Tree tattoo ideas

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Two photographs of black tattoos on the upper back: a tree with roots on the left and a hatched swallow near the nape on the right.
Tree and swallow tattoos on the upper back
Black and grey botanical tattoo of a large weeping willow tree across a person's upper back.
Weeping willow tree across upper back
Black linework tree tattoo with an orange trunk and red, pink and teal leaves, placed on a limb.
Tree with coloured leaves on a limb
Black and grey pine tree silhouettes fading into mist across a forearm, with a solid dark band at the wrist.
Pine forest sleeve on a forearm
Small solid black pine tree tattoo on the side of a hand, with a forest in the background and a silver ring with blue stones on another finger.
Small pine tree on the hand
Black and grey geometric blackwork tattoo of a wolf head with a raven above it, mountains, a star and moon, and bare trees, on the upper thigh.
Geometric wolf and raven on a thigh
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
Black and grey botanical tattoo of a bare tree with trailing roots across the back, shown from behind.
Bare tree with roots across a back
Small solid black pine tree tattoo on the inner wrist and forearm, shown against a dark background.
Small pine tree on the inner wrist
Black and grey forearm tattoo of a leafless tree in front of a full moon, with birds in the sky and dark posts above still water.
Leafless tree and full moon on a forearm
Black and grey fine line full sleeve on an upper arm and shoulder, showing a whale, mountains, a fox, ferns and foxglove, with a small teal octopus at the top of the shoulder.
Full arm sleeve with whale, fox and foliage
Two women seen from behind, each with a matching black botanical tattoo of a heart-shaped tree with swirling vine branches and roots on the upper back.
Matching heart-shaped tree tattoos on two backs
Black and grey pine tree tattoo on a forearm, with a solid silhouetted crown, stippled dotwork shading on the lower branches and a thin fading trunk line.
Pine tree on a forearm
Black ink tattoo of a skeleton entwined with a bare tree, running down the side of the ribs, with small red accents on the branches.
Skeleton and bare tree on the ribs
Small fine line tree tattoo with a green bird above it, sitting on the upper back at the base of the neck.
Small tree and bird on upper back
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a fantasy map with labels including the Shire, Hobbiton and Bree, placed across a person's upper back.
Middle-earth map tattoo on a upper back
Black and grey tattoo of a bare tree with fine branches, a shaded trunk and roots on the forearm.
Bare tree tattoo on a forearm
Black and grey yin yang tattoo with branching trees inside an oval outline, on the inner wrist beside silver bead bracelets.
Yin yang tree in an oval on a wrist
Black and grey blackwork tattoo of a bare tree with a spiral swirl in its trunk, on the calf.
Bare tree with swirling trunk on a lower leg
Black ink tattoo of a bare tree, flying birds and a silhouetted forest on a forearm, with the hand raised open above it.
Bare tree and birds on a forearm
Back view of a pair of legs with colourful watercolour-style tattoos, a tree-like splash on the left calf and a bird among splashes on the right knee.
Watercolour splash tattoos on the legs
Black and grey tattoo of a stag whose antlers grow into leafy branches across the ribs and stomach of a torso shown in black and white.
Stag with antler branches across ribs and stomach
Close-up of a forearm tattoo of bare tree roots and a black peace symbol, with a green leafy element at the wrist, worn beside woven bracelets.
Tree roots and peace sign on a wrist
Two hands with small fine line tattoos on the fingers, a tree on one finger and an owl on another, in black ink.
Tree, owl and matching finger tattoos
Black and grey dotwork tattoo wrapped around the forearm like a band, showing a shaded forest silhouette with a small moon above the treeline.
Forest band tattoo on a forearm
Small black and grey dotwork pine tree tattoo on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Small pine tree on a forearm
Black silhouette tattoo of a bare tree with branches spreading upward and three birds in flight above it, on the inner forearm.
Bare tree and birds on a forearm
Black and grey tattoo of two heart outlines on a leg, each with hatched shading that suggests pine trees, in a sketchy style.
Two heart outlines with tree shading on a leg
Realistic cherry blossom tree tattoo with pink flowers and a shaded grey trunk spanning a person's back.
Cherry blossom tree across the back
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
Close photo of a hand held up in a forest, with a small black pine tree tattoo on the palm below the thumb.
Small pine tree tattoo on the palm
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
Close photo of a small fine-line black tree tattoo on the upper chest near the shoulder, with a grey tank top and fine necklace visible.
Small bare tree on the upper shoulder
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 and white beach photo of a woman with a fine line tree tattoo on her upper back, a golden retriever beside her and a camera in view.
Tree tattoo on upper back at the beach
Colour realism tattoo of northern lights over a dark forest and lake, set inside a grey ornate oval frame with teal stones, on a forearm.
Northern lights in an ornate frame on a forearm
Shirtless man with light hair covering his face with both hands, showing a black and grey Japanese-style sleeve on one arm and a blackwork tree line on the other arm.
Man with tattooed arms, hands over face
Watercolour-style tree tattoo on the forearm, with bare branches above green, orange and red washes of colour.
Watercolour tree on a forearm
Large back tattoo of fantasy creatures among trees under a full moon, with grey shaded linework and blue and yellow background wash, across the upper back.
Creature forest scene across a back
Black and grey realism full sleeve showing helmeted warriors with spears and shields, a skull and a snarling beast, on the upper arm and forearm.
Spartan battle full sleeve
Black and grey realism tattoo of a stag head with geometric triangles, birds and pine trees on a forearm, shown against a blurred garden.
Stag and geometric triangles on a forearm
Full back tattoo in realistic colour showing a seated red fox in a green forest with ivy, toadstools and a small figure at the lower right, on a Back placement.
Fox in a forest on a full back piece
Painterly tree and wildflower meadow tattoo across a person's upper back, in soft colour with a loose, watercolour-like finish.
Painted tree and meadow across a back
Fine line black tattoo of musical notes and curling swirls rising from a hand, with the words And beauty is not a need but an ecstasy arcing around it.
Musical notes rising from a hand
Black and grey tattoo on the upper back showing a lamp post, pine trees and bare branches, with the words I give you the stars and I give you myself.
Lamp post and pine trees with a quote on the back
Black and grey back tattoo of a large bare tree with an owl perched on a branch and a compass rose on the right shoulder blade.
Tree and owl back piece with compass rose
Black and grey botanical tattoo of a bare tree with exposed roots inside a crescent, with falling leaves, on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Bare tree in a crescent on the upper back
Black and grey tattoo on the outer thigh of a cat with green eyes, its body filled with a sketchy forest scene of bare trees and a small cabin.
Black cat over a forest scene on thigh