Rose tattoo ideas

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

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Pencil and pink-tinted sketch of a compass surrounded by roses and dotted lines, drawn as a tattoo design on paper with pens beside it.
Compass and roses tattoo design sketch
Black and grey realism rose over sheet music on an upper arm and forearm, with a moth tattoo on the chest, shown in a three-panel photo collage.
Rose over sheet music arm sleeve
Traditional style tattoos of a pin-up figure, a red rose and a skull on a woman's upper arm and forearm, with a black slogan tank top.
Pin-up, rose and skull tattoos on an arm
Black script tattoo reading Love me for who i am with a small butterfly above the words, across the upper chest near the shoulder.
Script quote and butterfly across the chest
Colour tattoo of a pink rose with green leaves inside a circular frame, with the script words Tale As Old As Time arching above it, on a person's upper back.
Pink rose in a ring with script on the back
Black and grey blackwork tattoo of an ornate teacup and saucer decorated with roses, placed on the upper back near the shoulder.
Teacup and saucer with roses on upper back
Black and grey realism skull and rose tattoo across a person's stomach, with more tattoos on the arm and side and a red ruffled bikini.
Skull and roses across the stomach
Pencil drawing of a woman with sugar skull face make-up, long wavy hair, roses, a chain and a small skull, shown as a design rather than a tattoo on skin.
Sugar skull portrait with roses
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a sailing ship on rough waves, with a rose beneath it, on an upper arm.
Sailing ship and waves on an upper arm
Forearm with a dense black and grey geometric mandala tattoo, with diamond and star motifs, in front of a wall of mandala and floral drawings.
Mandala forearm tattoo on a wall of designs
Traditional style colour tattoo of an anatomical heart with flames, a pocket watch and a banner on the forearm.
Anatomical heart and pocket watch on a forearm
Black and grey traditional-style roses with leaves and fine script above them, tattooed across a woman's shoulder.
Black and grey roses with script on shoulder
Traditional style tattoo on a forearm showing a bottle enclosing a dark sea scene with waves, with a red rose and leaves at its base.
Bottle with sea scene and rose on a forearm
Realism full sleeve tattoo on an arm, showing a woman in a lace masquerade mask, red roses, a pocket watch and ornate scrollwork, shown from three angles.
Masquerade mask and roses full sleeve
Black and grey line drawing of a botanical flower bouquet with roses, leaves and small buds, shown as a design on a white card over a weathered wooden background.
Botanical flower bouquet flash design
Two side-by-side tattoo flash designs of a traditional dagger with a jewelled pommel wrapped in a rose, shown as a black line drawing and a coloured version.
Dagger and rose flash, line and colour versions
Shirtless person with pink roses covering the face, showing a black chest tattoo and smaller tattoos on the upper arm and forearm.
Black chest tattoo with roses over the face
Black and grey traditional flash sheet with a skull and rose, crescent moon, anatomical heart, eye, horseshoe and clover designs.
Black and grey traditional flash sheet
Neo-traditional tattoo of a grey dog in an ornate gold frame, with a red flower, green leaves and paw prints on the lower leg.
Dog portrait in gold frame with red flower
Black and grey forearm tattoo of a sunflower, a rose and an ornate elephant head with mandala-style patterning, shown against a white fabric background.
Sunflower, rose and elephant on a forearm
Traditional style flash sheet of many small coloured tattoo designs, including hearts, roses, daggers, pin-ups and animals, all lettered with True Love and framed by TATTOO at the top and bottom.
True Love traditional flash sheet
Realistic pale pink rose with dark green leaves tattooed on a woman's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Realistic rose tattoo on a shoulder blade
Pencil and ink drawing of a woman's face framed by roses, peonies, a butterfly and a dragonfly, a neo-traditional tattoo design on paper.
Woman portrait with roses and butterfly
Black ink line drawing of a cracked heart wrapped in a bandage, with a plaster, stitches, a rose and leaves, in a traditional flash style.
Cracked heart with rose and bandage
Four-panel photo of a black and grey full sleeve tattoo on an arm, with a skull, roses, a clock, a microphone and text banners, running from shoulder to wrist.
Black and grey skull full sleeve
Black and grey full sleeve tattoo of shaded roses, leaves and mandala ornament covering the upper arm and forearm of a smiling woman in a grey vest top.
Rose and mandala full sleeve
Pale white-ink rose outline with scrolling leaves across a bare shoulder and upper back, in a botanical style.
White ink rose on a shoulder
Black and grey realism tattoo of a butterfly with open wings above a shaded rose on the forearm.
Butterfly and rose on a forearm
Colourful neo-traditional tattoo of a hamsa hand framing an eye, a swallow, cherry blossoms and a rose, placed on the thigh.
Hamsa hand with eye, swallow and blossoms
Realism style tattoo on a side hip and thigh showing grey and red roses, a pocket watch, a heart padlock, a key and blossoms linked by dotted chains.
Roses, pocket watch and key on hip and thigh
Black and grey realism tattoo of an open pocket watch with Roman numerals and two roses on a lower leg.
Pocket watch and roses on a calf
Black and grey realism tattoo on a forearm showing a globe, a compass and a rose over an old map background.
Globe, compass and rose on a forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a pocket watch with Roman numerals, roses, butterflies and a banner reading Ashana on an upper arm and shoulder.
Pocket watch, roses and butterflies on upper arm
Colour tattoo of a Mickey Mouse ear dreamcatcher with a castle silhouette, feathers and Disney charms on the thigh.
Disney dreamcatcher with castle and charms
Neo-traditional tattoo of a grey dog portrait in an ornate gold frame with red roses, shown in a collage with a photo of the dog.
Realistic dog portrait in a gold frame with roses
Black ink drawing of a longhorn bull skull flanked by two roses and feathers, shown as a tattoo design on a pale green background.
Bull skull with roses and feathers
Traditional style tattoos of roses and flowers covering a forearm and the fingers and hands of a person wearing a white graphic t-shirt.
Traditional forearm sleeve and hand tattoos
Traditional tattoo of two clasped hands over a red heart with blood drops, flanked by red roses on the abdomen, with a white lace bra visible above.
Handshake, heart and roses on the torso
Traditional-style flash drawing of a red heart with flames, a script Harley-Davidson banner, a blue rose and orange flowers on a black background, with a Harley-Davidson Motor Cycles shield logo
Heart, rose and banner flash design
Woman seated in a car with a dark black and grey rose and ornamental tattoo running along her forearm.
Rose and ornamental tattoo on a forearm
Black and grey botanical tattoo of two roses across the hip and lower stomach, beside a navel piercing and ripped denim jeans.
Black and grey roses on the hip
Fine line black tattoo of a drooping rose on a long stem with two leaves, placed on a forearm.
Drooping rose stem on a forearm
Woman seen from behind with arms raised, showing a rose tattoo on her upper arm and shoulder in muted red and grey ink.
Rose tattoo on upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a lioness wearing a crown with a pearl necklace and a rose below, on the inner forearm.
Lioness with crown and rose on a forearm
Black and grey botanical tattoo of a wild rose branch with shaded petals and a thorny stem on the forearm.
Wild rose branch on a forearm
Black script lettering tattooed across the upper back reads Roses are red, My name's Dave, This poem makes no sense, Microwave, in a lettering style.
Script poem across the upper back
Illustrated flash design of a grey skull with red roses, barbed wire and a sword across a cross shape, on a black background.
Skull, roses and barbed wire design
Black and grey botanical tattoo of roses, poppies and buds covering a shoulder and upper arm.
Roses and poppies across a shoulder