Tree tattoo ideas

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

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Brown henna design of a swirling tree with curling branches and roots on the outside of a lower leg, over grass.
Swirling henna tree on a calf
Colourful neo-traditional tattoo on an upper arm showing an orange bear beneath green trees and a cabin with smoke rising from its chimney, with teal triangles below.
Bear, cabin and trees on an upper arm
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
Black and grey blackwork tattoo of a bird in flight on a person's upper back, its wing blending into a bare tree and a leaf.
Bird in flight merging into a tree on the upper back
A circular tree of life tattoo with branches and roots, shaded from magenta at the top to dark grey at the base, on pale skin.
Tree of life design on pale skin
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 realism sleeve tattoo of a wolf's head on the upper arm, with trees fading into the forearm.
Realistic wolf sleeve with forest backdrop
Black blackwork tattoo of two fairy silhouettes among bare branches and roots with butterflies, on the outer thigh.
Fairy silhouettes in a bare tree on a thigh
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 tattoo on an upper arm and shoulder showing a large tree silhouette with two cats on its branches against soft smoky shading.
Cats in a tree silhouette on the upper arm
Black and grey forest tattoo with pine trees, a bare tree and small birds across a raised forearm, fading to dotwork at the base.
Forest and birds across forearms
Realism full sleeve tattoo on an arm showing a galaxy, a ringed planet and a dark forest of bare trees, in colour.
Galaxy and forest full sleeve
Black ink conifer tree with stippled roots running down a forearm, set against grey pavement and green ferns.
Conifer tree on a forearm
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 and grey realism sleeve on an arm showing a wolf's head on the upper arm, with trees and forest shading down to the forearm.
Realistic wolf and forest sleeve on arm
Black and grey botanical tattoo of a tree of life inside a circle, with a sun on the left, on the side of the ribs.
Tree of life and sun on the ribs
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
Two raised forearms with fine line black tattoos of small bare trees, branches and conifers, one arm with four stacked sprigs and the other with a long, thin branch ending in a fir.
Tree sprigs along both forearms
Black and grey botanical tattoo of a tree-lined forest path inside an oval frame, on the outer thigh.
Forest path in an oval frame on a thigh
Black and grey fine line tattoos of three pine trees and a mountain range on an ankle, shown in two photographs.
Pine trees and mountain peaks on the ankle
Black bare tree silhouette above the lowercase words 'i am.' tattooed on the inner wrist and forearm.
Bare tree and 'i am.' on a wrist
Black and grey realism tattoo on a forearm showing a hunter with a rifle among bare branches above a stag standing in grass.
Hunter and deer on a forearm
Small black palm tree tattoo with a slender trunk and fronds on the upper arm of a person wearing a dark teal crop top.
Single palm tree on an upper arm
Black and grey tattoo of a cat under a UFO beam within an oval frame with trees, moon and stars, on the back of a lower leg.
Cat beamed up by a UFO in an oval frame
Black and white photo of a fine line tattoo on the heel showing a tree, a wave and a mountain peak in a row.
Tree, wave and peak fine line on a heel
Black and grey realism style tattoo of a tall conifer tree running up the back of a calf, with shaded trunk and feathered branches.
Tall pine tree on a calf
Black and grey tattoo of a bare winter tree beside the navel, with a shaded moon above it, across the torso.
Bare tree and moon on torso
Black and grey dotwork and blackwork tattoo on the thigh showing a wolf above a mountain campsite with a tent, pine trees and flowers.
Wolf and campsite in a circular dotwork design
Black and grey tree of life tattoo on a person's upper arm and shoulder, with family names written across the branches and roots.
Family tree with names on upper arm
Circular colour tattoo of a sunset landscape with pine trees and a purple and orange sky, placed on a person's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Sunset landscape with pine trees in a circle
Black fine line tattoo of three tall pine trees running vertically on the back of a person's ankle and lower leg.
Three pine trees on an ankle
Colour tattoo of a spread-winged owl perched on a lantern, with bare branches and an orange sunset, on the lower back.
Owl and lantern across the lower back
Traditional style colour tattoo on the thigh showing a sun over snowy peaks and a river, framed by a rope border and the words If it's the mountains bending rivers you will have them.
Mountain, river and sun scene on a thigh
Black and grey tree tattoo with birds rising towards the neck and a line of handwritten script across the upper back.
Bare tree, flying birds and script on upper back
Large abstract back tattoo in black ink and red splashes, showing a vinyl record, turntable, bare tree and the word turn, placed across the back and side of the torso.
Abstract turntable and tree back piece
Black and grey tree tattoo on an upper arm and shoulder, with first names written among the leaves in script lettering.
Family tree with names on upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo covering a whole back, showing a winged figure standing in water beneath mountains, sun rays, birds and trees.
Full back landscape with winged figure
Black and grey tattoo of a tree silhouette whose canopy breaks into scattered dots, on the side of a torso in a black and white photo.
Tree dissolving into dots on the side
Black and grey blackwork tattoo of a tree on a man's upper back, with its solid dark foliage on the left turning into bare branches and a flock of birds rising over the right shoulder.
Tree dissolving into birds on a back
Realism-style tattoo of a tall black pine tree with roots spreading down onto the foot, set against an orange and yellow sunset gradient on the lower leg.
Pine tree and roots over a sunset on the leg
Back of a person with a red cherry blossom branch tattoo in Japanese style, running from the lower back up towards the shoulder.
Cherry blossom branch across a back
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
Colourful tree canopy above a DNA double helix trunk with brown roots, tattooed on the upper arm.
Tree and DNA helix with roots on upper arm
Black ink blackwork tattoo of five stacked circular motifs on the inner forearm, showing a flame, a hand, a tree, scales and an eye.
Five circular black ink symbols down a forearm
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 and grey tattoo of mountains, a waterfall and pine trees inside a triangular frame, on a person's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Mountain, waterfall and pines in a triangle
Black tree of life tattoo enclosed in a circle with spreading roots, on the inner forearm above a beaded bracelet.
Tree of life in a circle on a forearm
Black bare tree tattoo running from the shoulder down the upper arm, with three birds in flight across the upper back.
Bare tree and birds on a shoulder