Rose tattoo ideas

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

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Black fine line outline of several roses with leaves across a person's shoulder and upper arm, photographed in strong sunlight.
Outline roses on a shoulder
Black and grey realism tattoo on a limb showing a dove above a leafy wreath around a compass rose, with an anchor below.
Dove, compass rose and anchor wreath
Traditional-style flash design of a colourful sugar skull with crossed bones, yellow and red roses and a banner reading Calavera.
Sugar skull with crossed bones and roses
Black and grey traditional rose tattoo on the back of a man's right hand, with a skull tattoo on his left hand, as he adjusts a tie.
Rose and skull tattoos on the hands
Neo-traditional tattoo of a black pug inside a rope-edged oval frame with two red roses and green leaves, on the lower leg.
Pug portrait with red roses on a calf
Mixed-colour sleeve tattoo on an upper arm showing Star Wars stormtrooper and imperial pilot helmets with red roses and leaves, in a neo-traditional style.
Star Wars helmets and roses on upper arm
Black linework flash design of a Darth Vader helmet and a stormtrooper helmet with roses, leaves and JOIN THE DARK SIDE banners, drawn on paper.
Darth Vader and stormtrooper helmets with roses
Colour tattoo of a red flower, pink rose and purple blooms with green stitched-look leaves across a shoulder and upper back, in botanical style.
Stitched-look flowers across a shoulder and back
Drawing of a woman with flowing hair and a crown of pink, purple and blue roses, shaded in grey, presented as a tattoo design.
Woman with a floral crown design
Black and grey shaded flower tattoos on the backs of both hands, with the words Stay True in black script across the fingers.
Flowers and Stay True script on hands
Neo-traditional teapot pouring into a teacup with pink blossom, orange roses and birds, tattooed on the outer thigh.
Teapot pouring into teacup on thigh
Colour tattoo of a pink rose, magnolia blooms and buds with blue and pink watercolour splashes on a lower calf.
Rose and magnolia with watercolour splashes on a calf
Black and grey pencil drawing of a tattoo design showing a pocket watch on a scroll banner, an hourglass with chain, roses and a Holy Bible banner, in a realistic style.
Pocket watch, hourglass and roses sketch
Traditional style flash drawing of a hot air balloon with a red sun, flowers and an anchor, with the words Enjoy the Ride on a banner.
Hot air balloon with banner and flowers
Colour tattoo on a thigh of two blue birds, a birdcage, red roses, a teacup, a pocket watch and a pair of rings in a neo-trad style.
Birds, birdcage and roses on a thigh
Black and grey pencil drawing of an ornate chandelier with roses, snakes, chains and crystal drops, shown as a fine line tattoo design.
Ornate chandelier with roses and snakes
Neo-traditional style skull tattoo with a pink rose on the inner forearm, the skull shaded in grey and the rose in pink and green.
Skull and pink rose on a forearm
Traditional-style flash drawing of a swallow in flight with a rope-wrapped anchor, roses and vines on a blue patterned background.
Swallow and anchor flash design
Black and grey realism rose with leaves on the left ribs and a fine-line dotwork mandala with dangling beads above the navel.
Rose and mandala across the ribs and stomach
Traditional style crescent moon tattoo with a purple rose and gold roses and leaves on a teal fill, placed on the lower leg.
Crescent moon with roses on the lower leg
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
Two side-by-side views of a realistic colour tattoo of a pocket watch and red rose on a forearm, set against an orange watercolour wash.
Pocket watch and rose on a forearm
Black and white line drawing of an elephant head built from a rose, daisies, leaves and blossoms, shown as a flash design with no body placement.
Elephant head made of flowers and leaves
Colour tattoo of a bat symbol with red roses filling the wings and a black centre, on the inside of a forearm, in a traditional style.
Bat symbol with roses on a forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo of two roses and three daisy-like flowers wrapping around the outer forearm.
Black and grey roses and daisies on a forearm
Black and grey traditional-style rose with two smaller flowers and leaves on the stomach, with a partly visible tattoo on the forearm.
Black rose with flanking flowers on the stomach
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
Small black fine line rose with a thin stem and leaves tattooed behind a person's ear, with ear piercings visible.
Small rose tattoo behind the ear
Realistic red rose tattoo in colour with black shading behind it, on the forearm of a person in a white top.
Realistic red rose on a forearm
Realism style tattoo of two grey roses with black lace filigree and teal and pink butterflies, placed on a person's upper back and shoulder.
Roses, lace and butterflies on a back
Black and grey sleeve tattoo on an upper arm and forearm, featuring a sunflower, a rose, a lotus and an ornate elephant head with mandala detailing.
Sunflower, rose and elephant arm sleeve
A sheet of ten black and grey rose drawings on a white background, shaded with fine hatching and stippling in a botanical realism style.
Ten black and grey rose flash designs
Colour botanical tattoo of a red tulip, pink rose and blue flowers with green leaves and yellow berries on the inner forearm.
Red tulip and pink rose forearm tattoo
Colour traditional tattoo of three red roses with green leaves running diagonally across the side of a person's back.
Three red roses with green leaves on the back
Two raised legs in black platform sandals show traditional tattoos of red roses, a skull and a sun on the thighs and calves, against floral wallpaper.
Traditional tattoos across both legs
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
Black linework anchor wrapped in rope, with pink roses and blue flowers, tattooed on the forearm.
Anchor with pink roses and blue flowers on forearm
Black script lettering reading a four-line rhyming poem tattooed across the upper back, near the shoulder blade.
Script poem tattoo on upper back
Two photos of a traditional-style tattoo of a red rose inside a black-outlined triangle with green shading, on the upper back between the shoulder blades.
Red rose in a triangle on the upper back
Black and white yin yang design with two roses and swirling vines, drawn as a tattoo-style flash design with no body placement shown.
Yin yang with roses design
Neo-trad tattoo of an ornate hand mirror and a red rose on the upper thigh, with a dotted pearl chain hanging below.
Ornate hand mirror and rose on a thigh
Black and grey realism tattoo of three roses, a compass and script on the outer thigh.
Roses and compass on a thigh
Two calf tattoos of grey cat portraits, one framed by gold scrollwork with a red rose, the other surrounded by orange poppies, in a realism and neo-traditional style.
Cat portraits with flowers on two calves
Traditional style tattoo of a sailing ship with XXX beneath it on the back of a hand, with a skull and red flowers continuing up the wrist.
Sailing ship and skull on a hand
Traditional colour tattoo on an upper arm showing a dagger with a green glow, a red rose, green leaves and a blue banner reading GERONIMO, set against black rays.
Dagger, rose and Geronimo banner on upper arm
Black cat silhouette filled with pink roses and leaves, tattooed on the left side of a ribcage, with a striped top and dark trousers.
Cat silhouette filled with roses on ribs