Root tattoo ideas

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

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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

Black and grey tattoo of a church silhouette under a cloudy sky, with hanging roots below, on a lower leg.

Church silhouette over roots on a calf

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

Tree with roots on inner wrist

Black and grey tree tattoo with branching limbs and roots covering the shoulder and upper arm.

Tree tattoo across shoulder and upper arm

A tree tattoo with a brown trunk and branches, set against red, blue, green, yellow and pink paint-splash shapes, on the upper back.

Splash-paint tree on upper back

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

Two people shown from behind with matching black botanical tattoos of a heart-shaped tree with swirling branches and roots on the upper back.

Matching heart tree tattoos on two backs

Black and grey realism tattoo of a bare tree with roots and twisting branches across a man's ribs and side of the back.

Bare tree tattoo across ribs and back

Small black fine line tree tattoo with roots and star-like motifs in the branches, placed centrally on a person's upper back below the neck.

Small tree tattoo on upper back

Dark-outlined tree tattoo with green leaves and red and green lettering reading Money, the root of all evil, on a person's upper back.

Tree with money lettering on upper back

Black and grey linework tree of life inside a circle with two small red leaves, tattooed on a woman's upper back near the shoulder blade.

Tree of life on a shoulder blade

Black and grey bare tree tattoo with twisting trunk and branches on the side of a torso, over the ribs and above the waistband of jeans.

Bare tree tattoo on the side ribs

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

Side-by-side photos of a botanical swirl tree tattoo in black ink above blue wave shading on an upper arm.

Swirling tree and blue waves on an arm

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

Stippled black and grey tattoo design of a skull formed from a twisted tree, with a forest scene inside a circle, two birds and scattered orange leaves.

Skull made of a tree with forest and birds

Black and white photo of a woman seen from behind, with a solid black tree of life inside a Celtic knot circle on her upper back.

Tree of life in a Celtic knot circle on upper back

Black and grey realism style tattoo of a bare tree with spreading roots running down the calf towards the ankle.

Bare tree with roots on a calf

Black ink drawing of a tree of life inside a dreamcatcher hoop with three hanging feathers and beads, in a fine line style.

Tree of life dreamcatcher design

Colourful watercolour-style tree inside a circle, tattooed on a person's shoulder, with pink, orange, green and blue tones.

Watercolour tree in a circle on a shoulder

Colour realism tattoo on an upper arm and shoulder showing a purple crocus with bulb and roots, grass, a caterpillar, beetle, bumblebee, moth and jumping spider.

Crocus and insects on upper arm and shoulder

Black fine line willow tree tattoo with drooping branches and roots on the back of a neck, in Botanical style.

Willow tree tattoo on the back of the neck

Black silhouette flash design of two skeletons facing each other, with their arms forming branches and leafy twigs above and roots below, suited to a botanical tattoo.

Two skeletons with a tree of branches and roots

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

Watercolour-style celtic tree of life design in teal, blue, purple and green, with interlaced knotwork trunk, spiral branches and a trinity knot base.

Celtic tree of life knotwork design

Black and grey botanical tattoo of a bare tree whose roots curl into a circle of foliage and roses around two curled animals, placed on the ankle and lower calf.

Bare tree and curled foxes on an ankle

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 and grey drawing of a tree of life with interlaced branches, flanked by two wolves and framed by a Celtic knotwork border, shown as a flash design rather than on skin.

Tree of life with wolves in a Celtic knot circle

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 linework tattoo of tree roots and bark spreading across the back of a hand and over the fingers, in a botanical style.

Tree roots tattoo across a hand

Black ink drawing of a broad oak tree with stippled leaves and a full root system spreading beneath it, on a plain white background.

Oak tree with spreading roots, black ink design

Colour botanical tattoo of violas, green vines and roots with a bumblebee, across a person's shoulder and upper back.

Violas, vine and bee across a shoulder

Black line drawing of a leafy tree with swirling branches and twisted roots, with a small bird above, shown as a design on white.

Tree with swirling branches and roots

Black and grey raven with an eye on its wing, perched on tree roots that run down the calf, in a traditional style tattoo.

Raven with eye and roots on a calf

Black stencil design of a gnarled, leafless tree with a skull in its trunk, shown on a white card against a dark green backdrop.

Gnarled dead tree with skull stencil

Black linework tree with bare branches and carved orange jack-o'-lantern pumpkins with green leaves, tattooed across an upper arm and shoulder.

Pumpkin tree on upper arm

Collage of five photographs showing black tree of life tattoos on a back, a foot, a lower back and a circular design on a upper back.

Tree of life tattoos on back and foot

Black and grey botanical tattoo of a tree whose roots and leaves curve into a globe, placed between the shoulder blades on a woman's back.

Tree on a globe across the upper back

Red tree of life tattoo with swirling branches, a central oval and curled roots, centred on the upper back of a woman with dark hair.

Tree of life across an upper back

Large coloured neo-trad style tattoo across a person's upper back, showing a woman's face above an orange heart, black mountain shapes and roots, with red splatter.

Woman's face, heart and roots across a back

Black line drawing of a stylised tree of life with a swirling trunk, leafy branches and curling roots, on a white background.

Swirling tree of life line drawing

Black tree with roots over an orange basketball, with script reading Motivated By Jesus and Dedicated By The Game, on an arm.

Tree and basketball with script quote

Black dotwork and fine line tree of life with branches and roots, enclosed in a dotted circle with arrow marks, on the upper back near the neck.

Tree of life in a dotted circle on upper back

Coloured line drawing of a tree whose trunk forms a double helix, with leafy branches, roots, birds and butterflies, styled as a botanical tattoo design.

Tree of life with DNA helix trunk and roots

Black and grey ink drawing of a gnarled tree with twisting branches, small leaves and spreading roots, shown as a tattoo design on a plain white background.

Gnarled tree with exposed roots

Pencil drawing of a symmetrical tree of life set within ornate leafy scrollwork, a design suited to a tattoo, with no body part shown.

Symmetrical tree of life with scrollwork design

Black and grey botanical tattoo of a tied bundle of lavender with roots on the upper arm, drawn in fine line.

Lavender bundle tied with twine on upper arm