Banner tattoo ideas

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

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Black and grey realism leg sleeve on the thigh and calf showing a lion head, sunflowers, a clock face and scrolled lettering.
Lion and clock leg sleeve in black and grey
Illustrated flash design of a black and yellow orca with an orange tail, crossed by a beige banner reading IF YOU LOVE ME LET ME GO, on a cream damask background.
Orca with a banner reading If you love me let me go
Pencil sketch of a tattoo design showing a compass pocket watch surrounded by gears, with a banner reading I Will Find My Way across the lower half.
Compass pocket watch and gears with banner
Traditional style colour tattoo of a pig's head with red and white flowers and a red banner reading I AM NOT BACON, on a limb.
Pig head with flowers and I AM NOT BACON banner
Black and grey pencil sketch of a raised hand with a ribbon banner wrapped around the wrist reading Do not open before Christmas, with music notes, shown as a tattoo design on the forearm.
Raised hand with ribbon banner on wrist
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
Traditional colour tattoo of clasped hands over a red heart, framed by a gold rope border, a scroll banner reading See you on the other side, and blue flowers, on the thigh.
Clasped hands in a heart on a thigh
Colour tattoo of a leg lamp in a wooden crate with a red banner reading A MAJOR AWARD, on a lower leg.
Leg lamp in a crate with banner
Traditional-style tattoos of a swallow, a ship, an eye and a banner on a man's arm, with a chest script partly visible above a white printed tank top.
Swallow, ship and banner tattoos on an arm
Colour traditional tattoo of a sonic screwdriver with a blue glow, wrapped in banners reading Wibbly Wobbly Timey Wimey Stuff, on the outer limb.
Sonic screwdriver with Wibbly Wobbly banner
Traditional black rose tattoo with a bud, leaves and thorned stem on a forearm near the elbow, with a partly visible banner above.
Black rose tattoo on forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a raven perched in front of a moon, with a ribbon and an ornate pocket watch, on an upper arm.
Raven and pocket watch on upper arm
Black and grey engraved-style anchor design wrapped in rope, with the script words Refuse to Sink on a torn banner and no body placement shown.
Anchor with Refuse to Sink script
Colour realism forearm tattoo of yellow roses with water droplets and a silver banner reading Grandpa, shown in two side by side photos.
Yellow roses and Grandpa banner on a forearm
Two hands with traditional tattoos, showing a dagger and heart with a banner on the back of one hand and single letters across the knuckles of the other.
Knuckle letters and traditional hand tattoos
Black and grey two-panel tattoo on an upper arm in an engraved style, showing scales and a solid polyhedron on the left and a skeleton holding an hourglass above a skull on the right.
Two-panel engraving tattoo on an upper arm
Colour tattoo of Dobby the house elf holding a striped sock, with candles, a moon and a castle silhouette, on the outer thigh.
Dobby the house elf on a thigh
Colour traditional-style tattoo of a cupcake with pink frosting, a cherry and a banner reading Life is Sweet on the forearm.
Cupcake with cherry and banner on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a meowing cat head with the word meow on a banner, on the side of the torso.
Meowing cat head with banner on the side
Five views of a black and grey realism full sleeve tattoo on an arm, showing Jesus with a crown of thorns, skulls, roses, a praying figure and an eye.
Black and grey realism full sleeve with religious and skull
Shirtless man with a black NY cap covering his face, showing traditional rose and heart tattoos and lettering across his chest, arms and abdomen.
Heavily tattooed torso and arms under a cap
Traditional style tattoo of a red heart with teal-shaded dark green leaves and a cream banner with black lettering, on the forearm.
Traditional heart with banner on forearm
Neo-trad colour tattoo of a heart-shaped Earth inside an ornate open book frame with beaded drops, placed across the centre of the torso.
Earth heart in an ornate book frame on the torso
Traditional style colour tattoo of a moka pot with a red flower and a scroll reading DEATH BEFORE DECAF, on the lower leg.
