Rose tattoo ideas

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

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Colourful sugar skull design with round ears, floral patterns, heart-shaped eyes and roses on a black background, drawn as a flash-style illustration.
Sugar skull with round ears and roses
Black line drawing of a scorpion with a rose and leaves on its curled tail, shown as a tattoo flash design on a pale pink background.
Scorpion with a rose on its tail
Realistic colour tattoo of three pink roses with dark green leaves across the upper arm and shoulder of a person wearing a black top.
Three pink roses on an upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a rose merged with a skull on the inner forearm of a person wearing a light t-shirt.
Rose and skull on a forearm
Vintage-style anchor design with coiled rope and pink, peach and teal roses and leaves, drawn in fine black linework on a cream background.
Anchor with rope and vintage roses
Neo-traditional flash drawing of a woman's face framed by flowers, a large key and a red sun, inked in black and red on paper.
Woman with key and flowers flash design
Black and grey shaded roses with leaves tattooed on the outer thigh, with denim shorts visible at the top of the frame.
Black and grey roses on a thigh
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a rainbow rose with bold outlines and dark wash shading, on the shoulder.
Rainbow rose on a shoulder
Colour tattoo on a thigh of a skull formed from roses and daisies, with a black and grey butterfly and a purple and teal starry galaxy inside the skull.
Skull of roses and daisies with galaxy fill on thigh
Two rose tattoos on a pair of shoulders: a blue rose with green leaves on the left and a black and grey realism rose on the right.
Blue and grey rose tattoos on both shoulders
Traditional style colour tattoo of a purple fan with red and blue flowers and green leaves, placed on the lower leg.
Traditional fan with flowers on the leg
Traditional colour tattoo of two red roses, a mint green shoe with polka dots and a strand of pearls on the inner forearm.
Roses and mint shoe on a forearm
Two tattooed legs raised against a pale wall, showing black and grey script, a lace-style floral piece and colour roses in a botanical style on the calves.
Tattooed legs with script, roses and lace
Colourful traditional-style tattoos cover a thigh and forearm as two people lie on a bed holding hands.
Two people holding hands with tattooed legs
Black and grey tattoo of a rose formed from hundred dollar bills with leaves, on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Rose made of hundred dollar bills on upper back
Black line drawing flash of a woman with a bun and a skeleton man embracing inside an oval rope frame, with roses and leaves below.
Skeleton couple embracing in a rope frame
Black and grey tattoos of roses and a skull on a woman's upper arm and forearm, with a dark band tattoo on the wrist, while she wears a black sleeveless dress.
Rose and skull tattoos on an arm
Seated man with traditional-style tattoos on both legs and arms, including a dagger, a framed portrait and a rose on the knee.
Legs with traditional tattoos and a framed portrait
Traditional style tattoo of a black teapot and red rose on an upper arm, with a scroll banner reading Make Tea Not War.
Teapot and rose with Make Tea Not War banner
Side-by-side image with scarred skin on the left and a black and grey traditional rose with leaves and buds on an arm on the right.
Black and grey rose over scarred skin
Pink cross-stitch style rose with green leaves tattooed on the outer thigh, shown in three photographs against a patterned tiled wall.
Cross-stitch rose on a thigh
Black and grey realism rose with cursive script lettering on the side of a torso, held beside a fan of banknotes.
Black and grey rose and script on ribs
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a mandala, a rose and leaves covering an upper arm and elbow.
Mandala and rose on an upper arm
Pencil sketch of an anchor wrapped in rope with three roses, drawn on cream paper by a hand holding a pencil, a traditional-style tattoo design.
Anchor with roses and rope sketch
Black and grey realism tattoo of an open pocket watch with Roman numerals, birds and a rose, covering a forearm.
Pocket watch and rose on a forearm
Black and grey botanical tattoo of roses, small wildflowers and leaves covering the inner forearm.
Black and grey roses and wildflowers on a forearm
Black line drawing of a heart formed from a trailing vine with leaves, small flowers and a rose, shown as a tattoo design with no body part visible.
Floral vine heart design
Purple watercolour-style rose with black linework and green leaves, beside a small arrow reading faith, tattooed on a forearm.
Purple watercolour rose and faith arrow on forearm
Colour botanical tattoo of pale flowers and grey-green leaves across a shoulder and upper chest, with red and blue flowers tattooed nearby.
Botanical flowers and leaves on chest and shoulder
Black script reading Joie de Vivre above a small colour rose bouquet on the inner forearm, in a lettering and botanical style.
Joie de vivre script and rose bouquet on wrist
White ink tattoo of roses and scrolling filigree across a shoulder and upper chest, worn above a dark top.
White ink roses across shoulder and chest
Colour botanical tattoo of a pink poppy, burgundy anemones and a teal succulent with berries and fern on the side of a back, with a second floral tattoo at the lower edge.
Floral bouquet with poppy and succulent on back
Black and grey realism rose with black lace-style linework across a shoulder and upper chest.
Shaded rose and lace ornament on shoulder
Colourful botanical bouquet of roses, lilies and small wildflowers on the outer upper arm of a woman wearing a white vest top.
Floral bouquet on upper arm
Pencil and red-coloured drawing of a pocket watch with Roman numerals, wrapped in chains and framed by three red roses and grey leaves, shown as a tattoo design.
Pocket watch and roses tattoo design
Colour tattoo of a red rose with stem and green leaves, set among blue and pink geometric shards on the upper back, in a watercolour style.
Red rose with geometric shards on upper back
Black and grey pencil drawing of an ornate lantern with a rose, leaves, bees and radiating rays, drawn as a tattoo design.
Lantern and rose design with bees
Black line drawing flash design of a woman in profile wearing a feathered headpiece with flowers, beside a rose, leaves and a moon with birds, in a bold neo-traditional style.
Profile of a woman with roses and a feather
Colour tattoo of Marvin the Martian holding a red rose on the forearm, drawn in a bold cartoon style with dark outlines.
Marvin the Martian holding a rose on forearm
Traditional style sleeve tattoo on a limb, showing a skull with red roses, a pink rose, diamonds and yellow flowers in bold colour.
Traditional skull and rose sleeve
Colour tattoo of a pink rose with green leaves on the inner forearm, in a botanical style with soft shading.
Pink rose on a forearm
Realism style tattoo of two pink roses over black lace patterns running from the calf down to the ankle.
Pink roses and black lace down a leg
Realism tattoo of red roses, a pocket watch and sheet music with black and grey scrollwork across the upper back and shoulder.
Roses, pocket watch and sheet music on a back
Traditional style tattoo on a calf showing two crossed-finger hands and red roses within a gold-edged oval, with the words 'All the best lies they are told with fingers crossed' beneath.
Crossed fingers and roses on a calf
Colour neo-trad tattoo on a forearm of a large red rose shaped like a circus big top, with a ferris wheel, a tightrope walker, a small animal on a ball and a unicycle.
Circus rose with big top and unicycle on a forearm
Traditional flash drawing of a dagger piercing peach and orange roses with black leaves and buds, shown on white paper with no body placement.
Dagger piercing roses in traditional style
Black and grey sketch-style tattoo of a skull with branches and a rose on the forearm.
Skull and rose on a forearm
Full colour realism sleeve tattoo on an arm showing chickadees, cherry blossom, purple flowers and a woman's face against a blue sky, shown from five angles.
Bird, blossom and woman full sleeve