Banner tattoo ideas

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

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Traditional flash drawing of a red heart with a yellow banner reading MOM and DAD, framed by dark green leaves and black scroll linework on a cream background.
Heart banner with Mom and Dad
Pastel illustration of a fluffy-headed bat hanging upside down, with a blue ribbon reading EVERYTHING and WILL BE OKAY, shown as a flash design with no body placement.
Upside-down bat with Everything will be okay ribbon
Traditional-style flash design of a man in profile holding a small vial, with red roses, a gas mask and two banners with lettering.
Man in profile with roses and banner flash
Realism style tattoo of a shaded Ball Mason jar with dark green leaves and a blank ribbon banner, on the calf.
Mason jar with leaves on a calf
Traditional tattoo of a closed book with an eye and a yellow banner reading NERD LIFE, with red ribbon and sunburst rays, on a section of skin.
Book and eye banner tattoo
Traditional-style flash design of a seated boxer dog above a red banner reading BOXER MOM, with two swallows and pink swirls, shown without any body placement.
Boxer dog with banner and swallows
Black traditional-style tattoos on an upper arm, with a block-lettered quote reading NO BULLSHIT DO REAL HAVE PASSION STAY THIRSTY, an anatomical heart, a sunburst and a banner.
Quote, anatomical heart and banner on upper arm
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 sleeve tattoo on an upper arm and forearm, showing skulls, roses, a clock, a microphone and banners with lettering.
Skull, rose and banner sleeve on an arm
Three vintage-style cat designs on a woman's shoulder and upper arm, including a cat in a pink hat and a banner reading CAT LADY.
Three vintage cats on an upper arm
Traditional-style pin-up illustration of a boxer in a green swimsuit and brown gloves beside a banner reading Momma said knock you out, printed on a steel hip flask.
Pin-up boxer with banner on a hip flask
Traditional-style flash design of a blue banner reading BREAKFAST ALWAYS, surrounded by fried eggs, bacon, a waffle, sausages, orange slices, a coffee pot and a mug marked #1.
Breakfast banner with eggs, bacon and waffles
Black and grey traditional-style tattoo of a bird on a branch, with a ribbon banner spiralling down the forearm bearing a quote.
Bird and quote banner on a forearm
Neo-traditional colour tattoo on an upper limb showing an eye within a triangle, a rose, a green serpent, a banner reading BLACK and a book at the base.
Eye, rose and serpent colour piece on a limb
Colour tattoo on a limb showing two dark silhouetted figures against a rainbow and orange sunset inside an outline shape, with an ALLONS-Y banner below.
Two silhouettes, rainbow and sunset with banner
Traditional style flash drawing of a sonic screwdriver wrapped in banners that read 'The Doctor will see you now', in grey, gold, blue and purple on a black background.
Sonic screwdriver with 'The Doctor will see you now' banner
Colour realism tattoo of blue, orange and yellow flames climbing a forearm, with a flaming skull and a banner on the wrist.
Flames up the forearm with a skull on the wrist
Colour botanical tattoo of pomegranates, leaves and blossoms covering a forearm, with a partly visible banner near the elbow.
Pomegranates and foliage on a forearm
Traditional colour tattoo of a black and white cat wearing a sailor hat, flanked by red flowers and a yellow banner reading MMXIV, on the forearm.
Tuxedo cat in sailor hat with roses and banner
Traditional style flash design of a pocket watch surrounded by pink flowers and green leaves, with a banner reading We Have Forever.
Pocket watch with flowers and a We Have Forever banner
Thigh tattoo of a shaded grey pocket watch with a key, beside a red rose with green leaves and a banner, in a traditional and realistic style.
Pocket watch and rose on the thigh
Traditional style tattoo design showing a blue gem, a red bomb with a lit fuse and green leaves and vines, with banners reading Sirens who slay together and Stay together, shown on a navy phone case.
Sirens who slay together tattoo design on phone case
Flash sheet of six cartoon tattoo designs in a bold neo-traditional style, each with a slogan banner, including a lemon, a game console and a flame figure.
Six cartoon character tattoo designs on banners
Traditional style colour tattoo of a red heart inside a teal and gold framed box, with a pink flower and teal leaves, on the back of a hand.
