Banner tattoo ideas

1,537 photos and flash · 65% Traditional, 18% Neo-trad · Forearm most common

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Traditional flash design of a one pint bottle holding two sailing ships, with a banner reading A Sailor's Grave over a skull and crossbones, flanked by red stars and green leaves.
Bottle with ships and a sailor's grave banner
Traditional-style flash design of two swallows above a red heart with flames and a LOVE banner on an orange background, shown without a body placement.
Swallows, heart and LOVE banner flash
Pencil sketch of a tattoo design with three skulls, roses and three scrolling banners reading See, Hear and Speak no evil, drawn in black and grey shading.
Skulls, roses and no evil banners design
Black line drawing of a striped bee with hatched wings holding a banner that reads HAPPY, shown as a tattoo design.
Bee with a HAPPY banner
Traditional style flash sheet showing a black heart with a pink rose and teal leaves, beside two black and gold hearts with a YOU SUCK banner and arrows, with no body placement shown.
Rose heart and banner hearts flash sheet
A painted canvas showing a teal and pink swallow in traditional style holding a banner that reads HOPE, resting on a wooden floor.
Bird with HOPE banner painted on canvas
Traditional-style flash design of a grey crocodile head with a dagger, a pink rose and a KILLER banner, shown on a textured grey background.
Killer Croc crocodile, dagger and rose design
Black thread embroidery in a wooden hoop of a tattoo-style hand holding a heart with a SOULMATE banner, a chain and a decorated cuff.
Embroidered hand holding a heart banner
Traditional-style flash design on a wooden board showing a smiling sloth above a banner reading DON'T HURRY BE HAPPY, framed by colourful flowers and leaves.
Sloth with banner flash design
Black line drawing of a yarn ball with two knitting needles and a heart, with banners reading MY SOUL IS FED WITH NEEDLE AND THREAD, drawn as a tattoo flash design.
Yarn ball and needles with banner lettering
Black linework traditional flash sheet showing a perfume bottle, a potted plant with a banner, a sundae, a hand holding lipstick, a pin-up, cherries and a knife with banners.
Traditional flash sheet with pin-up and cherries
Traditional-style nautical design of two swallows, a rope-edged anchor and roses, burned into a pale wooden board, with no body placement shown.
Swallows, anchor and roses design on wood
Flash design of a pin-up woman in a red polka-dot bikini with cherries, stars and CHERRY BOMB banners, in traditional style, with no body placement shown.
Cherry Bomb pin-up with cherries and banners
Black and grey flash design of a skeleton pin-up in a polka dot headscarf, flexing one arm, with a We Can Do It banner beneath in a traditional style.
Skeleton pin-up with We Can Do It banner
Pencil drawing of a tattoo design with three skulls, roses and banners reading see no evil, hear no evil and speak no evil, in realistic greyscale shading.
Three skulls with roses and see, hear, speak no evil banners
Black linework flash sheet showing the word Sprinkles set in many lettering styles, including Dutch serif, script, curved and hand-drawn forms.
Sprinkles lettering variations on a flash sheet
Hand-drawn tattoo flash design of a barn owl wearing a pendant, with a banner reading No Power Over Me, shaded in pen and blue and orange watercolour wash.
Barn owl with banner reading No Power Over Me
Black line drawing flash design of a winged bat over a ribbon banner reading Children of the Night, What Music They Make, with a castle and roses below.
Bat, castle and roses banner design
Pen sketch of a tattoo design showing a skull, roses and a banner reading Dead men tell no tales, in a neo-trad lettering style.
Skull and banner lettering design
Traditional style flash design of a dagger dripping blood, wrapped in lettered banners over a drawn arm with a spider web and rose.
Dagger and banners flash with blood
Black line drawing of an electric guitar wrapped in a ribbon banner with roses and leaves, shown as a neo-traditional tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Electric guitar, ribbon and roses design
Flash sheet of four cartoon fox designs in neo-traditional style, each with a banner and flowers, the banners reading Be Quiet, Don't Talk To Me, Gross and Please Leave.