Moka pot and scroll reading Death Before Decaf
Forearm covered in a colourful sleeve tattoo with a paw print, LEGO minifigure, maple leaf, snowflake and puzzle pieces, shown in a close photo.
Colourful forearm sleeve with LEGO and paw print
Traditional colour tattoo of a surfer silhouetted against a sunset with palm trees, a wave and a bottle, framed by a rope border and banners reading Somewhere Over The Rainbow, with hibiscus flowers.
Surfer at sunset with hibiscus and banner
Black and grey realism tattoo of a five-petalled blossom with leaves and a lettered banner across the lower back.
Black and grey flower with lettered banner
Black and grey traditional tattoos covering a bent leg, including a skull with a Before Dishonor banner, a swallow, a peacock and a pin-up head on the lower thigh.
Traditional leg sleeve with skulls and swallows
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
Black line drawing of a traditional style tattoo design showing a scroll banner reading Death before decaf, two roses and a teacup with a skull and crossbones.
Death before decaf banner with roses and teacup
Black and grey traditional style tattoo of a cross with a ribbon wrapped around it, on the inner forearm of a person in a white top.
Cross with ribbon on a forearm
Hand-drawn coloured design of a whisk, knife and spoon crossed over purple flowers and green leaves, with a yellow banner reading Mis en place.
Whisk, knife and spoon with flowers and banner
Traditional style colour tattoo of two red cherries with green leaves and a purple ribbon banner reading CHERRY BOMB, on skin.
Cherry bomb banner with twin cherries
Traditional style colour tattoo of a cartoon character seated in an orange armchair with a bowl of cherries, above a banner reading I apologize for nothing, on an upper arm.
Cartoon character with banner on upper arm
Traditional flash design of two tattooed women riding bicycles on rollers above a banner reading Roller Race, with roses and a laurel wreath.
Two women on bicycles roller race flash
Two matching OHANA banner tattoos showing clasped hands and flowers on the lower legs, one in traditional colour and one in black and grey.
Matching OHANA handshake tattoos on calves
Black and grey tattoo on a thigh showing a Regency couple, a standing figure, roses, leaves, a sunburst and scrolling quote banners in an engraved style.
Pride and Prejudice scene on a thigh
Traditional style tattoo of red and orange hearts with a NOT YOU banner, spider web, spider and leaves on the upper arm.
Traditional hearts and spider web on upper arm
Neo-trad style colour tattoo of Baymax from Big Hero 6 hugging a cat, with pink and purple hearts and a banner reading Hairy Baby, on a forearm.
Baymax holding a cat on a forearm
Traditional flash design of two swallows, a red rose and a heart with ribbon banners, drawn without any body placement shown.
Swallows, rose and heart banner flash
Black linework tattoo of a woman with glasses and an updo holding a teacup, above a banner reading IT WAS A RUN-BY FRUITING, on the upper arm.
Woman with teacup and banner quote
Flash design of a blue-haired caterpillar in a red scarf above a peach banner reading 'ello!, drawn with bold outlines.
Caterpillar in a red scarf with banner
Traditional style colour tattoo of a globe on a stand with pink blossom and a WANDERLUST banner, on a forearm.
Globe with cherry blossom and Wanderlust banner
Black line flash sheet of traditional-style designs with banners, including a microphone, teapot, coffin, bear with dagger, and a rabbit in a top hat.
Traditional flash sheet with banner designs
Colour tattoo on a forearm of pink roses and green leaves with black outlines, wrapped by a ribbon banner carrying lettering, in a neo-traditional style.
Roses and ribbon banner on a forearm
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
Pencil drawing of a compass with a banner reading Before you ask which way to go, remember where you've been, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement.
Compass with quote banners
Traditional style flash design of a grey dagger wrapped in yellow ribbon banners with lettering, a red cross detail and a red drop of blood, shown as a drawing with no body placement.
Dagger and cross with lettered banners