Rose tattoo ideas

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

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Black fine line mandala tattoo on the ribs beside a small crescent moon and star, with a colour rose tattoo on the upper arm above.
Black linework mandala and moon on ribs
Colour realism floral sleeve tattoo on an upper arm and shoulder, showing a red rose, daisies, pansies, a hibiscus, a hummingbird and a blue butterfly.
Realistic floral sleeve with rose and butterfly
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a rose with geometric arrows, triangles and circles running vertically along the ribs.
Geometric rose and arrow down the ribs
Black and grey dotwork and linework rose tattoo on the side of a person's head, with a thorned stem running down behind the ear.
Black and grey rose on the side of head
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of an owl above a sugar skull with green flower eyes and red roses, shown on the forearm.
Owl and sugar skull with roses
Colour realism tattoo of a red rose, white daisies, pansies and a blue butterfly covering the upper arm and shoulder.
Realistic floral sleeve with rose and daisies
Digital flash design of red roses woven through black and grey tribal swirls and spikes, drawn for a sleeve-length tattoo.
Red roses with black and grey tribal swirls
Realistic black and grey roses with swirling vine linework running down the side of a person's back and ribs.
Black and grey roses and swirls down the side and back
Greyscale pencil drawing of a realistic open rose with curling leaves, designed as a tattoo flash for a botanical piece.
Shaded rose with leaves in pencil
Colour realism floral sleeve on an upper arm and shoulder, featuring a large red rose, purple pansies, white daisies and a blue butterfly.
Floral colour sleeve with rose and butterfly
Three black and white rose tattoo designs on a flash sheet, one with dotted shading and leaves, one open bloom with an outlined bud, and one with dotwork shading and leaves.
Three rose designs on a flash sheet
Realistic black and grey pencil drawing of a sleeve design with sparrows, hummingbirds, roses, feathers and the script The sky is the limit.
Birds, roses and script sleeve design
Realism style tattoo on a forearm showing piano keys, torn sheet music and a hand playing, with a blue rose at the bottom.
Piano keys, hand and rose on a forearm
Black and grey neo-traditional tattoo on an upper arm showing a woman's face in a mask above a closed-eyed mask, framed by roses and leaves.
Mask faces and roses on upper arm
Traditional-style flash sheet showing four oval Star Wars scenes with X-wing, AT-AT walkers, TIE fighters and a Millennium Falcon, each framed by roses, on a white sheet.
Star Wars flash sheet with four oval scenes
Black and grey flash design of four stacked skulls with roses and ribbon banners, drawn in a traditional style and suited to a long vertical placement.
Stacked skulls with roses and ribbon banners
Black and grey realism tattoo of a skull with roses on the forearm, with a hand with blue nail polish visible at the wrist.
Skull and roses on a forearm
Realism style black and grey tattoo of three roses, swirling shading and a hanging rosary with a cross on the side of a torso, above the hip.
Black and grey roses with rosary on the side
Colour tattoo of a woman in profile inside an ornate silver cameo frame, surrounded by pink, peach, orange and purple roses, on a limb.
Cameo portrait with roses
Black and grey drawing of a detailed owl with spread wings above a sugar skull decorated with flowers and roses, shown as a tattoo design with no body part visible.
Owl and sugar skull with spread wings
Black and grey engraved flash drawing of a cluster of roses, buds and leaves in hatched linework, shown as a tattoo design rather than on skin.
Engraved rose spray design
Black and grey tattoo of a shaded feather and a rose joined by an infinity loop on bare skin.
Feather and rose with infinity loop
Grid of eight illustrated princess portraits in neo-traditional tattoo flash style, each in an oval cameo frame with rose and banner details.
Eight princess portraits in tattoo flash style
Black line tattoo of a rose vine with buds and leaves across a woman's shoulder and upper arm, in a botanical style.
Rose vine on a shoulder
Black and grey crescent moon tattoo filled with roses and flowers, shown on the upper back of a person with long dark hair.
Crescent moon of roses on upper back
A grid of colourful neo-traditional tattoo designs featuring Pokémon characters with roses, anchors, lightning bolts and banners.
Neo-traditional Pokémon flash sheet
Standalone botanical tattoo design of red and black roses joined by black swirling scrolls on a white background, with no body placement shown.
Red and black rose scroll design
Traditional style tattoo on a forearm of a winged fairy pin-up in a black corset and stockings, surrounded by bold red roses.
Fairy pin-up and red roses on a forearm
Realistic pink rose over black lace and dangling beads tattooed on the upper arm and shoulder.
Pink rose over black lace on upper arm
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a swallow, two roses and a key on banners with lettering, placed on the side of the ribs.
Swallow, banners and roses on ribs
Grid of ten colour illustrations of Disney-style princesses in traditional tattoo flash frames with rose borders and ribbon banners, shown as a tattoo design rather than on skin.
Ten princess portraits in traditional tattoo frames
Neo-trad tattoo of a grey robot head with yellow eyes, red flowers and green leaves, with the words You Are Who You Choose To Be above it, on an upper arm.
Robot head and roses on upper arm
Colour chest tattoo of gears, red roses, filigree scrollwork and a golden keyhole heart linked by chains, placed across the centre of the chest.
Gears, roses and keyhole heart across the chest
Traditional style flash design of a red-haired mermaid with an anchor, two swallows, roses and a banner reading The Little Mermaid, in colour.
Mermaid, anchor and swallows flash
Colour realism tattoo of a skull with ornate swirl patterns and red roses on the forearm.
Skull and roses on a forearm
Colour realism tattoo of a blue rose with a pink ribbon wrapped around its green thorned stem, on the inner forearm.
Blue rose and pink ribbon on a forearm
Full colour traditional sleeve tattoo on a man's forearm and upper arm, showing an eagle, a crown, a rose and a banner, with a grey t-shirt and a pavement behind.
Traditional sleeve with eagle, crown and rose
Black and grey realism tattoo of an ornate cross with a red heart centre, wings and a rose, on the inner forearm.
Ornate cross with rose on a forearm
Black and white photo of a bent forearm with a small fine line rose and stem tattoo near the elbow.
Small rose on a forearm
Black and grey traditional-style pin-up illustration of a woman in a checked shirt and high-waisted shorts, with skull, praying hands and dagger tattoos on her legs.
Pin-up woman with tattooed legs illustration
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of a barn owl perched on a branch, with blue roses and leaves, on the calf.
Barn owl and blue rose on a lower leg
Watercolour-style rose tattoo on the forearm, with red petals, green leaves, black linework and a trailing stem.
Watercolour rose on a forearm
Black and grey realistic tattoo of three roses stacked vertically along an arm, with soft shading and detailed petals.
Three realistic roses in black and grey
Flash design of a pistol with a spade cutout at the top, with vines, pink flowers, feathers and a dandelion trailing down beneath it.
Pistol with trailing flowers and vines
Black and grey flash design of Jack Skellington and Sally in a sugar skull style, with roses, pumpkins and blackletter lettering, with no body placement shown.
Jack and Sally blackletter design
Black and grey owl and sugar skull tattoo with a dark red rose on an upper arm, in a neo-traditional style.
Owl and sugar skull on upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of two roses with water droplets and leaves on an upper arm, with a ribbon swirl running behind them.
Black and grey roses on an upper arm
Black and grey peacock tattoo with flowing tail feathers and scrolls running down the side of a torso, above pink lace underwear.
Peacock and flowers on the side torso