Ribbon tattoo ideas

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

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Pencil drawing of an ornate pocket watch with Roman numerals, surrounded by shaded roses and strands of beads on a ribbon, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Pocket watch and roses pencil design
Black tribal-style design of a howling wolf head above twisting interlaced lines, drawn on a white background with no body placement shown.
Tribal howling wolf design
Six vertical illustrated flash designs in a neo-traditional style, each showing a Disney-inspired princess or fairy character framed by roses, ribbons and banners.
Six princess flash designs with banners
Black linework tattoo design of a winged fairy beside a crescent moon, with flowers, stars, swirling ribbons and jellyfish, shown as a flash drawing with no body placement.
Fairy with moon, jellyfish and flowing swirls
Black line drawing of a sailing ship above a curling banner reading IT IS NOT DOWN ON ANY MAP TRUE PLACES NEVER ARE, with waves below, in a traditional style.
Ship and banner quote design
Pencil sketch of a neo-traditional tattoo design with two hearts, roses and banners reading Family and Trust, shown without a body placement.
Hearts, roses and banners tattoo design
Line drawing flash design of a ribboned banner reading I solemnly swear I am up to no good, above a trail of black footprints.
Banner quote with footprint trail
Black and grey traditional style flash design of a skeleton framed by banners reading COME BACK TO LIFE, with a VERB banner at the top.
Skeleton with come back to life banners
Flash design of a cream ribbon banner with black script reading a quote about stars and returning, set on a purple background with black stars, drawn in a neo-traditional style.
Ribbon banner with a star-scattered quote
Black line drawing of a solid heart entwined with looping ribbon lines and small dots, shown as a tattoo design on a plain white background.
Heart and swirling ribbon design
Black and grey flash design of four stacked skulls with roses and ribbon banners, drawn in a traditional style and suited to a long vertical placement.
Stacked skulls with roses and ribbon banners
Blue ink drawing of a raven carrying a key on a chain above an open birdcage with a feather, a flash design for a tattoo.
Raven with key and birdcage design
Packaged sheet of temporary tattoo designs in black, grey, blue and red, showing a Hello Kitty figure, a Playboy bunny logo, banners, a heart and stars.
Playboy and Hello Kitty temporary tattoo sheet
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
Pen and ink drawing of a compass rose with an arrow, trailing ribbons and feathers, labelled N, E, S and W, in black and grey.
Compass rose and arrow design
Black line drawing of a stylised dragon head with scale-patterned neck and interlaced ribbon body, shown as a tattoo design on white.
Interlaced dragon head line drawing