Tree tattoo ideas

1,120 photos and flash · 45% Botanical, 20% Realism · Forearm most common

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Pen sketch of a weeping willow rising from a cupped open hand, drawn in black ink with dense hatching, a design suited to a botanical tattoo.
Weeping willow growing from an open hand
Black and grey pen drawing of a bare, gnarled tree with exposed roots and a flock of birds lifting off from its branches, a tattoo design on a plain background.
Bare tree with roots and flying birds
Black and white drawing of a paw print design filled with bare trees and a forest scene, shown without any body placement.
Forest-filled paw print design
Fine line drawing of an outstretched hand with poppy flowers, leaves, a moon and an eye motif, and the words trust the path unseen, in black ink with blue accents.
Hand with poppies and lettering
Black and grey drawing of a symmetrical tree with braided knotwork trunk, swirling branches and twisting roots, shown as a tattoo design.
Braided tree with swirling branches and roots
Black and grey realism design of an ornate hand mirror framed with scrollwork, showing a castle through the glass with two roses, drawn as a tattoo design.
Ornate hand mirror with castle and roses
Black blackwork-style flash design of a stylised tree with curling branches, dots and a swirled trunk, shown on a white background.
Swirling black tree design
Black line drawing of a weeping willow tree with a ribbon banner reading BEND DON'T BREAK wrapped around its trunk, in a tattoo flash style.
Willow tree with Bend Don't Break banner
Black and grey drawing of a tree with fine branches, scattered leaves in red accents and spreading roots, shown as a standalone tattoo design without a body placement.
Tree with roots design
Black ink sketch of a single pine tree with a loose, shaded canopy on white paper, beside a black pen, shown as a botanical tattoo design.
Pine tree design sketch in black ink
Black and grey brush enso circle framed by ferns, trees, birds and a deer, drawn as a tattoo design with no body part shown.
Enso circle with ferns, trees and birds
Stencil-style tree of life design made of interlaced Celtic knotwork in green and blue gradient ink on a white background.
Celtic knotwork tree of life design
White stencil of a Celtic knotwork tree of life with interlaced roots and branches, set against weathered wood panels.
Celtic tree of life stencil
Black ink drawing of a pine tree with fine geometric outlines forming a diamond and rectangle around it, a tattoo design in geometric and botanical style.
Pine tree inside a geometric diamond outline
Black ink line drawing of a tree with swirling roots and a green watercolour-tinted canopy of leaves, drawn on paper as a tattoo design.
Tree with roots line drawing
Black linework drawing of a pointed-eared head with a branching tree motif and red accents, set in a dotted halo, shown as a tattoo design.
Horned tree-crowned head with red drips
Grid of black ink line drawings showing four motif families, tree, paisley, floret and starburst, each drawn at four increasing levels of detail on a pale background.
Tree, paisley, floret and starburst motif chart
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 tribal-style tree design on a white background, with flowing flame-like branches and a solid trunk, shown as a flash drawing with no body placement.
Stylised black tree design
Traditional style flash design of two matching banners reading society, with a vintage bus, a compass, red roses and a bare tree, in colour.
Society banners with bus, compass and roses
Black ink linework drawing of a tree whose branches form the spread wings and tail of a bird, on white paper beside a pen and notebook.
Tree drawn as a spread-winged bird
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 ink flash drawing of a bird in flight carrying a sprig, with a landscape inside its body and flowers around it, in a botanical neo-traditional style.
Bird in flight with flowers and lettering
Black ink sketch of bare trees and a lake framed in a circle on textured white paper, drawn in fine line with fineliner pens beside it.
Bare trees and lake in a circle
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
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 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
Pencil sketch of a woman with eyes closed and a bonsai pine tattoo design across her shoulder and upper arm, drawn in a Japanese-inspired style.
Woman with bonsai pine tattoo design, pencil sketch
Black and grey dotwork tattoo design of three stacked circles showing a swirl, a mountain range and a pine forest, held up on paper by a hand.
Three stacked circles with landscape scenes
Black and grey tattoo design of a cluster of pine trees with soft smoky shading fading into mist, drawn on a pale parchment background.
Pine trees fading into mist
Sheet of eight black symbol designs on white, including a tree, om, heart, lotus and triskel, each labelled in French and English.
Symbol sheet with tree, om, lotus and triskel
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
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
Black and grey drawing of an anatomical heart with branching tree limbs rising above it and a honeycomb hemisphere with spikes beneath, on aged paper.
Anatomical heart with branches and honeycomb
Black and white flash design of a small bird perched on a branch above a three-part banner reading Rise free from care before the dawn and seek adventures.
Bird on a branch with banner quote
Black and coloured flash sheet showing a city skyline, birds in flight, circular emblems of a flame, hand, scales, eye and tree, and two ferris wheels, with the word divergent in script.
Flash sheet of skyline, birds, emblems and ferris wheels
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
Hand-drawn black ink flash sheet of thirteen numbered traditional-style designs, including a crescent moon, pipe, hourglass, flower, moth, flying saucer, jellyfish and the word thirteen in script.
Numbered black ink flash sheet of thirteen designs
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 pen drawing of a bearded man in profile with tree-like branches growing from his head, shown as a tattoo design sketch on white paper.
Bearded man with branching antlers
Black ink flash drawing of a tall tree beside hatched mountains inside a diamond frame, in a fine line botanical style with no body placement shown.
Tree and mountain landscape in a diamond frame
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
Flash sheet of hand-drawn tattoo designs in a fantasy theme, including a bearded tree face, a moth, a hobbit-style door in a bottle and a witch hat over a city.
Fantasy flash sheet with tree, moth and bottle
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 ink dotwork drawing of a tattoo design shaped as a light bulb, showing a child silhouette beside a bare tree, a full moon and birds, with no body placement visible.
Light bulb with child, tree and moon
Black line drawing flash sheet of Latvian folk symbols, including sun signs, crosses, a morning star, a firecross and tree motifs, each labelled in Latvian and English.
Latvian folk sign flash sheet with labelled symbols
Pencil flash sheet titled TREE WORLD showing whimsical treehouses, a mushroom house and small flying insects, drawn in black and grey with light blue accents.
Tree world flash sheet with treehouses