Root tattoo ideas

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

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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 botanical tree tattoo with a trunk running up the spine and branching roots spreading across the back.
Tree with roots spreading across a 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
Black and grey tattoo of a twisting tree with a perched bird and a dotwork cube pattern on a person's ribs.
Tree and geometric cube tattoo on ribs
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
Black fine-line tattoo of a line with a dot and small loops on the inner wrist, beside a black-and-grey tree tattoo on the upper arm.
Fine line wrist mark and tree on upper arm
Black and grey blackwork tattoo of a house framed by branching trees and roots, sitting on the calf.
House with branches and roots on a calf
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 tree of life tattoo with a central swirl, branches with small red leaves and spreading roots, on a person's upper back.
Tree of life on upper back
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
Brown henna design of a swirling tree with curling branches and roots on the outside of a lower leg, over grass.
Swirling henna tree on a calf
A circular tree of life tattoo with branches and roots, shaded from magenta at the top to dark grey at the base, on pale skin.
Tree of life design on pale skin
Black ink Celtic knotwork circle enclosing a tree of life, tattooed on the inner wrist of a raised hand.
Celtic tree of life on the inner wrist
Black ink conifer tree with stippled roots running down a forearm, set against grey pavement and green ferns.
Conifer tree on a forearm
Black and grey botanical tattoo of a tree of life inside a circle, with a sun on the left, on the side of the ribs.
Tree of life and sun on the ribs
Black dotwork tattoo on a forearm showing a seedling with roots, then a stippled soil block, a patterned pot and a saucer stacked in a vertical sequence.
Seedling and potting stages on a forearm
Six-panel black and white collage of tattoos: a shaded rose, the word Hope on an arm, beautiful in script, a lotus on a back, be kind to yourself on a forearm, and a fine stem on the upper back.
Collage of rose, lettering and botanical tattoos
Black and grey tree of life tattoo on a person's upper arm and shoulder, with family names written across the branches and roots.
Family tree with names on upper arm
Black and grey botanical tattoo of poppies, daisies and wildflowers with roots on the forearm.
Wildflowers and roots on a forearm
Black line drawing of a tree of life within a circle, with spiral swirls, small stars and knotwork roots, shown as a tattoo design without a body placement.
Tree of life in a circle with swirls and stars
Black line drawing of a weeping willow tree with a ribbon banner reading BEND DON'T BREAK wrapped around its trunk, in a tattoo flash style.
Willow tree with Bend Don't Break banner
Black and grey drawing of a tree with fine branches, scattered leaves in red accents and spreading roots, shown as a standalone tattoo design without a body placement.
Tree with roots design
Black tree of life tattoo enclosed in a circle with spreading roots, on the inner forearm above a beaded bracelet.
Tree of life in a circle on a forearm
Black linework tattoo of a swirling tree with roots on a person's upper back, photographed from behind.
Swirling tree with roots on upper back
Collage of four black and grey tattoos on skin: a dotwork pine tree with roots, a geometric fox head, a sailboat above a geometric iceberg, and a botanical bouquet of flowers and wheat.
Four black and grey tattoos: tree, fox, sailboat, flowers
Black and grey botanical tattoo of a tree with twisting roots wrapping down a limb, shown in a sepia-toned photo.
Tree with twisting roots down a limb
Black and grey realism tattoo of a gnarled, twisting tree with bare branches running up the side of the ribs.
Gnarled tree on the ribs
Grey shaded bare tree tattoo with a small red apple hanging from a branch, sitting on the forearm.
Bare tree with red apple on forearm
Black ink bare tree tattoo with spreading branches, roots and small floating leaves on a forearm, in a botanical style.
Bare tree tattoo on a forearm
Black and grey tattoo of a twisted tree with roots running down a limb, shown in a black and white photograph.
Twisted tree with roots down a limb
Black and grey bare tree tattoo with fine line branches and stippled dotwork shading on the trunk and roots, across the upper back below the neck.
Bare tree tattoo across the upper back
Black and grey fine line botanical tattoo of a rose, leaves and bud on the upper arm of a woman wearing a red lace bralette.
Botanical rose and bud on upper arm
Colour botanical tattoo of a red poppy with buds, green leaves and roots on a forearm, shown from the wrist side.
Poppy and buds on a forearm
Black ink tattoo of a bare tree with spreading branches and roots on a forearm, shown against a dark blurred background.
Bare tree with roots on a forearm
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a bare tree with roots on the inner wrist, photographed against a patterned textile.
Bare tree with roots on a wrist
Solid black blackwork tattoo of a fairy silhouette beside a bare tree with drifting leaves, on the outer leg.
Fairy silhouette beside a bare tree
Black and white photo of a solid black tree tattoo with leaves and trailing roots on the inner wrist, resting on a laptop keyboard.
Tree with roots on a wrist
Black ink line drawing of a tree with swirling roots and a green watercolour-tinted canopy of leaves, drawn on paper as a tattoo design.
Tree with roots line drawing
Black ink anatomical heart with roots and branches on the inner wrist of a raised hand, in a botanical style.
Anatomical heart with roots on a wrist
Solid black tree with branches and roots tattooed on the inner wrist, photographed against a purple top.
Tree with roots on inner wrist