Rose tattoo ideas

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Colour tattoo of a pink rose wrapped in rope with a grey anchor on the upper arm, in a neo-traditional style with soft shading.
Pink rose and anchor on upper arm
Colour tattoo of a laced corset with red ribbons, red roses and a red bow across the lower back, in a neo-traditional style.
Corset and roses on the lower back
Pencil sketch of a tattoo design with an ornate heart containing a keyhole, crossed pistons, a blank banner and roses, with no body placement shown.
Heart keyhole, pistons and roses sketch
A seated person in a black bra and patterned underwear shows neo-traditional tattoos of two female portraits on the upper arm, a rose on the hand, and ornate scrollwork and a teal wave on the torso.
Portrait and ornamental tattoos on arms and torso
Colour traditional-style tattoo on a thigh showing a cartoon woman in a red polka dot bandana and glasses, flexing one arm in front of an orange sun, with a red rose below and a quote in black
Cartoon flexing woman and rose on a thigh
Flash drawing of a stormtrooper helmet framed by pink roses above crossed blaster rifles, in a traditional style.
Stormtrooper helmet with roses and blasters
Bare back covered in a colourful traditional-style tattoo of a yellow tiger-like figure, an anchor, a ship and a row of roses above a banner.
Large back piece with tiger, anchor and roses
A coloured traditional-style tattoo sleeve on an upper arm, with blue roses and a banner reading LOVE HATE, while a man in a burgundy suit holds the arm.
Blue rose and banner sleeve on upper arm
Red pencil sketch of a woman's face framed by flowing hair and a large rose, a neo-traditional tattoo design with no body placement shown.
Woman portrait with roses in red pencil
Two pencil flash designs on translucent paper: a cat above an ornate shield with a rose and flowers, and a filigree heart locket with a key and ribbon, in a neo-traditional style.
Cat with rose and heart locket with key
Flash design of three sugar skull pin-up heads with skeletal hands over their eyes, ears and mouth, on a ribbon banner reading Beauty, Truth and Love.
Three sugar skulls with Beauty, Truth and Love banner
Black and grey drawing of a shaded rose with leaves, an ornate filigree key and hanging chain, shown as a standalone tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Rose and ornate key design
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of an anthropomorphic cat in a veiled hat with a red rose, set in a black scrollwork frame on a forearm.
Veiled cat portrait with rose on a forearm
Neo-traditional flash design of a cartoon princess in a gold gown, with a beast tattoo on her shoulder, framed by red roses and a banner.
Cartoon princess with roses and banner flash
Neo-traditional tattoo of a woman with dark hair, red roses and a pearl necklace across the shoulder and upper back.
Woman portrait with red roses and pearls
Colour tattoo of a red rose bud with a pink ribbon wrapped around its stem, green leaves and black beads, on the forearm, with a teal wash behind.
Pink ribbon and rose bud on a forearm
Close view of a red dragon coiled around a red rose on a woman's upper arm and shoulder, in a neo-traditional style.
Red dragon and rose on an upper arm
Flash design of a black horse head with a white sugar skull pattern on its face, red roses in its flowing mane and blue leaves, in a neo-traditional style.
Horse head with sugar skull face and roses
Colour tattoo of purple roses, orange and pink flowers and a heart locket tied with ribbon in a bouquet on an upper arm.
Purple rose and flower bouquet with ribbon on arm
Two-panel image showing a purple linework rose outline on the left and a finished neo-traditional colour tattoo of red and teal roses with leaves on the right, on a limb.
Red and teal roses on a limb
Colour tattoo of a skull wearing flowing lilac hair and red roses, with small skulls beside it, in a neo-traditional style on the upper thigh.
Skull and roses in lilac hair on the thigh
Black ink line drawing of a rose bud with leaves, small flowers and dotwork shading, drawn on paper as a tattoo design.
Rose bud with leaves and dotwork shading
Neo-traditional tattoo of a smiling sloth peeking out of a blue rose-patterned teacup, with pink flowers, on a limb.
Sloth in a teacup with flowers
Coloured neo-traditional style flash drawing of a large-eyed owl on a branch beside red roses, butterflies and falling petals, shown on a white background with no body placement.
