch
Black ink lotus mandala design drawn on white paper, with dotwork shading in the petals, beside two small carved figures and a clear quartz point.
Lotus mandala design on white paper
Pencil and ink drawing of a split ribcage and spine with a pink rose and vines on one side, and an animal skull with a moth wing below, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement.
Ribcage, rose and moth skull design
Black ink drawing of an anatomical heart with wildflowers growing from the upper vessels, shown as a flash design rather than a tattoo on skin.
Anatomical heart with wildflowers
Fine line drawing of a snail with a spiral shell, crystal cluster and sprigs of foliage on its back, shaded in lavender on white paper.
Snail with crystals and sprigs drawing
Black line drawing flash sheet of four flower designs, including a calla lily, a rose, a chrysanthemum-style bloom and an abstract leaf flourish, in a botanical linework style.
Four-piece floral flash sheet
Coloured line drawing of a winged fairy with flowing hair and large red poppies on a parchment-toned background, a botanical tattoo design with no body placement shown.
Fairy with red poppies
Pink and grey pencil drawing of a pocket watch framed by two lotus flowers, beaded chains and scrolling foliage, shown as a tattoo design.
Lotus flowers and pocket watch design
Pencil sketch of an hourglass wrapped in leafy vines and two scroll banners with script, in a botanical tattoo design style.
Hourglass with vines and scroll banners
Black and grey drawing of a traditional rose with shaded petals and outlined leaves, shown as a tattoo design on white paper with no body placement visible.
Traditional rose design with leaves
Black tribal-style lotus flower design with a curling swirled stem, drawn on a plain white background.
Tribal lotus with swirling stem
Pencil-style drawing of a tattoo design with the word Love in ornate script, a large swash L, leaves and buds in black and grey.
Ornate script Love with botanical flourishes
Black ink drawing of a heart with a keyhole at its centre, flanked by keys, flowers and leaves, shown as a dotwork tattoo design on paper.
Heart with keyhole and flowers design
Botanical flash design of two mirrored cherry blossom branches with pink flowers, dark linework and curling tendrils on a white background.
Symmetrical cherry blossom branches
Black ink drawing of a crescent moon filled with mandala patterns, a lotus flower and a vertical ornamental line, shown as a tattoo design on white paper.
Crescent moon with mandala and lotus design
Flash design of green shamrocks with a glowing outline, black vine linework, small black stars and sparkle shapes arranged along a curving diagonal.
Shamrock vine with stars flash
Black and grey line drawing of an hourglass wrapped in leafy vines, a botanical flash design with no body placement shown.
Hourglass entwined with vines
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 ink line drawing of a daisy on a long stem with two small leaves, shown as a fine line tattoo design on white paper with no body placement visible.
Single daisy on a long stem
Black and grey pencil and dotwork sketch of two peonies, a bud and leaves, drawn as a tattoo design on white paper.
Peony cluster tattoo design sketch
Pencil drawing of a peacock with a blossom branch and tail feathers with eye markings, shown as a design for a tattoo.
Peacock and blossom branch drawing
Black and white photo of a floral and geometric tattoo design drawn in a sketchbook, beside a dotwork mandala tattoo on a forearm.
Floral and geometric sketch with forearm mandala
Black line drawing of an open rose with layered petals on a white background, suitable as a botanical tattoo design.
Open rose line drawing
Pencil sketch of a small wildflower bouquet with leaves, buds and pale lilac petals on a plain off-white background.
Wildflower bouquet sketch
Hand-drawn flash design of pink lotus flowers and green leaves with bold black astrological symbols and a triangle, labelled Cancer.
Lotus and astrology symbols design
Black ink flash sheet of sixteen paisley and floral motifs in a henna-style pattern on a white background.
Sheet of paisley and floral tattoo flash designs
Black and grey dotwork drawing of a human ribcage with spine and shoulder blades, set within a circle of ornamental floral swirls.
Ribcage and floral dotwork design
Black ink fine line drawing of ginkgo leaves on a curving branch, shown as a tattoo design on plain off-white paper.
Ginkgo leaves on a branch, line drawing
Black ink flash drawing of three mandala-style flowers with leaves and loose petals on white paper, suited to a tattoo design.
Three mandala flowers flash sheet
Black ink flash design of a swallow with a lace-patterned wing, paisley motifs and flowers, drawn in a black-and-white fine line style.
Swallow with paisley and lace-style flowers
Black and grey pencil drawing of four roses grouped together in a realistic botanical style, shown as a tattoo design on white.
Cluster of four roses in pencil