Want to help crowdsource my new tattoo?

[kestrell]

I'm supposed to bring a picture and, while I can get Alexx to help search, I thought it would be fun to ask for other people's suggestions.

Here is what I want:
It's going to be a bracelet tattoo of a vine of medium to slightly darker green ivy leaves curling around my wrist.

I have small wrists, so I think the width should be no more than 1/2 inch wide.

I want an art nouveau style that curls abit around the wristbones, but I would like a slightly naturalistic touch with some added shading in the darker green.

Added later: I would really like a design that looks like filigree, with curling stems and separate leaves.

I'm undecided about the variety of ivy: I'm leaning toward the heart-shaped leaves--which variety is that? though the more traditional five-lobed ivy leaf is also cool.

Comments

[cvirtue]

Do you want the ivy to be symmetrical on either side of the main stem, or simply fairly regular?

[kestrell]

Alexx found a couple pictures that I really like, but to answer your question: it turns out what I want is more naturalistic and less stylized, so it's irregular on both the horizontal and vertical axes [sp. axii?].

[cvirtue]

I think it is spelled the same as having more than one axe, as you wrote.

So do you need other examples or did Alexx find sufficient?

[kestrell]

Alexx found a pair of images that are very much what I want, so that should be sufficient.