Banner tattoo ideas

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

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Hand-drawn Hufflepuff house crest design in yellow, black and grey, with a badger over a striped shield and a blackletter banner reading Hufflepuff.
Hufflepuff crest with badger and banner
Black and grey drawing of an anatomical heart wrapped in ribbon banners reading shipwrecked bones carry my seasick heart home, with two swallows, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement.
Anatomical heart with ribbon lettering
Pink flash-style design of a heart with a banner reading FEMINIST and two roses with leaves, drawn in bold outlines with no body placement shown.
Feminist banner, heart and roses flash
Black line drawing of two sugar skulls, one in a veil and one in a top hat, framed by roses and a banner reading 'Til Death Do Us Part, in a traditional tattoo flash style with no body placement
Sugar skull couple with roses and banner
Neo-traditional style flash design of a red-haired archer with a Celtic knot tattoo on her shoulder, a bow, arrow, sword and white flowers, with a banner reading Fate Loves the Fearless.
Red-haired archer portrait with lettered banner
Traditional style flash drawing of a clawed glove hand with a banner reading Never Sleep, in red, teal and brown.
Clawed hand with Never Sleep banner
Black and grey flash design of a rolling pin with script banners reading "They see me rollin'" and "They hatin'", drawn for use as a tattoo with no body placement shown.
Rolling pin with "They see me rollin'" banners
Traditional-style flash sheet of four cartoon characters with scroll banners, flowers and a large red rose, drawn in bold outlines and bright colour.
Cartoon character flash sheet with roses and banners
Black and grey flash design of four arrows wrapped in a ribbon reading A MAN MUST MAKE HIS OWN ARROWS, with feathered shafts and radiating lines.
Four arrows with ribbon banner quote
Shaded pencil drawing of a Scottish heraldic lion on a shield, flanked by thistles, a sword and banners reading Scotland and Forever, a design suited to a tattoo.
Scottish lion crest with thistles and banners
Pencil flash sheet showing the word INSANE drawn in ten lettering styles, including script, blackletter, serif and an ornate design, for use as tattoo lettering.
Insane lettering flash sheet in ten styles
Pencil drawing of a traditional-style tattoo design showing a hand with dark nails holding a cracked oval hand mirror, with a banner reading YOU'RE STILL PRETTY.
Hand holding a cracked mirror with banner
Black line-art flash design of a ribbon banner with the words don't worry, you're just as sane as I am, flanked by wings and a pair of round spectacles, with a cherry below.
Ribbon banner with wings and spectacles
Pencil drawing of a winged pocket watch with Roman numerals, ribbons and ornate scrollwork, shaded in greys on paper.
Winged clock with ribbons design
Black and grey drawing of an eagle with spread wings holding a Live to Ride banner, with a blank banner below, in a traditional style.
Eagle with Live to Ride banner
Neo-traditional flash design of a pin-up woman in a yellow and navy bodysuit with a purple dragon behind her and HELLO KITTY banners across a rope-framed oval.
Pin-up dragon and banner flash design
Navy line drawing of a pocket watch, rose, leaves and beads with a banner reading TIME HEALS ALL WOUNDS, shown as a tattoo design on paper.
Pocket watch, rose and banner design
Traditional-style flash design of a lantern with a gold flame, three moths and banners reading LIGHTS, WILL, GUIDE and YOU HOME, with no body placement shown.
Lantern with moths and banner lettering
Black and grey traditional flash sheet on a wooden table, showing video game themed designs including a castle, bomb, ghost, shy guy, tombstone reading GAME OVER and a pin-up figure.
Video game themed flash sheet in black and grey
Neo-traditional flash design of a red-haired mermaid with teal tail, fish and a banner reading SIREN, with an anchor and wave tattoo on her arm.
Mermaid with banner reading Siren
Purple and teal illustration of a skull and crossbones filled with traditional tattoo flash motifs such as roses, swallows, stars and banners.
Skull and crossbones with traditional flash motifs
Pencil drawing of a cross wrapped in ribbon banners reading Your Pain, Is A and Gift, drawn in black and grey shading as a tattoo design.
Cross with ribbon banners, pencil design
Neo-traditional flash design of a green zombie hand gripping a red rose, with two curled banners and a small skull at the lower left.
