Banner tattoo ideas

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

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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
Purple line drawing of a barn owl, a long-haired face, a banner and ornate script lettering, shown as a tattoo flash design with no body placement.
Owl, portrait and lettering flash design
Realistic shaded tattoo of a grey corset lacing with a red bow and French script banner across the lower back.
Corset lacing and red ribbon on lower back
Colour tattoo of cartoon Milhouse from The Simpsons on a skateboard on the thigh, with banners reading Everything's Coming Up and Milhouse, in a traditional style.
Milhouse on a skateboard on a thigh
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
Colour tattoo on the thigh of a red rose with a triangle, circle and vertical line at its centre, above a grey banner reading Until the very end, in a neo-traditional style.
Red rose and banner tattoo on thigh
Black and white crest design with a letter H, the number 221B, a TARDIS, a pentagram, a bird and a banner reading Not all who wander are lost.
Crest with TARDIS and quote banner
Traditional style tattoo of a black anchor with red and orange accents and a banner reading FOREVER WITH ME, on the calf.
Anchor with Forever With Me banner on a calf
Traditional style tattoo of a grim reaper riding a motorcycle and holding a scythe, on the forearm, with a partly visible banner above.
Grim reaper riding a motorcycle on a forearm
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
Traditional style dagger tattoo in grey shading with an orange banner across the blade, on the outer calf.
Dagger with banner on a calf
Black and grey pencil drawing of a cross with two ribbon banners wrapped around its arms and shaft, shaded for a tattoo design.
Cross with two wrapped ribbon banners
Traditional tattoo of a guillotine with a Best Wishes banner, flanked by yellow-orange roses and black leaves, on a limb.
Guillotine, roses and a Best Wishes banner
Traditional-style flash design of red and purple scissors wrapped in banners reading DON'T LOSE YOUR WAY and SWEET HEART, over white line flowers on a mint background.
Scissors and banners with flowers design
Traditional-style flash design of a profile figure looking upwards, with a blue rose, a sonic screwdriver and a banner reading Her Name Was Rose.
Her Name Was Rose banner with sonic screwdriver
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
Colour tattoo of a blue TARDIS police box wrapped in cream banners with black script lettering, sitting on the lower leg.
TARDIS wrapped in quote banners on the calf
Black and grey traditional tattoo of an hourglass, rose and leaves with banners reading Time does not heal, on an upper arm.
Hourglass and rose with 'Time does not heal'
Pencil sketch of a tattoo design showing a woman in an eyed headdress with snakes, birds and flowers, above a banner reading Volverte a ver.
Eyed headdress woman with banner design
Black line drawing of a coffee cup and saucer with steam swirls and two ribbon banners reading But First, Coffee, shown as a tattoo design on white.
But First, Coffee cup design
Black and grey traditional flash drawing of an ornate dagger through a heart, with a Valentine banner, rays and a swallow.
Dagger, heart and swallow flash design
Black and grey tattoo of praying hands with a rosary, a cross and two banners reading IN GODS and HANDS, on a forearm.
Praying hands and cross on a forearm
Colour traditional tattoo of a red and white lighthouse with orange light beams, waves and clouds, framed by a rope border and banner on a forearm.
Lighthouse and waves with banner on a forearm
Colour traditional tattoos on a woman's leg and forearm, including a heart, a chrysanthemum and a skull, shown against white bedding.
Traditional colour tattoos on legs and forearms
Black and grey flash design of a skull on a banner reading Kustom Way of Life, with a pin-up girl, fuel can, eyeball and engine parts, with no body placement shown.
Kustom Way of Life skull and pin-up flash sheet
Traditional style tattoo of a black cat wearing a flower crown with red ears and orange eyes, with a VILLERO banner and script above, on a forearm.
Black cat with flower crown on a forearm
Traditional style flash design of a teapot pouring into a teacup, with a red rose, green leaves and banners reading WHEN IN DOUBT DRINK TEA.
Teapot pouring tea beside a rose
Black and grey realism tattoo of an elephant riding a unicycle with a banner reading ELEVATE and birds in flight above, on a person's side ribs.
Elephant on a unicycle with birds on the ribs
Traditional style tattoo of a woman's face with red cheeks and a banner beneath it, on the top of a foot above a tan leather sandal.
Traditional woman portrait on ankle
Black and grey traditional style tattoo on the inner forearm showing a delta-shaped emblem with two banners reading MAKE and IT SO, surrounded by small stars.
Delta emblem with banners on forearm
Colour tattoo of a vintage-style tabby cat wearing a pink bow tie, above a black banner reading CAT LADY, on the inside of a wrist.
Vintage tabby cat with banner on wrist
Traditional flash sheet of six Star Wars characters, including a Hutt, an Ewok and a hooded Jawa, with banners and rose accents.
Star Wars characters traditional flash sheet
Traditional-style colour tattoo of the BB-8 droid above a banner reading They See Me Rollin, on the calf.
BB-8 droid with banner on a calf
Outline tattoo of a pin-up woman with a pearl necklace, lotus flowers and a Bayou Beauty banner, placed on the upper arm.
Pin-up woman with lotus and banner on upper arm
Black and grey traditional back piece showing an eagle, a steamship inside a heart-shaped frame with flowers, and a snake coiled around a skull on the neck.
Traditional back piece with eagle and ship
Traditional style tattoo of a blue and red ball of yarn pierced by two knitting needles, with banners reading KNIT FAST and DIE WARM, on a back.
Ball of yarn with knitting needles and banners
Black and grey stippled dotwork design of an anchor wrapped in a rope and a banner reading I Refuse To Sink, shown as a drawing with no body placement visible.
Anchor with I Refuse To Sink banner
Traditional colour tattoo of an inhaler wrapped in a cream banner reading Ain't easy bein' wheezy, shown close up on skin.
Inhaler and banner reading Ain't easy bein' wheezy
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of a moustached officer in a green campaign hat and aviator sunglasses, with the words Mother of God below, on a calf.
Officer portrait with Mother of God banner
Traditional style tattoo on an upper arm showing a woman in dark judicial robes and glasses, framed by green laurels and a red banner reading SUPREME.
Robed portrait with laurels on upper arm
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
Black and grey tattoo of a bird with a banner and leaf shapes on a man's neck, above a white shirt and dotted tie.
Bird and banner tattoo on the neck
Full arm sleeve in traditional style with a sailing ship, shark, swallow, pin-up and roses scattered with small stars, shown in three photographs on the upper arm and forearm.
Traditional nautical full arm sleeve
Realistic black and grey portrait of an older man in a banknote style, with pink-tinted scrollwork and a 100 banner, tattooed on a calf.
Banknote style portrait with 100 on a calf
Colourful traditional arm sleeve on the upper arm and forearm, with a woman's face in grey and pink, a red rose, a dagger and a butterfly.
Traditional arm sleeve with woman, rose and butterfly
Traditional-style flash design of a gold key and lock with teal roses, green leaves and pale banners reading Darling You'll be okay.
Key and lock with roses and banners
Traditional style tattoo of three banners reading SLOTH LOVE CHUNK above a bitten chunk of food, with red and blue shapes, on the inner upper arm.
Sloth Love Chunk banners on upper arm