Rose tattoo ideas

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Colour tattoo of a faceted geometric orange cat with a green eye, above two red roses, on the side of the ribs.
Geometric cat and roses on ribs
Traditional-style chest tattoo of a crest with a Dropkick Murphys banner, a red-eyed skull, a shield holding a red rose, and a Signed and Sealed in Blood scroll.
Band crest with skull and rose on chest
Black and grey dotwork rose with leaves tattooed on the centre of a torso above the navel, with a navel piercing visible below.
Black and grey rose on the chest
Colour traditional style tattoo of a TARDIS and a Dalek with red roses and a banner reading Remember, on a forearm.
TARDIS and Dalek with roses on a forearm
Black and grey typewriter-style lettering across a woman's upper back, with shaded floral tattoos on both upper arms, seen from behind in sepia tones.
Typewriter text across a upper back
Black and grey photograph of a fine line outline of a rose tattoo on the side of a torso, just below the navel, beside a wooden panel.
Outlined rose on a hip in black and grey
Black dotwork and line drawing of a sun with an eye and a crescent moon with a face, surrounded by radiating rays, three roses and arrows, shown as a tattoo design on paper.
Sun and moon with roses and arrows
Small outlined red rose tattoo with a black stem and leaf on the back, in a botanical style.
Small red rose with black stem
Black and grey traditional arm sleeve tattoo with a skull in a bottle, a lady portrait and roses across the upper arm and forearm.
Traditional black and grey arm sleeve
Traditional style tattoo of an acoustic guitar wrapped in a script banner, with two red roses, on the forearm.
Guitar, roses and lyric banner on a forearm
Black and grey neo-traditional skull set within a rose outline, tattooed on an upper arm, shown in two side-by-side close-up photographs.
Skull and rose on an upper arm
Woman lying on a white bed showing a black and grey mandala and a red rose with feather detail tattooed on her thigh and hip, in a Geometric and Botanical style.
Mandala, rose and feather tattoos on thigh and hip
Close photograph of a woman's torso in black lace lingerie showing a black and grey realism rose and vertical script tattoo on the side of the ribs.
Black and grey rose and script on a torso
Black ink line drawing of a swallow, two roses, a crown and beaded chains with leaves and dotwork, drawn on pale tracing paper as a botanical tattoo design.
Swallow, roses and crown design sketch
Pencil sketch of a tattoo design with a rose at the centre, leaves, stacked triangles and dotted lines, drawn on skin.
Rose and geometric triangles sketch
Pen sketch of a birdcage with a songbird and roses in a fine line botanical style, drawn on paper as a tattoo design.
Birdcage, bird and roses design sketch
Black and grey realism tattoo of a rose made from rolled banknotes with script banners above and below, on the outer thigh.
Rose of banknotes with script banners on a thigh
Pencil and ink sketch of a tattoo design showing a woman entwined with a large rose and thorned vines, shaded in black and grey.
Woman and rose vine tattoo sketch
Black fine line outline of a rose with leaves on the upper arm, with a single band tattooed below it.
Outlined rose with band on upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo on a forearm showing a skull with beads, a rose, a pocket watch, a map and feathers.
Skull, rose and pocket watch forearm
Traditional style upper arm sleeve tattoo showing Darth Vader, Boba Fett, a stormtrooper, R2-D2 and a red rose.
Star Wars sleeve with roses on upper arm
Black and grey realistic roses tattoo on the lower leg below the knee, with a bare leg and white trainers visible.
Black and grey roses on a leg
Black and grey botanical tattoo of flowers, leaves and curling vines running up the thigh of a seated person.
Floral vine tattoo on a thigh
Flash design drawing of ornate black script reading And Though She Be But Little She Is Fierce, framed by dark red roses with drips, with no body placement shown.
Script quote with red roses flash design
Colour traditional tattoo on a calf of a rose over crossed baseball bats, with barbed wire above and the words Life's Swinging Hard and But I'm Swinging Harder.
Rose and crossed bats with barbed wire
Traditional style tattoo of a black coffin with a cross, a scythe and two flowers, with a banner reading Kill the hate within me, on a thigh.
Coffin, scythe and cross on a thigh
Traditional style flash drawing of a woman with curled hair and red lips, with outlined rose and butterfly tattoos on her upper arms.
Pin-up face with rose and butterfly tattoos
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a white and orange droid with pink roses, a small flower and teal clouds on the thigh.
Droid with roses on a thigh
Close-up photograph of a colourful rose tattoo with black linework, red petals, and green and teal leaves on pale skin.
Watercolour-style rose tattoo
Black and grey ink drawing of a bull skull with horns, surrounded by roses, peonies, bones and ribbon banners, in a neo-traditional style.
Bull skull with roses and bones design
Both arms and hands submerged in clear blue pool water, with black and grey botanical tattoos on the forearms and upper arms and small tattoos on the fingers.
Tattooed arms and hands in a swimming pool
Three mirror photos of a full arm sleeve of pink neo-traditional roses with green leaves, covering the shoulder, upper arm and forearm.
Pink rose sleeve on an arm
Colour traditional tattoo of red and orange flowers, rosebuds and brown-green leaves across a thigh.
Traditional floral piece on a thigh
Colour neo-traditional tattoo on a calf showing two X-Men characters embracing above a blue rose with red X emblems.
X-Men couple and blue rose on a calf
Black and grey realism tattoo of a large rose with a smaller bud and dark leaves, placed on the shoulder.
Realistic black and grey rose on a shoulder
Line drawing flash of a sloth in a suit and bow tie inside an ornate oval frame, with roses and leaves below, shown on paper.
Sloth in a suit within an ornate frame with roses
Black and grey realism tattoo of two roses and a dagger on a woman's upper back and shoulder blade.
Roses and dagger on upper back
Full-colour botanical bouquet of roses, tulip-like blooms and wildflowers tattooed on the upper arm in a soft, realistic style.
Floral bouquet on the upper arm
Black and grey flash design of a dotwork-shaded rose with three arrows and the words "Love yourself so no one has to" curved around it.
Rose and arrows with "Love yourself" lettering
Black and grey tattoo of a cracked pocket watch with Roman numerals and two dotwork roses on a forearm, with a ribbon banner above.
Pocket watch and roses on a forearm
Colourful watercolour-style tattoo of a pink rose, teal leaves and a bird on the forearm, with a small pink heart below.
Watercolour rose and bird on a forearm
Black ink drawing of a rose with ornate lace-like wings, dotted chains and a hanging faceted gem, shown as a botanical and geometric tattoo design on paper.
Rose and gem chandelier design
Two forearms with shaded pink rose, flower and grey lace botanical tattoos running from the wrist towards the elbow.
Pink rose and lace forearm tattoos
Black and grey realism tattoo of a rose with leaves and a hanging rosary with a cross on the upper arm.
Rose and rosary on an upper arm
Black outline tattoo of three roses with leaves across the side of a torso, in a botanical fine line style.
Three outlined roses on a side torso
Black and grey realism rose tattoo with leaves on the upper arm, with a moth tattoo on the forearm below, shown in a two-panel photo of a person in a pink bralette.
Black and grey roses on an upper arm
Black and grey realism roses and a woman's face on a thigh, beside a small fine line rose tattoo on the hand.
Roses and portrait on thigh, small rose on hand
Black and grey realism tattoo of roses and a butterfly running up a forearm, with small script on the wrist.
Black and grey roses on a forearm