Rose tattoo ideas

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

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Realistic pink and purple rose with green leaves tattooed on the left side of a person's ribs, with soft shading.
Pink rose with green leaves on the ribs
Neo-traditional tattoo of the Millennium Falcon starship with two red roses and green leaves, shown twice side by side on a limb.
Millennium Falcon and red roses on a limb
Traditional style flash drawing of a pinup woman with a cigarette and pearl necklace, with teal roses on her arms in front of a pink sun.
Pinup woman with cigarette and roses
Fine line black and grey tattoo of a rose with leaves and a curving line of script across the top of a foot, above lace stiletto shoes.
Rose and script quote across the top of a foot
Realistic coloured tattoo of a red rose with green leaves, black lace and beaded chain on the lower abdomen.
Red rose with lace and beads on the hip
Two thighs with matching traditional tattoos of teacups, roses and a Tea for Two banner in teal, orange and green, on the upper thigh.
Matching tea for two thigh tattoos
Pencil drawing of a rose formed from a rolled 100 dollar bill, with curling vines and leaves, shown as a black and grey tattoo design with no body placement.
Rolled 100 dollar bill rose design
Black and grey realism style tattoo of several roses with leaves covering the upper arm and shoulder.
Black and grey roses on an upper arm
Black and grey linework tattoo of a rose, peony and poppy with leaves, sitting on the forearm.
Rose, peony and poppy on a forearm
Neo-traditional tattoo of a fox head in profile with pink roses, purple flowers and leaves on the thigh.
Fox and roses on a thigh
Black and grey tattoo of a large butterfly, a swallow and a smaller butterfly with a rose down the inner forearm.
Butterflies and swallow on a forearm
Large black and grey Neo-trad tattoo of a sphynx cat head framed by chrysanthemums and beaded lines across the stomach, with a colour rose on the hand above.
Sphynx cat and chrysanthemums on the stomach
Photograph of a realistic red rose tattoo with dark shading on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Red rose on upper back
Two traditional style forearm tattoos showing red roses, one with a grey heart padlock and one with a grey key on a beaded chain.
Matching rose, padlock and key tattoos on forearms
Traditional-style flash design of a flaming heart with an eye, a dagger and red roses, framed by a sunburst and the Spanish banner text Sólo un corazón verdadero.
Flaming heart, eye and roses flash sheet
Black and grey pencil sketch of an open rose drawn on paper, shown as a tattoo design study with no body part visible.
Pencil sketch of an open rose
Traditional style illustration of a woman in profile wearing two red roses in curled grey hair, with a black silhouette behind her, shown as a printed artwork on a wooden table.
Profile portrait with red roses in curled hair
Legs in a pale ruffled skirt and platform heels show traditional style tattoos of a bird with flowers, a stag head, a ship's wheel and roses.
Traditional tattoos on legs with stag and ship's wheel
Realistic blue rose tattoo with soft shading on the inner forearm of a person seated in a black chair.
Blue rose on a forearm
Fine line script tattoo reading forever and ever in dark purple ink running down the inner forearm near the wrist, beside a white rose.
Forever and ever script on a forearm
Traditional style black rose flash design with shaded leaves and a thorned stem, drawn in black and grey with white highlights on paper.
Traditional black rose with thorny stem
Colour traditional tattoo of a black and white cat curled around two red roses with green leaves, on a lower leg.
Cat and roses in a traditional style on a calf
Pencil drawing of a rose whose stem forms a treble clef, with two buds, shown as a black and grey tattoo design.
Rose and treble clef design in pencil
Black ink bird with feathers and roses on the side ribs, with flowing script tattooed on the thigh, in a black and white photo with a patterned yellow bikini.
Bird and roses on ribs, script on thigh
Traditional style red rose tattoo covering the back of a hand and fingers, with teal leaves, yellow highlights and purple shading.
Red rose on the back of a hand
Black and grey forearm tattoo of two pocket watches on a chain above two shaded roses with leaves and a small flower below, shown from three angles.
Pocket watches and roses on a forearm
Upper arm and shoulder sleeve tattoo of a shaded rose and blue butterfly over lace-like scrollwork, shown from three angles.
Rose and butterfly sleeve on upper arm
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a woman in profile with an updo and flower, with a rose below, on a forearm.
Profile portrait and rose on a forearm
Black and grey fine line tattoo of two roses with leaves and a rose bud inside a geometric diamond outline, on the outer thigh.
Two roses in a diamond frame on thigh
Traditional style forearm tattoo of a clock face with a feather above, a rose below and a banner reading TIME KILLS EVERYTHING.
Clock and rose with Time Kills Everything banner
Black ink drawing of a French bulldog's head framed by a heart of rolled roses, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement.
French bulldog in a rose heart
Neo-traditional flash design of a pin-up woman with a red rose in her hair, half of her face a skull, with the quote I got a beautiful heart but a twisted mind around her.
Pin-up woman with half skull face and red rose
Colour tattoo of stacked floral teacups in a neo-traditional style on the forearm, shown from three angles.
Stacked floral teacups on a forearm
Sheet of gold, silver and pink metallic temporary tattoo designs, including an elephant, a dreamcatcher, a heart, a rose and mandalas.
Gold and pink temporary tattoo sheet
Realism tattoo of a hummingbird above two red roses and grey leaves, shown across the upper arm and shoulder in three photographs.
Hummingbird and red roses on an upper arm
Black and grey rose tattoo with leaves and dotwork shading running along a forearm.
Black and grey rose on a forearm
Two large rose tattoos on the backs of a person's calves, one red and one blue-grey, with dark linework and teal leaves.
Red and blue roses on both calves
Black and grey botanical rose tattoo with leaves on the outer thigh of a woman wearing white shorts, shown in a mirror selfie.
Rose tattoo on a thigh
Traditional style tattoo of a red heart with a shaded rose and a banner reading MUM, placed on the forearm.
Heart and rose with MUM banner on wrist
Black and grey traditional style flash drawing of a snarling wolf head with a dagger above it, an all-seeing eye in a triangle, and two roses below, on paper with no body placement shown.
Wolf head with dagger and roses flash design
Colour traditional tattoo of a red heart with a MOM banner, an anchor, rope and yellow roses, placed on the upper arm and shoulder.
Heart and anchor with MOM banner on upper arm
Black line flash sheet of traditional tattoo designs, most featuring the number 13, including a rose, skulls, a swallow, a butterfly, a dagger and a heart with a banner.
Thirteen themed flash sheet
Black ink line drawing of a rose with stippled centre and leaves inside a geometric wireframe, shown as a tattoo design on paper.
Geometric rose line drawing
Traditional style colour tattoo on a forearm showing a ship in a bottle framed by a red and black compass flower and a red flower with black leaves.
Ship in bottle with flowers on a forearm
Traditional style colour tattoo of a red rose and a dreamcatcher with feathers and hearts on the outer thigh.
Dreamcatcher and rose on a thigh
Black and grey flash drawing of a rebel-style emblem, a droid and a rose set over an inverted triangle, with dotwork shading and no body placement shown.
Rebel emblem, droid and rose design
Realistic colour tattoo of a human skull framed by pink roses and grey scrollwork on the upper arm and shoulder.
Realistic skull and roses on an upper arm
Black and grey botanical flash design of two open roses, a rosebud and leaves on a white card, with no body placement shown.
Black and grey rose cluster design