Thorn tattoo ideas

150 photos and flash · 63% Botanical, 33% Realism · Forearm most common

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Colour tattoo of a blue rose with green leaves and a thorned stem on the ankle, in a botanical neo-traditional style.
Blue rose with leaves and stem on an ankle
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
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
Colour tattoo on a thigh of a revolver wrapped in a thorned vine with red roses and green leaves, in neo-traditional style with shaded grey metal.
Revolver and roses with thorny vine on a thigh
Neo-traditional tattoo of a red rose bud with a skull shaded inside its petals, with olive leaves and a thorned stem, on skin.
Rose bud with skull shading on the upper body
Colour tattoo of two songbirds perched among blackberry branches across the upper abdomen, in a neo-traditional style.
Two songbirds and blackberries across the stomach
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
Side view of a torso with a large colour tattoo of orange roses, green leaves and buds on the ribs and hip, shaded in teal and purple.
Orange roses across the ribs and hip
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
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
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
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of Maleficent beside a black raven inside a thorny frame, on a lower leg.
Maleficent and raven on a calf
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
Neo-traditional style colour tattoo on a forearm showing a black heart pierced by green leaves, with a red form with black crosses and dark smoke-like wisps above.
Black heart with green leaves on a forearm
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
Traditional style tattoo of a grey songbird perched on a thorned branch with pink roses and green leaves, on the forearm.
Songbird and roses on a forearm
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
Colour tattoo of a rose branch with pink blooms, rose hips and green leaves across the upper chest and shoulder, in a botanical style with bold black outlines.
Rose branch across the collarbone
Colour tattoo on the upper arm of a skeleton wearing a hooded veil and crown, holding a rosary above a flaming red heart with thorns, in neo-traditional style.
Skeleton in veil with crown and sacred heart