Rose tattoo ideas

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

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Two legs raised against a pale wall, covered in traditional-style tattoos of a shark, roses and a clock on the thigh and calf, with white high-top trainers.
Traditional leg sleeve with shark and roses
Traditional style flash design of two swallows over clasped hands with red roses and green laurel, shown on a round board and in a white frame beside a vintage camera.
Swallows holding hands in traditional flash style
Tattoo flash design of two pink roses and a pink daisy linked by black swirling vines on a white background with grey splatters, shown without any body placement.
Pink roses and swirls flash design
Traditional style flash design of a moth-winged woman with a skull and red roses in her hair, drawn in red, cream and black.
Moth-winged woman with skull and roses
Close-up of a realistic red rose tattoo in Realism style on a forearm, with pale swirling linework beside it.
Realistic red rose on a forearm
Traditional style flash drawing of a red anatomical heart with black rays, surrounded by an arrow, an owl's eye and a rose, with no body placement shown.
Anatomical heart with rays flash design
Traditional colour tattoo on a calf showing a red rose with green leaves, an orange monarch butterfly and a lettered banner.
Rose, butterfly and banner on a calf
Black and grey botanical tattoo of a peony, roses, small blossoms and rosemary sprigs wrapped around the outer thigh.
Black and grey floral bouquet on the thigh
Two legs covered in black and grey tattoos including roses, a crown and script lettering, with the thigh and calf visible.
Multiple black and grey tattoos on both legs
Two photographs of a shaded grey rose tattoo with black leaves on a shoulder, one from the front and one in profile.
Grey rose tattoo on a shoulder
Black and grey tattoo of a rose emerging from torn skin, with banded lettering and shaded metallic rings, on the forearm.
Rose under peeled skin on a forearm
Blue ink floral medallion tattoo on the inner forearm, with rose-like blooms and leaves in a botanical style, above stacked bangles.
Blue floral medallion on a forearm
Black and grey rose tattoos with leaves and buds on a forearm, with a blank band of skin left between the two sections.
Black rose tattoos across a forearm
Black script quote and two shaded red roses tattooed on the side of a person's ribs, with a white top at the upper edge of the frame.
Script quote and two roses on the ribs
Black line drawing flash of a swallow with spread wings, a pair of scissors, two roses and a CREATE banner, in a traditional style.
Swallow, scissors and roses with CREATE banner
Colour traditional tattoo of a blue police box, a red rose and a gold pocket watch on the outer thigh above the knee.
Police box, rose and pocket watch on a thigh
Flash design of a shaded grey cross with pink roses, green leaves, a gold ribbon banner and black vine linework, with no body placement shown.
Cross with roses and ribbon flash design
Traditional style colour tattoo of two red roses and one orange rose with green leaves on a forearm.
Three roses on a forearm
Two hands held together, each ring finger wrapped in a black thorny vine tattoo, one with a small rose at the top.
Vine and rose ring finger tattoos
Realistic red rose tattoo with deep shading on the side of a torso, shown in two close-up photographs.
Red rose tattoo on the ribs
Traditional style tattoo of a gold pocket watch with Roman numerals, pink and blue flowers and a beaded chain on an upper arm.
Pocket watch and flowers on an arm
Black line drawing of a traditional-style tattoo design with a pocket watch, an hourglass, three roses, a bird wing and a strand of beads on a cream background.
Pocket watch, hourglass and roses line design
Colourful neo-traditional full sleeve on an upper arm and forearm, showing an owl, a woman's profile, red roses, a clock and a rabbit on a purple background.
Neo-traditional full sleeve with owl and roses
Black and grey realism tattoo of three roses and a compass with script on the outer thigh.
Roses and compass on a thigh
A grey tabby kitten held up by two hands, with a red and black floral tattoo sleeve on one forearm and a small black tattoo near the wrist of the other.
