Thorn tattoo ideas

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Pencil drawing of a gothic cross with a shaded rose at upper left and a thorned vine with leaves wrapping around the cross, as a tattoo design.
Gothic cross with rose and thorned vine
Five black ink briar rose marque designs drawn on parchment, with small red accents on thorns and petals, shown as an original design through to a final design.
Briar rose marque design variations
Flash sheet showing a colour floral skull with butterflies and ribbon, a black and grey skull with a spiked crown, and JANE lettering beside a deer silhouette.
Floral skull, misfit skull and deer flash sheet
Black botanical flash design of a heart made from thorny vines with two roses, leaves and buds, with no body placement shown.
Rose and thorn vine heart design
Flash drawing of a zombie princess with red blood detail, roses and thorns inside an ornate oval frame, in a neo-traditional style for a tattoo.
Zombie princess in a thorned oval frame
Traditional flash drawing of three blue roses with dark brown leaves tipped in teal, on a parchment-coloured background.
Blue roses and dark leaves flash
Pencil-style tattoo design of a shaded skull wearing a thorned vine crown, with a ribbon and rose below, framed by coloured rose and thorn corner ornaments.
Skull with thorn crown and rose
Pencil-style drawing of a shaded black and grey rose bloom on a thorny green stem with one leaf, shown on plain paper as a tattoo design.
Shaded rose design with green leaf
Pencil drawing of three shaded roses with leaves, buds and thorny stems, shown as a black and grey botanical tattoo design.
Three roses with thorny stems
Traditional style flash drawing of a red rose with white highlights, dark green leaves and yellow thorns on a stained paper background.
Traditional red rose flash design
Flash design of a blonde cartoon woman in a pink dress, framed by roses, thorns, two birds and a banner reading Once Upon a Dream, in a bold neo-traditional style.
Blonde heroine with roses and a banner
Botanical tattoo design of a grey shaded rose with purple berries, leaves and thorny stems on a beige background.
Rose and berry sprig design
Pencil and ink sketch of a rose with thorny stems and a revolver outline, drawn as a tattoo design with light shading.
Rose and revolver line drawing
Black linework flash of a scorpion whose curled tail ends in a rose with leaves and thorns, drawn on a plain pink background.
Scorpion with a rose tail in black linework
Drawn tattoo design of a red rose with a heart and green thorned vines, outlined in bold black in a neo-traditional style, shown without a body placement.
Rose and heart with thorned vine
Black and white line drawing of a compass star inside a circle, with roses and thorny vines, shown as a tattoo design without a body placement.
Compass star with roses and thorny vines
Flash design of a red rose wound with a beaded rosary in front of a grey cross, drawn in a neo-traditional style with blue rays behind.
Rose, rosary and cross design
Pencil drawing of a rose whose petals form a human skull, with a leaf and thorned stem, shown as a tattoo design on plain white paper.
Skull and rose design sketch
Bold black silhouette rose design with a curving stem and small thorns, drawn as a flash sheet image with no body placement shown.
Bold black rose design with stem
Pencil and ink sketch of a tattoo design showing a woman entwined with a large rose and thorned vines, shaded in black and grey.
Woman and rose vine tattoo sketch
Traditional style flash drawing of a cluster of red roses with dark leaves, held by a grey hand with red drops of blood on the stem.
Traditional rose and gripped stem flash
Pencil drawing of a skull merged with a tattered moth with spiked wings, shaded in a realistic greyscale style, shown on paper with no body placement.
Skull and moth wings in pencil
Black ink pen drawing of a tall arrow design with hatched feathered fletching, a twisted vine shaft and an ornate spearhead, shown on plain cream paper.
Hatched ink arrow design with feathered fletching
Four vertical black barbed wire tattoo designs of differing widths and wire twists, drawn on a white sheet with no body placement shown.
Four vertical barbed wire designs on white
Black line drawing of a scorpion with a rose and leaves on its curled tail, shown as a tattoo flash design on a pale pink background.
Scorpion with a rose on its tail
Black ink flash design of an ornate compass rose with the letters N, E, S and W and a shaded rose at the centre, drawn on a parchment-style background.
Compass rose with a central rose
Traditional style black rose flash design with shaded leaves and a thorned stem, drawn in black and grey with white highlights on paper.
Traditional black rose with thorny stem
Pencil drawing of three realistically shaded roses with stems and leaves on a cream sheet, a design suited to a botanical tattoo.
Three roses in pencil drawing
Pencil sketch of a cross entwined with a thorned vine and a rose, drawn on graph paper, in a botanical style suited to a tattoo design.
Rose and thorned vine on a cross
Flash design of a stylised rose with dark red petals, a black thorned stem, leaves and swirls, with a small black bird silhouette at the lower left.
Stylised red rose with thorned stem
Drawing of a tattoo design showing an infinity symbol formed by a grey thorned vine with two red roses, one large and one small, on a white background.
Infinity symbol with roses and thorned vine
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
Black and white drawing of two open palms wrapped by a thorned vine, shown as a tattoo design with no placement on skin.
Open hands wrapped in a thorny vine
Red fine line design of a rose with leaves and a thorned stem wrapped around a knife, shown on a plain white background.
Rose wrapped around a knife
Black and grey line drawing of a rose branch with an open bloom, two buds and serrated leaves, in an engraved botanical style.
Rose branch with buds and leaves in line
Coloured drawing of a red rose wrapped in green thorned stems across a grey horseshoe on a white background.
Red rose and thorny vine on a horseshoe
Flash design of a teal sugar skull with purple linework, dot details and red roses with thorny vines, in a neo-traditional style.
Teal sugar skull with red roses
Hand-drawn pink rose with black outlines, green leaves and a thorned stem, shown as a tattoo design on a plain white background.
Pink rose with leaves and stem
Black and grey drawing of a rose whose petals are formed from banknote paper, with thorned stems wrapping around it, shown as a design with no body placement.
Banknote rose with thorns
Pencil drawing of a skeletal hand holding a thorny rose with two leaves, rendered in dotwork stippling, with pencils and an eraser beside it.
Skeletal hand holding a rose, dotwork design
Black line drawing flash design of a rose and a stitched heart wrapped in a thorned vine, with the words Please stay forever with me.
Rose and stitched heart with lettering design
Six-step line drawing of a traditional-style rose bud with leaves and a thorned stem, shown on white paper with the caption How to draw a flower.
Step-by-step rose line drawing
Pencil drawing of a cross with a rose, a scroll banner and a thorny vine, a tattoo design sketch in shaded linework.
Cross with rose and banner drawing
Black and grey pencil drawing of a tattoo design showing a woman's face framed by roses, with a skull and thorned stems below, in a realistic style.
Woman, roses and skull pencil design
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
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
Coloured flash design of a thorny vine with shark heads in place of flowers, drawn in a traditional style with bold black linework, shown on a cream background with no body placement.
Shark-headed flowers on a thorned vine
Black and grey flash design of skulls among roses and thorned vines on a textured grey background.
Skulls and roses on thorned vines