Tree tattoo ideas

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

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Black and grey realistic tattoo of a bare tree with a tyre swing and exposed roots, placed on a person's ribs.
Bare tree with tyre swing on ribs
Black line drawing of a tree of life design with swirling branches, leaves and a yoga pose figure forming the trunk, on a plain white background.
Tree with yoga figure trunk
Colourful tree tattoo with black outlines and swirling branches across the upper back, below the shoulder blade.
Multicoloured tree tattoo on upper back
Black and purple watercolour tattoo of a bare tree, crescent moon and stippled mountains, with ink splatter, on a limb.
Bare tree and crescent moon with watercolour sky
Black fine line tattoo of a cluster of tall pine trees on the back of a lower leg, above the ankle.
Pine trees on the lower leg
Two photos of a black and grey blackwork forest tattoo on a forearm, showing pine trees and a small bear silhouette fading into dark ground near the wrist.
Black forest scene with a bear on a forearm
Black and grey mountain range tattoo with pine trees on the upper back, framed below by dotted geometric triangle lines.
Mountain range with pine trees on upper back
Two forearms with black fine line tattoos: a bare tree with stars on the left arm and an arched doorway with a crown and vine motifs on the right.
Tree and arched doorway forearm tattoos
Black and grey blackwork tattoo of pine trees on a forearm, fading into dots towards the wrist, shown in two photos.
Pine forest sleeve on a forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a deer head with antlers in a forest scene on the upper arm, with a banner below reading RIP JOEY.
Deer and forest on upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a deer skull with antlers, above it a forest scene with a full moon, a deer and a hunter silhouette, on the upper arm.
Deer skull and forest scene on upper arm
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 realism tattoo of an open window framing a bare tree, placed centre on a person's upper back.
Open window with a tree on the upper back
Watercolour-style tree tattoo with bare black branches and blue and yellow wash on the inner forearm and wrist.
Watercolour-style tree on a forearm
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
A grid of six small fine line black ink designs on pale backgrounds, including mountains with a crescent moon, a tree with stars, a dragon beside a sword, and a ring within a leafy wreath.
Six fine line motif designs in a grid
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
Black and white flash design of a stag head silhouette with hand-lettered text reading We will forever be wild and free over a row of pine trees.
Stag silhouette with lettering and pine trees
Black and grey forest tattoo across a forearm, showing bare trees, flying birds, clouds, a moon and a dotted fade at the wrist, shown in four panels.
Forest scene forearm tattoo in black and grey
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
Black linework tattoo of a tree with a leafy canopy, two long trunks and grass, beside the quotation 'and she loved a little boy very, very much even more than she loved herself', with grey shading at
Tree and quotation tattoo on the side of the body
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
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a mountain lake landscape with pine trees and a winding river, on a forearm.
Mountain lake landscape on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork mountain and forest scene in a diamond shape with a red dotwork moon above, on a calf.
Red moon and mountain diamond on a calf
Black and grey dotwork pine tree running down the inner forearm of a man wearing a red and black checked shirt, with a thin single line forming the trunk.
Pine tree silhouette on a forearm
Black and grey pen drawing of a wolf head, with a tree, moon and forest scene shown within its face and ears, drawn as a tattoo design.
Wolf head with forest double exposure
Four views of a black and grey realism full sleeve tattoo on an arm, showing a raven, a realistic eye, bare branches and the words Go with the flow.
Raven, eye and tree full sleeve
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
Black and grey realism tattoo of a bare tree with script names among its branches, across the upper back.
Family tree with names on upper 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 and grey Celtic knotwork sleeves cover both arms, with a circular tree of life design on the upper back, in a black and white photo of a shirtless man with raised arms.
Celtic knotwork sleeves and tree of life back piece
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 tattoo of the state of California on the upper arm, showing a bear, pine trees, a bridge and the word California.
California state outline tattoo on upper arm
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
Greyscale realism tattoo of a skull formed from a forest landscape with a running deer, covering the upper arm and shoulder.
Skull and forest scene on upper 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
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 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
Colour tattoo of a large bird silhouette filled with a misty forest and a small distant figure, on the forearm.
Bird silhouette with forest scene on forearm