Ribbon tattoo ideas

1,005 photos and flash · 24% Traditional, 17% Lettering · Forearm most common

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Traditional style flash design of a pink dagger with a crescent moon and wings, with ribbon banners reading MOON PRINCESS, printed on a dark grey sweatshirt.
Moon Princess dagger and banner design
Pencil drawing of a grey shaded paw print encircled by a red ribbon that forms a heart shape, shown as a tattoo design on paper.
Paw print wrapped in a red heart ribbon
Black line drawing of a heart filled with spiral swirls, with a solid green awareness ribbon wrapped across its right side, shown as a tattoo design.
Heart with swirls and green ribbon
Pencil drawing of a cross with a ribbon banner wrapped around it, shaded in black and grey, a tattoo flash design.
Cross with wrapped ribbon banner
Black and white lettering design reading Harley-Davidson with a B and D emblem, a ribbon banner and ornate spires, drawn as a flash design with no body placement shown.
Harley-Davidson lettering with ribbon and emblem
Black and grey pencil drawing of a compass with three ribbon banners reading Before you ask which, Way to go, remember and where you've been, shown as a tattoo design.
Compass with quote banners design
Black and grey drawing of an ornate lettering tattoo design surrounded by leaves, flowers and ribbons, with no body placement shown.
Ornate botanical lettering design
Traditional-style flash drawing of a dagger with a chain link hilt, wrapped in banners reading BLOOD, SWEAT and GEARS, with a gear at the tip and a CYCLOLOGY banner below.
Dagger wrapped in ribbons with gears and chain
Black line drawing of an ornate peacock with intricately patterned feathers and flowing ribbons, shown as a tattoo design rather than on skin.
Ornate peacock with flowing ribbons
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
Loose pink sketched line drawing of a ribbon shaped like an awareness ribbon with feathered angel wings on a white background.
Pink ribbon with angel wings
Black and grey shaded drawing of a bow with two loops and two trailing ribbon tails on a white background, a flash design with no body placement shown.
Shaded bow design in black and grey
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 circular Celtic knotwork design with shaded interlaced ribbons, shown as a standalone drawing with no body placement.
Circular Celtic knot design
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
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
Bold black outline drawing of a white cartoon cat with pink bows on its head and chest, shown as a flash-style design with no body placement.
Cartoon cat with pink bows stencil
Fine line drawing of a compass rose with three black and white feathers hanging beneath it, with blue ribbon accents, on a plain pale background.
Compass and feathers design
Black and grey line drawing of a keyhole with an eye inside, framed by a crown, sunburst rays and two banners, in a vintage engraved style.
Keyhole crest with crown and banners
Black and grey flash drawing of a pizza slice with dripping cheese, hearts and an I LOVE AFFAIR banner, in a traditional style, with no body placement shown.
I Love Affair pizza slice flash design
Two pencil flash designs on translucent paper: a cat above an ornate shield with a rose and flowers, and a filigree heart locket with a key and ribbon, in a neo-traditional style.
Cat with rose and heart locket with key
Black and grey realism design of a pocket watch, compass, two roses, chains and a ribbon reading Not all those who wander are lost, shown without a body placement.
Pocket watch, compass and roses design
Black ink line drawing on white paper of solid black lips with a wavy, ribbon-like line of smoke rising upwards from them.
Lips with wavy smoke line drawing
Black line drawing sheet of five tattoo design motifs: a ribbon, a scrolled leaf frame, a single five-petal flower, and two circular floral compositions.
Line drawing of ribbon and floral tattoo designs
Pencil sketch of a cluster of three roses with leaves and a ribbon banner, drawn as a tattoo design in a neo-traditional style.
Rose cluster with ribbon design
Black linework flash design of a ribbon banner wrapped around a dagger with a ring handle, reading I'M GETTING TOO OLD FOR THIS SHIT.
