Tree tattoo ideas

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

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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
Black and grey blackwork tattoo of a bare tree, a flock of birds in flight and a dark forest silhouette on the inner forearm.
Bare tree and birds on a forearm
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
Small fine line black and grey palm tree tattoo on the forearm, with soft shading on the fronds and a curved trunk.
Small palm tree on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a bare tree with a dotted sun and birds in flight across the upper back.
Bare tree with birds and dotwork sun on a back
Black and grey tattoo of a bare tree, full moon, iron graveyard fence and carved jack-o'-lantern pumpkins on a patch of skin.
Halloween graveyard scene with jack-o'-lanterns
Black and grey realism tattoo of a howling wolf with a feather below it, across the upper arm and forearm, with a forest scene shaded behind it.
Howling wolf and feather on an arm
Black tree with flowers and butterflies, some in red, across a bare back, with a small silhouette figure on the right side.
Tree and butterflies across a back
Black linework tree with sparse branches and leaves, its trunk flowing down into a bird with spread wings, tattooed on the inner forearm in a botanical style.
Tree and bird on a forearm
White line drawing of a tree of life design with a human figure in the trunk, arms raised into the branches, on a grey background, in a botanical style.
Tree of life with a figure in the trunk
Black and grey blackwork tattoo of three tall pine trees on a person's upper back and shoulder blade, photographed in black and white.
Pine trees across a upper back
Black and red tattoo of a tree with three owls and flowers across the upper back and shoulder blade.
Owl tree on upper back
Two colour tattoos on a person's thighs: a ribcage wrapped in orange and blue flowers on the left, and an anatomical heart filled with a forest and sunset landscape on the right, in a neo-traditional
Ribcage with flowers and a landscape heart on thighs
Black line drawing of a sword wrapped in ribbon banners reading 'All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us', with a shield, ring, rose and landscape vignette.
Sword and quote banners line design
Fine line black palm tree tattoo on the ankle, with a slender trunk rising from the ankle bone to a fan of fronds.
Small palm tree on ankle
Black and red illustrated design of a dark-haired woman with a black and white cat, a crow and a bare tree, set against ink splatter and brushed black marks.
Woman with black cat and crow design
Small black and grey dotwork and fine line tattoo of a tree with a hanging swing on the lower leg.
Tree with a swing on a lower leg
Colour tattoo of a tree with a serene carved face, glowing heart, sun, moon and mushrooms on an upper arm, in a surreal botanical style.
Tree spirit with roots and celestial scene on upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of two raptors among tall ferns and trees covering the upper arm and shoulder.
Raptors in a jungle on an upper arm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a forest with trees and animal silhouettes in a circle on the inner wrist, held by a hand with sage green nail polish.
Forest scene in a circle on a wrist
Realistic colour tattoo of a sunlit forest with tall trees and an orange tent on the upper arm, beside photos of the same woodland and a campsite.
Forest scene with tent on an upper arm
Colour tattoo of a gnarled tree with bright orange and red foliage and grassy roots covering the upper arm and shoulder.
Autumn tree on upper arm and shoulder
Black and grey botanical tree tattoo with small green and yellow accents on the inner forearm of a person holding another person's hand.
Tree tattoo on a forearm
Colourful neo-traditional tattoo of a sunrise over green hills and a tree, framed by golden vines with blue and purple flowers, on a lower leg.
Sunrise landscape with flowers on a calf
Black and grey blackwork and dotwork tattoo of a fox walking between tree trunks under a starry night sky, set in a circle on the upper arm.
Fox between trees in a dotwork circle
Rainbow-coloured illustration of a stylised sword with Celtic knotwork panels and small creature figures on a black background, shown as a design rather than on skin.
Stylised sword with Celtic knotwork
Black dotwork drawing of a stag whose body is filled with a bare winter forest, shown as a tattoo design on white paper.
Stag with forest design in dotwork
Black and grey realism tattoo of a winged angel with a halo holding a sword, with ravens in bare branches across the shoulder and upper arm.
Angel and ravens on upper arm and shoulder
Black and grey tree tattoo with red autumn leaves, its roots running down the side of the ribs and hip.
Gnarled tree with roots along the side
Black blackwork tree of life with exposed roots inside a circle on a chest, with birds flying off the branches towards the shoulder.
Tree of life and birds on the chest
A small black fine line pine tree tattoo on the inner wrist of a raised hand, set against blurred evergreen branches.
Small pine tree on the inner wrist
Black and grey botanical tattoo of a cross formed by a leafy tree trunk and branches, on a person's upper back.
Tree cross tattoo on upper back
Black and grey realism tattoo of an owl's face with staring eyes across a man's chest, with a moon and trees behind it on the left.
Realistic owl across chest
Realistic colour tattoo of the grinning Cheshire Cat curled in a tree on the upper thigh, with purple and teal striped fur and yellow eyes.
Cheshire Cat on a thigh
Black and grey fine line branch tattoo on the upper arm of a man wearing a white tee printed with bears, owls and deer.
Branch tattoo on upper arm beside animal print tee
Traditional colour tattoo of a blue enamel camping kettle on an upper arm, showing a night lake scene with a campfire, canoes, mountains and a crescent moon.
Camping kettle with a lakeside night scene on an upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a tree and misty lake landscape inside a maple leaf outline on a forearm.
Tree within a maple leaf on a forearm
Black and grey bare tree tattoo with crows perched in its branches and roots reaching down to a red heart, across the centre of a chest.
Bare tree with crows and red heart on chest
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a tree above the script words i climbed the tree to see the world, on the inner forearm.
Tree and quote on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a tree inside a circle with radiating lines and a mandala at its base, on the upper back.
Tree and mandala in a circle on upper back
Black and grey tattoo of a bare tree with flying birds fading into a dark treeline on the forearm, with the hand held open above it.
Birds and bare tree on a forearm
Black and grey interlace knotwork tattoo on a back, showing a tree above two serpent heads and a triquetra at the base, in Blackwork style.
Knotwork tree and beasts across a back
Black ink line drawing of a large tree with a full canopy and twisting roots, in a botanical style, shown as a tattoo design on white.
Tree of life with flowing roots
Black blackwork tattoo of a bird in flight above bare trees on the inner forearm, fading to solid black near the wrist.
Bird over forest silhouette on forearm
Colour tattoo of a heart-shaped night scene with a pale castle, a black silhouetted tree and stars on the upper arm.
Heart-framed castle and silhouette on upper arm
Four wrists held together, each with a small black fine line tattoo: an anchor, an infinity symbol, a mushroom-like shape and a bare tree.
Four small wrist tattoos: anchor, infinity, tree, mushroom
Black and grey tattoo of a curled fox within a wreath of roses and foliage, with a tree trunk above, on a person's ankle and foot.
Curled fox in a rose wreath on an ankle
Colourful watercolour-style tree of life tattoo inside a circle, with roots and branches, on a person's shoulder against a white background.
Tree of life on a shoulder