Root tattoo ideas

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Solid black tree with branches and roots tattooed on the inner wrist, photographed against a purple top.

Tree with roots on inner wrist

Close-up of a black fine line tree with roots on the inner forearm, with the script words I climbed the tree to see the world beneath it.

Tree and quote on the inner forearm

Black ink tree with spreading roots on a forearm, with the words Deep roots are not reached by the frost set in bold serif lettering across the trunk and canopy.

Tree with roots and lettering on a forearm

Black and grey dotwork mandala with a tree of life at its centre, tattooed on the inner forearm near the wrist.

Tree of life mandala on a forearm

Fine line black ink tattoo on a forearm showing a seed sprouting in five stages, from a small circle to a seedling with two leaves.

Seed germination sequence on forearm

Black fine line tree of life with leafy branches and roots inside a circle, tattooed on the inner forearm.

Tree of life with roots on a forearm

Black and grey tattoo of a pine forest with roots along the forearm, in a blackwork style.

Black pine forest band on a forearm

Black botanical tattoo of a bare branching tree with two small leaves on the inner wrist of a hand held palm up against a turquoise background.

Bare branching tree on inner wrist

Black and grey blackwork tattoo of a bare tree and birds on a forearm, with shaded ground and roots lower down the arm.

Bare tree and birds on a forearm

Watercolour-style colour tattoo on a forearm showing a black silhouette tree with exposed roots and flying birds against pink, purple and teal washes.

Tree and birds on a forearm

Black and grey tree of life tattoo enclosed in a circle on the forearm, drawn in fine line with dotwork shading.

Tree of life on a forearm

Small black ink yin yang circle with a tree of life design on the inner forearm, with chains and bamboo leaves in the background.

Yin yang tree of life on the inner forearm

Black and grey tattoo of a bare tree with fine branches, a shaded trunk and roots on the forearm.

Bare tree tattoo on a forearm

Close-up of a forearm tattoo of bare tree roots and a black peace symbol, with a green leafy element at the wrist, worn beside woven bracelets.

Tree roots and peace sign on a wrist

Black and grey botanical tree tattoo with small green and yellow accents on the inner forearm of a person holding another person's hand.

Tree tattoo on a forearm

Colour tattoo of a bare tree with orange and red watercolour-style splashes wrapping around the forearms.

Tree with orange splashes on forearms

White ink botanical tattoo of a stylised tree with rooted trunk and four small stars above, on a forearm.

White ink tree and stars on a forearm

Black blackwork tattoo of a bare tree with a small bird perched on a branch, with shaded foliage at the base, on the inner forearm of a person in a grey satin dress.

Bare tree silhouette with a bird on a forearm

Colour botanical tattoo of a red poppy with buds and green leaves on the inner forearm, shown with the hand raised.

Red poppy sprig on a forearm

Fine line botanical tattoo of a tree with spreading roots and a curled swirl on a forearm, in dark blue-black ink.

Tree and swirl design on a forearm

Black ink tree with bare branches and hanging roots, with small birds in flight, tattooed across the palm and inner forearm, shown with the hand raised against a pale wall.

Tree and birds across hand and forearm

Black and grey temporary tattoo of the word divergent in script with birds on one forearm, and a row of circular symbols on the other.

Divergent script and circle symbols on a forearm