Tree tattoo ideas

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

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Black and white photo of a woman seen from behind, with a solid black tree of life inside a Celtic knot circle on her upper back.
Tree of life in a Celtic knot circle on upper back
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
Black and grey realism tattoo of a howling wolf among tree silhouettes on an upper arm, with feathered fur detail running down towards the elbow.
Howling wolf on an upper arm
Black and grey realism style tattoo of a bare tree with spreading roots running down the calf towards the ankle.
Bare tree with roots on a calf
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
Colourful watercolour-style tree inside a circle, tattooed on a person's shoulder, with pink, orange, green and blue tones.
Watercolour tree in a circle on a shoulder
Black ink tattoo of a snake eating its tail forming a circle around a tree and crescent moon, placed on the centre of the chest.
Ouroboros with tree and moon on chest
Small solid black pine tree silhouette tattoo on the outside of an ankle, above a black strap shoe, in a botanical style.
Pine tree silhouette on the ankle
Collage of four black and grey dotwork tattoos: a crescent moon, a lotus on the ribs, two small birds on the upper back and a mountain scene inside a circle.
Four black and grey dotwork tattoos
Colour traditional-style tattoo of a globe on a stand with mountains and trees, a red flower and an arrow, on a lower leg.
Globe with mountains and a red flower
Colour tattoo of two snow-capped grey mountains with small green trees under a blue sky, inside a black frame with the word mountains, on the upper arm.
Framed mountains with the word mountains
Black and white double exposure of a bare back with blossom branches and trees overlaid on the figure, and a small fine line star cluster tattoo on the right side of the lower back.
Small star cluster tattoo on a back
Realistic colour tattoo of an amber skull beneath a black bare tree with grey splatter marks, on the upper arm.
Skull and bare tree on upper arm
Small black fine line tattoo of a single tree with stippled ground on the inner forearm, shown against a pale background.
Single tree on a forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a pine forest fading into mist, wrapping around a person's upper arm.
Pine forest wrapped around the upper arm
Colour tattoo of a glowing fairytale castle under a starry purple sky with a scroll banner below, on the outer thigh.
Fairytale castle and banner on a thigh
Black and grey realism tattoo of a buck's head and antlers set among trees, sitting on the upper arm.
Realistic buck and forest on upper arm
Black fine line willow tree tattoo with drooping branches and roots on the back of a neck, in Botanical style.
Willow tree tattoo on the back of the neck
Black and grey bare tree tattoo with a thick trunk and spreading branches covering the upper back and shoulder blade.
Bare tree across a back
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
Three photos of black and grey forearm tattoos showing bare trees, a moon, flying birds, a horse and rider silhouette, and a gate by water, in a blackwork and realism style on the forearm.
Forest, moon and horse rider forearm tattoos
Fine line compass rose with map shapes and a bare tree tattoo on a palm and wrist, in black and grey ink.
Compass rose and tree on a palm
Black and grey realism tattoo across a bare back showing a small girl in a dress beneath a tall tree, with a grinning cat on a branch above, placed on the back.
Girl under a tree with grinning cat on a back
Fine line tattoo of a small tree with reddish and green leaves and a tiny green bird, placed on the upper back below the neck of a person in a white top.
Small tree tattoo on upper back
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a long sword with a stylised tree above and two elvish-style letters on the calf, shown from two angles.
Sword, tree and script on a calf
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 and grey circular tattoo of a waterfall between rocks and trees on a forearm, shaded in a realistic style.
Waterfall landscape in a circle on a forearm
Black fine line tree of life with leafy branches and roots inside a circle, tattooed on the inner forearm.
Tree of life with roots on a forearm
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 and grey botanical tattoo of a bare tree whose roots curl into a circle of foliage and roses around two curled animals, placed on the ankle and lower calf.
Bare tree and curled foxes on an ankle
Black and grey realism tattoo on a forearm showing a seated figure with its head bowed and hidden by hands, framed by dark trees and dripping ink lines.
Hooded figure among trees on a forearm
Colour botanical tree tattoo with green foliage and a handwritten black script quote across the upper back, with a small star tattoo near the neck.
Tree and script quote across a back
Black and grey realism tattoo on an upper arm showing a lightning storm over a receding road with a Route 66 shield at the bottom.
Route 66 road under a lightning storm on upper arm
Full back tattoo of a gnarled cherry blossom tree with pink flowers, grey mountains and a pale blue sky, placed across the back.
Cherry blossom tree across a back
Small fine line black tree tattoo with bare branches on the inner forearm, set against a dark green background.
Bare tree on the inner forearm
Black and grey tattoos across the back of a woman in a bikini, with ornate designs on her upper arm and lower leg, photographed walking on sand.
Back and leg tattoos on a beach
Lower back tattoo of a bare tree, three birds and linework flowers with blue watercolour splashes, in a botanical fine line style.
Tree, birds and flowers on lower back
Black and grey realism tattoo of a valley with sheer cliffs, a waterfall and soft clouds across the thigh.
Valley landscape with cliffs and clouds on a thigh
Solid black pine tree tattoo with jagged branches on the calf of a hairy leg, in a blackwork style.
Pine tree on a lower leg
Black and grey realism tattoo of the Cheshire Cat grinning on a branch, placed on the upper chest near the shoulder.
Cheshire Cat on the upper chest
Black and grey tree tattoo with a shaded ground line on the upper arm, close to the shoulder.
Tree silhouette on upper arm
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
Colour tattoo on an upper thigh showing Totoro beside a campfire with Calcifer, soot sprites and small white forest spirits under a night sky.
Totoro and forest spirits scene on a thigh
Black botanical tattoo of a bare branching tree with two small leaves on the inner wrist of a hand held palm up against a turquoise background.
Bare branching tree on inner wrist
Four views of a colourful realism full sleeve on an upper arm and forearm, showing a spiral galaxy, planets, a spaceship and a bare tree under a moon.
Full sleeve space and moonlit landscape
Black and grey blackwork tattoo of a bare tree inside a circle, set within a downward triangle with ornamental patterns, on a forearm.
Tree in circle within a triangle on a forearm
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of three owls on a branch against a bare tree and orange moon, on the upper arm.
Three owls on a branch on upper arm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of bare trees, a pine and a flock of birds fading into stipple near the wrist on a forearm.
Forest and birds on a forearm