Banner reading I'm getting too old for this
Black silhouette design of a standing dog on an infinity symbol with paw prints, shown as a flash drawing on a white background.
Dog silhouette on infinity symbol with paw prints
Pen-and-ink drawing of a tattoo design showing a revolver with a red rose, leaves, a swirling ribbon and a pointed quill, styled as a neo-traditional piece.
Rose and revolver tattoo design on paper
Red pencil flash drawing of a Ball Mason jar with flowers on the lid and a banner reading MOONSHINE, in a traditional style.
Mason jar with flowers and moonshine banner
Black and white line drawing of a horned skull wearing a rose and leaves in flowing hair, with a ribbon banner, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement.
Horned skull with rose and flowing hair
Black and grey tattoo design of a shaded rose over a ribbon banner, with scrolling vines and a small spider, drawn on a white background.
Rose with banner and scrolling vines
Two sleeve-shaped flash designs in bright colour showing a TARDIS, Weeping Angels, a Cyberman, a sonic screwdriver, a bow tie and ribbon banners with quotes.
Doctor Who sleeve flash with TARDIS and Weeping Angels
Greyscale pencil design sketch of a clock face with Roman numerals, feathered wings, peony flowers and leaves, drawn in a neo-traditional style for a sleeve.
Clock, wings and peonies sleeve design
Pencil drawing of a comedy and a tragedy theatre mask with swirling scrolls and dots over a diamond lattice background.
Comedy and tragedy masks pencil design
Black linework flash design of a woman with flowers in her hair, a hand at her face, paintbrushes and a skull with an all-seeing eye, in botanical style.
Woman with brushes, skull and eye design
Black and white line drawing of a compass rose with two scroll banners reading a quote, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Compass star with quote banners
Black and grey line drawing of a compass rose with an arrow, ribbon and feathers, above the words Time flies like an arrow, shown as a tattoo design on a white background.
Compass rose and arrow design with lettering
Pencil drawing of a tattoo design in pink and purple ink, showing an ornate heart with flowers above a key wrapped in ribbon and a flower below, in a neo-traditional style.
Heart and key tattoo design in pink pencil
Six black and grey pencil-style drawings of potion bottles with Drink Me scrolls, presented as tattoo flash designs.
Drink Me potion bottle flash sheet
Flash design of a pin-up woman in a red polka-dot bikini with cherries, stars and CHERRY BOMB banners, in traditional style, with no body placement shown.
Cherry Bomb pin-up with cherries and banners
Black line drawing of Winnie the Pooh holding a large balloon, with Piglet and a butterfly beside him, shown as a design for a tattoo.
Winnie the Pooh floating with a balloon
Black line drawing of an electric guitar wrapped in a ribbon banner with roses and leaves, shown as a neo-traditional tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Electric guitar, ribbon and roses design
Pencil sketch of a ribbon threaded with pearls, topped by a small pink heart, with a word written on the ribbon tail; it is a drawing on paper, not a tattoo on skin.
Pearl ribbon design with a pink heart
Neo-traditional style flash design of a hand gripping a dagger with a ribbon wrapped around the blade, flanked by red roses and set in an ornate frame labelled Ace and Swords.
Ace of Swords tarot design with dagger and roses
Black ink drawing of a tattoo design with a keyhole plate, chain links, ribbons and a key, shown on a white background with no body part visible.
Keyhole, chain and ribbon design
Set of pencil lettering sketches for a tattoo design with decorative block and script letters, shaded ribbon banner and flourishes, shown without a body placement.
Lettering sketches with ribbon banner and flourishes
Tall red and yellow banner design of a sun with a face, a sword, a coiled red snake and hibiscus flowers, with the words Unbowed Unbent Unbroken on a ribbon.
Sun, sword and snake banner design
Black and grey flash design of a dagger piercing a heart with a wavy ribbon across it and three drops below, in a traditional style with no body placement shown.
Dagger through a heart with ribbon