Tree tattoo ideas

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

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Three views of a black blackwork tattoo of pine tree silhouettes and flying birds on a calf, fading into dotwork at the base.
Pine forest and birds on a calf
Black linework design of a leafy tree with a full canopy and spreading roots on a white background, shown as a blackwork flash drawing with no body placement.
Tree with spreading roots design
Black and grey blackwork tattoo on an upper arm showing a woman with long hair flowing into water beneath a crescent moon, with trees, mountains and a tower.
Woman in water beneath a crescent moon
Black and grey blackwork tattoo of a house framed by branching trees and roots, sitting on the calf.
House with branches and roots on a calf
Black tree of life tattoo with a central swirl, branches with small red leaves and spreading roots, on a person's upper back.
Tree of life on upper back
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
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 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
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 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 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
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 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 and grey dotwork tattoo of a mountain peak and moon inside a circle, placed on the calf.
Mountain and moon in a dotwork circle on a calf
Black and grey brush enso circle framed by ferns, trees, birds and a deer, drawn as a tattoo design with no body part shown.
Enso circle with ferns, trees and birds
Black and grey tattoo of an antelope with curved horns, its body filled with branching tree limbs, on the forearm.
Antelope filled with tree branches on a forearm
Black ink tattoo of a howling wolf filled with bare tree branches, in blackwork style, on the upper arm.
Howling wolf filled with tree branches on upper arm
Solid black Joshua tree silhouette tattoo on a forearm near the wrist, in a blackwork style.
Joshua tree silhouette on a forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a tall pine tree in a forest fading to black, with a white dog silhouette, on the inner forearm.
Pine tree and dog on a forearm
Solid black blackwork tattoo of a fairy silhouette beside a bare tree with drifting leaves, on the outer leg.
Fairy silhouette beside a bare tree
Black ink tattoo of a bare tree inside a partial circle with fine ink specks, placed on the inner wrist and forearm of a hand with red nails.
Bare tree in a circle on the wrist
Shirtless man with platinum hair and his face hidden by his hands, showing a black blackwork tree-line band on his right forearm and a dark ornamental sleeve on his left arm.
Forest band and ornate sleeve on a shirtless man
Black and grey blackwork tattoo of a wolf head beneath pine trees with the words Winter is coming curved around it, on the upper thigh.
Wolf head and pine trees on a thigh
Black ink tattoo of a tree inside a bold, brushed circle, placed on the upper back of a person with auburn hair.
Tree inside a brush circle on upper back
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a howling wolf on a forearm, with a mountain range and bare trees filling the wolf's body.
Howling wolf with mountain and trees on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork and hatched tattoo of a flying saucer beaming light over a farmhouse and bare tree, on the thigh.
Flying saucer over a farmhouse on a thigh
Black and grey pine tree silhouettes on the lower leg above the ankle, fading into dense dotwork stipple, shown from two angles.
Pine treeline fading into dotwork on the lower leg
Black and grey realism tattoo of a tree, leafy on one side and bare on the other, with a flock of birds lifting away on a forearm.
Tree dissolving into birds on a forearm
Black and grey blackwork tattoo of a bearded man's face under a crown of antler-like branches, covering the upper arm.
Bearded man with antlered branches on upper arm
Black and grey tattoo of bare trees, a pine and a flock of birds across a forearm, shading softly fading toward the wrist.
Forest and birds on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork and blackwork tattoo of a full moon above a pine tree silhouette inside a solid black triangle, on a forearm.
Moon and forest inside a triangle on a forearm
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
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
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 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
Black ink drawing of a broad oak tree with stippled leaves and a full root system spreading beneath it, on a plain white background.
Oak tree with spreading roots, black ink design
Black stencil design of a gnarled, leafless tree with a skull in its trunk, shown on a white card against a dark green backdrop.
Gnarled dead tree with skull stencil
Collage of five photographs showing black tree of life tattoos on a back, a foot, a lower back and a circular design on a upper back.
Tree of life tattoos on back and foot
Small solid black palm tree silhouette tattoo on the upper back of a person in a black strappy top, in sunlight.
Palm tree on the upper back
Black and grey compass rose tattoo with map shapes and stars on the palm, with a tree tattoo on the wrist.
Compass rose and tree on a hand
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
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
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 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 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
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 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