Rose tattoo ideas

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

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Two black and grey dotwork flash designs in a sketchbook: a shaded rose cluster with leaves over a cracked triangle, and a geometric deer skull with antlers, feathers and flowers.
Rose and geometric deer skull dotwork designs
Back tattoo covering the upper and mid back in a traditional style, with floral and ornamental designs and script across the lower back.
Full back piece with script across the lower back
Black line drawing of a pocket watch surrounded by roses and a beaded chain, in a traditional style, shown as a tattoo design on a sepia textured background.
Pocket watch with roses and beads
Colour neo-trad tattoo on a thigh showing Jack and Sally from The Nightmare Before Christmas inside a heart-shaped frame with a spiderweb and red roses.
Jack and Sally in a heart frame on a thigh
Black and grey botanical drawing of three roses with serrated leaves on a white background, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Three roses with leaves design
Realistic red rose tattoo merged with a maple leaf shape on the upper thigh, shaded in deep red and black.
Red rose and maple leaf on thigh
Black and grey fine line rose tattoo with leaves and a bud across a woman's shoulder and upper back, seen from behind.
Black and grey roses on a shoulder
Colour tattoo of two red roses with grey-shaded leaves and a music staff with notes across a person's back.
Roses and music staff across the back
Full colour realistic floral sleeve tattoo of roses, peonies and leaves covering a woman's arm from shoulder to wrist.
Full floral sleeve of roses and peonies on an arm
Black and grey rose tattoo with leaves and shading covering the inner forearm, resting on striped bedding with a knitted cuff at the wrist.
Black and grey roses on a forearm
Black and grey linework tattoo of a castle with a bow, roses and a heart on an upper arm, with a person's shoulder and neck partly visible.
Castle, bow and roses on an upper arm
Woman in a black slip dress taking a mirror selfie, showing a grey realism rose sleeve on her upper arm, a portrait tattoo on her forearm and a small eye tattoo on her chest.
Rose sleeve and portrait tattoo on arm
Black and grey floral leg sleeve with roses, foliage and script running from ankle to thigh, with the leg raised against a wooden jetty.
Floral leg sleeve with script
Colour tattoo of two pink roses with green leaves and stems wrapping across the inner forearm, shown on a black chair.
Two pink roses with leaves on a forearm
Papercut traditional-style flash design of a compass, roses, dice, a butterfly and a banner reading Not all who wander are lost, shown as white cut paper on grey card.
Compass, roses and dice flash design
Two-panel photo of colour traditional tattoos on an upper arm and forearm, including a blue rose, a woman's face, a skull cross, a winged heart labelled Rocker and a shield reading Victory or Death.
Traditional rock-themed arm tattoos
Black and grey engraved-style rose tattoo with leaves and a draped bead strand, placed on the side of the ribs.
Engraved rose with pearl strand on side
Black and grey tattoos on a woman's forearms, upper arm and fingers, including a dotwork mandala, a rose, flowers and a portrait of a woman in a headpiece, with her face hidden behind her hands.
Mandala, floral and portrait sleeve on arms and hands
Traditional style colour tattoo of a cabin under a red sun with mountains and clouds, framed by red roses within a dotted arch on the upper arm.
Cabin, mountains and roses in a sunset arch
Black and grey realism tattoo of a clock face with a visible movement and a rose on the upper arm and shoulder, with a cross tattoo at the edge of the frame.
Clock face and rose on an upper arm
Colour botanical tattoo of poppies and roses on the upper chest of a person wearing a grey V-neck top.
Poppies and roses on a chest
Black ink flash sheet of traditional-style designs including hands, daggers, a skull, a rose and a candle, drawn on white paper.
Black ink flash sheet of hands, daggers and skulls
Black and grey traditional tattoo of two roses with leaves, buds and a stem running down the inner forearm.
Black and grey roses on a forearm
Traditional flash design of two swallows, five-point stars, red roses and a cream flower on a scroll banner reading LIVE LOVE SOCIAL WORK, with no body placement shown.
