Rose tattoo ideas

4,399 photos and flash · 46% Botanical, 31% Traditional · Forearm most common

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Pencil drawing of a shaded rose inside a dreamcatcher ring with hanging feathers and a smaller dreamcatcher below, shown on paper.
Rose dreamcatcher tattoo design
Pencil and coloured drawing of a shaded skull with a dagger, smoke wisps and a red rose with leaves, shown as a tattoo design on paper.
Skull, dagger and red rose design
Shaded red rose with green leaves and black swirling vine linework on the lower abdomen, beside a navel piercing.
Red rose with black vines on the abdomen
Traditional style colour tattoo of a gramophone playing a record with a red rose on the upper arm.
Gramophone and rose on an upper arm
Watercolour-style rose tattoo with black linework and green leaves on the thigh, set within a pink and purple wash.
Watercolour rose on a thigh
Upper arm tattoo with a grey shaded elephant head framed by a red rose, a yellow rose and dark roses, in a neo-traditional style.
Elephant and roses on an upper arm
Traditional dotwork tattoo in black and grey, showing a rose above a stippled hand with a scalloped cuff on the upper arm.
Rose and dotwork hand on upper arm
Colour traditional tattoo of a cartoon woman with dark bob hair and glasses, framed by three banners reading I am a smart strong sensual woman, with roses on a calf.
Cartoon character with banner lettering on calf
Colour tattoo of two red roses with dark leaves and a music staff with notes wrapping across a person's side ribs, shown in a close photograph.
Red roses and music staff on the ribs
Black line drawing of a tattoo design showing an AT-AT walker, a stormtrooper, an Empire emblem, roses and a rifle, with no placement shown on the body.
AT-AT, stormtrooper and roses flash design
Colour neo-traditional tattoo on the shoulder blade showing a Dalek, a red rose with a blue crystal, and a banner reading BADWOLF.
Dalek, rose and BADWOLF banner on a shoulder
Black and grey pencil drawing of a pocket watch with Roman numerals, flanked by two roses and strands of pearls, in a neo-traditional style.
Pocket watch with roses and pearl chains
Realistic colour tattoo of a blue eye set within an orange rose on a calf, with part of another tattoo visible at the right edge.
Eye within an orange rose on a calf
Black and grey rose sleeve on a woman's left arm and a fine line mandala tattoo on her upper back, photographed outdoors on a beach.
Rose sleeve and mandala on a beach
Traditional style flash design of a hand holding a lipstick above a Femme Fatale banner, with pink roses and pearls on a teal background.
Hand with lipstick and roses flash
Traditional style tattoo of an open book with a pink heart and scrolls above, over a pink and blue flower with green leaves, on a forearm.
Open book and rose on a forearm
Close view of a tattooed hand holding a paper stencil on a thigh, with a black and grey rose on the hand and a brain and cloud design on the leg.
Black and grey hand and thigh tattoos
Traditional style colour tattoo on a lower leg showing Darth Vader and a stormtrooper helmet, framed by red roses and green leaves, with a blue Galactic Empire emblem below.
Darth Vader and stormtrooper with roses on a calf
Traditional-style flash design of a heart with a rose, two swallows, a banner reading All of Time and Space and Allonsy, and a pocket watch, on a tan background.
Traditional heart, swallows and banner design
Black and grey line drawing of an ornate sugar skull framed by three roses and feathered leaves, shown as a tattoo design with no body part visible.
Sugar skull with roses tattoo design
Black and grey lion head tattoo wearing a crown of pink roses and peonies, on the inner forearm.
Lion head with roses on a forearm
Colour tattoo of a sitting cat outline filled with a red rose and green leaves, placed on the forearm.
Rose inside a cat silhouette on a forearm
Woman sitting on sand with black and grey rose tattoos covering her forearms and upper arms, in a sleeve style.
