Root tattoo ideas

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Black and grey realism style tattoo of a bare tree with birds, its trunk merging into an acoustic guitar, on an upper arm and shoulder.

Bare tree and acoustic guitar on upper arm

Colour tattoo of a tree with multicoloured leaves growing from an open book, with the word IMAGINE on the trunk and birds above, on an upper arm.

Tree of leaves growing from an open book

Black flash design of a tree of life with spreading roots and branches, enclosed in an interlaced Celtic knotwork circle.

Tree of life in a Celtic knot circle

Black and grey botanical tattoo of wildflowers, buds and leaves with roots, shaded in fine lines, on the middle of a person's back.

Black and grey wildflower sprig on the back

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 ink tattoo of a house beneath a leafy tree with roots extending downwards, in a sketched botanical style on the calf.

House with tree and roots on a calf

Watercolour style willow tree with green weeping foliage, blue sky and a black silhouette on a swing, tattooed on the outer thigh.

Willow tree and swing on thigh, watercolour look

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 realism tattoo covering a full back, showing a raven perched on bare branches above a skull among roots, with script down the right side.

Raven and skull tree on a full back

Pencil line drawing of a broad tree with a cloud-like canopy, twisting branches and long curling roots, a botanical tattoo design with no body placement shown.

Tree with spreading roots design

Colour tattoo across the chest showing a green and blue landscape in a circle, a tree, layered rock strata and a crystal cluster, with fine constellation lines.

Landscape, crystal and constellation on chest

Black and grey blackwork tattoo of an anatomical heart pierced by a dagger, with roots and a geometric frame, on the upper arm.

Anatomical heart and dagger on upper arm

Black and grey flash design of a tree with a heart-shaped opening in the trunk, a small bird above and the words Strong roots produce beautiful leaves below.

Tree with heart and roots flash design

Black ink tree of life tattoo on an upper arm, with an ornate filigree canopy and a spreading root system, shown against a light towel.

Ornate tree of life with roots on upper arm

Colour tattoo of a swirling tree of life with green leaves, blue dots and two figures in its orange trunk, placed on a person's upper back.

Tree of life with two figures on upper back

Black and grey compass rose inside an ornate oval frame, with a tree canopy and exposed roots, tattooed across a man's shoulder and upper arm.

Compass and tree on a shoulder

Black and grey drawing of a circular tree of life design with leafy branches, vines and Celtic knotwork roots.

Tree of life in a circle with knotwork roots

Black and grey line tattoo of a beetroot with leafy stems and roots on the inner upper arm, drawn in a hatched engraving style.

Beetroot with leaves on an upper arm

Two photographs of black tattoos on the upper back: a tree with roots on the left and a hatched swallow near the nape on the right.

Tree and swallow tattoos on the upper back

Pencil-style drawing of a tree of life inside a circle, with a sun on the left and a crescent moon on the right, shown as a black and grey tattoo design.

Tree of life with sun and moon design

Black and grey botanical tattoo of a bare tree with trailing roots across the back, shown from behind.

Bare tree with roots across a back

Two women seen from behind, each with a matching black botanical tattoo of a heart-shaped tree with swirling vine branches and roots on the upper back.

Matching heart-shaped tree tattoos on two backs

Black ink tattoo of a skeleton entwined with a bare tree, running down the side of the ribs, with small red accents on the branches.

Skeleton and bare tree on the ribs

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

Two matching black line drawings of a bare tree inside a circle, surrounded by elvish script and a short English quote beneath.

White Tree design with elvish script

Black and white beach photo of a woman with a fine line tree tattoo on her upper back, a golden retriever beside her and a camera in view.

Tree tattoo on upper back at the beach

Black and grey dreamcatcher tattoo with a tree of life inside the hoop and three shaded feathers, placed on the ribs.

Dreamcatcher with tree of life on ribs

Black and grey back tattoo of a large bare tree with an owl perched on a branch and a compass rose on the right shoulder blade.

Tree and owl back piece with compass rose

Black and grey botanical tattoo of a bare tree with exposed roots inside a crescent, with falling leaves, on the upper back near the shoulder blade.

Bare tree in a crescent on the upper back

White line drawing of a tree of life design with a human figure in the trunk, arms raised into the branches, on a grey background, in a botanical style.

Tree of life with a figure in the trunk

Colour tattoo of a tree with a serene carved face, glowing heart, sun, moon and mushrooms on an upper arm, in a surreal botanical style.

Tree spirit with roots and celestial scene on upper arm

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

Black and grey tree tattoo with red autumn leaves, its roots running down the side of the ribs and hip.

Gnarled tree with roots along the side

Black blackwork tree of life with exposed roots inside a circle on a chest, with birds flying off the branches towards the shoulder.

Tree of life and birds on the chest

Black and grey bare tree tattoo with crows perched in its branches and roots reaching down to a red heart, across the centre of a chest.

Bare tree with crows and red heart on chest

Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a tree inside a circle with radiating lines and a mandala at its base, on the upper back.

Tree and mandala in a circle on upper back

Black ink line drawing of a large tree with a full canopy and twisting roots, in a botanical style, shown as a tattoo design on white.

Tree of life with flowing roots

Colourful watercolour-style tree of life tattoo inside a circle, with roots and branches, on a person's shoulder against a white background.

Tree of life on a shoulder

Black ink tattoo on the side ribs of a skeleton standing within a bare tree with roots, with small red accents on the buds.

Skeleton in a bare tree on the ribs

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 and grey realism tattoo on a lower leg showing a gothic church, an eye within twisting branches, and roots running down towards the ankle.

Gothic church, eye and tree on a calf

Solid black blackwork tattoo on a lower leg, showing a peace sign enclosing a human silhouette with outstretched arms whose head and limbs become bare tree branches and roots.

Peace sign with tree-figure silhouette on a leg

Black ink flash design of a bare tree with stippled trunk and roots, with birds perched on the branches and flying above, shown on a plain light background.

Bare tree with birds and roots

Solid black tree of life tattoo with swirling branches and roots enclosed in a circle on pale skin.

Tree of life in a circle