Banner tattoo ideas

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

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Black ink script lettering reading Perfectly Imperfect, with a ribbon banner under the word Imperfect, drawn as a lettering design on a white background.
Perfectly Imperfect script lettering design
Pen sketch of a tattoo design showing a hand rising from ripples with a banner reading DON'T LET ME DROWN, in black and grey linework.
Hand rising from water with banner
Traditional-style flash design of dice, a green bottle and a can in flames above a banner reading Roll the Dice, with no body placement shown.
Roll the dice flash with flames and banner
Black linework flash design of a gramophone inside an ornate oval frame, with leaves and a banner reading Music is a place to be, drawn on tracing paper.
Gramophone in an ornate frame with banner
Black linework flash sheet of Irish-themed tattoo designs, including a shamrock, harp, pipe, horseshoe, pot of gold and banner lettering, shown on a flat, unmarked white sheet.
Irish-themed traditional flash sheet
Black line drawing flash design of a banner reading Death before decaf, flanked by roses, with a teacup bearing a skull and crossbones, in a traditional style.
Death before decaf banner with roses and teacup
Black ink line drawing of a pine tree, a deer and hatched hillside with a banner reading Prone to Wander, on aged paper.
Prone to Wander pine and deer design
Colour flash design of a steel anchor wrapped in banners reading Just Keep Swimming, surrounded by cartoon sea creatures on a blue background.
Anchor with Just Keep Swimming banners
Hand-drawn ink design of a winged sheep across three banners reading A teenage vow in a parking lot, til tonight do us part, with grey shading and brown and yellow wash accents.
Winged sheep with lyric banners
Black line drawing of a lettering design reading The Mountains Are Calling And I Must Go, with three peaks above and a ribbon banner below, in a lettering style.
The mountains are calling lettering design
Black and grey pen drawing of an ornate lettered banner design with flourished scrollwork, shown on paper beside two drawing pens.
Lettered banner design with flourishes
Nautical flash design of white lettering on a navy background, with a crossed anchor, lifebuoy, flags and banners in a traditional style.
Nautical lettering with anchor and lifebuoy
Pencil flash sketch of a Roman numeral clock with a rose and two lettered banners, with a pocket watch and beaded chain, in traditional style.
Clock, rose and banners sketch
Pencil drawing of a traditional-style tattoo design with three stacked ribbon banners reading Fortune favors the hustle, shown on paper with no placement on the body.
Fortune favors the hustle ribbon banner
Black and grey drawn tattoo flash of a dagger crossing a banner reading The blood of my enemies, with clouds and stars, in a traditional style.
Dagger and banner lettering flash design
Purple line drawing of a leaping lion pierced by two arrows, with a banner reading BE NOT AFRAID across its body, in a traditional tattoo flash style.
Leaping lion with arrows and banner
Flash-style drawing of a large key wrapped in two banners reading Courage is the Key, with a heart-shaped lock, a compass and bubbles, in traditional-style colour outlines.
Key with Courage is the Key banners
Black line drawing of a cartoon character with spiky hair and antennae, raising two middle fingers, above a traditional banner reading Peace Among Worlds.
Cartoon character with Peace Among Worlds banner
Flash design of a cartoon owl in a red jacket and blue bow tie, framed by two shaded scroll banners carrying script lettering, with no body placement shown.
Cartoon owl with script banners
Black ink line drawing of a pizza slice with dripping cheese, a striped handled tool and two banners reading Love dies and Pizza is forever, shown as a tattoo design on white paper.
Pizza slice with banners reading Love dies and Pizza is
Black linework flash drawing of a lace-edged heart with two script lettering banners and rays, drawn on tracing paper, suited to a neo-traditional tattoo.
Heart and script banners flash design
Black and grey traditional tattoo designs printed on a white sweatshirt, including swallows over a clasped-hands heart, a rose with a banner, a stag and an anchor.
Tattoo designs printed on a white sweatshirt
Black and white flash design of a sword running through the words Be Brave Not Safe in decorative lettering with swirling flourishes.
