Root tattoo ideas

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

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Black and grey tattoo of three small white-faced forest spirits perched on a gnarled branch, placed on the side of the ribs.

Three forest spirits on a branch on the ribs

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 line drawing of a tree with an eagle perched on top, a curled creature in the trunk and serpents coiled among the roots, with dotted shading in the canopy.

Tree with eagle and serpents design

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 fine line tattoo of a bare tree with roots and a set of scales on the lower back.

Bare tree and scales on lower back

Colour tattoo of a tree with a black and grey trunk, a heart-shaped gap in the trunk, green leaves and curling roots, on plain skin.

Tree with heart trunk and curled roots

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 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 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 fine-line tattoo of branching, vein-like lines running across the upper arm and forearm of a man in a black t-shirt.

Branching vein-like linework down an arm

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 and grey realistic tattoo of a bare tree with a tyre swing and exposed roots, placed on a person's ribs.

Bare tree with tyre swing on ribs

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

Black and grey flash drawing of mountains and pine trees inside a diamond outline, with dotwork shading and root-like lines beneath.

Mountains in a diamond frame

Two forearms with black fine line tattoos: a bare tree with stars on the left arm and an arched doorway with a crown and vine motifs on the right.

Tree and arched doorway forearm tattoos

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

Watercolour-style tree tattoo with bare black branches and blue and yellow wash on the inner forearm and wrist.

Watercolour-style tree on a forearm

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

Black ink tree of life tattoo with swirling branches, roots and Hebrew lettering inside a circle, placed on the side of the torso.

Tree of life with Hebrew lettering on the side

Black and grey blackwork tree of life with roots, inside a Celtic knotwork ring, tattooed on the upper back of a woman with long blonde hair.

Tree of life in a Celtic knot ring on a back

Back tattoo of a gnarled tree with teal cherry blossoms and shaded grey roots, in Botanical and Japanese style across the upper and lower back.

Blossoming tree across a back

Black and grey triple moon tattoo with a tree of life in the centre, shown on the upper back with a filigree design above a flash drawing of the same motif.

Triple moon with tree of life across the upper back

Black and grey botanical tree tattoo with a trunk running up the spine and branching roots spreading across the back.

Tree with roots spreading across a back

Black and grey realism tattoo of a bare tree with script names among its branches, across the upper back.

Family tree with names on upper back

Neo-trad style colour tattoo of a green man face framed by leaves and hops, sitting on the forearm with roots below.

Green man with hops on a forearm

Black ink bare tree tattoo with spreading roots across a person's back, seen in a mirror selfie.

Bare tree tattoo across a back

Black and grey botanical tattoo of a bare tree with branching limbs and spreading roots covering a person's back.

Bare tree across a back

Colourful tree of life tattoo across a person's lower and upper back, with a striped orange trunk, leaves, fruit, birds and blue flowers in a botanical style.

Tree of life with birds and flowers across the back

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 and white photograph of a woman's bare back with a fine branching root-like botanical tattoo running from the shoulder down the spine.

Branching roots tattoo across a woman's back