Trunk tattoo ideas

269 photos and flash · 30% Botanical, 22% Fine line · Forearm most common

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Solid black palm tree silhouette on a white background, with a curved trunk and spiky fronds, shown as a standalone design with no body part visible.
Palm tree silhouette
Black and grey tree tattoo with branching limbs and roots covering the shoulder and upper arm.
Tree tattoo across shoulder and upper arm
Grey shaded realism tattoo of a young elephant raising its trunk towards a sprig of leaves, on the lower back.
Elephant raising a branch on the lower back
Black silhouette tattoo of three elephants in descending size, with trunks linked, on pale skin.
Three elephants in silhouette
Black line drawing of a bare branching tree with small orange and teal dots as leaves, tattooed on the inner wrist and forearm.
Bare tree tattoo on a wrist
Small black and grey dotwork elephant head tattoo on the inner wrist, with stippled shading on the ears and head.
Elephant head on the inner wrist
Black and grey elephant tattoo with dense ornamental patterning and realistic shading on the outer thigh.
Ornate elephant on a thigh
Ink line drawing of a baby elephant raising its trunk to hold a balloon on a string, a tattoo design sketch with no body placement shown.
Baby elephant holding a balloon
Colour tattoo of an adult elephant and calf decorated with floral patterns and leaves on the forearm.
Elephant and calf with floral patterns
Black and grey tattoo of three ornately patterned elephants walking in a line, with trunks linked, across the upper back.
Three patterned elephants walking across a back
Line drawing of an elephant with its trunk raised, built from purple, lavender and grey triangular facets, shown as a tattoo design on a plain white background.
Geometric elephant design in purple
Pink Truffula tree with a striped trunk and the word UNLESS in black capitals on the top of a foot, drawn with a black outline.
Truffula tree and UNLESS on a foot
Colour tattoo of an ornately patterned elephant with its trunk raised, placed on the forearm in a traditional style.
Ornate elephant on a forearm
Black and white line drawing of an elephant head built from dense, decorative swirls, scrolls and fine hatched patterns, shown as a tattoo design on a plain grey background.
Ornate elephant head line art
Black fine line tattoo of an elephant with a raised trunk on a pale area of skin.
Minimal elephant line tattoo on skin
Black and grey elephant tattoo with a raised trunk, filled with mandala-style patterns, on the upper back between the shoulder blades.
Ornamental elephant on upper back
Black outline tattoo of an elephant with its trunk raised, decorated with spirals, on a shoulder.
Elephant with raised trunk on shoulder
Black tribal-style tree design on a white background, with flowing flame-like branches and a solid trunk, shown as a flash drawing with no body placement.
Stylised black tree design
Black and grey bare tree tattoo with a thick trunk and spreading branches covering the upper back and shoulder blade.
Bare tree across a back
Black ink linework drawing of a tree whose branches form the spread wings and tail of a bird, on white paper beside a pen and notebook.
Tree drawn as a spread-winged bird
Black and grey realism tattoo of an elephant head with moth-like wings bearing eyespots, placed centrally on the upper back.
Elephant head with moth wings on upper back
Black and grey fine line palm tree tattoo with dotwork shading and thin geometric circles and arrows, on a forearm.
Palm tree with geometric circles on a forearm
Two matching fine line outline tattoos of three elephants in a row, one on each of two people's forearms, with the wrists held together.
Matching elephant trio tattoos on forearms
Fine line tattoo of two black outlined elephants with trunks curled together and a small purple heart, on the ankle.
Two elephants with a purple heart on an ankle
Colour botanical tree tattoo with green foliage and a handwritten black script quote across the upper back, with a small star tattoo near the neck.
Tree and script quote across a back
Black and grey blackwork elephant with a lotus mandala above it, tattooed on the upper arm, with dotwork shading beneath.
Elephant and lotus on upper arm
Two black and grey elephant tattoos with raised trunks, one on a thigh and one on a lower back, seen from behind in a black and white photo.
Two similar elephant tattoos on thigh and back
Black and grey dotwork elephant tattoo with paisley and mandala ornament covering the calf.
Ornamental elephant on a calf
Black and grey geometric elephant head tattoo with dotwork shading, centred across the upper back.
Geometric elephant head on upper back
Grey shaded elephant head with a colour sunflower at the trunk, tattooed on the upper thigh.
Elephant head and sunflower on a thigh
Black and grey line drawing of the Hindu deity Ganesha with an ornate crown, earrings and a curled trunk, shown as a tattoo design.
Ganesha head design in black and grey
Black and grey dotwork elephant head tattoo with mandala-style patterns across a person's upper back.
Ornamental elephant head across upper back
Black and grey realism tattoo of an elephant head with a curved tusk, shown on a man's forearm.
Elephant head on a forearm
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of three owls on a branch against a bare tree and orange moon, on the upper arm.
Three owls on a branch on upper arm
Black and white line drawing of an elephant head built from a rose, daisies, leaves and blossoms, shown as a flash design with no body placement.
Elephant head made of flowers and leaves
Black line drawing of a leafy tree with swirling branches and twisted roots, with a small bird above, shown as a design on white.
Tree with swirling branches and roots
Small colour tattoo of two green palm trees with brown trunks and a tuft of grass, outlined in black, on a pale area of skin.
Two palm trees on the skin
Black and grey realism tattoo of two adult elephants leading a calf with trunks linked, across the forearm.
Two adult elephants and a calf on an arm
Black and grey line drawing of a front-facing elephant covered in ornate geometric patterns, mandalas and tribal motifs, on a white background.
Ornamental elephant design in black ink
Black and grey ink drawing of a gnarled tree with twisting branches, small leaves and spreading roots, shown as a tattoo design on a plain white background.
Gnarled tree with exposed roots
Colourful watercolour-style tattoo of an elephant head with splashes of blue, yellow, orange and green on the upper arm.
Watercolour elephant head on upper arm
Small black fine line palm tree tattoo on the upper back beside the shoulder blade of a person with long highlighted hair, face turned away from the camera.
Palm tree on upper back
Black pine tree tattoo on a forearm, with a solid conifer silhouette at the top and a thin trunk line running down the arm.
Pine tree silhouette on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of an elephant head with raised trunk over a geometric mandala, on the upper arm.
Dotwork elephant with geometric mandala on upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of an elephant head with curled trunk on the side of a finger.
Small elephant head on a finger
Black blackwork tree with bare branches and a shaded trunk spreading up the inner forearm, with a bracelet on the wrist.
Bare tree across a forearm
Red ornamental elephant head tattoo with mandala-style patterns across the forearm.
Ornate elephant head on a forearm
Reddish-brown ornate elephant design with mandala-style patterns across the back of a hand and along one finger, in a henna-style Indian look.
Ornate elephant design across the back of a hand