Four fox flash designs with banners
Traditional flash design pairing an umbrella with rain drops over a rose, and an anatomical heart, each with a banner scroll reading a line of text.
Umbrella, rose and heart flash sheet
Black line drawing flash design of a grinning Cheshire cat face with playing cards, a teapot, a teacup and a banner reading We're All Mad Here.
We're all mad here design with Cheshire cat
Set of pencil lettering sketches for a tattoo design with decorative block and script letters, shaded ribbon banner and flourishes, shown without a body placement.
Lettering sketches with ribbon banner and flourishes
Flash sheet of black line flourishes, scrolls, leaves, arrows and a laurel motif on a white background, with a white laurel on a grey panel at the top.
Flourishes and ornaments flash sheet
Black and grey lettering flash design reading From dust you were made unto dust you shall return, with a stippled skull beside the words.
Lettering flash with skull and dust quote
Black and grey realistic flash design of praying hands wrapped in a rosary beneath a scroll banner reading INRI.
Praying hands with rosary and INRI scroll
Black and grey flash design of a top-hatted gentleman and a skull joined by a banner, shown twice in mirrored, upside-down orientation.
Double-ended skull and gentleman design
Tall red and yellow banner design of a sun with a face, a sword, a coiled red snake and hibiscus flowers, with the words Unbowed Unbent Unbroken on a ribbon.
Sun, sword and snake banner design
Black and grey realistic sleeve design showing headphones with wings, roses, a vintage microphone, a script banner and sheet music, shown as a flat design rather than on skin.
Music sleeve design with headphones and roses
Traditional style flash sheet of red and black heart designs, including a dagger through a heart, a rose with a MOM banner, and swallows with LOVE ALWAYS lettering.
Traditional heart flash sheet
Traditional flash sheet with a green umbrella over a red rose and a path of raindrops, beside an anatomical heart, each with a scroll banner of lettering.
Umbrella, rose and anatomical heart flash
Six vertical illustrated flash designs in a neo-traditional style, each showing a Disney-inspired princess or fairy character framed by roses, ribbons and banners.
Six princess flash designs with banners
Black line drawing of a sailing ship above a curling banner reading IT IS NOT DOWN ON ANY MAP TRUE PLACES NEVER ARE, with waves below, in a traditional style.
Ship and banner quote design
Pencil sketch of a neo-traditional tattoo design with two hearts, roses and banners reading Family and Trust, shown without a body placement.
Hearts, roses and banners tattoo design
Line drawing flash design of a ribboned banner reading I solemnly swear I am up to no good, above a trail of black footprints.
Banner quote with footprint trail
Traditional style flash design of a tarot card with three swords, a watchful eye, a heart and roses, with no body placement shown.
Three of Swords tarot flash design
Black and grey traditional style flash design of a skeleton framed by banners reading COME BACK TO LIFE, with a VERB banner at the top.
Skeleton with come back to life banners
Black line drawing of a sailing ship, tentacles, waves and an anchor with a banner reading I am the captain of my soul, shown as a traditional-style tattoo design.
Ship and anchor flash with captain banner
Black and grey pencil flash drawing of a bomb with fins, a smoke cloud and a ribbon banner with lettering, in a traditional style.
Bomb with banner and smoke flash
Flash design of a cream ribbon banner with black script reading a quote about stars and returning, set on a purple background with black stars, drawn in a neo-traditional style.
Ribbon banner with a star-scattered quote
Pen drawing flash sheet of tattoo designs in a neo-traditional style, showing a steampunk gas mask with a top hat above a Legacy banner, a Photo Factory banner, and a Union banner over a compass and
Steampunk mask and banner 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
Traditional style flash drawing of a magenta coffin wrapped in three yellow banners that read LEAVE A PRETTY CORPSE, with bold black outlines.
Coffin with banner reading Leave a Pretty Corpse
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 pencil sketch of a tattoo design showing two skulls wrapped in dollar bills, with banners reading EVIL PAYS FOR and EVIL WAY, shown without a body placement.
Skulls and dollar bills with banner design
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