Rose tattoo ideas

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

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Pencil sketch of a tattoo design with three skulls, roses and three scrolling banners reading See, Hear and Speak no evil, drawn in black and grey shading.
Skulls, roses and no evil banners design
Black and grey traditional tattoo on a forearm showing a skull within an ace of spades, banners reading Life is a gamble, roses, a crown and dice.
Ace of spades skull with dice and roses on forearm
Pencil drawing of an hourglass with two shaded roses, thorny vines and leaves, with a scrolled ornament in the top right corner, shown as a black and grey tattoo design.
Hourglass with roses and thorny vines pencil design
Greyscale pencil drawing of three realistic roses and an open pocket watch with a beaded chain, a realism tattoo design with no body placement shown.
Three roses and a pocket watch in graphite
Black and grey full sleeve tattoo of a shaded rose, leaves and mandala-style flowers on an arm, in a realism and botanical style.
Black and grey rose and mandala sleeve
Two traditional style dagger tattoos on calves: the left has a teal and red snake coiled around the blade, the right has a red rose with green leaves.
Daggers with snake and rose on two calves
Coloured neo-traditional tattoo design drawn on paper, showing a hand reaching towards a planchette with an eye, framed by purple and red roses and leaves.
Ouija planchette, hand and roses design
Fine line black tattoo of a pair of antlers with a small cluster of roses at the base, on the upper arm.
Antlers and roses on upper arm
Black and grey botanical tattoo of three roses, buds and leaves linked by swirling vines running down the side of the ribs.
Black and grey roses with vine down the ribs
Black and white photo of a man with a rose sleeve tattoo on his forearm and hand, with knuckle tattoos and a wristwatch, his face cropped out of frame.
Rose sleeve and knuckle tattoos
Black and grey realistic tattoo of a TARDIS police box with clouds, swirls and a rose, on the thigh.
TARDIS with clouds and a rose on a thigh
Colour tattoo of a ribcage, red rose, ear and red-winged moth on a forearm, set against a soft green wash.
Ribcage, rose and moth on a forearm
Traditional style flash sheet showing a black heart with a pink rose and teal leaves, beside two black and gold hearts with a YOU SUCK banner and arrows, with no body placement shown.
Rose heart and banner hearts flash sheet
Colourful neo-traditional style tattoo sleeve on an upper arm, showing a hot air balloon, a red rose and a sunburst.
Hot air balloon and rose sleeve on upper arm
Colourful sugar skull tattoo with a red rose above the eyes, on the top of a foot, in a traditional style with bold black outlines.
Sugar skull and rose on a foot
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of an oval frame with roses, leaves, antlers and two hares, on the outer thigh.
Oval rose frame with hares on a thigh
Traditional style tattoo of a red rose with green leaves and black outlines on the forearm, shown on a white paper towel.
Red rose with green leaves on a forearm
Black and grey botanical tattoo of roses, a bud and leaves across the upper back and shoulder, shown in a black and white photo.
Rose and foliage tattoo on the shoulder blade
Woman seen from behind in a backless lace dress, with traditional-style red roses and a skull tattooed on her upper arm and forearm, holding a white bouquet on a beach.
Rose and skull arm tattoos at a beach wedding
Black and grey botanical tattoo of a rose with leaves and a small daisy on the upper arm, with a woman in a floral dress visible in the background.
Black and grey rose on an upper arm
Full-colour realism tattoo across a woman's upper back showing pink roses, an anatomical heart, a pocket watch and translucent blue insect wings.
Roses, heart and pocket watch across a back
Traditional-style sugar skull tattoo with a red rose, grey leaves and a small diamond shape on the forearm.
Sugar skull and red rose on a forearm
Traditional-style flash design of a grey crocodile head with a dagger, a pink rose and a KILLER banner, shown on a textured grey background.
Killer Croc crocodile, dagger and rose design
Four-panel photo of a black and grey realism tattoo of doves, roses and leaves wrapping around a forearm.
Doves and roses on a forearm
Black and grey realism rose tattoo with shaded leaves on the inner forearm, near the wrist.
Black and grey rose on a forearm
Black outline tattoo of a sitting cat filled with pink roses and green leaves, shown on a forearm.
Rose-filled cat on a forearm
Black and grey realism rose tattoos covering the shoulder and upper arm, with a vine sleeve continuing down the forearm.
Black and grey roses on a shoulder and arm
Pencil drawing of a swallow in flight above a shaded rose, shown as a black and grey tattoo design on a grey background.
Swallow and rose design in graphite
Black and grey realism rose with blackwork lace and hanging chain linework across the underbust, on a torso wearing a pink top.
Black and grey rose with lace underbust tattoo
Realistic botanical tattoo of coral poppies, a cream peony and a rosebud with green leaves running down a forearm, shown from three angles.
Coral poppies and peony on a forearm
Watercolour drawing of a rose in purple and pink tones with fine dark linework on the petals, shown on plain paper, in a botanical style.
Watercolour rose design
Black line drawing of an owl with spread wings, a skull, roses and leaves, shown as a fine line tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Owl with skull and roses design
Black and grey botanical tattoo of a rose with leaves and a long stem running from the back of a hand onto a finger.
Rose tattoo on the back of a hand
Black and grey shaded rose tattoo with leaves on the top of a foot, resting on white bedsheets.
Shaded rose on the top of a foot
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of the Jurassic Park logo with a dinosaur silhouette on the upper arm, with a red and green rose tattoo above it.
Jurassic Park logo tattoo on upper arm
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of a black cat with yellow eyes beneath a teal banner, framed by red roses and green leaves on the thigh.
Black cat portrait with roses on a thigh
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of two skulls facing each other above a rose, on a forearm.
Two skulls and a rose on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo design of a rose with mandala-style ornament and leaves, drawn on white paper with no body placement shown.
Dotwork rose with mandala ornament
Traditional style tattoo of an ornate clock face and a dark rose with red accents on a forearm.
Clock and rose on a forearm
White line drawings on a black background of traditional tattoo flash, including a skull with a dagger, a horseshoe, an anvil, roses, an envelope reading I HATE YOU and a spider web.
Traditional flash sheet with skull, dagger and horseshoe
Black and grey traditional-style tattoo of a sugar skull with roses on the side of a torso, with a navel piercing visible above.
Sugar skull and roses on side and hip
Woman in a blue-grey dress holding a white and green bouquet, with tattoos on her upper arm and forearm, beside the sea.
Bouquet held over tattooed arms
Flash sheet of six red traditional roses with dark green leaves and black outlines, shown on a tan background.
Six traditional roses on a flash sheet
Traditional-style tattoo on an upper thigh showing a dagger over a banner reading Fear Cuts Deeper Than Swords, flanked by blue roses and dark leaves.
Dagger, banner and roses on a thigh
Two matching colour tattoos on the inner wrists, each showing a red rose with green leaves inside a blue heart outline with script lettering.
Matching rose and heart wrist tattoos
Realism tattoo of a sugar skull woman with red roses in her hair and teal eyes, placed on the thigh.
Sugar skull woman with roses on a thigh
Pencil drawing of a stag head with branching antlers above three shaded roses, a realistic tattoo design sketch with no body part visible.
Stag head with three roses
Realistic black and grey snarling wolf head tattoo on the lower back, with a vine and rose tattoo higher up the back and a red flower at the hip.
Snarling wolf head on lower back