Tree tattoo ideas

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

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Pencil sketch of a compass rose with a leafy tree and twisting roots at its centre, with a heart-tipped loop line running to the east point.
Compass rose with tree and roots sketch
Black and grey photograph of a fine line bare branch tattoo running up the middle finger of a hand, in a Botanical style.
Bare branch tattoo on a finger
Thin black branching tattoo with watercolour pink, blue and purple washes along the centre of a person's upper back.
Watercolour branch and roots down the back
Small black botanical tree tattoo with curling roots on the inside of a wrist, in a simple fine line style.
Small tree tattoo on a wrist
Black and grey tattoo of a tall conifer tree with stippled branches running up the upper arm.
Tall conifer tree on upper arm
Black and grey botanical tattoo of a tall redwood style conifer with exposed roots, shaded in fine detail on a forearm.
Tall conifer tree with roots on a forearm
Large black tree of life tattoo within a circle, with leafy knotwork branches and roots, across a man's upper back.
Tree of life in a circle across a back
Black ink drawing of a bare branching tree with swirling roots and a small bird perched on a branch, shown as a standalone design with no body placement.
Branching tree with swirling roots design
Back tattoo of a gnarled tree with teal cherry blossoms and shaded grey roots, in Botanical and Japanese style across the upper and lower back.
Blossoming tree across a back
Small solid black pine tree tattoo on the upper arm near the shoulder, against a blurred green background.
Small pine tree on an upper arm
Back of a woman with a watercolour-style tree tattoo in blue, orange and red washes with fine black branches, across the upper and mid back.
Watercolour tree across a back
Fine line black ink tattoo of bare trees standing in shallow water with a low shoreline, placed on the inner forearm.
Bare trees rising from water on a forearm
Black and grey botanical tree tattoo with a trunk running up the spine and branching roots spreading across the back.
Tree with roots spreading across a back
Colour tattoo of a white unicorn inside an orange fence, surrounded by green foliage and flowers, on the upper arm and shoulder.
Unicorn in a fenced garden on an upper arm
Black ink bare tree tattoo with spreading roots across a person's back, seen in a mirror selfie.
Bare tree tattoo across a back
Black and grey botanical tree branches and birds in a night sky across a realistic arm sleeve, covering the upper arm and forearm.
Tree and birds sleeve on an arm
Black and grey botanical tattoo of a bare tree with branching limbs and spreading roots covering a person's back.
Bare tree across a back
Colourful tree of life tattoo across a person's lower and upper back, with a striped orange trunk, leaves, fruit, birds and blue flowers in a botanical style.
Tree of life with birds and flowers across the back
Black ink tattoo of a bare tree with branches over the shoulder and upper arm, with three birds in flight across the upper back, photographed from behind.
Bare tree and birds on a shoulder
Line drawing of a gnarled apple tree with twisting branches, leaves and apples, shaded in dark red above and dark green at the trunk and roots, shown as a tattoo design.
Sketched apple tree with twisted branches
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 dotwork tattoo of an acoustic guitar on a forearm, with a tree, stars and mountains filling the body.
Guitar with tree and mountains on forearm
Black and white photograph of a woman's bare back with a fine branching root-like botanical tattoo running from the shoulder down the spine.
Branching roots tattoo across a woman's back
Black tattoo of a bare tree with birds in flight, in a solid black silhouette style, on the side of the ribs.
Bare tree and flying birds on the side
Black and grey tattoo of a twisting tree with a perched bird and a dotwork cube pattern on a person's ribs.
Tree and geometric cube tattoo on ribs
Black ink line drawing of a weeping willow tree with drooping branches and leaves on a plain tan background, in a botanical tattoo flash style.
Weeping willow tree line drawing
Black and grey pencil drawing of an hourglass made from tree trunks and roots, with a small tree in the lower bulb, shown as a botanical tattoo design.
Hourglass formed from tree trunks
Three people seen from behind in a kitchen, each with a small black line tree tattoo on the upper back, one with a small bird in the branches.
Bare tree tattoos on shoulder blades
Black fine-line tattoo of a line with a dot and small loops on the inner wrist, beside a black-and-grey tree tattoo on the upper arm.
Fine line wrist mark and tree on upper arm
Four small black and grey trees in a row tattooed on the inner forearm, shown in two photographs of the same arm on a wooden surface.
Four small trees on an inner forearm
Black and white photo of a fine line bare branch tattoo running along a finger, with the branches spreading towards the knuckle.
Bare branch tattoo on a finger
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
Pen sketch of a weeping willow rising from a cupped open hand, drawn in black ink with dense hatching, a design suited to a botanical tattoo.
Weeping willow growing from an open hand
Black and grey realism tattoo on a forearm of a bare tree whose trunk rises from a shaded anatomical heart with visible blood vessels.
Bare tree growing from an anatomical heart
Small black fine line palm tree tattoo on the upper arm of a woman seen from behind, with long brown hair and a white top.
Small palm tree tattoo on upper arm
Black and grey shaded tattoo of a gnarled, bare tree with sparse branches across the upper back and shoulder blade, photographed from behind.
Gnarled tree tattoo across upper back
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
Watercolour-style tattoo of a row of rainbow pine trees in red, pink, orange, green and blue across the forearm.
Rainbow watercolour pine trees on a forearm
Black and grey pen drawing of a bare, gnarled tree with exposed roots and a flock of birds lifting off from its branches, a tattoo design on a plain background.
Bare tree with roots and flying birds
Brown henna design of a swirling tree with curling branches and roots on the outside of a lower leg, over grass.
Swirling henna tree on a calf
A circular tree of life tattoo with branches and roots, shaded from magenta at the top to dark grey at the base, on pale skin.
Tree of life design on pale skin
Fine line drawing of an outstretched hand with poppy flowers, leaves, a moon and an eye motif, and the words trust the path unseen, in black ink with blue accents.
Hand with poppies and lettering
Black ink conifer tree with stippled roots running down a forearm, set against grey pavement and green ferns.
Conifer tree on a forearm
Black and grey botanical tattoo of a tree of life inside a circle, with a sun on the left, on the side of the ribs.
Tree of life and sun on the ribs
Two raised forearms with fine line black tattoos of small bare trees, branches and conifers, one arm with four stacked sprigs and the other with a long, thin branch ending in a fir.
Tree sprigs along both forearms
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 bare tree silhouette above the lowercase words 'i am.' tattooed on the inner wrist and forearm.
Bare tree and 'i am.' on a wrist
Small black palm tree tattoo with a slender trunk and fronds on the upper arm of a person wearing a dark teal crop top.
Single palm tree on an upper arm