Root tattoo ideas

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Black and grey realism tattoo of a tall conifer tree with shaded branches and a rooted trunk, running down the inner forearm.
Tall conifer tree on a forearm
Black and grey tattoo of a tree atop a globe with root-like branches forming land shapes, on a person's upper back.
Tree and globe on upper back
Black fine line tree of life tattoo with spreading roots and a small owl perched on a branch, placed on a person's ribs.
Tree of life with owl on ribs
Black and grey fine line tree with stippled leaves and spreading roots, tattooed across the upper back near the neck.
Tree with roots on upper back
Colour tattoo on the side of the ribs of a bare tree with roots wrapped in ribbon banners, with a heart at the base and a name on a banner.
Bare tree, roots and heart with ribbon banners on ribs
Black and grey realism tree tattoo with a shaded canopy and spreading roots across the upper arm and shoulder.
Tree with roots on upper arm
Botanical tattoo across the upper back showing five plant stages growing from seed to sunflower, with the words How strange it is to be anything at all beneath.
Five-stage plant growth with a quote on upper back
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a tree growing from a globe, with leaves forming the shapes of land, across a woman's upper back.
Tree and leaves on a globe on upper back
Black and grey tree of life tattoo inside a circle, with roots below and birds flying off the branches, on the upper back near the shoulder.
Tree of life with birds on upper back
Black linework tattoo of a tree of life with curling branches and roots, and a stylised female figure in the trunk, on the forearm.
Swirling tree of life on a forearm
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 linework design of a swirling tree of life inside a circle, with small purple, orange and blue birds perched in the branches and red birds flying above.
Tree of life in a circle with birds
Back tattoo of a dark grey tree with pink blossoms and red leaves trailing down the spine, in a botanical style on the back.
Blossom tree with falling leaves across a back
Black tree tattoo with bare branches and spreading roots on the inner wrist and forearm, in a blackwork botanical style.
Tree with roots on a wrist
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 and white photo of a woman's upper back showing a black tree of life tattoo with roots, inside a knotwork circle, placed over the shoulder blade.
Tree of life in a knotwork circle on the back
Black and grey botanical tattoo on a forearm showing a circle of crystals and moons around a stippled mountain landscape, with a poppy, moon phases and a crocus with its bulb.
Moon phases, crystals and flowers on a forearm
Full colour tattoo across a person's upper back showing a blossoming tree split between a night scene with moon and aurora on the left and a sunset with red sun on the right.
Day and night landscape with blossom tree on back
Black blackwork tree of life inside a circle, with bare branches above and roots below, on a person's upper back.
Tree of life in a circle on upper back
Small watercolour-style botanical tattoo of a tree with multicoloured leaves in red, yellow, green and blue and spreading roots, on a plain area of skin.
Watercolour tree with roots on skin
Colour tattoo of a black tree silhouette with birds, watercolour splashes in blue, green, pink and purple, and Celtic knotwork roots, on an upper arm.
Tree and birds with watercolour sky on upper arm
Black dotwork and line tattoo of a bare tree whose roots form an arrow of overlapping triangles, on the inner forearm.
Bare tree and overlapping triangles on a forearm
Black ink tree with roots above a handwritten quote reading "i climbed the tree to see the world", tattooed on a wrist in a fine, shaded lettering style.
Tree and quote on the inner wrist
Fine line tattoo of a curling tree with small coloured leaves and the words YOU ONLY LIVE ONCE beneath it, placed on a person's upper back.
Fine line tree with quote on upper back
Black fine line tree with small stars tattooed on the top of an ankle, with bare toes and painted toenails visible.
Tree and stars on an ankle
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 and grey tattoo on the side of a ribcage showing a bare tree whose branches form a heart around the script words Everything has beauty but not everyone sees it.
Tree with heart canopy and script quote on ribs
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 and grey botanical tattoo of a swirling tree with three birds, across the upper back and shoulder blade.
Swirling tree with birds on upper back
Black and grey botanical tattoo of a bare tree with exposed roots and falling leaves, with a Celtic knot at the trunk, across the centre of a lower back.
Bare tree with roots and falling leaves on a back
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
Black fine line tattoo of a tree with curling branches and swirled roots on the side of the ribs.
Swirling tree tattoo on the ribs
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 red tree of life tattoo with spreading branches, roots and a central swirling knot across a person's upper back.
Tree of life tattoo on upper back
Fine line tree of life tattoo on the ankle with swirling black branches, small blue, red and green birds perched in the boughs and two black birds flying to the right.
Tree of life with birds on an ankle
Black and grey tree tattoo with a full canopy of leaves and gnarled roots, placed on the side of the ribs.
Tree tattoo on the side of the ribs
Black botanical tattoo of a branching tree with roots running down the centre of a person's back, from the nape of the neck.
Branching tree tattoo down the spine
Black linework tree with spreading branches, leaves and exposed roots, with small yellow accents, on the inner forearm, in a botanical style.
Tree with roots on a forearm
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 tree of life with a sun and crescent moon on a woman's upper back, photographed from behind, in a botanical style.
Tree of life with sun and moon on upper back
Black line drawing of a tree of life design with swirling branches, leaves and a yoga pose figure forming the trunk, on a plain white background.
Tree with yoga figure trunk
Pencil sketch of a compass rose with a leafy tree and twisting roots at its centre, with a heart-tipped loop line running to the east point.
Compass rose with tree and roots sketch
Thin black branching tattoo with watercolour pink, blue and purple washes along the centre of a person's upper back.
Watercolour branch and roots down the back
Small black botanical tree tattoo with curling roots on the inside of a wrist, in a simple fine line style.
Small tree tattoo on a wrist
Black and grey tattoo of a tall conifer tree with stippled branches running up the upper arm.
Tall conifer tree on upper arm
Black and grey botanical tattoo of a tall redwood style conifer with exposed roots, shaded in fine detail on a forearm.
Tall conifer tree with roots on a forearm
Large black tree of life tattoo within a circle, with leafy knotwork branches and roots, across a man's upper back.
Tree of life in a circle across a back
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