Tree tattoo ideas

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

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Black and grey botanical tattoo of a swirling tree with three birds, across the upper back and shoulder blade.
Swirling tree with birds on upper back
Black and grey geometric tattoo on a man's upper back and shoulder, showing a tree with a checked trunk, a sun, faces and a hand, with a small green bird and dashed line running onto the upper arm.
Surreal tree and hand on upper back
Realism colour tattoo of a hooded woman wearing a blood-stained respirator above a graveyard scene, placed on the calf.
Hooded woman in a bloodied mask on a calf
Black and grey Japanese realism tattoo of Mount Fuji, a pagoda and cherry blossom trees across a shoulder and upper back.
Mount Fuji and pagoda shoulder piece
Fine line black tattoo of a mountain range above the word wanderlust in script on skin, with a lake landscape photograph below.
Mountain line and wanderlust script tattoo
Small solid black pine tree tattoo on the inner forearm, with slight redness around the skin.
Small pine tree on the inner forearm
Black ink drawing of a key whose bow forms a bare tree, shown as a tattoo design on a plain white background.
Key with a bare tree bow
Black and grey botanical tattoo of a bare tree with exposed roots and falling leaves, with a Celtic knot at the trunk, across the centre of a lower back.
Bare tree with roots and falling leaves on a back
Coloured illustration of a tree of life whose trunk forms a DNA double helix, with leafy branches, green roots, birds and butterflies on a parchment background.
Tree of life with DNA helix trunk and roots
Black fine line mountain range tattoo on the side ribs, with a small pine tree tattoo on the hand.
Mountain range on ribs and pine tree on hand
Black fine line tattoo of a tree with curling branches and swirled roots on the side of the ribs.
Swirling tree tattoo on the ribs
Fine line botanical design of a tree whose trunk becomes a DNA double helix, with roots, leaves and butterflies, drawn in maroon ink on a peach background.
Tree growing from a DNA helix
Black and grey tattoo design of a bare tree with roots spreading over a hatched skull, with three crows and ink splatter around it.
Bare tree growing from a skull with crows
Black and red tree of life tattoo with spreading branches, roots and a central swirling knot across a person's upper back.
Tree of life tattoo on upper back
Blackwork and dotwork tattoo of bare trees and branches in solid black silhouette on the forearm, with stippled red and black dots fading into the skin above and below.
Tree silhouettes in a forest on a forearm
Fine line tree of life tattoo on the ankle with swirling black branches, small blue, red and green birds perched in the boughs and two black birds flying to the right.
Tree of life with birds on an ankle
Four side-by-side views of a black and grey full sleeve tattoo on an arm, with geometric gears and circles, a dotwork sky, and a shaded landscape of trees on the forearm.
Full sleeve with gears, trees and dotwork sky
A six-panel grid of small black fine line tattoo designs on pale backgrounds, including mountains with a moon, a tree with stars, a leaf, a serpent, and a ring with inscribed lettering.
Six small fine line tattoo designs in a grid
Black and grey realistic wolf tattoo covering the upper arm and forearm, with dark trees fading into the shoulder.
Realistic wolf sleeve on upper arm
Black and grey tree tattoo with a full canopy of leaves and gnarled roots, placed on the side of the ribs.
Tree tattoo on the side of the ribs
Black botanical tattoo of a branching tree with roots running down the centre of a person's back, from the nape of the neck.
Branching tree tattoo down the spine
Black and grey tattoo of a bare tree with two child silhouettes on a swing, above script lettering, on a forearm.
Tree and swing with names on a forearm
Black and grey blackwork and dotwork tattoo of three square panels showing a forest, a wooden cabin and a path, running down the inner forearm.
Three forest and cabin panels on a forearm
Black ink bare tree with small perched birds on the calf, photographed against a wooden floor.
Bare tree with birds on a calf
Colour neo-traditional tattoo on a forearm showing a lion cub below a rocky outcrop, trees and a sun, all framed in a heart shape.
Lion cub and savannah scene in a heart
Black and grey blackwork tattoo on a forearm showing a bare tree, a misty treeline and a flock of birds, with dark ink splatters at the wrist.
Bare tree and birds on a forearm
Photograph of a realistic brown and green tattoo of branches, leaves and a pinecone-like form across a man's upper arm, in realism style.
Realistic branches and foliage on an upper arm
Black fine line tattoo of a bare tree with spreading branches on the inner wrist, photographed in direct sunlight.
Bare tree branches on an inner wrist
Black and grey pine forest tattoo on a forearm, with tall conifers in the foreground and fading trees in stippled mist behind, plus one solid white pine at the base.
Pine forest tattoo on a forearm
Watercolour-style tree tattoo with a black trunk and pink, purple and blue splashes of colour, placed on the ribs.
Watercolour tree on the ribs
Back view of a small solid black bare-branched tree tattoo at the base of a woman's neck, with her hair in a bun and a grey jumper.
Bare tree tattoo at the base of the neck
Black linework tree with spreading branches, leaves and exposed roots, with small yellow accents, on the inner forearm, in a botanical style.
Tree with roots on a forearm
Small black ink tree tattoo on the inside of an ankle, with two other people in jeans and boat shoes standing on rocks behind it.
Small black tree tattoo on an ankle
Pencil drawing of a tree of life with leafy branches and roots forming a circle, a botanical design for a tattoo with no body part shown.
Tree of life pencil design in a circle
Black ink tattoo on the upper arm showing a savanna scene with elephants, a giraffe and trees above an inverted city skyline.
Savanna and city skyline on upper arm
Black and grey photo of a fine black branch tattoo with a small perched bird on the upper back near the shoulder blade, in a botanical style.
Bird perched on a branch on the upper back
Woman lying on her side on white bedding, showing a black fine-line branching tree tattoo across her back in a Botanical style.
Branching tree tattoo across a back
Black ink drawing of an anchor with a rope wrapped around it and a tree growing up through the shank, shown as a tattoo design in a sketchbook.
Anchor with a tree growing through it
Black linework tattoo on an upper arm showing a city skyline, a tree, a street sign and a small creature, photographed outdoors.
City skyline and street scene on an upper arm
Black blackwork tattoo of silhouetted trees and ferns inside a circle on the inner forearm.
Black forest silhouette on a forearm
Black ink line drawing of a leaf outline filled with a tree, branches, leaves and berries, shown as a tattoo design on white paper with no body part visible.
Leaf with tree and branches line drawing
Colour tattoo of a blossoming tree with pink flowers, set within a green lotus and a yellow circle holding a green Sanskrit-style symbol, on the back.
Blossom tree within a green lotus and yellow circle
Colour tattoo of two cartoon-style trees with pink and orange puffy crowns and striped trunks on the calf.
Two cartoon trees on a calf
Small black pine tree tattoo with brushed, feathery branches on the inner wrist, shown in two side-by-side photos.
Pine tree on inner wrist
Realistic black and grey raven perched on a branch in front of a bare tree, tattooed on the outer thigh.
Raven on a branch with bare tree on thigh
Black ink drawing of an hourglass with TIME on the top band and KILLS on the bottom band, showing bare and pine trees in the upper bulb and a skull on a mound below.
Hourglass with skull and pine trees
Black ink tree of life with a sun and crescent moon on a woman's upper back, photographed from behind, in a botanical style.
Tree of life with sun and moon on upper back
Black and grey realism tattoo of a multi-storey pagoda above gnarled bare branches, running down the upper arm and forearm.
Pagoda and bare tree on an arm sleeve