Root tattoo ideas

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

What will it cost? Try the tattoo cost calculator

Clear filters

Black and grey realistic tattoo of a tree with spreading branches and exposed roots running along the ribs and side of the torso.

Tree with roots on the ribs

Black ink botanical tattoo of wildflowers and poppies with exposed roots running up the inner forearm against a red background.

Wildflower bouquet with roots on a forearm

Black and grey tree tattoo across the upper arm and shoulder, with birds, a faint musical staff, a small red berry and roots reaching down the arm.

Tree with birds and roots on upper arm

Colour botanical tattoo of violets, foxgloves and other wildflowers with leaves, fern fronds and roots, in a realistic style on the outer thigh.

Botanical flower bouquet on a thigh

Black linework tree of life tattoo with green leaves and spreading roots, in a botanical style, on a area of skin.

Tree of life with roots on skin

Black and grey tree with exposed roots and hand-lettered quote tattooed on the side of the ribs, above hatched ground lines.

Bare tree with lettered quote on ribs

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 and grey dotwork tattoo of a beetroot with leaves and trailing roots on the inner forearm, against a dark leather background.

Stippled beetroot on a forearm

Black and grey botanical tattoo of a tied bunch of carrots with leafy tops on the lower leg, drawn in engraved-style linework with dotted shading.

Bunch of carrots on a calf

Black and grey family tree tattoo with swirling leaves, script lettering and roots on the side of the ribs.

Family tree with roots and script lettering on ribs

Black ink quote in a serif-style font running down a forearm, with a circular tree of life design near the wrist, in black and grey ink.

Tree of life and quote on a forearm

Black ink bare tree with roots and small falling leaves above the word Hope in cursive script on a forearm.

Tree and Hope script on a forearm

Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a tree inside a geometric diamond outline with a crescent moon above, on the outer thigh.

Dotwork tree in geometric frame on thigh

Black bare tree with spreading branches and roots tattooed on the inner wrist, shown in a botanical style.

Bare tree with roots on a wrist

Flash sheet showing a colour floral skull with butterflies and ribbon, a black and grey skull with a spiked crown, and JANE lettering beside a deer silhouette.

Floral skull, misfit skull and deer flash sheet

Black blackwork tattoo of a branching tree with fine roots spreading from the ankle across the top of a foot.

Branching tree tattoo across a foot

Black and grey botanical tattoo on a calf showing a honeycomb, a bee, a crystal cluster and leaves and flowers, joined by dotted geometric lines.

Honeycomb, bee and botanicals on a calf

Black and grey tattoo of a tall conifer tree with trailing roots running down the forearm.

Tall conifer tree on a forearm

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

Black and grey realistic pine tree tattoo with trailing roots running down the inner forearm.

Pine tree on a forearm

Black silhouette flash design of a skeleton standing among twisting branches, vines and leaves on a white background.

Skeleton entwined with branches

Black and grey fine line tree with roots and falling leaves on a thigh, with a sketched design on the forearm of a seated person in denim shorts.

Bare tree on thigh with forearm sketch

Botanical tattoo of a tree with black roots and green-olive foliage, with a trail of olive stars running up the shoulder, on a woman's upper body.

Tree with roots and star trail on shoulder

Black ink botanical tattoo on a lower leg showing a swirling tree with a meditating figure, a small hummingbird and the word Namaste in script.

Meditating figure in a swirling tree with Namaste

Black and grey realism tattoo of a bare tree with twisting roots running from the side ribs down towards the hip.

Tree with exposed roots on the ribs

Colour tattoo of a twisting purple tree with black branches and magenta and teal roots running down the ribs and side of the torso.

Purple tree with roots on the ribs

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

Black and grey dotwork tree with spreading roots and star-like flecks inside a rectangular frame, on the inside of a forearm.

Tree and roots in a dotwork frame on a forearm

Black bare tree with spreading branches and roots tattooed on the inner wrist and forearm, in a botanical style.

Bare tree with roots on a wrist

Watercolour tree with profile silhouette on a forearm

Botanical tattoo of a double helix that grows into a tree with roots, with pink cherry blossoms, on the lower leg.

DNA helix tree with cherry blossoms on a calf

Colour tattoo of a large orange sunflower with water droplets on its petals, set against a teal sky and brown soil with roots, on a forearm.

Sunflower with sky on a forearm

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 ink line drawing of a bare-branched tree with leaves whose trunk forms a double helix and whose roots spread at the base, shown as a tattoo design.

Tree growing as a DNA double helix

Black and grey realism tattoo of a bare tree whose trunk becomes an anatomical heart, sitting on a forearm.

Tree and anatomical heart on a forearm

Black fine line tattoo of a bare tree with exposed roots on the inner forearm, shown against denim and a brick wall.

Bare tree with roots on a forearm

Botanical tattoo of three tall sunflowers with black linework, yellow and green colour and roots below soil, on a lower leg.

Three sunflowers with roots on a calf

Colour tattoo of a tree of life on a shoulder, with blue snowflakes, pink blossom, green leaves and orange autumn leaves, set on brown Celtic knotwork roots.

Tree of life with four seasons on a shoulder

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

Woman with a fine line black ornamental tattoo on her inner wrist and a black tree tattoo with Roman numerals on her upper arm.

Fine line wrist mark and tree with numerals

Colour tattoo of three radishes with leafy green tops on the inner forearm, shaded in a botanical illustration style.

Radishes with leaves on a forearm

Black botanical tattoo of a leafy tree with roots in a circular shape on the inner wrist, shown in a close-up and a wider view.

Leafy tree with roots on the wrist

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

Black and grey realism tattoo of an hourglass with a tree and roots on the upper arm of a person wearing a striped top.

Hourglass and tree on an upper arm

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 line tree with layered leaves inside a teardrop outline, with dotwork dots, on the inner forearm of a person wearing a striped top.

Leafy tree in a teardrop on a forearm

Black and grey botanical tattoo of an open clam shell holding a pearl, with fern fronds above and roots below, on the outer thigh.

Pearl in a clam shell with ferns