Rose tattoos on both arms at the beach
Realism tattoo of a sugar skull woman with a cross on her forehead, cracked hands and a red rose, on the upper arm.
Sugar skull portrait with rose on upper arm
Full back tattoo in colour showing a white cat with pink ears, blue and red roses, daisies and skulls, in a Japanese-influenced style.
Cat, roses and skulls across a back
Colour tattoo on a thigh of a revolver wrapped in a thorned vine with red roses and green leaves, in neo-traditional style with shaded grey metal.
Revolver and roses with thorny vine on a thigh
Colourful vintage-style botanical bouquet tattoo of roses and flowers across a woman's upper arm and shoulder, with her face not shown.
Vintage floral bouquet on upper arm
Black and grey shaded rose tattoo with leaves on the inner forearm near the wrist, in a realism style.
Shaded rose on a wrist
Pen drawing of a tattoo design showing a songbird perched on an ornate birdcage beside a shaded purple rose, with leaves and dotted chain detail.
Bird, birdcage and rose design
Realistic pink and blue-green roses with grey-green leaves, shaded in colour on the calf of a leg, with a bathtub in the background.
Pink and blue roses on a leg
Black and grey dotwork and line tattoo of two roses around a central mandala, covering the forearm.
Roses and mandala on a forearm
Colour realism tattoo on an upper arm with a red line-drawn rose, a purple and blue-eyed face, a pair of hands and a teal geometric band near the elbow.
Rose and face on an upper arm
Traditional colour tattoo of a pin-up woman with a red rose in her hair and a spider on its web, on the ribs, shown beside a close-up of the face.
Pin-up woman with rose and spider on ribs
Pencil and ink drawing of a split ribcage and spine with a pink rose and vines on one side, and an animal skull with a moth wing below, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement.
Ribcage, rose and moth skull design
Traditional style flash design of a sailor pin-up girl with red flowers, a striped top and a HOPE banner, shown as a drawing with no body placement.
Sailor pin-up with roses and HOPE banner
Greyscale pencil drawing of a realistic skull with roses, an orchid and a daisy growing across its right side, a design suited to a realism tattoo.
Skull and flowers pencil design
Traditional style colour tattoo of a straw beehive surrounded by red and orange flowers and green leaves on an upper arm.
Beehive and flowers on an upper arm
Traditional colour tattoo on a forearm showing a striped lighthouse with a banner reading There is a light that never goes out, above a red rose.
Lighthouse and rose on a forearm
Black and grey spider web tattoo and small script lettering on a woman's hip and midriff, with a floral sleeve tattoo on her upper arm.
Spider web and script tattoos on a midriff
Black and grey realism tattoo of roses and a pocket watch with small script on the outer thigh.
Black and grey roses and pocket watch on a thigh
Black and grey blackwork and dotwork tattoo of large petals and a rose-like bloom across the back of a hand and fingers.
Dark botanical blackwork on the back of a hand
Realistic red rose with green leaves, framed by black brush strokes and dot stippling, tattooed on a person's upper back.
Red rose with brush strokes on upper back
Black and white photo of a fine line outline of two roses tattooed on a hip, with the torso and upper thigh visible.
Outline roses on a hip and thigh
Fine line black linework tattoo of a rose with stem and leaves on a person's ankle, with grey trainers and dark trousers visible.
Fine line rose on an ankle
Black line drawing flash sheet of four flower designs, including a calla lily, a rose, a chrysanthemum-style bloom and an abstract leaf flourish, in a botanical linework style.
Four-piece floral flash sheet
Traditional style colour tattoo of an orange rose with green leaves and bold black outlines, on the calf.
Orange rose with green leaves on a leg
Black and grey tattoo of a shaded rose with lace-style linework and dangling ornaments on the lower leg.
Shaded rose with lace detail on a calf
Realistic tattoo of parted red lips above a red and grey rose on the inside of a forearm, against a red backdrop.
Lips and rose on a forearm