Root tattoo ideas

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

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Black and grey botanical tattoo of a bare tree with roots across a person's back, with script lettering running beside the spine and down the side.
Bare tree with roots across a back
Black ink tree of life with branches, leaves and roots enclosed in a dotted circle, tattooed on a person's upper back.
Tree of life with roots on upper back
Large black and grey realism style tree tattoo with bare branches across a man's upper back and shoulder, with a few coloured autumn leaves on the left shoulder.
Bare tree across a man's back
Black botanical tree with roots and branches tattooed across a woman's bare back, photographed from behind with her hands raised to her hair.
Tree and roots across a back
Large black and grey gnarled tree tattoo with bare branches and roots covering most of a person's back, seen from behind.
Gnarled tree tattoo across a back
Full back tattoo in a realistic colour style, showing a tree dividing a moonlit mountain scene from a sunset lake scene.
Split landscape tree across a back
Black blackwork tattoo of a tree within a circle, with branches dissolving into flying birds, on a person's upper back.
Tree in a circle with birds on upper back
Black and white photo of a solid black tree of life tattoo with roots inside a circle, centred on a person's upper back.
Tree of life on upper back
Black and grey dotwork and linework tattoo on the upper back and shoulder showing a skull with flowers and leaves growing from its crown and roots trailing below.
Skull with flowers and roots on a shoulder blade
Colourful botanical tattoo of a tree with a rose-like canopy and black roots across the upper back, in a neo-traditional style.
Tree with rose canopy on a upper back
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a skull formed from a bare, twisted tree across a person's upper back, with roots spreading below.
Skull formed by a bare tree on a back
Black and grey tattoo of a tree atop a globe with root-like branches forming land shapes, on a person's upper back.
Tree and globe on upper back
Black and grey fine line tree with stippled leaves and spreading roots, tattooed across the upper back near the neck.
Tree with roots on upper back
Botanical tattoo across the upper back showing five plant stages growing from seed to sunflower, with the words How strange it is to be anything at all beneath.
Five-stage plant growth with a quote on upper back
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a tree growing from a globe, with leaves forming the shapes of land, across a woman's upper back.
Tree and leaves on a globe on upper back
Black and grey tree of life tattoo inside a circle, with roots below and birds flying off the branches, on the upper back near the shoulder.
Tree of life with birds on upper back
Back tattoo of a dark grey tree with pink blossoms and red leaves trailing down the spine, in a botanical style on the back.
Blossom tree with falling leaves across a back
Colourful puzzle piece tree tattoo with a dark shaded trunk and roots, placed on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Puzzle piece tree on the upper back
Black and white photo of a woman's upper back showing a black tree of life tattoo with roots, inside a knotwork circle, placed over the shoulder blade.
Tree of life in a knotwork circle on the back
Full colour tattoo across a person's upper back showing a blossoming tree split between a night scene with moon and aurora on the left and a sunset with red sun on the right.
Day and night landscape with blossom tree on back
Black and grey tattoo of the Space Needle with its roots spreading below and music notes on a staff wrapping around it, across the upper back.
Space Needle with music notes on upper back
Black blackwork tree of life inside a circle, with bare branches above and roots below, on a person's upper back.
Tree of life in a circle on upper back
Large realism tree tattoo across a back, black and grey bare branches on the left shifting into full colour with a blue sky and sunset on the right.
Tree across a full back
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 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
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
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
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 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
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
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 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
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
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
Colourful tattoo of a swirling tree with curling branches and pale orange, pink and teal rings, placed across the upper back and shoulder blade.
Swirling tree on a shoulder blade
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
Large black and grey realism tattoo of a bare tree with an owl perched in its branches and a compass rose on a person's back.
Bare tree, owl and compass on a back
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 linework tattoo of a swirling tree with roots on a person's upper back, photographed from behind.
Swirling tree with roots on upper back
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
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