Tree tattoo ideas

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

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Black and grey tattoo on a forearm of a framed, Polaroid-style drawing of a house with a fence, with flourished script lettering below it.
Framed house drawing and script on a forearm
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 blackwork tree with bare branches and a shaded trunk spreading up the inner forearm, with a bracelet on the wrist.
Bare tree across a forearm
Full colour Alice in Wonderland tattoo across a woman's back and left arm, showing the Cheshire Cat in a tree, the Mad Hatter and a DRINK ME label on the sleeve.
Alice in Wonderland back and sleeve tattoo
Small black pine tree tattoo on the neck just behind the ear, with a silver hoop earring in the lobe.
Small pine tree behind the ear
Black and grey blackwork tattoo of a bare tree and birds on a forearm, with shaded ground and roots lower down the arm.
Bare tree and birds on a forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a misty forest with two bold tree trunks across the upper back and shoulder blade.
Forest scene across a shoulder blade
Fine line and dotwork tattoo on the inner upper arm of a tree within a circle, with a mandala-style lotus beneath it.
Tree in a circle with mandala on upper arm
Black silhouette tattoo of a bare tree with four birds in flight, placed on the side of the ribs.
Bare tree and birds on the side of the ribs
Watercolour-style colour tattoo on a forearm showing a black silhouette tree with exposed roots and flying birds against pink, purple and teal washes.
Tree and birds on a forearm
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
Colour tattoo of the cartoon characters Calvin and Hobbes lying under a dark tree with falling leaves, placed on the side of the ribs.
Calvin and Hobbes asleep under a tree on the ribs
Colourful watercolour splash tattoo on a calf, with a small tree branch motif, on a leg standing in shallow water on a sunny beach.
Watercolour splash tattoos on calves
Black ink tattoo of a house beneath a leafy tree with roots extending downwards, in a sketched botanical style on the calf.
House with tree and roots on a calf
Blackwork-style pine trees shaded from dark to pale blue across a man's forearm, running down towards the wrist.
Pine forest fading down a forearm
Black and grey pine tree tattoo on the upper back of a woman seated from behind on green bedding.
Pine tree tattoo on upper back
Black and grey tree of life tattoo enclosed in a circle on the forearm, drawn in fine line with dotwork shading.
Tree of life on a forearm
Watercolour-style tree tattoo with black branches and green, blue and yellow washes on the upper thigh.
Watercolour tree on a thigh
Small black ink yin yang circle with a tree of life design on the inner forearm, with chains and bamboo leaves in the background.
Yin yang tree of life on the inner forearm
Colour traditional tattoo of an hourglass framed by red roses and green leaves on a person's calf, with green canvas sneakers.
Hourglass and roses on a calf
Full colour sleeve tattoo on an upper arm and forearm showing a planet, starfighter, airship, city skyline and sea creatures in a painterly realism style.
Surreal sky and city full sleeve
Black and grey realism tattoo covering a full back, showing a raven perched on bare branches above a skull among roots, with script down the right side.
Raven and skull tree on a full back
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
Realism tattoo of a maple leaf filled with autumn trees and an animal silhouette, in yellow, orange and brown, on the forearm.
Autumn forest scene inside a maple leaf
Black linework tattoo of a leafy tree whose trunk forms two legs and feet, on the upper back beside the shoulder blade.
Tree with legs on upper back
Black and grey pine tree tattoo with a dense silhouetted canopy and a thin trunk, on the outer forearm of a person in a black denim jacket and shorts.
Pine tree on a forearm
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 realism tattoo of a mountain range, clouds, a full moon and a forested valley across the upper arm and shoulder.
Mountain landscape with moon on upper arm
Colour tattoo across the chest showing a green and blue landscape in a circle, a tree, layered rock strata and a crystal cluster, with fine constellation lines.
Landscape, crystal and constellation on chest
A black ink branching tree tattoo on a man's shin, shown while he sits in a folding camping chair outdoors in a botanical blackwork style.
Dark branching tree tattoo on a shin
Black and grey tattoo of a woodland landscape with a stone cottage, a hill and a bird, framed by ferns and set on the outer thigh.
Woodland landscape with cottage on a thigh
Large mixed-colour back tattoo of black silhouetted trees fading into green triangular shards and dark cubes, in a geometric blended style across the upper and mid back.
Black trees dissolving into green shards on back
Black and grey dotwork tree inside a geometric crystal outline on a forearm, with a dotted circle and solid dots above and below.
Tree within a geometric crystal on a forearm
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
Watercolour-style tattoo of a bare tree with blue, orange and pink washes and black linework across a person's upper back.
Watercolour-style tree on upper back
Black silhouette tattoo wrapping around an upper arm, showing a girl, an owl in a tree, a rabbit and mushrooms in a blackwork style.
Silhouette girl, owl and tree on an upper arm
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 and grey fine line tattoo of a tree above the handwritten words I climbed the tree to see the world, on the inner wrist and forearm.
Tree and handwritten quote on the inner wrist
Black ink tree of life tattoo on an upper arm, with an ornate filigree canopy and a spreading root system, shown against a light towel.
Ornate tree of life with roots on upper arm
Black ink bare tree tattoo covering the mid and upper back, with branches spreading toward the shoulders in a blackwork style.
Bare tree tattoo across a back
Colourful Neo-trad style tattoo on a thigh showing a green bonsai-like tree beside a purple iris and scrolling green foliage.
Bonsai tree and iris on a thigh
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
Colour tattoo of a swirling tree of life with green leaves, blue dots and two figures in its orange trunk, placed on a person's upper back.
Tree of life with two figures on upper back
Dotwork tattoo of a bare tree silhouette over a stippled grey field with an olive circle, on the side of the ribs.
Dotwork tree and olive circle on the ribs
Black and grey compass rose inside an ornate oval frame, with a tree canopy and exposed roots, tattooed across a man's shoulder and upper arm.
Compass and tree on a shoulder
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a stag whose antlers are drawn as bare branches, with a forest texture filling its body, on a calf.
Stag with branching antlers on a calf
Black and grey blackwork forearm tattoo of bare winter trees, a pine, birds, clouds and a moon, with a dotted fade at the wrist.
Forest, moon and birds on a forearm
Black and grey pine trees in a realistic style fade into soft shading towards the wrist on a forearm, with a wristwatch worn beside it.
Pine forest fading into the wrist