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Looking for rose tattoo designs? Don’t miss these pretty and unique rose tattoos for women.
On this list you’ll find a wide variety of rose tattoo ideas, including delicate and small rose tattoos, realistic rose tattoo designs and even some rose tattoo sleeve ideas.
You’ll also find a variety of locations for rose tattoos, and different design presentations. For small tattoos, I also included a close up on the design to help people see it more clearly.
I hope that this list gives you lots of inspiration as you consider tattoo designs.
Let’s get rosy!
1. Hip tattoo
Up first is a cool hip rose tattoo. I like this location since it can be discrete and easily covered with clothes, but provides a pop of coolness depending on the outfit.
2. Everything comes up roses
This tattoo has a delicate rose with text underneath that says “everything comes up roses,” which is a unique positivity mantra to add to a rose theme.
3. Triangles and roses tattoo
I love this delicate rose tattoo with realistic roses and cool geometric lines. The inner wrist is also a great location for this fashionable design.
4. Geometric rose design
The next design is a colorful geometric rose. I like the color shades and the uniqueness of this design.
5. Bloom rose tattoo
This simple rose tattoo has the word “bloom” woven into the design as a leaf.
6. Realistic rose tattoo
Here is a realistic rose tattoo on the inside of the forearm. It is a classic red rose with a stem.
7. Two roses in color
Similarly realistic, here are two roses next to each other in shades of pink. It could be done as a simpler design by doing it with less leaves.
8. Two roses in black
Another spin on the two rose design, this time with the roses in black ink instead of color. I’d like this with a little less shading around the roses.
9. Rose vine tattoo
The next few designs are of roses on vines instead of individual roses. This rose vine tattoo is on the ankle and lower calf.
10. Rose vine on foot
Here is a rose on the vine design that goes over the top of the foot and around the ankle. The location of this tattoo matches the style of the vine well.
11. Rose foot tattoo
Here’s a different foot tattoo style. Instead of a vine, it incorporates two rose blooms into the tattoo.
12. Bloom where you are planted
This is one of my favorite rose tattoo ideas on the list. I love the phrase “bloom where you are planted” and think the style of the text matches the simple rose well.
13. Everything is rosy
Another spin on a “mantra” style tattoo, here is an inner wrist tattoo with a rose that says “everything is rosy.” I like the color in this design too.
14. Retro geometric rose design
This is a retro looking and fashionable rose in a geometric design. It feels like it has a bit of a retro national park vibe in the best way.
15. Thigh rose tattoo
In contrast to many of the small rose tattoos above, here is a big rose design on the upper thigh.
16. Simple circle and rose design
Here’s a very simple rose tattoo. It has a simple circle and with a tiny rose in it. This is so understated that you could get this design pretty much
17. Rose and hearts
This red rose is surrounded by a trial of colorful small hearts.
18. Thrive rose tattoo
This ankle rose tattoo includes the word “thrive,” to give it a little something extra. I think I’d like the word incorporated into the stem like a leaf as we saw with the “bloom” design above.
19. Geometric roses in rosy neutrals
Here’s a really cool and unique rose tattoo design that uses geometric shapes for the petals and leaves. I also like the rosy neutral shades on this one.
20. Rose bicep sleeve
Here are roses incorporated into a bicep sleeve tattoo. It’s colorful too!
21. Blue rose on foot
Doing a blue rose tattoo is a little bit of a unique twist on the classic rose tattoo. Here’s an example of a blue rose tattoo.
22. Red rose foot tattoo
Here’s another foot tattoo but this time as a classic red rose.
23. Big lower back rose design
This tattoo is big roses across the lower back. It spans the waist but could easily be done at a smaller scale for someone wanting a small rose tattoo instead.
24. Big colorful upper shoulder design
This upper arm and shoulder sleeve tattoo idea has a big and bold rose over the shoulder cap.
25. Big black shoulder tattoo
This tattoo is similar to the previous but is done in black ink instead of bright colors.
26. Hope rose tattoo
This inner forearm tattoo has a single rose with the word “hope” incorporated into the design.
27. Upper arm rose tattoo
Here is a simple black ink rose tattoo on the bicep.
28. Pink rose
Another realistic rose tattoo design with a single pink rose and leaves.
29. Simple rose bracelet design
Here’s another very simple rose tattoo design. This is a fine line that looks like a bracelet with a line drawn rose in the middle.
30. Hummingbird and rose
Next, here’s a red rose tattoo with a hummingbird. The hummingbird adds a little something extra to this rose design.
Rose vines on calves
I like the idea of rose vines going up the back of the calves for a tattoo design. This example below gives the idea, but I think a more delicate vine would also look cool.
32. Rose wreath on wrist
Finally, we close the list with another small rose tattoo on the wrist. This time the roses are with fine-line circles to look like a wreath. I like the inner wrist location for such a chic design.
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