Tree tattoo ideas

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

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Colour tattoo of a stag head with black branch-like antlers and a stippled black moon above it, placed on the upper arm.
Stag with branch antlers and moon on upper arm
Black silhouette design of a globe showing continents, with tree branches growing beneath it, on a white background.
Globe with continents and branches
Small solid black pine tree tattoo on the inner wrist of a raised hand, shown in a black and white photograph against blurred foliage.
Pine tree on the inner wrist
Large black and grey realism style tree tattoo with bare branches across a man's upper back and shoulder, with a few coloured autumn leaves on the left shoulder.
Bare tree across a man's back
Black and grey realism tattoo of two raptor dinosaurs in a misty forest on an upper arm, with a striped shirt sleeve visible.
Two raptors in a forest on an upper arm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a wooden birdhouse beside a birch tree, with a geometric paper-style bird, inside a circle on the forearm.
Birdhouse on a birch tree in a dotwork circle
A red-toned botanical tree tattoo with a full shaded canopy, trunk and branches, sitting on a forearm.
Tree tattoo on a forearm
Colour tattoo of a cherry blossom tree in a Japanese style with black branches, grey wash trunk and pink blossoms, running down the side of the ribs.
Cherry blossom tree on the ribs
Close-up of a small solid black palm tree tattoo on the side of a person's ribs, below the armpit, with a loose teal top pulled aside.
Small palm tree on the side of the ribs
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a bare tree shaped like a heart growing from a key, on the side of the ribs.
Heart-shaped tree and key on the ribs
Botanical tattoo of a tree with black roots and green-olive foliage, with a trail of olive stars running up the shoulder, on a woman's upper body.
Tree with roots and star trail on shoulder
Black ink botanical tattoo on a lower leg showing a swirling tree with a meditating figure, a small hummingbird and the word Namaste in script.
Meditating figure in a swirling tree with Namaste
Black and grey realism tattoo of two raptor dinosaurs among trees and ferns, across a person's upper arm.
Two raptors in a forest on the upper arm
Pen drawing of a tattoo design showing a compass inside a tree wreath, with banners reading 'Not all who wander are lost' and an anchor below, in a botanical line style.
Compass, anchor and tree banner design
Calvin and Hobbes tattoo on an upper arm, with the boy and tiger lying in grass beside a dark tree and the words I suppose it will all make sense when we grow up.
Calvin and Hobbes quote on upper arm
Realistic colour tattoo of a tabby cat's face with green eyes above a cat silhouette against a sunset landscape, on a calf.
Tabby cat portrait with sunset silhouette on calf
Neo-traditional tattoo of an hourglass with a bare tree inside, held by two hands on the upper arm.
Hourglass with dead tree held in hands
Black and grey fine line tattoos on an arm, with a small white tree on the forearm near the wrist and a map-style design with script covering the upper arm.
Tree and map tattoo on an arm
Black swirling tree tattoo with two small red hearts in the canopy, a green grass base and circular lettering reading Live the life you love, Love the life you live, on a limb.
Swirling tree with hearts and quote
Colour tattoo sleeve on an upper arm showing a haunted house, a white cat ghost with a green bow, a dark cat figure with a red bow, a bat and a tombstone against a blue sky.
Haunted house and cat characters on an upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a bare tree with twisting roots running from the side ribs down towards the hip.
Tree with exposed roots on the ribs
Black and grey tattoo of a mountain with clouds, pine trees and a striped water reflection in a diamond shape on the ribs.
Mountain landscape with pines on the ribs
Colour tattoo of a twisting purple tree with black branches and magenta and teal roots running down the ribs and side of the torso.
Purple tree with roots on the ribs
Black branches with pink and red cherry blossoms tattooed across a woman's shoulder, upper arm and upper chest, against a dark background.
Cherry blossom branches across a shoulder
Black and grey realism tattoo of gnarled tree trunks and branches arranged in staggered rectangular panels across a person's upper back.
Gnarled tree trunks in panels on a back
Full colour tattoo of a woman in traditional dress holding a sword before mountains and flowers, across an upper arm and shoulder.
Warrior woman with sword on upper arm
Black botanical tree with roots and branches tattooed across a woman's bare back, photographed from behind with her hands raised to her hair.
Tree and roots across a back
Black and grey dotwork tree with spreading roots and star-like flecks inside a rectangular frame, on the inside of a forearm.
Tree and roots in a dotwork frame on a forearm
Black bare tree with spreading branches and roots tattooed on the inner wrist and forearm, in a botanical style.
Bare tree with roots on a wrist
Black ink tattoo of a flying raven whose wing turns into bare tree branches, shaded in blackwork and realism style across the ribs.
Raven with a bare tree wing on the ribs
Black and grey realism tattoo of a forest scene with tall pines and a bare tree across the inner upper arm.
Forest landscape tattoo on an upper arm
Black silhouette of a bare tree with fine branches and three flying birds tattooed across a woman's shoulder and upper arm.
Bare tree and birds on a shoulder
Black ink pine tree tattoo on the inner forearm, drawn in a bold botanical style with layered branches.
Pine tree on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo on a calf showing a circular night scene with a moon, a flying figure, clouds, mountains and a sailing ship on water.
Night sky landscape with ship on a calf
Back tattoo of an autumn tree with red and orange leaves, a bird on a branch and two black silhouettes sitting at its base.
Autumn tree with two silhouettes on the back
Small solid black bare tree tattoo on the back of a person's neck, with hair tied up and a grey knitted top at the shoulders.
Bare tree tattoo on the nape of the neck
Forearm tattoo of a bare black tree with blue and yellow watercolour splashes in its canopy and a profile face shaped into the trunk.
Watercolour tree with profile silhouette on a forearm
Botanical tattoo of a double helix that grows into a tree with roots, with pink cherry blossoms, on the lower leg.
DNA helix tree with cherry blossoms on a calf
Black and grey realism tattoo of tall pine trees wrapping around a forearm, photographed indoors in black and white.
Pine forest tattoo on a forearm
Collage of a purple galaxy-patterned swallow tattoo with white star dots on skin, shown on a shoulder, beside a photo of a starry night sky.
Galaxy swallow tattoo on a shoulder
Large black and grey gnarled tree tattoo with bare branches and roots covering most of a person's back, seen from behind.
Gnarled tree tattoo across a back
Black linework tattoo on a person's upper back showing an arched gateway flanked by trees, a star and crown motif, and a four-line verse beneath, placed on the back.
Arched gateway and verse on upper back
Solid black stylised tree design with curling branches, roots and seven eight-pointed stars above, a blackwork-style flash drawing with no body placement shown.
Stylised tree with seven stars
Large back tattoo of Where the Wild Things Are creatures in trees beneath a yellow moon, shaded in grey with blue and yellow colour, across the upper back.
Wild Things scene across a back
Black and grey realism tattoo of a howling werewolf in front of a full moon and dark trees on an upper arm.
Howling werewolf under a moon
Black ink drawing of a yin yang circle filled with clouds, mountains, trees and two round celestial bodies, drawn as a tattoo style design.
Yin yang with mountain landscape
Black and grey realism tattoo of a bare tree with an owl on a branch and a full moon behind it, shown from two angles on a calf.
Bare tree and owl under a full moon
Full back tattoo in a realistic colour style, showing a tree dividing a moonlit mountain scene from a sunset lake scene.
Split landscape tree across a back