Swallows, roses and a banner reading Live Love Social Work
Two colour tattoos on an upper arm: a blue and black teacup with roses and symbols beneath it, and a realistic frog on a blue and gold gothic shield.
Teacup and frog tattoos on an arm
Black line drawing flash design of a banner reading Death before decaf, flanked by roses, with a teacup bearing a skull and crossbones, in a traditional style.
Death before decaf banner with roses and teacup
Fine line black and grey tattoo of antlers, roses and dotted triangles on a forearm.
Antlers and roses on a forearm
Traditional style tattoo of a grey horse head with an orange bridle and a grey rose with brown leaves, on the calf.
Horse head and rose on a calf
Colour botanical tattoo of pink roses, rosebuds, a fern frond and red berries across the upper back of a person with short hair.
Botanical bouquet of roses and fern on upper back
Black and grey realistic roses tattooed on the outer thigh of a person wearing ripped light-blue jeans and white trainers.
Realistic roses on a thigh
Traditional style tattoo of a snarling panther with a third eye and a red rose above it, on the forearm, with the word LOVE below.
Panther head and rose on a forearm
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of Louise Belcher from Bob's Burgers with a teal rose and grey clouds, shown in a three-panel photo collage.
Louise Belcher with a blue rose
Realistic red rose tattoo with green leaves and water droplets on a person's shoulder.
Red rose tattoo on a shoulder
Traditional style flash design of a dark perfume atomiser bottle with a red rose on its front and a coral spray cloud, shown on a pale background.
Perfume atomiser with rose, traditional flash
Traditional tattoo on the inner upper arm showing a red rose, a hand holding an envelope marked R.I.P. and a skull on the wrist.
Rose, hand and envelope on upper arm
Black and grey rose and floral tattoo on a man's forearm and hand, with lettering across the knuckles, shown beside a cuff of a striped shirt and a dark suit.
Rose and floral forearm tattoo
Neo-traditional style portrait tattoo of a woman with a braided updo and flowers, with a green-edged oval frame and a peach rose below, on an upper thigh.
Woman portrait with braid and rose on thigh
Colour tattoo on the thigh of a red rose with a triangle, circle and vertical line at its centre, above a grey banner reading Until the very end, in a neo-traditional style.
Red rose and banner tattoo on thigh
Two photographed black linework tattoos on a leg in a stained glass style, showing the Beast and Belle from Beauty and the Beast with the words Every Beauty Needs A Beast.
Beast and Belle stained glass leg tattoos
Pencil sketch of a open-jawed skull framed by roses and sprigs of leaves, drawn as a tattoo design in black and grey with no body part shown.
Skull with roses and foliage pencil sketch
Realism tattoo of a rose with petals made from dollar bills, shaded in grey and olive tones across the forearm.
Money rose made from dollar bills on forearm
Black and grey traditional bouquet tattoo with a rose, poppy-style flowers and leaves, tied with a band at the stem, on a calf.
Flower bouquet on a calf
Black line drawing of an open birdcage with two roses, a bird flying out, a feather and a padlock, in a fine line style with no body placement shown.
Open birdcage with roses and a flying bird
Black linework owl tattoo on a calf, with a third eye on its brow, an eye inside a triangle on its chest and a rose below.
Owl with eye and rose on a calf
Black and grey realism tattoo of a pocket watch, skulls and a rose on both forearms, shown in a mirrored pair.
Pocket watch, skulls and rose on both forearms
Colour tattoo of a lily, daisy, blue rose and peacock feather with dotted vines across a person's upper back and shoulder.
Lily, daisy and peacock feather on a shoulder
Black and grey traditional tattoo of roses, swallows and leaves with script lettering and a date on a forearm.
Roses and swallows with script on a forearm
Fine line drawing of three overlapping roses in black ink with light hatched shading, shown as a botanical tattoo design.
Three roses in fine line