Rose tattoo ideas

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

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Mirror selfie of a torso and both arms covered in colour and black and grey tattoos, including a sugar skull face with dotwork shading on the stomach and roses and a skull on the chest.
Torso and arm sleeves with skulls and lotus flowers
Black and grey botanical tattoo on the outer forearm showing roses, peony buds, leaves and film strips with a dotted arc above.
Roses, peonies and film strips on a forearm
Black and grey roses with dotwork shading running down the outer thigh, with dark clothing covering the rest of the leg.
Two roses with dotwork on a thigh
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a Mickey Mouse head silhouette filled with traditional flowers and a large rose, on a forearm.
Mickey Mouse silhouette filled with flowers and a rose
Black and grey traditional-style flash drawing of a smiling matryoshka doll with an anchor, two roses and a scroll reading family, on a wooden surface.
Matryoshka doll with anchor and roses
Black and grey realism tattoo on a forearm showing a pocket watch, a shaded rose and a dotwork mandala flower with a butterfly.
Pocket watch, rose and mandala on a forearm
Black and grey fine line and dotwork tattoo of a bee, a rose and leafy sprigs arranged in a circle on a forearm, Botanical style.
Bee and rose wreath on a forearm
Black linework and dotwork drawing of a rose framed by mandala-style petals, sketched on tracing paper beside a pen case.
Rose within a mandala design sketch
Colour realism tattoo of a pink rose with a water droplet and a faceted gemstone, framed by black dotwork and mandala patterns on a forearm.
Realistic rose and gem forearm piece
Collage of four coloured drawings of tattoo designs on paper: a bow in a pearl-edged heart, an eye in a pearl-edged triangle, a rose with leaves, and a diamond-patterned heart pierced by an arrow, all
Four tattoo flash designs on paper
Woman with a botanical tattoo of two peonies, black leaves and dotted swirls across her upper chest and shoulder, in mixed black, grey and muted rose tones.
Peony and leaf chest and shoulder tattoo
Black and grey neo-traditional owl tattoo surrounded by roses and a lotus on an upper arm and shoulder.
Owl and roses on upper arm and shoulder
Two black and grey tattoos: a shaded peony on the outer thigh on the left, and a rose within overlapping diamond outlines on the forearm on the right.
Peony on thigh and rose in geometric frame on forearm
Black ink dotwork line drawing of a rose on a thin stem with two leaves and a cluster of crystals, shown as a tattoo design on paper.
Rose stem and crystals line drawing
Black and grey dotwork botanical tattoo of two wild roses, a bud and leaves on the side of the ribs, with grey lace underwear visible at the top of the frame.
Wild rose sprig on the ribs
Black and grey rose tattoo on the forearm running onto the back of the hand, with a geometric mandala design in fine linework and dark leaves.
Rose and geometric mandala on the hand
Two flash designs in black line work on cream: a skull with a mandala headdress and a rose framed by mandala ornaments, in a dotwork style.
Skull and rose tattoo designs
Black ink flash drawing of an ornate dagger with two roses and a scrolled banner, drawn on cream paper with no body placement shown.
Dagger with roses and banner
Black and grey dotwork sleeve tattoo of mandalas and roses covering the upper arm and forearm, worn by a person in a black graphic vest top.
Black and grey mandala and rose arm sleeve
Black and grey flash design of a crescent moon filled with line-drawn flowers and dotwork shading, with a constellation of stars and handwritten script beside it.
Floral crescent moon with stars and script
Dotwork and engraved anatomical heart with three roses inside a triangle, with red and teal accents, on a lower leg.
Anatomical heart and roses in a triangle
Black and grey botanical tattoo of a bare tree whose roots curl into a circle of foliage and roses around two curled animals, placed on the ankle and lower calf.
Bare tree and curled foxes on an ankle
Black and grey dotwork tattoo on a forearm of a suited figure whose face is replaced by peonies, roses and chrysanthemums, with a hair bun at the top.