Zombie hand holding a red rose with banners
Black line drawing of a mermaid with scaled tail beside a sailing ship and a large sea creature, a tattoo design sketch with no body part shown.
Mermaid and ship sea monster design
Traditional-style flash drawing of a striped hot air balloon with a banner reading Enjoy Your Journey, a woven basket and small stars, in red, brown and black ink on kraft paper.
Hot air balloon with Enjoy Your Journey banner
Neo-traditional style flash design of a pale, stitched-face woman with red curls inside an oval frame, above a banner reading FOREVER.
Stitched portrait with FOREVER banner
Black ink line drawing of a compass inside a tree branch ring, with banners reading Not all who wander are lost and an anchor below, styled as a tattoo design.
Compass and tree design with banner text
Traditional style flash sheet of many small coloured tattoo designs, including hearts, roses, daggers, pin-ups and animals, all lettered with True Love and framed by TATTOO at the top and bottom.
True Love traditional flash sheet
Coloured flash design of a white skull wearing a red fez and bow tie, with a tattoo machine and the word Geronimo on a gold banner, on a pale blue background.
Skull with fez, bow tie and tattoo machine
Black and grey flash sheet of ornate script and blackletter lettering designs, including words, numbers and month names, with no body placement shown.
Lettering flash sheet in black and grey
Pencil drawing of a tattoo lettering design with ribbon banners, French script, a heart, a pocket watch and a script word, shown without any body placement.
Pencil lettering banner with French script
Neo-trad style flash design of a red-haired cartoon girl surfing a turquoise wave beneath pink flowers and a ribbon banner with lettering, with no body placement shown.
Surfing girl with wave and flowers
Seamless black and white line pattern of traditional flash motifs, including hearts with banners, daggers, a skull, an eye, a diamond, an anchor and an eight ball.
Traditional flash pattern of hearts, daggers and skulls
Traditional-style flash drawing of a red heart with flames, a script Harley-Davidson banner, a blue rose and orange flowers on a black background, with a Harley-Davidson Motor Cycles shield logo
Heart, rose and banner flash design
Black ink flash design of a hand-drawn banner ribbon reading Warrior not Worrier, in lettering style.
Warrior not Worrier banner design
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
Four pastel flash designs on a pink background: a unicorn with a Wonderland banner, a scallop shell, lips with a glittery drip, and mushrooms in a circle.
Unicorn, shell, lips and mushroom flash designs
Black line flash design of a stitched spellbook with an eye on its cover, a banner reading It's all just a bunch of, and purple Hocus Pocus lettering.
Stitched spellbook with eye and banner flash
Traditional-style flash sheet of hearts with banners, flowers and lettering such as no scrubs, go away and drop dead, drawn on paper with no placement on the body.
Heart and banner flash sheet
Black and grey pencil drawing of a Dalek above a banner reading EXTERMINATE, shown as a tattoo design on a spiral sketchbook page.
Dalek with EXTERMINATE banner design
Line drawing flash of a pizza slice with pepperoni and mushrooms, with banners reading I WILL NEVER and BREAK YOUR HEART, in a traditional style.
Pizza slice with banner lettering
Neo-traditional flash design of a red-haired woman in a utility outfit, framed by angel wings, sunflowers, vines and a banner reading The Girl Who Waited, with no body placement shown.
The Girl Who Waited flash design with angel wings
Two painted traditional flash designs of daggers on cream paper, one with a red rose at the guard and one with a scaled hilt, an eye and a ribbon banner.
Two traditional dagger designs on cream paper
Traditional flash drawing of a sailor pin-up woman with closed eyes and a sailor cap, framed by a green laurel wreath and a yellow banner reading Sink or Swim.
Sailor pin-up with laurel wreath and Sink or Swim banner
Traditional style tattoo flash of a red rose with green leaves, a gold banner reading LOVE and a small skull, shown on a teal painted background.
Rose, banner and skull design
Illustrated flash design of purple angel wings and a halo framing a dark car in front of a full moon, with a banner reading Carry on my wayward son.
Winged banner with car and moon
Pencil and ink drawing of a compass inside a hatched frame, with three banners reading Before you ask which way to go, remember where you've been.
Compass with banner quote drawing
Traditional flash design of a red rose, a grey key and a tan Bad Wolf banner with dark green leaves, shown on a black surface beside a coin for scale.
Red rose and key with Bad Wolf banner