Let Your Beauty Shine Through with Tattoo Rose Design

For many people a rose symbolizes pure and everlasting love. Tattoo rose design is a wonderful way of capturing this sentiment as a permanent part of yourself. A rose is a symbol of beauty because of its shape, scent and coloring. It is by far, the number one flower of choice amongst floral tattoos.

Roses can be symbols of love, purity, chastity, passion, and beauty. Creating a tattoo rose design that is uniquely your own is easy to do. You can choose to have just the head of the rose, or with the stem and even the thorns in tact. Swirling vines, and rosebuds are sometimes included, and the rose may be in full bloom, or just opening. Red is the most popular color, but there are different shades of red to choose from, and you can choose any other color that speaks to you. Another way to personalize your tattoo rose design is by including names, initials, words or phrases – either within the rose itself, on a stem, or around it.

Since the size of the rose or roses can vary, you have great freedom in choosing the placement of your tattoo rose design. Have a tiny bud tattooed on a finger, foot, toe, or wrist, or behind your ear. Start with something larger, for your arms, legs, back or shoulders. Make it part of a larger scene or as a solo piece of art.

You can add to your tattoo rose design by incorporating other elements such as ladybugs or butterflies, or animals. You can have your rose blowing in the wind, possibly with a petal flying free. Patterns are another interesting choice, whereby a series of roses, or intertwining roses and vines are used. By selecting the number of roses, the floral chain can be more floral, or less so. A wristband can be created using roses, with thorns, all of varying sizes, or a repeating pattern. A snake can be substituted for a stem, for a powerful effect. This may symbolize beauty and danger all in one place.

Another use for tattoo rose design is as part of a memorial to a lost loved one. In this case, a cross can also be used, with the person’s name inscribed.

Different styles of roses can depict various themes – for example, in medieval times, a white rose was a symbol of virginity, a single rose generally means love, while a thorn-less rose indicates love at first sight. Light pink roses can mean sympathy, or the first blush of love, while orange roses denote enthusiasm, and yellow roses mean joy. However, the color of your rose can mean anything you want, or simply be a color preference. A colorful bouquet of roses can then mean a number of things, or simply a lovely sight to behold.

You have many things to choose from in the selection of your tattoo rose design. Start with a single rose, and build it into something larger as time goes on. Show your inner and outer beauty with your rose tattoo.