Suited figure with flowers for a face on a forearm
Black ink dotwork drawing of a rose with two buds and leaves inside a ring of dots, beside a black pen on white paper.
Stippled rose with buds inside a dotted circle
Black and grey mandala and rose tattoo with a crescent moon on the forearm, drawn in fine line with dotwork shading.
Mandala and rose on a forearm
Traditional colour tattoo on a thigh showing a red snake, a blade, a lightning bolt, a red rose and a banner reading They Make A Master Of Death.
Snake, rose and banner on a thigh
Black and grey sleeve tattoo on an arm, with a portrait of a woman and roses on the upper arm and dotwork flowers on the forearm.
Floral sleeve with portrait on upper arm
Black and grey mandala and rose tattoo on a forearm, with dotwork lines on the back of the hand and small chevrons on the fingers.
Mandala and rose forearm with hand dotwork
Black and grey botanical tattoo of a crescent moon and roses with dotwork accents, placed on the chest below the bust.
Crescent moon and roses below the bust
Stippled dotwork illustration of a skull with diamond eyes, a compass rose on the brow, roses and flowers, and a ribbon banner, in peach on dark teal.
Skull with roses and compass design
Dotwork stag head with antlers made of branches, roses and leaves, in black ink on the forearm.
Stag head with roses on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork heart with a world map, ribbon banners reading friendship and loyalty, and dotted chains across the sternum and upper abdomen.
Heart and world map chest tattoo with banners
Black and grey dotwork rose with shaded leaves on a forearm, with part of a geometric tattoo visible at the top edge.
Rose with leaves on a forearm
Three views of a black and grey dotwork sleeve tattoo with roses and mandala patterns covering a woman's arm from shoulder to forearm.
Rose and mandala full arm sleeve
Black line drawings on tracing paper of a heart with flowers and a cross, and a candle with leaves and a mandala-patterned base, in a neo-traditional style with no body placement shown.
Heart, cross, candle and flower designs
Black and grey dotwork and fine line sleeve on the upper arm, with a rose, a mandala style flower and ornamental geometric patterns.
Mandala and rose sleeve on the upper arm
Black and grey rose tattoo with stippled shading and dark leaves on a forearm, photographed in black and white.
Rose with leaves on a forearm
Black and grey realistic rose with dotwork and fine line mandala patterns across the forearm and wrist.
Realistic rose with mandala linework on forearm
Before and after pair showing a chest tattoo of a pink bow and filigree keyhole heart, extended into a feather and mandala cover-up across the upper chest and shoulders.
Bow and keyhole heart chest cover-up, before and after
Black and grey fine line rose with stippled dotwork shading and leaves on the inside of a forearm, held by another hand.
Rose on a forearm
Two black and grey photographs side by side: on the left, an anatomical heart with a rose on the forearm in dotwork shading; on the right, an anatomical heart filled with flowers on the thigh.
Anatomical hearts with roses and flowers
Black and grey realism rose tattoo with dotwork jewel chain and heart gem on the chest, framed by two hands with rings.
Rose and jewel chain on the sternum
Black and grey botanical tattoo of two roses with leaves on the outer upper thigh of a woman wearing a dark grey top.
Black and grey roses on the thigh
Blue line drawing in traditional style of a moustached man whose chest and shoulders show a woman's portrait with a rose, a ship, an anchor and hearts, framed by dotwork shading and stars.
Tattooed man with woman portrait and nautical motifs
Black ink drawing of a teapot, teacup on a saucer, roses and leaves, in a stippled botanical style, shown on paper beside two pens.
Teapot, teacups and roses design
Traditional tattoo of two clasped hands, one shaded and one skeletal, in front of a red rose with dark leaves and dotwork shading on an upper arm.
Clasped hands and red rose on an upper arm
Black and grey dotwork rose with leaves and a stem on the back of a hand, with a ring on a finger beside it.
Dotwork rose and leaves on the hand
Black and grey dotwork roses with leaves tattooed down a forearm, with a striped top and wooden floor visible in the background.
Two roses on a forearm