Tree tattoo ideas

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

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Colour tattoo on a shoulder and upper arm showing a sunset sky, bare black-lined trees, red poppies and small birds in flight.
Sunset tree and poppies on shoulder
Black and white Art Nouveau flash sheet with roses, women's faces, peacocks, trees, scrolling borders and leaf motifs, shown as separate designs.
Art Nouveau flash sheet in black
Black and grey blackwork owl with ornate filigree patterns and a faint forest backdrop, tattooed across a person's upper arm.
Ornamental owl on upper arm
Small solid black palm tree tattoo on the upper chest, with a loose blue top pulled to one side.
Small palm tree on the chest
Forearm tattoo in red and black with white-veined lightning cracks across the skin and bare black branches along the outer edge.
Red lightning and branches on a forearm
Black ink drawing of a gnarled tree with twisted branches and roots, shown as a tattoo design on plain white paper.
Gnarled tree with exposed roots
Black ink tattoo of a sword with a branching tree, crown-like top and small stars above it, on the outer lower leg.
Sword and tree on a lower leg
Colour botanical tattoo of a blossoming tree with exposed roots and a banner reading Family, across the ribs on the side of the torso.
Blossoming tree with roots on the ribs
Black and grey pencil flash design of a money tree with banknotes falling from its branches, two devil figures and the words Money the root of all evil.
Money tree sketch with devil figures
Black and grey realism design of a snarling wolf with bared fangs, overlaid on a mountain range and pine forest.
Snarling wolf over mountains and forest
Colour and black-and-grey neo-traditional tattoo on the outer thigh showing a figure in a leafy wreath among tall stylised trees with coloured orbs and books, with a small rose below.
Stylised forest and figure on a thigh
Colour tattoo of a campsite in a circular frame, with a campfire, tent, stump, mountains and framing trees under an orange sunset, on the forearm.
Campfire and tent in a sunset landscape
Grey shaded bare tree with gnarled branches and a red heart hanging from a chain, tattooed along the side of the ribs.
Red heart hanging from a shaded bare tree
Large botanical tattoo across a back showing a grey tree with pink blossom, red falling leaves and a red anatomical heart among the roots.
Blossom tree and anatomical heart on a back
Two panels of abstract geometric tattoos: a stippled face with orange and blue accents on a forearm, and a tree, bird, hand and sun on a back.
Abstract face on forearm and tree on back
Two forearms shown side by side with a watercolour-style tattoo of a howling wolf, a bare tree, a flying bird and a yellow moon on the forearms.
Wolf, tree and bird across two forearms
Colour tattoo on a person's upper back showing an oval view of a green valley with a winding path and distant mountains, beside an open round door, framed by black silhouettes of a tower, birds and
Open round door landscape on upper back
Full sleeve tattoo of a colourful space scene with a ringed planet, cratered moons, stars and a nebula on a man's arm, in a realistic style.
Space scene full sleeve tattoo
Black dotwork tree tattoo on the upper arm and shoulder, with a dense stippled canopy and a brushstroke trunk ending in a small purple tint.
Tree with dotted canopy on an upper arm
Black and grey botanical tattoo of tall pine trees with soft, sketchy shading running up the outer forearm.
Pine trees on a forearm
Realistic colour tattoo of a raven perched in front of a pale moon and bare branches, with red roses, covering an upper arm and shoulder.
Raven, moon and red roses on upper arm
Sketchy black and grey tattoo of a gnarled tree trunk with a single red heart hanging by a thread, placed on the side of the ribs.
Hanging red heart on a cracked tree trunk
Black line tattoo of a tree with roots on the upper back of a woman in a forward fold, in fine line botanical style.
Tree with roots tattoo on upper back
Geometric bird tattoo with dotwork shading and handwritten script across the shoulder blade, with a dotted-line plant and teal accents down the back.
Geometric bird and dotted plant on a back
Black ink flash design of a bare tree with a small figure on a swing, birds flying up and away, and curved script reading she said close your eyes, and free your mind, you're free to fly.
Tree, swing and birds with script lyric
Botanical tattoo of a skull formed from bare branches with small pastel flowers, on a person's shoulder and upper back.
Branch skull with flowers on a shoulder
Three black and white photos of single-line fine line tattoos: a penguin on the upper leg, a pine tree on the upper arm and a seated fox on the thigh.
Line art penguin, pine tree and fox tattoos
Small black pine tree silhouette tattoo with trailing vertical strokes on a woman's ribs, in a blackwork style.
Pine tree silhouette on the ribs
Black and grey tattoo of a tree curling into a circle with trailing vines and three birds in flight, on a person's upper back.
Tree and birds on upper back
Full colour tattoo of an Alice in Wonderland scene across the side of the ribs, showing Alice, the Cheshire Cat, pumpkins and a castle under a full moon.
Alice in Wonderland scene on the ribs
Black and grey realism tattoo on the upper arm showing a man's portrait above two armed warriors in a forest scene.
Male portrait with warriors on upper arm
Black and grey forest silhouette armband tattoo with a small moon and soft clouds, wrapped around the inner forearm.
Forest silhouette armband on a forearm
Realism style Halloween sleeve tattoo on the upper arm and shoulder, showing a skull-faced character, carved jack-o-lanterns, a bare tree and snowflakes in mostly grey shading with coloured pumpkins.
Halloween sleeve with skull character and pumpkins
Colour dotwork sleeve tattoo on an upper arm and forearm showing stylised houses, trees and a small bird on a hill.
Village houses and trees sleeve on an arm
Large black and grey landscape back tattoo with mountains, trees and a sun, plus German script across the upper back, seen from behind by a lake.
Landscape back piece with German script
Black and grey tattoo of a bare tree whose branches form a skull, placed on the calf.
Bare tree forming a skull on a calf
Small black and grey pine tree tattoo on the inner wrist and forearm, photographed against a car interior.
Pine tree on the inner wrist
Colour tattoo of a haunted mansion under a stormy night sky with bats and a raven on a weathervane, in a realistic painterly style on the upper arm and shoulder.
Haunted mansion scene on upper arm
Realistic colour tattoo of a large owl with orange eyes in front of a misty forest of bare trees, on the forearm.
Owl over a misty forest on a forearm
Black ink tree with bare branches and hanging roots, with small birds in flight, tattooed across the palm and inner forearm, shown with the hand raised against a pale wall.
Tree and birds across hand and forearm
Colour realism tattoo of a woodland scene with a deer, fawn, leafy trees and wildflowers covering the upper arm and shoulder.
Forest deer and fawn on an upper arm
Black and grey realism full arm sleeve tattoo showing a stag with antlers among trees and foliage, running from the upper arm down the forearm.
Stag and forest full arm sleeve
Small black Botanical tattoo of a bare tree with birds flying off it, on the inner wrist of a hand held up in the photo.
Bare tree and birds on a wrist
Black and grey tattoo of bare birch trees with two small birds perched on the branches, shown on the side of the torso.
Birch trees and birds in black and grey
Traditional style tattoo of an eye shedding teardrops above a tree with leaves, red berries and roots on an upper arm.
Eye and tree with roots on upper arm
Two tree design drawings side by side: a black linework tree of life with roots inside a circle on the left, and a colourful swirling tree with a braided trunk on the right.
Tree of life designs in ink and colour
Black and grey temporary tattoo of the word divergent in script with birds on one forearm, and a row of circular symbols on the other.
Divergent script and circle symbols on a forearm
Black blackwork tattoo of a bare tree on a person's upper back, its trunk running down the spine with vertebra-like segments and branches spreading over the shoulder blade.
Bare tree with spine trunk across a back