Rose tattoo ideas

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

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Black and grey traditional style flash sheet showing six drawn designs including a rose, a dagger, a wreath, an eye with rope and a pendant, with no body placement shown.
Black and grey flash sheet of six designs
Traditional style flash design of a bearded sailor in a knitted cap smoking a pipe, framed by roses, rope, swallows and a sea sunset.
Sailor portrait with swallows and roses
Colour traditional tattoo of an owl with teal eyes and a teal wing, surrounded by red and pink flowers on a forearm.
Traditional owl and flowers on a forearm
Black and grey botanical tattoo of roses and leaves wrapping around a forearm, shown in three photographs.
Black and grey flowers on a forearm
Traditional style flash design of a hand holding a bouquet of red roses, teal and yellow flowers and green leaves, with a gold tag reading for you.
Hand holding a rose and flower bouquet
Large pink botanical flower tattoo with soft shaded petals on a forearm, shown against a pale blue shirt.
Pink flower tattoo on a forearm
Neo-traditional tattoo of a smiling sloth with a pink dahlia, red roses and orange lilies on the outer thigh, with a banner beneath.
Sloth with roses and lilies on a thigh
Flash design of a dark-haired cartoon princess with a red bow, framed by a rope oval, roses and banners reading waiting for love's true kiss, in traditional colour.
Dark-haired princess pin-up with true kiss banner
Small black and grey rose tattoo with shaded petals and leaves on the side of a finger, seen on a hand with pink-painted nails.
Small black and grey rose on a finger
Traditional style tattoo of a woman with a black bob and a red rose in her hair, on a freckled arm.
Traditional woman portrait with rose
Seated person with a black ink traditional-style heart banner reading MOTHER and a draped figure on the inner forearm, with TAKE CARE lettering on the back of the hand.
Mother banner and take care lettering on forearm
Colour traditional tattoo of a pale teal rose with green leaves inside a dark oval frame with black sunburst rays, on the upper arm of a person in a striped top.
Traditional rose in a sunburst on upper arm
Colour neo-trad tattoo of an owl within a circular frame and roses on a forearm, with the hand raised in a rock horns gesture.
Owl and rose forearm tattoo
Back view of a woman with fine line script tattooed down her spine and a black and grey rose tattoo on her arm.
Script down the spine and rose on the arm
Black and grey skull tattoo with roses, butterflies and a cobweb on an upper arm and shoulder, shown in two side-by-side views.
Skull and roses on an upper arm
Traditional-style black outline rose and skull tattoo on an upper arm, with a blue rose and red floral linework on the forearm of a person with head bowed and arms crossed.
Rose and skull tattoos on an arm
Black and grey shaded roses with a black lace design across the upper back, between the shoulder blade and spine.
Shaded roses and black lace on upper back
Realistic pink rose tattoo with black and grey flowers and a thorned stem on the forearm.
Pink rose and flowers on a forearm
Traditional style flash design of a crown with a diamond, an eye with radiating rays and a red rose set among teal leaves, on a cream background.
Crown, eye and rose flash design
Black and grey realism tattoo of roses, a compass and a pocket watch covering the upper arm of a woman with blonde hair.
Roses and compass on an upper arm
Coloured flash drawing of a traditional-style tattoo design with two roses, a gold star, a heart-shaped compact, a heart bell and the words Fighting Evil on banners.
Fighting Evil flash with roses, star and heart charms
Close-up of two fists with black ink knuckle lettering spelling STAY TRUE, with a grey rose tattoo on the right forearm.
STAY TRUE knuckle lettering
Black and grey traditional sleeve tattoo on a woman's arm, featuring roses, a female portrait, a banner and a winged skull on the forearm.
Traditional sleeve with roses, portrait and winged skull
Realistic red rose tattoo with dark shading on the outer thigh, showing the petals curling around a deep centre.
Red rose on a thigh
Close-up photo of a blue watercolour-style rose tattoo with black linework on a person's shoulder and upper arm.
Blue rose on the shoulder
Colour traditional-style tattoo of a unicorn head with a rainbow mane and a pink rose with leaves, shown on bare skin.
Unicorn head with rainbow mane and rose
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 realism tattoo of a winged pocket watch with Roman numerals, a rose and rays on an upper arm.
Winged pocket watch with rose and rays
Traditional style swallow tattoo in black and grey on a forearm, holding a beaded chain and a red rose in an oval locket.
Swallow and rose locket on a forearm
Realistic colour tattoo of two red roses and an ornate silver revolver with grey leaves on the outer thigh.
Roses and revolver on a thigh
Realistic colour tattoo of a red rose with shaded green and blue leaves on the top of a foot.
Realistic red rose on the top of a foot
Traditional style tattoo on a thigh showing a shaded grey cross wrapped in thorns, two red roses, grey clouds, small birds and the script words 'If heaven wasn't so far away'.
Cross, roses and heaven quote on a thigh
Black and grey shaded rose tattoo on a woman's shoulder, with petals reaching toward the collarbone.
Black and grey rose on a shoulder
Two matching colour sugar skull tattoos with roses on the top of a pair of bare feet, in a traditional style.
Matching sugar skull tattoos on both feet
Colour botanical tattoo of a red rose with green leaves, red berries and small white flowers across the upper chest and shoulder.
Red rose and berry sprig on the upper chest
Red line drawing of a traditional tattoo design with a Never Forget banner, a pocket watch, a swallow and a rose, shown on grey paper.
Never forget swallow, watch and rose design
Traditional style tattoo of two clasped hands with cuffs and a red rose with dark spiked leaves on a forearm.
Clasped hands and rose on a forearm
Black line drawing of a geometric rose built from angular overlapping petals that spiral into a small centre, shown on a white background as a tattoo design.
Geometric line drawing of a rose
Fine line black tattoo of wildflower sprigs and a rose on the side of the ribs, shown on pale skin against dark fabric.
Fine line botanical sprigs on the side ribs
Black and grey rose surrounded by mandala and paisley linework, tattooed across the upper back.
Rose and mandala on upper back
Realistic colour forearm tattoo of two pink roses and a heart-shaped pocket watch with Roman numerals, with script beside it, on the inner forearm.
Pink roses and heart pocket watch on a forearm
Pencil and ink drawing of a unicorn head framed by a rose and leafy foliage, in a neo-traditional style, shown as a tattoo design rather than on skin.
Unicorn and rose design drawing
Colour tattoo of blue roses, a pink bud and red peonies on an upper arm, shown as purple linework, then in progress and finished.
Blue roses and peonies on upper arm
Traditional style flash design of two matching banners reading society, with a vintage bus, a compass, red roses and a bare tree, in colour.
Society banners with bus, compass and roses
Black and grey realistic rose tattoo with soft shading on a person's chest, above a white V-neck top.
Shaded black and grey rose on the chest
Traditional style colour tattoo on an upper arm showing a corked bottle with a sunset and palm trees, a red rose and green leaves, with an anchor and banner above.
Palm tree bottle and rose on an upper arm
Red rose inside a heart-shaped green vine with black outlines, a botanical tattoo on skin.
Red rose in a heart-shaped vine
Colour botanical tattoo of blue flowers, peach roses, green leaves and two orange butterflies on a person's upper shoulder, seen from behind.
Blue flowers and butterflies on a shoulder