Tabby kitten held by tattooed forearms
Traditional style tattoo on the upper arm of a hammer with two red roses and a ribbon banner reading SMASH THE PATRIARCHY.
Hammer, roses and banner on upper arm
Colourful botanical bouquet tattoo of roses, purple blooms and bluebells on the upper arm of a woman in a white lace top.
Floral bouquet tattoo on upper arm
Realism tattoo of a Buddha head surrounded by roses on the thigh, with a floral tattoo on the forearm of a seated woman in a car.
Buddha head and roses on a thigh
Black and grey flash design of a rose formed from banknote-style scrolls with geometric borders and numerals, shown without a body placement.
Rose woven from banknote scrolls
Black and grey realism tattoo of a pocket watch, rose and daisies with a Mama banner, on the side of a torso.
Pocket watch, rose and daisies with Mama banner
Two rose tattoos with grey geometric outlines and dotted lines on the ankles of a pair of bare feet, shown in a colour realism style.
Rose tattoos with geometric outlines on both ankles
Traditional full sleeve tattoo on an arm, showing an owl, red roses, a snarling wolf head and a woman with a pearl necklace against black clouds and orange flames.
Owl, wolf and rose full sleeve
Traditional style pin-up woman with rolled hair, red roses and a red hoop earring tattooed across the back of a hand.
Pin-up woman and roses on a hand
Colour tattoo of two realistic roses with blue, pink and purple watercolour splashes across the shoulder.
Two roses with watercolour splashes on a shoulder
Black and grey realism tattoo of a pocket watch, a rose and feathers with the script words One Life and One Chance on the upper arm.
Pocket watch and rose with One Life, One Chance
Black and grey tattoo of a shaded rose wrapped in ribbon bands, with the word ONE on one band, on skin.
Shaded rose with ribbon bands
Two hands forming a heart shape over red fabric, with small black tattoos of a knife, top hat, key, diamond and rose on the fingers.
Small icon tattoos on fingers forming a heart
Hand-drawn traditional flash designs on tracing paper, including a rose, a bowed heart, a beaded heart locket, a crown, and a beetle, with no body placement shown.
Traditional flash sheet with roses and hearts
Black and grey wolf head tattoo with roses across the abdomen, with script lettering above and coloured tattoos on the thighs and upper arms.
Wolf and roses across the abdomen
Pencil drawing of a dreamcatcher with feathers, ribbons, two roses and three butterflies, shaded in purple and pink tones, shown as a tattoo design rather than on skin.
Dreamcatcher with roses and butterflies
Black line drawing of a neo-traditional tattoo design showing an hourglass, roses, a pocket watch and a banner with lettering, with no body placement shown.
Hourglass, roses and pocket watch flash
Watercolour-style compass rose with an anchor below it, in blue, purple and black ink on a forearm.
Compass and anchor on a forearm
Black and grey traditional tattoos on a bare torso: a dove over a heart with a banner on the chest, and a rose with a ribbon banner on the stomach.
Dove and heart chest tattoo with rose on stomach
Pencil drawing of a realistically shaded rose and a pocket watch with Roman numerals, with leaves and swirling flourishes, shown as a tattoo design with no body part visible.
Rose and pocket watch pencil design
Two bare legs in a bath of foam, covered in colour traditional tattoos including roses, an animal head, a wolf or panther head, script lettering and designs on the feet and ankles.
Traditional leg tattoos with roses and animal heads
Close crop of a woman's left arm showing a traditional-style red rose and bear tattoo on the upper arm and a darker design on the forearm.
Rose and bear tattoos on upper arm and forearm
Traditional style colour tattoo on the top of a foot showing a pin-up nurse in a red cross cap holding a syringe, with roses above a MOM banner.
Nurse pin-up and roses with MOM banner on a foot
Traditional style colour tattoo of a crown above a red rose with green leaves and a stem, on a person's upper back between the shoulder blades.
Crowned red rose with leaves on upper back