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Black ornamental butterfly design made of swirling scrolls, dots and small flowers on a white background.

Ornate swirl butterfly design

Woman seen from behind with arms raised, showing a colour rose and vine sleeve on her right arm and a pink leopard print tattoo on her left upper arm, both in a traditional botanical style.

Roses, vines and leopard print on raised arms

Black line drawing of a tree with a figure in yoga tree pose, its body filled with mandala patterns, with roots below and no body placement shown.

Yoga tree pose with leafy branches and roots

Black and white photo of a small fine line rose with two leaves on a forearm, bent at the elbow.

Small rose on a forearm

Black and grey rose tattoo with shaded petals and leaves on a thigh, with a yin and yang symbol visible higher on the back.

Black and grey rose tattoo on a thigh

Black line drawing of a tree of life with leafy vines and interlaced Celtic knotwork roots, shown as a tattoo design on white.

Tree of life with knotwork roots

Close-up of a small black fine line flower tattoo with a long thin stem on the outer ankle and lower leg, with white sneakers visible.

Fine line flower with long stem on an ankle

Blue pen drawing of a tattoo design showing a stag with blossoming branches for antlers above a woman's face framed in a circle, in a neo-trad style.

Stag and woman in a circle with blossom branches

Colour tattoo of a bouquet of wildflowers with poppies, daisies and sprigs of foliage on the inner forearm, drawn in a bold outlined botanical style.

Wildflower bouquet on a forearm

Illustrated design of three red hibiscus flowers with green leaves and swirling vines over splashes of paint, drawn in a botanical style with no body placement shown.

Hibiscus flowers with green swirls

Black and grey rose tattoo in a botanical style on a woman's shoulder, with a beige off-shoulder jumper.

Rose tattoo on a shoulder

Small fine line botanical tattoo of a pink rose with green leaves and stem on the inner wrist and forearm.

Pink rose and leaves on a wrist

Black ink mandala drawing in the shape of a Mickey Mouse head, with leaf-petal motifs and dotted, looped patterns, drawn on a spiral sketchbook page.

Mandala design in the shape of a Mickey Mouse head

Colour floral tattoo with black lace-style roses and pink and teal washes across the side of a torso, shown in a three-panel collage.

Lace and floral tattoo across ribs and back

Colour lotus flower tattoo with pink and teal wash, dotwork shading and a thin geometric circle, on a forearm.

Lotus flower on a forearm

Black ink Kokopelli figure playing a flute beside a scrolling vine with heart motifs, tattooed on the side of a woman's neck.

Kokopelli and vine scrolls on the neck

Woman in a peaked cap with roses on a forearm

Flash-style design of two black palm trees, a red hibiscus with green leaves and two small butterflies on a cream background, with no body placement shown.

Palm trees and hibiscus flash design

Black and grey botanical tattoo of flowers, buds and leaves on the hip and outer thigh of a person wearing a yellow bikini.

Botanical flower and leaf tattoo on hip and thigh

Black and grey botanical tattoo of a rose, hibiscus and small flowers with leaves across the inner upper arm.

Rose and hibiscus floral piece on upper arm

Black and grey fine line tattoo of three daisy-style flowers on a slender stem with two leaves, placed on a woman's upper back.

Three daisy flowers on a stem down the back

Black linework flash design of a woman with flowers in her hair, a hand at her face, paintbrushes and a skull with an all-seeing eye, in botanical style.

Woman with brushes, skull and eye design

Fine line tattoo of baby's breath sprigs, a small seated figure and a fern sprig on the upper leg, with a hand touching the design.

Baby's breath and fern on thigh

Black and grey realism tattoo of three roses, a compass and fine script text on the outer thigh.

Roses and compass on a thigh

Black and purple line drawing of a stylised bird, a flower and feathers with dotwork bubbles, shown as a tattoo design on a white background.

Bird, flower and feathers tattoo design

Black dandelion tattoo with drifting seeds on the inner forearm near the wrist, shown in a black and white photo.

Dandelion seeds blowing across a wrist

Painted tattoo design of a shaded skull framed by blue and purple anemone-style flowers, leaves and grey scrollwork on a pale background.

Skull with blue and purple flowers design

White ink lotus mandala tattoo on the chest below the bust, with a matching ornament on the upper arm, in a fine line style.

White ink lotus mandala on chest

Pencil sketch of several plumeria flowers shaded in soft greys on lined notebook paper, a botanical design with no body placement shown.

Plumeria flowers pencil sketch

Black and grey horseshoe tattoo with small flowers and leaves on the inner forearm, shaded in an engraved, stippled style.

Horseshoe and flowers on a forearm

Botanical tattoo on a forearm of a five-petal blue flower with black vine swirls curling out to either side, in a botanical style.

Blue flower and swirls on a forearm

Pencil and ink drawing of a tattoo design showing a Roman numeral clock with an orchid, rose, butterfly and beaded chains, in black and grey, with no body placement shown.

Clock, butterfly and orchid design drawing

Fine line drawing of a pocket watch with a chain and key, trailing vines and flower buds, and the script words Life is what you make of it, shown as a tattoo design without a body placement.

Pocket watch and vine design with script

Colour traditional tattoo of a bunch of flowers and leaves tied with a ribbon, on the upper arm of a person wearing a blue top.

Traditional flower bouquet on upper arm

Colour neo-traditional tattoo on an upper thigh showing a shaded raccoon, a songbird on an oak branch, peach peonies and rosehips, with a small atom emblem below.

Raccoon, bird and peonies on a thigh

Multicoloured painterly pine tree tattoo on the side of the ribs, with a black dotwork mandala on the upper arm at the left edge.

Watercolour pine tree on the ribs

Colour tattoo of a branch with pink blossoms and a small owl on the left side of a torso, above the hip, in a botanical style.

Owl and blossom branch on the ribs

Black fine line tattoo of a chrysanthemum with a long stem and five leaves, placed on the upper chest.

Chrysanthemum line drawing on the chest

Black and grey botanical tattoo of large open flowers, smaller blossoms and leaves on the upper arm, with muted pink blossoms on the left side.

Botanical flower spray on upper arm

Realistic red rose tattoo with black lace-style filigree and a dotted gem drop design across a person's lower abdomen, below the navel.

Realistic rose with black lace on the stomach

Black and grey dotwork and engraved tattoo of a hanging fruit bat with folded wings on a branch with leaves, on the side of the body.

Hanging fruit bat on a leafy branch

Hand-drawn tattoo design of a dandelion seed head dispersing into birds, with the words fearless, dreamer, reckless, carefree and lonely in script.

Dandelion seeds, birds and script design

Small black fine line outline of a lotus flower on the side ribs, beside a grey vest top.

Fine line lotus on the side ribs

Four views of a full sleeve tattoo in a realistic style, with large red roses, orange blooms and pink plumeria on a blue background, with a small butterfly on the upper arm.

Realistic rose and flower full sleeve

Colour traditional style tattoo of teal and pink flowers with green leaves across the top of a foot.

Colourful floral tattoo on the foot

Fine line black palm tree tattoo on a bare upper back near the shoulder, with long highlighted hair falling beside it against a pale blue background.

Palm tree on upper back

Black and grey botanical tattoo of a young sprouting plant with fine roots, on the side of a torso under an open teal checked shirt.

Sprouting plant with roots on the side torso

Black and purple vine tattoo with leaves and two star motifs running across the top of a foot, in a botanical style.

Vine and star tattoo on a foot

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