Rose tattoo ideas

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Traditional style flash design of a black panther with yellow eyes and a red rose, set against a torn pink and red background.
Black panther and rose flash design
Traditional style tattoo of a compass surrounded by red roses, green leaves and chain on an upper arm.
Compass and roses on an upper arm
Realistic colour tattoo of a red rose with white baseball stitching and water droplets, placed on the forearm.
Rose designed as a baseball on a forearm
Black and grey tattoo of two roses in outline and soft shading, placed on the top of a shoulder and upper arm.
Two roses on a shoulder
Black and grey fine line drawing of a woman's face framed by snakes, a rose, a bird and a butterfly, shown as a tattoo design.
Woman's face with snakes and flowers
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a Siamese cat wearing a pearl necklace, with red roses, a fan and a banner on skin.
Siamese cat with roses and fan
Loose watercolour-style red rose and green leaf design on a forearm, shown beside a printed copy of the same artwork.
Red rose and leaf design on forearm
Neo-traditional tattoo of a fox head in profile with a yellow rose and black leaves on a forearm.
Fox and yellow rose on a forearm
Traditional-style colour tattoo on a calf with pink roses, a sunflower framing a woman's face, and banners reading PRETTY ODD and THINGS ARE SHAPING UP TO BE.
Roses and sunflower with banners on a calf
Blue-black floral tattoo of a rose with leaves on a calf, with a matching larger rose design on a forearm and a smaller piece on another leg.
Matching blue rose tattoos on forearm and calf
A heart-shaped floral tattoo in pastel coral, blue and pink tones on the inner forearm, set against green ivy leaves.
Floral heart on the inner forearm
Black and grey traditional tattoo of two roses with a butterfly between them on an upper arm.
Two roses and a butterfly on an arm
Traditional flash sheet of ten coloured sailing ships on green waves, with banners reading Hell Bound and Home Ward Bound and a few small stars and a rose.
Sailing ship flash sheet
Several hands clustered together showing small fine line tattoos of a bow, heart and symbols on the fingers, and a black and grey rose with pink lips on the back of one hand.
Small finger tattoos and a hand rose with lips
Black and grey tattoo of Belle and the Beast inside an oval hand mirror frame with a rose on top, on the back of a lower leg.
Belle and the Beast in a hand mirror on a calf
A sleeping fawn pug puppy rests on a forearm with bold colour traditional tattoos, including a red rose, and letter tattoos across the fingers.
Pug puppy resting on traditional forearm tattoos
Line drawing flash design of three lilac-shaded roses with grey leaves beside the lettering "We shall meet in a place where there is no darkness" and the numerals I-XVII-MMXV, shown on a white
Roses with quote lettering design
Black and grey realistic design of two ravens perched above a pocket watch with roses and thorny vines, shown as a standalone drawing rather than on skin.
Ravens, pocket watch and roses design
Black and grey fine line tattoo of two crossed arrows with a rose and small flowers on the side of the ribs.
Crossed arrows and rose on the ribs
Black and grey realism style roses with leaves and thorny vines covering the shoulder, upper arm and forearm of a person wearing a white vest top.
Black and grey roses on an upper arm sleeve
Traditional flash design of a woman's profile facing a crescent moon with a man's face, with a black and grey rose and leaves beside her.
Woman and crescent moon with rose
Black and grey dotwork rose tattoo with leaves and a rosebud across a forearm, shown in a close-up and a photo of a man with arms crossed.
Black and grey roses on a forearm
Black and grey rose tattoo covering the forearm of a seated person wearing a gold bracelet and a cream knitted jumper.
Black and grey roses on a forearm
Pencil sketch of a tattoo design in neo-traditional style showing a woman with tear-streaked cheeks, surrounded by roses, a cameo, a bat wing and a spider.
Woman portrait with roses and bat wings sketch
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of a woman holding a crystal ball, with roses and a jewelled butterfly headpiece, on an upper arm.
Crystal ball woman and roses on upper arm
Realistic grey owl above a wreath of pink roses and green leaves on an upper arm, with part of another tattoo visible at the edge.
Owl above roses on upper arm
Black and grey dotwork and linework flash design of two roses overlapping a large outlined triangle, with leaves, drawn on white paper.
Two roses within a triangle design
Two black ornate cross tattoos with lace-like filling on the upper thighs, one on each leg, above black lace shorts.
Ornate lace cross tattoos on both thighs
Line drawing of a woman's face with a feather headpiece, peony-style roses, curled hair and a cameo, in a neo-traditional style, with no body placement shown.
Neo-trad woman with roses and feather
Traditional style flash drawing of a red rose with white highlights, dark green leaves and yellow thorns on a stained paper background.
Traditional red rose flash design
Realistic colour tattoo of a yellow rose with green leaves and stem on a woman's upper arm near the shoulder.
Yellow rose tattoo on a shoulder
Tattoo on a shoulder and upper arm of black lace with dangling beads and a small cross, above realistic red roses and gold scrollwork.
Black lace shoulder piece with roses
Full back tattoo in colour showing roses, a tree, a frog playing a banjo, a pocket watch and stacked books on a bare back.
Large back piece with roses, tree and banjo frog
Traditional-style red and yellow rose tattoo with green leaves and bold black outlines, shown on the forearm.
Traditional rose and leaves on an arm
Black and grey shaded roses with leaves tattooed across a woman's shoulder and upper arm.
Black and grey roses on a shoulder
Traditional colour tattoo of a dagger gripped by a hand with a crown pommel, above a red rose and black leaves, on the upper back.
Dagger and rose on upper back
Black and grey realism tattoo of a skull merged with a rose, with two leaves, on the forearm.
Skull and rose on a forearm
Collage of nine sewing-themed tattoos, including a traditional sewing machine on a forearm and scissors with a red spool on an upper arm, with a fine line spool on a forearm.
Sewing-themed tattoos in a nine-image collage
Black and grey pen drawing of an anchor tattoo design built from a ship, two swallows, a butterfly, roses, a compass and small lettering, in a fine line style.
Anchor tattoo design made of small icons
Black and grey realism tattoo of a skull, monarch butterfly and rose with a red wash behind, on the upper arm and shoulder.
Skull, rose and butterfly on an upper arm
Coloured flash drawing of a woman in profile with blue hair, a red bandana, a sailing ship and a wave, with neck and chest tattoos of a cat, cross, diamond and heart in a neo-traditional style.
Blue-haired woman with ship and wave
Two lower legs in black boots show traditional tattoos on the calves, including a swallow, a black heart with an eye, a ship's wheel with roses and a small line of script.
Traditional leg tattoos with swallow and ship's wheel
Black and grey blackwork and dotwork leg sleeve on a thigh and calf, showing a large bird with spread wings, roses, leaves and geometric shapes.
Bird and rose leg sleeve on thigh and calf
Back view of a woman with a large winged bird tattoo across her upper back and red roses with scrollwork on her lower back, in a Japanese style.
Winged bird and roses across a back
Realism tattoo of a Dutch-style floral still life with peonies, tulips and a butterfly across a person's upper back.
Dutch-style floral still life across a upper back
Close-up of a realistic red rose tattoo in shaded colour, with dark edges and yellow highlights on the petals, set against a pale cream background with green swirls.
Red realistic rose with shaded petals
Colour tattoo of a sitting fox with black linework, red roses and green geometric triangles on the outer thigh.
Fox and roses on a thigh
Black and grey realism tattoo of a compass framed by two roses on the side of a thigh, shown in a studio.
Compass and roses on a thigh