Root tattoo ideas

341 photos and flash · 70% Botanical, 14% Fine line · Back most common

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Black-ink tree root and bark tattoo covering the back of a hand and fingers, drawn in fine hatched linework.

Tree roots tattoo across the back of a hand

Black and grey realistic tattoo of a tree with spreading branches and exposed roots running along the ribs and side of the torso.

Tree with roots on the ribs

Black ink botanical tattoo of wildflowers and poppies with exposed roots running up the inner forearm against a red background.

Wildflower bouquet with roots on a forearm

Black and grey tree tattoo across the upper arm and shoulder, with birds, a faint musical staff, a small red berry and roots reaching down the arm.

Tree with birds and roots on upper arm

Colour botanical tattoo of violets, foxgloves and other wildflowers with leaves, fern fronds and roots, in a realistic style on the outer thigh.

Botanical flower bouquet on a thigh

Black ink tree with a stippled canopy above the script quote 'i climbed the tree to see the world' on the inner forearm near the wrist.

Tree and script quote on the inner wrist

Black linework tree of life tattoo with green leaves and spreading roots, in a botanical style, on a area of skin.

Tree of life with roots on skin

Black and grey tree with exposed roots and hand-lettered quote tattooed on the side of the ribs, above hatched ground lines.

Bare tree with lettered quote on ribs

Colour realism sleeve tattoo on the upper arm and shoulder showing a tree with glowing branches, two embracing figures in the trunk, roots and green aurora sky.

Tree of embracing figures on an upper arm sleeve

Black and grey botanical tattoo of a bare tree with roots across a person's back, with script lettering running beside the spine and down the side.

Bare tree with roots across a back

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 and grey dotwork tattoo on a calf showing a column of planets with Saturn, dotted orbit arcs, and a surreal face with roots below.

Planets and orbits with a surreal face on a calf

Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a beetroot with leaves and trailing roots on the inner forearm, against a dark leather background.

Stippled beetroot on a forearm

Black and grey botanical tattoo of a tied bunch of carrots with leafy tops on the lower leg, drawn in engraved-style linework with dotted shading.

Bunch of carrots on a calf

Black and grey family tree tattoo with swirling leaves, script lettering and roots on the side of the ribs.

Family tree with roots and script lettering on ribs

Black ink quote in a serif-style font running down a forearm, with a circular tree of life design near the wrist, in black and grey ink.

Tree of life and quote on a forearm

Black ink bare tree with roots and small falling leaves above the word Hope in cursive script on a forearm.

Tree and Hope script on a forearm

Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a tree inside a geometric diamond outline with a crescent moon above, on the outer thigh.

Dotwork tree in geometric frame on thigh

Black bare tree with spreading branches and roots tattooed on the inner wrist, shown in a botanical style.

Bare tree with roots on a wrist

Flash sheet showing a colour floral skull with butterflies and ribbon, a black and grey skull with a spiked crown, and JANE lettering beside a deer silhouette.

Floral skull, misfit skull and deer flash sheet

Black blackwork tattoo of a branching tree with fine roots spreading from the ankle across the top of a foot.

Branching tree tattoo across a foot

Black and grey botanical tattoo on a calf showing a honeycomb, a bee, a crystal cluster and leaves and flowers, joined by dotted geometric lines.

Honeycomb, bee and botanicals on a calf

Black and grey tattoo of a tall conifer tree with trailing roots running down the forearm.

Tall conifer tree on a forearm

Black ink tree of life with branches, leaves and roots enclosed in a dotted circle, tattooed on a person's upper back.

Tree of life with roots on upper back

Black and grey realistic pine tree tattoo with trailing roots running down the inner forearm.

Pine tree on a forearm

Black silhouette flash design of a skeleton standing among twisting branches, vines and leaves on a white background.

Skeleton entwined with branches

Black and grey fine line tree with roots and falling leaves on a thigh, with a sketched design on the forearm of a seated person in denim shorts.

Bare tree on thigh with forearm sketch

Black silhouette design of a globe showing continents, with tree branches growing beneath it, on a white background.

Globe with continents and branches

Large black and grey realism style tree tattoo with bare branches across a man's upper back and shoulder, with a few coloured autumn leaves on the left shoulder.

Bare tree across a man's back

Botanical tattoo of a tree with black roots and green-olive foliage, with a trail of olive stars running up the shoulder, on a woman's upper body.

Tree with roots and star trail on shoulder

Black ink botanical tattoo on a lower leg showing a swirling tree with a meditating figure, a small hummingbird and the word Namaste in script.

Meditating figure in a swirling tree with Namaste

Black and grey realism tattoo of a bare tree with twisting roots running from the side ribs down towards the hip.

Tree with exposed roots on the ribs

Colour tattoo of a twisting purple tree with black branches and magenta and teal roots running down the ribs and side of the torso.

Purple tree with roots on the ribs

Black botanical tree with roots and branches tattooed across a woman's bare back, photographed from behind with her hands raised to her hair.

Tree and roots across a back

Black and grey dotwork tree with spreading roots and star-like flecks inside a rectangular frame, on the inside of a forearm.

Tree and roots in a dotwork frame on a forearm

Black bare tree with spreading branches and roots tattooed on the inner wrist and forearm, in a botanical style.

Bare tree with roots on a wrist

Watercolour tree with profile silhouette on a forearm

Botanical tattoo of a double helix that grows into a tree with roots, with pink cherry blossoms, on the lower leg.

DNA helix tree with cherry blossoms on a calf

Large black and grey gnarled tree tattoo with bare branches and roots covering most of a person's back, seen from behind.

Gnarled tree tattoo across a back

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

Colour tattoo of a large orange sunflower with water droplets on its petals, set against a teal sky and brown soil with roots, on a forearm.

Sunflower with sky on a forearm

Full back tattoo in a realistic colour style, showing a tree dividing a moonlit mountain scene from a sunset lake scene.

Split landscape tree across a back

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 and grey realism tattoo of a bare tree whose trunk becomes an anatomical heart, sitting on a forearm.

Tree and anatomical heart on a forearm

Black fine line tattoo of a bare tree with exposed roots on the inner forearm, shown against denim and a brick wall.

Bare tree with roots on a forearm

Black and grey blackwork tattoo on a forearm showing a guitar body filled with inverted trees and roots, with the neck fading into a city skyline.

Guitar body of trees and roots with skyline neck on a

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

Neo-traditional style tattoo of a large Victorian house with a spire, framed by bare trees and roots, on the upper arm and shoulder.

Victorian house framed by bare trees on upper arm