Branches tattoo ideas

541 photos and flash · 63% Botanical, 19% Fine line · Forearm most common

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Black ink drawing of a bare tree with spreading branches inside a brushed enso-style circle, with ink spatter at the base, shown on a white background.
Bare tree inside a brushed black circle
Black ink drawing of a tall pine tree with layered branches on a white background, a design that could suit a botanical tattoo.
Tall pine tree in black ink
Black ink drawing of a bare tree with a heart-shaped root system, a small hanging heart and several birds in flight, a blackwork-style design with no body placement shown.
Bare tree with heart roots and birds
Black ink line drawing of a compass inside a tree branch ring, with banners reading Not all who wander are lost and an anchor below, styled as a tattoo design.
Compass and tree design with banner text
Sepia pencil drawing of a pair of lungs made from branching twigs, with three small birds perched within, shown as a design rather than on skin.
Lungs formed of branches with three birds
Coloured pencil drawing of a skull formed from bare branches, with a blue bird perched on top, blue blossom, a green apple and no body placement shown.
Skull of branches with a bird and blossom
Black and grey shaded drawing of a compass wrapped in twisted branches with a rope, a stylised anchor and a flying bird, shown as a tattoo design on a white background.
Compass, anchor and bird tattoo design
Black silhouette flash design of a skeleton standing among twisting branches, vines and leaves on a white background.
Skeleton entwined with branches
Black silhouette of a tree with curling, swirling branches and three birds perched among them, shown as a design drawing rather than on skin.
Swirling tree silhouette with birds
Black and grey pen and ink drawing of a large owl with intense eyes, framed by bare, twisting branches on a white background.
Stern owl with bare branches in ink
Black silhouette design of a globe showing continents, with tree branches growing beneath it, on a white background.
Globe with continents and branches
Solid black stylised tree design with curling branches, roots and seven eight-pointed stars above, a blackwork-style flash drawing with no body placement shown.
Stylised tree with seven stars
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
Black ink drawing of a windswept tree with flowing roots on a plain white background, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Windswept tree design on white
Black and grey ink drawing of a skull whose jaw and crown grow into twisted branches, with a forest scene in a circle, a deer, birds and orange falling leaves, shown as a botanical tattoo design with
Skull formed from a tree and forest
Black and grey neo-traditional flash drawing of a woman wearing goat horns and two skulls, with a snake coiled around her arm, shown on paper.
Horned woman with skulls and snake flash
Pencil-style drawing of an owl with feathered detail, branches and ink splatter, on yellowed paper, as a tattoo design with no body placement shown.
Owl sketch with feathers and branches
Pen and ink drawing of a stag with antlers decorated in red roses and blossoms, shown as a tattoo design on a cream parchment background.
Stag with rose-covered antlers
Drawing of a green-faced witch in a wide-brimmed pointed hat, framed by leafy branches, presented as a tattoo design.
Witch in a pointed hat with branches
Black linework tree with exposed roots and a red ink splatter behind it, drawn as a tattoo design on a white background, with no body placement shown.
Tree with roots and red splatter
Black line drawing of two crossed leafy sprigs forming a V shape around a four-line italic quote, a fine line botanical tattoo design.
Crossed leafy sprigs with italic quote
Black line drawing of a weeping willow tree with trailing branches and roots on a yellow background, captioned that the tattoo symbolises strength and nurturing nature.
Weeping willow tree tattoo design
Black ink drawing of a swirling tree with curled branches above the word Family in script lettering, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Swirling family tree with Family script
Flash design of a compass rose on a teal world map, framed by branches, flowers, leaves, rope, a fish, a bird and an anchor, in a botanical style.
Compass rose with anchor, bird and botanical wreath
Dark navy line drawing of a stylised tree of life with ornate branches, leaves and roots on a pale teal background, shown as a design rather than on skin.
Tree of life with roots and swirls
Black silhouette tree with spreading roots and leaves, with the word Family in script and a quote about branches and roots, shown as a tattoo design on a white background.
Tree with roots and family script quote
Black ink drawing of a key whose bow forms a bare tree, shown as a tattoo design on a plain white background.
Key with a bare tree bow
Coloured illustration of a tree of life whose trunk forms a DNA double helix, with leafy branches, green roots, birds and butterflies on a parchment background.
Tree of life with DNA helix trunk and roots
Fine line botanical design of a tree whose trunk becomes a DNA double helix, with roots, leaves and butterflies, drawn in maroon ink on a peach background.
Tree growing from a DNA helix
Black and grey tattoo design of a bare tree with roots spreading over a hatched skull, with three crows and ink splatter around it.
Bare tree growing from a skull with crows
Black ink flash drawing of an axe whose handle grows into leafy branches, with two crossed arrows and small drops above the leaves.
Axe with branching leaves and crossed arrows
Pencil drawing of a tree of life with leafy branches and roots forming a circle, a botanical design for a tattoo with no body part shown.
Tree of life pencil design in a circle
Black ink drawing of an anchor with a rope wrapped around it and a tree growing up through the shank, shown as a tattoo design in a sketchbook.
Anchor with a tree growing through it
Black ink line drawing of a leaf outline filled with a tree, branches, leaves and berries, shown as a tattoo design on white paper with no body part visible.
Leaf with tree and branches line drawing
Black and grey pen drawing of a wolf's head merging into a raven's wing, framed by a diamond outline and bare branches, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Wolf and raven wing design in a diamond frame
Black ink drawing of a bare branching tree with swirling roots and a small bird perched on a branch, shown as a standalone design with no body placement.
Branching tree with swirling roots design
Line drawing of a gnarled apple tree with twisting branches, leaves and apples, shaded in dark red above and dark green at the trunk and roots, shown as a tattoo design.
Sketched apple tree with twisted branches
Black linework design of a leafy tree with a full canopy and spreading roots on a white background, shown as a blackwork flash drawing with no body placement.
Tree with spreading roots design
Black ink line drawing of a weeping willow tree with drooping branches and leaves on a plain tan background, in a botanical tattoo flash style.
Weeping willow tree line drawing
Black and grey pencil drawing of an hourglass made from tree trunks and roots, with a small tree in the lower bulb, shown as a botanical tattoo design.
Hourglass formed from tree trunks
Coloured drawing of an owl perched on branches beside a pocket watch on a chain, with a pale moon behind, in a bold neo-traditional style.
Owl with pocket watch and chain
Pen sketch of a weeping willow rising from a cupped open hand, drawn in black ink with dense hatching, a design suited to a botanical tattoo.
Weeping willow growing from an open hand
Black and grey pen drawing of a bare, gnarled tree with exposed roots and a flock of birds lifting off from its branches, a tattoo design on a plain background.
Bare tree with roots and flying birds
Black and grey drawing of a barn owl perched on a wooden post in front of a full moon, with swirling vines and branches, designed as a tattoo.
Barn owl on a post with full moon
Black and white drawing of a paw print design filled with bare trees and a forest scene, shown without any body placement.
Forest-filled paw print design
Fine-lined brown ink drawing of a hare with antler-like branches and a moon behind it, surrounded by leaves, in a Neo-traditional botanical style.
Hare with leaves and antlers design
Black and grey drawing of a symmetrical tree with braided knotwork trunk, swirling branches and twisting roots, shown as a tattoo design.
Braided tree with swirling branches and roots
Black flash sheet of two fox silhouettes, paw prints, bird footprints and animal tracks, with a mirrored quotation in small script.
Fox and animal track flash sheet