Owl with roses and branch design
Neo-traditional tattoo on an upper thigh showing a shaded grey skull framed by red roses and a white daisy.
Skull and red roses on the thigh
Black ink drawing of a traditional-style sleeve tattoo design on paper, with a skull, sun, nautical star, compass rose and playing cards, shown as an elongated arm-shaped outline.
Sleeve design with skull, sun and nautical star
Red pencil sketch of a woman in profile with curly hair woven with roses and a pearl necklace, a design drawn for a possible tattoo.
Profile woman with roses in red pencil sketch
Neo-trad tattoo on a thigh showing a black handprint, a dagger, a red rose, a cloth sack and a rolled scroll with drips of blood.
Handprint, dagger and rose on a thigh
Grey and purple ivy leaves and roses tattoo running down a person's back, in a botanical neo-traditional style.
Ivy leaves and roses down the back
Pencil sketch of a cluster of three roses with leaves and a ribbon banner, drawn as a tattoo design in a neo-traditional style.
Rose cluster with ribbon design
Digital drawing of a tattoo design showing a black and grey dragon with red-spotted wings, a red rose and a green leaf, with bold tribal swirls.
Dragon and red rose tattoo design
Two legs in denim shorts and black sneakers covered in colour neo-traditional tattoos, including an owl, a raven with roses, a fox and a rabbit.
Full leg sleeve of colourful neo-traditional tattoos
Blue line drawing of two sleeve designs in a neo-traditional style, showing a skull, a dragon, a rose, flames, a bird, a tattoo machine and the words Love and Hate.
Dragon and skull sleeve flash sheet
Pen-and-ink drawing of a tattoo design showing a revolver with a red rose, leaves, a swirling ribbon and a pointed quill, styled as a neo-traditional piece.
Rose and revolver tattoo design on paper
Black and grey neo-traditional tattoo of a pocket watch, two shaded roses and fine line flowers on the thigh.
Pocket watch and roses on a thigh
Hand-drawn tattoo design of a compass with pink flowers, leaves and a scroll banner reading Take Me Home, shaded in grey with coloured pencil accents.
Compass and flowers with Take Me Home banner
Pencil drawing of a tattoo design showing a woman framed by two birds, roses and leaves in a neo-traditional style.
Woman portrait with birds and roses
Colour rose and black lace chest tattoo spanning both shoulders and the upper chest, with a central heart made of three roses.
Rose and lace chest piece across the shoulders
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of a vulture with a red head and a pink rose with green leaves on an upper arm.
Vulture and rose on an upper arm
Coloured flash design of a rose, sunflower, leaves, helmet and a pen-like tool, with banners reading DEMONS RUN, WHEN A GOOD MAN and GOES TO WAR, in a neo-traditional style.
Banner and rose design with sunflower and helmet
Black and grey pencil-style drawing of a Stormtrooper helmet decorated like a sugar skull, with a heart on the forehead and two roses on either side, shown as a tattoo design.
Stormtrooper sugar skull with roses
Black and grey pencil drawing of a woman with sugar skull face paint, pin-up and skull motifs, and a corset, shown as a neo-traditional tattoo design.
Sugar skull pin-up figure drawing
Neo-traditional colour tattoo on the inner forearm showing two songbirds with red breasts, yellow flowers, dark leaves and pink roses.
Birds and roses on an inner forearm
Pencil sketch of a woman's face framed by a fan, with a rose at the bottom and a flower in her hair, drawn as a neo-traditional tattoo design.
Woman portrait with rose and fan design
Neo-trad colour tattoo of a woman in profile wearing a peaked cap, with a tear and peach roses, on a forearm.
Woman in a peaked cap with roses on a forearm
Black line drawing of a ram's head with a triangle eye on its forehead, framed by two roses, in a neo-traditional style, shown as an unshaded design on paper.
Ram head with eye and roses design
Two people with crossed, heavily tattooed forearms showing a grey rose with a black outline on a hand, a pink rose on a wrist, and a teal heart padlock on the chest.
Roses and padlock tattoos on crossed forearms
Two pencil flash drawings on paper of an hourglass, roses, pearl chains and a compass, in a neo-traditional style, with one sheet partly tinted in pale blue.
Hourglass, roses and compass flash sheets