Heart and flower on the back of a hand
Black line drawing of a traditional-style tattoo design with roses, a teacup with rising steam, a cupcake and a scroll banner, shown on translucent paper.
Roses, teacup and cupcake design
Neo-traditional style peony tattoo with green leaves and black outlines on the forearm, with a script banner partly visible above.
Peony and leaves on a forearm
Neo-traditional style flash design of a woman's portrait framed by bees, honeycomb, a UFO and an 'I want to believe' banner, with no body placement shown.
Portrait with bees, UFO and banner
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
Pencil sketch of a tattoo design with an ornate heart containing a keyhole, crossed pistons, a blank banner and roses, with no body placement shown.
Heart keyhole, pistons and roses sketch
Traditional style flash sheet of six Doctor Who designs in bold outlines and bright colour, including a TARDIS, a Dalek, a Cyberman head and a fez-wearing face with a bow tie.
Doctor Who flash sheet with TARDIS, Dalek and Cyberman
Two matching realistic colour tattoos of tabby cat faces with purple and teal banners and scrollwork, shown side by side on the legs.
Matching cat portraits with name banners
Black and grey traditional anchor tattoo on a forearm, with two banners reading SINK OR SWIM and leaf shapes above a ring at the top of the shaft.
Anchor with Sink or Swim banners on a forearm
Black and grey realism drawing of a clock face, roses and a Timeless script banner, drawn as a sleeve tattoo design.
Clock and roses sleeve design
Realism and abstract blend tattoo on a man's chest and shoulder, showing a black raven on thistle stems with a flying bird, red and grey bands and Latin lettering.
Raven and thistle across chest and shoulder
Black fabric printed with traditional style tattoo flash designs, including a rose, koi fish, flaming heart, mermaid, sailing ship and horseshoe.
Traditional flash pattern on black fabric
Traditional coloured forearm tattoo of a pink rose, pansies and forget-me-nots, with a banner reading Nolite te bastardes carborundorum.
Rose and pansy banner on a forearm
Traditional style colour tattoo on the thigh showing a hand holding a banner reading Forget Me Not, surrounded by purple flowers, lavender and dark green leaves.
Hand holding Forget Me Not banner and flowers
Painted flash design of a raised animal paw with tan fur, dark toe beans and a dark pad patch, above a red ribbon banner reading HIGH FOUR.
Raised paw with HIGH FOUR banner
Traditional style colour tattoo of an anchor with a pin-up woman, red cracked heart, green bottle and cocktail glass, with a banner reading Stewed and Screwed Tattooed.
Traditional anchor, heart and pin-up banner tattoo
Two arms flexed toward the camera, each with a colour pizza slice tattoo with pepperoni and HOME-SLICE lettering in traditional style, with roses and banners on the upper arm.
Matching pizza slice tattoos on two forearms
Traditional style flash design of a black kraken with yellow eyes wrapping around a sailing ship, with a red sun and banners reading Kraken's Revenge on a starred cream background.
Kraken's Revenge sailing ship design
Black ink flash sheet with six traditional-style designs: a crescent moon with clouds, a rose with a banner, a dagger with a banner, a silhouette and skull, a sun with a banner, and a heart inside a
Six black ink flash designs on a sheet
Cross-stitch on linen of a traditional style tattoo design with two swallows, a lotus, a red heart and the word LOVE on a banner.
Swallows, heart and LOVE banner
Traditional style colour tattoo of a moka pot with a red flower and a red scroll reading DEATH BEFORE DECAF, on a lower leg.
Moka pot and 'Death before decaf' scroll
Black and grey realism tattoo of a pocket watch, gears and smoke with a banner reading Tempus Vincit Omnia, on the inner forearm.
Pocket watch and gears on a forearm
Traditional style tattoo of a hedgehog wearing glasses, framed by red and orange flowers, on the lower leg of a person wearing blue polka dot shoes.
Hedgehog in glasses with flowers on a leg
Colour traditional tattoo of an ornate key wrapped in a red-outlined ribbon reading ALOHOMORA, with four sparkle stars, on an upper arm.
Key and Alohomora banner on upper arm
Black-ink sailing ship tattoo with a banner on the inner wrist and forearm, in a fine line style, while another person holds the wearer's hand.
Sailing ship on a wrist