Banner tattoo ideas

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

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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
Black and grey dotwork hot air balloon tattoo with a basket and ropes, sitting on the forearm.
Hot air balloon on a forearm
Split image showing a purple linework sketch of R2-D2 beside a coloured traditional-style tattoo of R2-D2 on a thigh, with a banner reading BEEP BOOP and a flower.
R2-D2 banner tattoo, sketch and colour
Black and grey traditional anchor tattoo with leaves and a Sink or Swim banner on a forearm, shown in two views.
Anchor with leaves and Sink or Swim banner on a forearm
Traditional tattoo of a UFO beaming down over a house with the words I want to believe on a banner, with teal flowers, on the upper arm.
UFO and house in a banner roundel
Black ink flash drawing of a king of hearts and queen of spades playing card with ribbon banners reading You're the King, baby I'm your Queen, in a lettering and dotwork style.
King and queen playing cards with banner lettering
Neo-traditional flash drawing of a grey owl perched in front of a red and gold heart with a white banner and two gold keys, with black swirls around it.
Owl with heart and keys flash design
Black and grey blackwork tattoo on an upper arm showing a sailing ship, a hot air balloon with a Take Me Home banner, and stylised waves, shown in two side-by-side photographs.
Sailing ship, hot air balloon and waves on upper arm
Black and grey vintage flash sheet showing four female portrait designs wearing crowns, with flowers, a rose and Cyrillic lettering in banners.
Vintage flash sheet of crowned female portraits
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a crescent moon with a woman's face, roses and a banner reading LA LUNA on a person's upper back.
Crescent moon with face and roses on back
Black and grey dotwork sleeve tattoo on a forearm showing a sailing ship, a diver in a brass helmet, a submarine, fish and an octopus.
Nautical sleeve with diver and sailing ship
Flash design of a horned helmeted skull with two purple roses and a cream banner with lettering, in neo-traditional style with speckled shading.
Horned helmet skull with roses and banner
Black and white stippled flash design of a skull over crossed bones, an all-seeing eye in a triangle, a dollar sign, a hand and a 40 oz bottle on a banner, in dotwork style.
Skull, crossbones and 40 oz bottle design
Black and grey traditional style tattoo on the forearm showing a house with a scalloped roof, dotted smoke, a TAKE CARE banner and a rope knot.
House and rope knot with TAKE CARE banner
Black ink flash sheet of six alien-themed designs, including a UFO over pine trees, a banner reading Scully and Aliens, and a Believe diamond.
Six UFO and alien flash designs on paper
Black and grey tattoo of a cracked pocket watch with Roman numerals and two dotwork roses on a forearm, with a ribbon banner above.
Pocket watch and roses on a forearm
Black and grey flash drawing of a slick-haired man's face with a banner reading Don't tell me that I'll be fine, framed by two stippled roses.
Man's face with banner and roses design
Pink and grey rose tattoo on an upper arm and shoulder, with a dotwork flower behind the roses and a banner reading Fearless below.
Two roses and a dotwork flower on upper arm
Black and grey dagger piercing a shaded skull in front of a shield-shaped banner, tattooed on the calf.
Dagger and skull on a calf
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
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
Black and grey stippled drawing of an anchor wrapped in two banners reading Reckless and Brave, held up on a white card in a hand.
Anchor with Reckless and Brave banners
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
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
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a lotus flower and ornate mandala on the outer thigh, shown in a photo of a person in black shorts.
Mandala and lotus tattoo on a thigh
Black and grey traditional-style flash drawing of a smiling matryoshka doll with an anchor, two roses and a scroll reading family, on a wooden surface.
Matryoshka doll with anchor and roses
Traditional style tattoo of a bowl of pho with chopsticks, dotted steam and a banner reading Got time pho that, on the upper arm.
Pho bowl with banner on upper arm
Traditional tattoo of a heart-shaped padlock with a teal key and three ribbon banners on a calf, with dotwork shading.
Heart padlock and teal key with name banners
Black and grey tattoo of a lace-cuffed hand gripping a dripping snake head, shown in two close-up photographs, one above a LUCKY banner.
Snake-headed hand with lace cuff
Black ink flash drawing of an ornate dagger with two roses and a scrolled banner, drawn on cream paper with no body placement shown.
Dagger with roses and banner
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a large mansion with turrets above a banner reading PEMBERLEY, on the inner wrist of a forearm.
Mansion and Pemberley banner on wrist
Traditional colour tattoo on a thigh showing a red snake, a blade, a lightning bolt, a red rose and a banner reading They Make A Master Of Death.
Snake, rose and banner on a thigh
Black and grey dotwork traditional tattoo of crossed scissors wrapped in two banners with lettering, placed on the outer thigh.
Scissors and banners on a thigh
Black and grey ink drawing of a lion's head in profile within a starry night circle, with a Leo banner and flowers, shown as a tattoo flash design.
Lion profile with Leo banner and starry sky
Stippled dotwork illustration of a skull with diamond eyes, a compass rose on the brow, roses and flowers, and a ribbon banner, in peach on dark teal.
Skull with roses and compass design
Black and grey dotwork heart with a world map, ribbon banners reading friendship and loyalty, and dotted chains across the sternum and upper abdomen.
Heart and world map chest tattoo with banners
Black and grey flash design of a rib cage, rose, dagger, skull and butterfly with banners reading Can we create something beautiful and destroy it, in traditional style with dotwork shading.
Rib cage, skull and butterfly with banner text
Black and grey forearm tattoo of an animal skull with fangs, a feathered wing and a shaded rose, with a partly visible ribbon banner above.
Skull, wing and rose on a forearm
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 and grey dotwork tattoo of an hourglass with a diamond inside, two peonies and an everlasting banner on the side of the ribs.
Hourglass and peonies on the ribs
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 ink line drawing of a rose bud with leaves, small flowers and dotwork shading, drawn on paper as a tattoo design.
Rose bud with leaves and dotwork shading
Traditional style flash design of an hourglass with an eye at its centre, two red and orange roses, and banners reading Time is Slipping.
Hourglass, eye and roses flash design
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a compass rose over a torn map with a banner reading The Journey Never Ends, on the outer thigh.
Compass and torn map on thigh
Black and grey lettering flash design reading From dust you were made unto dust you shall return, with a stippled skull beside the words.
Lettering flash with skull and dust quote
Neo-trad style raven perched on an arrow with a red stippled Nevermore banner and a feather on a calf, black and grey with red blood splatter.
Raven with arrow and feather under Nevermore banner
Promotional sheet of tattoo-style drawings showing a koi carp with a ribbon and a Tattoo Art banner, plus stipple and outline brush samples, with no body placement.
Tattoo-style brush samples with koi carp design
Colour cartoon character in a green jacket and blue jeans, with red stippled outlines of a diamond, a rabbit and a banner, tattooed on a calf in a dotwork style.
Cartoon character with banners on a calf