Root tattoo ideas

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

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Black ink drawing of a tree of life with patterned leaves, curling swirls and a dotted circular border, shown on white paper beside two fine liner pens.
Tree of life design with patterned leaves
Colour tattoo of a beetroot with a pink and dark bulb and green leaves on the outer lower leg.
Beetroot with leaves on a lower leg
Black blackwork tattoo of a bare tree with a small bird perched on a branch, with shaded foliage at the base, on the inner forearm of a person in a grey satin dress.
Bare tree silhouette with a bird on a forearm
Dark brown tree of life with roots inside a circle, placed in the centre of a woman's upper back, in a botanical linework style.
Tree of life in a circle on a back
Colour botanical tattoo of a red poppy with buds and green leaves on the inner forearm, shown with the hand raised.
Red poppy sprig on a forearm
Black linework tree with exposed roots tattooed on an upper arm, beside a rolled sleeve of a white t-shirt.
Tree and roots on an upper arm
Black line drawing of a tree with a figure in yoga tree pose, its body filled with mandala patterns, with roots below and no body placement shown.
Yoga tree pose with leafy branches and roots
Black line drawing of a tree of life with leafy vines and interlaced Celtic knotwork roots, shown as a tattoo design on white.
Tree of life with knotwork roots
Black and grey botanical tattoo of a young sprouting plant with fine roots, on the side of a torso under an open teal checked shirt.
Sprouting plant with roots on the side torso
Black silhouette of a leafy tree with spreading roots, with the word Family and a quote about branches and roots set beside the trunk.
Family tree with roots and quote
Hand-drawn brown ink design of a bare tree with branching limbs and spreading roots, shown on a plain white background.
Bare tree with spreading roots
Colourful swirling tree tattoo with a magenta trunk, black outlines and multicoloured spirals across a person's upper back.
Swirling tree across upper back
Black and grey tree tattoo with spreading roots and branches over a woman's back, with a geometric lattice design on the lower back.
Tree and geometric design across a back
White ink botanical tree with roots inside a circle on the skin of the torso, shown in a close, low-contrast photo.
White ink tree in a circle
Black and grey tattoo of a gnarled tree with twisting roots on an upper arm, shown in a sepia-toned close-up photograph.
Gnarled tree with roots on an arm
Large botanical tattoo of a gnarled tree with exposed roots and red leaves across a bare back, shaded in brown and grey with green bamboo behind.
Gnarled tree with red leaves across a back
Black and grey tattoo of a tree with roots, blossoms and butterflies across a woman's back, photographed from behind.
Tree and butterflies across a back
Black and grey realism tattoo of a bare tree with spreading branches and roots across a man's shoulder and upper arm.
Bare tree with roots on shoulder and upper arm
Colour tattoo of a yin and yang design on a shoulder blade, with pine trees and exposed roots on one side and teal ocean waves on the other.
Yin yang with pine forest and ocean waves
Black ink drawing of a faceless figure with long flowing hair, its body covered in botanical flowers including roses and lilies, ending in roots, on a tan background.
Faceless figure covered in flowers and roots
Black and grey bare tree with roots running from thigh to calf, with a red and blue knight on horseback in a medallion at the lower calf, in botanical style.
Bare tree and mounted knight down a leg
Five white stencil-style circular designs on a black background showing a tree, scales, clasped hands, an eye and flames, with no body placement shown.
Five circular symbol designs on black
Realism tattoo on a calf of a woman's face, half skull, with a clock face with Roman numerals behind her head and a blue and orange butterfly wing over one eye.
Clock and skull portrait on a calf
Fine line botanical tattoo of a tree with spreading roots and a curled swirl on a forearm, in dark blue-black ink.
Tree and swirl design on a forearm
Black and grey botanical tree tattoo with roots on the lower back of a woman in a white top and black lace underwear, seen from behind in sepia tones.
Tree with roots on lower back
Black silhouette design of a snowboard with two bindings beside a conifer tree with exposed roots, on a white background.
Snowboard and pine tree silhouette
Black botanical tattoo of a tall pine tree on the calf, with its roots spreading down over the ankle.
Pine tree with roots on a lower leg
Black and white drawing of a stylised tribal tree with bold, swirling branches and roots, sketched on lined paper, shown as a tattoo design with no body part visible.
Tribal tree with spiralling roots
Pencil sketch of a bare tree whose roots trail down into a rope wrapped around an anchor, shown as a tattoo design without a body placement.
Bare tree with roots and anchor sketch
Black and grey sketch-style tattoo of an owl with amber eyes above a small house held in a hand, on the outer thigh.
Owl and house on a thigh
Black and green flash design of an engraved brain merging into circuit board traces with root-like lines, drawn on a white background.
Brain and circuit board design
Black ink drawing of a gnarled tree with twisted branches and roots, shown as a tattoo design on plain white paper.
Gnarled tree with exposed roots
Colour botanical tattoo of a blossoming tree with exposed roots and a banner reading Family, across the ribs on the side of the torso.
Blossoming tree with roots on the ribs
Geometric dotwork tattoo on a leg near the knee showing a faceted male head with antlers, a raised hand and red roots below.
Antlered geometric figure on a lower leg
Black and grey pencil flash design of a money tree with banknotes falling from its branches, two devil figures and the words Money the root of all evil.
Money tree sketch with devil figures
Grey shaded bare tree with gnarled branches and a red heart hanging from a chain, tattooed along the side of the ribs.
Red heart hanging from a shaded bare tree
Large botanical tattoo across a back showing a grey tree with pink blossom, red falling leaves and a red anatomical heart among the roots.
Blossom tree and anatomical heart on a back
Realistic colour tattoo of a sunflower with a green stem, leaves and exposed roots running down the calf.
Realistic sunflower with roots on a calf
Sketchy black and grey tattoo of a gnarled tree trunk with a single red heart hanging by a thread, placed on the side of the ribs.
Hanging red heart on a cracked tree trunk
Black line tattoo of a tree with roots on the upper back of a woman in a forward fold, in fine line botanical style.
Tree with roots tattoo on upper back
Black and grey tattoo of a tree curling into a circle with trailing vines and three birds in flight, on a person's upper back.
Tree and birds on upper back
Realistic colour tattoo of a sunflower with green stem, leaves and roots running down the calf.
Realistic sunflower with roots on a calf
Black ink tree with bare branches and hanging roots, with small birds in flight, tattooed across the palm and inner forearm, shown with the hand raised against a pale wall.
Tree and birds across hand and forearm
Traditional style tattoo of an eye shedding teardrops above a tree with leaves, red berries and roots on an upper arm.
Eye and tree with roots on upper arm
Two tree design drawings side by side: a black linework tree of life with roots inside a circle on the left, and a colourful swirling tree with a braided trunk on the right.
Tree of life designs in ink and colour
Black and grey temporary tattoo of the word divergent in script with birds on one forearm, and a row of circular symbols on the other.
Divergent script and circle symbols on a forearm
Black blackwork tattoo of a bare tree on a person's upper back, its trunk running down the spine with vertebra-like segments and branches spreading over the shoulder blade.
Bare tree with spine trunk across a back
Line drawing of a tattoo design showing a koi fish above a teal clock face with Roman numerals, surrounded by roots, leaves and flowers, on a peach background.
Koi fish and clock face design