Ribbon tattoo ideas

1,005 photos and flash · 24% Traditional, 17% Lettering · 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 flash design of a rolling pin with script banners reading "They see me rollin'" and "They hatin'", drawn for use as a tattoo with no body placement shown.
Rolling pin with "They see me rollin'" banners
Black and grey flash design of four arrows wrapped in a ribbon reading A MAN MUST MAKE HIS OWN ARROWS, with feathered shafts and radiating lines.
Four arrows with ribbon banner quote
Pencil drawing of a cross wrapped in ribbon banners reading Your Pain, Is A and Gift, drawn in black and grey shading as a tattoo design.
Cross with ribbon banners, pencil design
Pencil drawing of a tattoo lettering design with ribbon banners, French script, a heart, a pocket watch and a script word, shown without any body placement.
Pencil lettering banner with French script
Black ink flash design of a hand-drawn banner ribbon reading Warrior not Worrier, in lettering style.
Warrior not Worrier banner design
Flash sheet showing a colour floral skull with butterflies and ribbon, a black and grey skull with a spiked crown, and JANE lettering beside a deer silhouette.
Floral skull, misfit skull and deer flash sheet
Black line drawing of a curved banner in lettering style, reading Life's not out to get you, shown in white on a navy background.
Banner with lettering reading Life's not out to get you
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
Black flash design of a crown above large letters FOB, with a ribbon banner reading Save Rock and Roll and a small lightning bolt.
Crown over FOB lettering with banner
Black and grey pencil sketch of a tattoo design showing a wicker basket, high heels, stars and the script lettering There's no place like home.
Basket and heels with script lettering
Pencil sketch of a lettering flash design with ribbon banners reading Life is Short, Break the Rules, Kiss Slowly and Love Truly, drawn on graph paper.
Lettering flash with banners and quotes
Black and grey pencil flash sheet showing heart lettering designs, a globe with a ribbon banner, a lightning bolt, a shoe and heart, and a linework portrait with lightning bolt face makeup.
Lettering and heart flash sheet
Two versions of a tattoo design drawing of a lantern lamppost with three banners reading COURAGE, DEAR and HEART, one in green and one in black and grey, in a fine line lettering style.
Lamppost with COURAGE, DEAR, HEART banners
Flash design of a black-outlined ribbon banner with green shading carrying the lettering IN THE WAVES OF CHANGE WE FIND OUR TRUE DIRECTION, shown on a speckled background.
Ribbon banner with a lettered quote
Pen sketch of a tattoo design showing a safety pin with a bow and two lettered ribbons, drawn on paper with no body part visible.
Safety pin and bow with lettered ribbons
Pencil drawing of two shaded roses, a bow, a hanging cross and a script banner reading La Familia, shown as a tattoo design without a body placement.
Two roses, ribbon banner and cross design
Black hand-drawn outline of a bow above the handwritten words 'a girl without a bow is not a girl' on a cream background, shown as a flash-style design.
Bow and handwritten quote design
Flash-style drawing of a cartoon woman with black bob hair and glasses, her arms raised, framed by hatched gold banners reading Smart, Strong, Sensual, Woman.
Cartoon woman with Smart Strong Sensual Woman banners
Hand-drawn flash design of a crosshatched ribbon banner wrapping vertically, with the lettering 'You are what you love not who loves you' in black on a purple background.
Ribbon banner with 'You are what you love' lettering
Black ink line drawing of a four-line ribbon banner with hand-drawn lettering and hatched shading on the folds, shown as a flash design on textured paper.
Ribbon banner with four lines of lettering
Traditional style flash design of a light blue ribbon banner with the word Survivor in black script, outlined in black on a white background.
Survivor ribbon banner design
Black ink drawing of a tattoo design showing a musical staff ribbon forming a heart, with a treble clef, notes, stars and the words Music is Life.
Music staff heart with treble clef and script
Black flowing script reading Fight it, with a black ribbon trailing from the top of the word, shown as a tattoo design on a white background.
Fight it script with black ribbon design
Black ink script lettering reading Perfectly Imperfect, with a ribbon banner under the word Imperfect, drawn as a lettering design on a white background.
Perfectly Imperfect script lettering design
Pencil sketch of an ornate swash design with shaded ribbon-like forms and curling scrolls, drawn on off-white paper.
Pencil sketch of an ornate scroll flourish
Hand-drawn ink design of a winged sheep across three banners reading A teenage vow in a parking lot, til tonight do us part, with grey shading and brown and yellow wash accents.
Winged sheep with lyric banners
Black and grey pen drawing of an ornate lettered banner design with flourished scrollwork, shown on paper beside two drawing pens.
Lettered banner design with flourishes
Black and white flash design of piano keys curving across the page like a ribbon, with scripted lettering reading I will sing of the Lord's great love forever.
Piano keys ribbon with Psalm 89:1 lettering
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
Black ink flash sheet of hand-drawn lettering, hearts, roses and plasters on a notebook page, pinned to a string against a pink background.
Hand-drawn lettering flash sheet on notebook paper
Black linework flash drawing of a lace-edged heart with two script lettering banners and rays, drawn on tracing paper, suited to a neo-traditional tattoo.
Heart and script banners flash design
Pencil drawing of a crescent moon, a hand holding a wand and two ribbon banners with script lettering, shaded in yellow and black linework.
In the Name of the Moon banner design
Pencil sketch of a tattoo design showing a woman's head in profile with three ribbon banners reading DARLING, YOU'LL BE and OKAY, drawn on a notebook page.
Ribbon banners reading Darling, You'll Be Okay
Four flash designs on white: pink peonies with green leaves, a pink blossom branch, a black and pink Survivor banner, and a pink awareness ribbon with script words.
Four pink floral and ribbon tattoo designs
Coloured flash design of a sword, pipe, staff and cloak among leaves, with a yellow banner reading Home is behind the world ahead, in a neo-traditional lettering style.
Banner lettering with sword and pipe design
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 drawing of an ornate lettering tattoo design surrounded by leaves, flowers and ribbons, with no body placement shown.
Ornate botanical lettering design
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
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
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
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
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