Be Brave Not Safe lettering with sword
Pencil drawing of a crescent moon, a hand holding a wand and two ribbon banners with script lettering, shaded in yellow and black linework.
In the Name of the Moon banner design
Pencil sketch of decorative lettering reading Today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday, with scrollwork and a banner, beside an eraser and two pencils.
Lettering sketch of a quote on a banner
Two black line drawings of potted cacti and succulents on banners reading DON'T BE A PRICK and SUCK IT, a botanical flash design.
Cactus and succulent flash with banner lettering
Pencil drawing of a traditional-style dagger with the name Rumplestiltskin on the blade and a banner reading All Magic Comes With a Price, drawn as a tattoo design.
Dagger and banner reading All Magic Comes With a Price
Pencil drawing of ornate script lettering with swirling flourishes and a shaded banner, shown on paper beside a black fineliner pen.
Script lettering design with flourishes
Black line drawing flash of a pocket watch with roses, leaves and a chain, with a script banner of lettering beneath, styled as a traditional tattoo design.
Pocket watch and roses with script banner
Pencil sketch of a tattoo design showing a woman's head in profile with three ribbon banners reading DARLING, YOU'LL BE and OKAY, drawn on a notebook page.
Ribbon banners reading Darling, You'll Be Okay
Coloured flash design of a sword, pipe, staff and cloak among leaves, with a yellow banner reading Home is behind the world ahead, in a neo-traditional lettering style.
Banner lettering with sword and pipe design
Black and grey flash design of a banner reading Life's A Gamble above playing cards, dice, a classic car and flames.
Life's a Gamble with cards, dice and car
Black and grey hand-lettered tattoo flash design of an anchor with rope and the words If my love were an ocean, there would be no more land, drawn on a sketchbook page, with no body part shown.
Anchor with hand-lettered quote design
Black ink line drawing of a scroll banner reading FAITH, HOPE & LOVE within a handwritten scripture quote from 1 Corinthians 13:13, in a lettering style.
Banner lettering with 1 Corinthians 13:13
Line drawing of a Wanderlust banner across a globe with blossoms and leaves in a neo-traditional style, shown as a tattoo design on tracing paper with no body placement visible.
Wanderlust globe and flowers flash design
Black and white lettering design reading Harley-Davidson with a B and D emblem, a ribbon banner and ornate spires, drawn as a flash design with no body placement shown.
Harley-Davidson lettering with ribbon and emblem
Black line drawing of a sword wrapped in ribbon banners reading 'All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us', with a shield, ring, rose and landscape vignette.
Sword and quote banners line design
Black and grey traditional flash sheet showing an anchor, clasped hands, crossed arrows, a rope, flowers, an envelope and banners with lettering.
Traditional flash sheet with anchor, hands and banners
Black and grey flash drawing of a pizza slice with dripping cheese, hearts and an I LOVE AFFAIR banner, in a traditional style, with no body placement shown.
I Love Affair pizza slice flash design
Black linework flash design of a ribbon banner wrapped around a dagger with a ring handle, reading I'M GETTING TOO OLD FOR THIS SHIT.
Banner reading I'm getting too old for this
A grid of cross stitch chart designs in traditional tattoo flash style, including swallows, hearts, roses, a pin-up, a cherry pair and lettering, on a grey background.
Sheet of cross stitch tattoo-style flash designs
Eight numbered sheets of gold and silver metallic temporary tattoo designs, featuring Greek letters, geometric patterns, anchors and chevrons.
Gold metallic Greek letter temporary tattoo sheets
Hand-drawn tattoo design of a compass with pink flowers, leaves and a scroll banner reading Take Me Home, shaded in grey with coloured pencil accents.
Compass and flowers with Take Me Home banner
Black line drawing flash design of a thread spool with crossed needles, a crown, scissors and a banner reading Make Things, in a traditional ornamental style.
Spool, needles and Make Things banner
Black and white traditional-style dagger design with three banners reading WHAT'S YOUR FAVOURITE SCARY MOVIE, shown as a sticker on a wooden surface.
Dagger and banner with scary movie lettering
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 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