Ribbon tattoo ideas

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

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Traditional style colour tattoo of two red hearts with orange banners reading MOM and DAD in blue lettering, on the upper arm.
Mom and Dad hearts with banners on an arm
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
Traditional colour tattoo of the Golden Gate Bridge with a banner reading HOME and a red heart held in hands, on the inner forearm.
Golden Gate Bridge and heart on a forearm
Traditional style tattoo of a stack of books with banners reading I'VE LIVED A THOUSAND LIVES, placed on the top of a foot.
Stacked books and banners on a foot
Neo-traditional flash drawing of a pastel green pony with a pink mane, blue bow and saddle, above purple and yellow roses, with a hand holding the paper at the left edge.
Pastel pony and roses design
Colour tattoo of the Tottenham Hotspur crest on an upper arm, with a banner reading Tottenham, a cockerel, two red lions, a Hotspur banner with 1882, and a blue shield.
Tottenham Hotspur crest on upper arm
Traditional style colour tattoo on a calf showing a blue puzzle piece with a gold outline motif, framed by a banner reading DIFFERENT NOT LESS.
Puzzle piece and banner reading Different Not Less
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a pocket watch with Roman numerals and a banner reading I shall not live in vain, on a forearm.
Pocket watch with banner on a forearm
Traditional style flash design of a woman in leopard print holding a wand, with red roses and cream banners reading GREEN, SUPER GREEN, BZZZZZZTTT and HOT HOT HOT, on a green background.
Pin-up figure with roses and banners
Colour traditional-style tattoo of a key with a Mickey Mouse head bow, a red polka dot ribbon and a castle silhouette, on a lower leg.
Mickey Mouse key tattoo on the calf
Colour traditional-style tattoo on a forearm showing a figure seen from behind, framed by banners with lyrics reading Cast your stones and You don't make me who I am.
Figure and lyric banners on a forearm
Two small traditional-style tattoos on fingers in a black and white photo, a red bow with a heart on one finger and a red bow on a torn paper design on another.
Red bow and heart tattoos on fingers
Traditional style colour tattoo of a red rose, a dagger with a yellow ribbon and a small skull on a forearm, with stars and leaves around it.
Traditional rose and dagger on a forearm
Black and grey line drawing of a traditional-style anchor wrapped in ribbon banners, one reading FAMILY, shown as a tattoo design with no body part visible.
Anchor with family ribbon banners
Traditional style flash design of a red and white ball above a red polka dot flower and a blue rose, with gold banners reading I and CHOOSE YOU and YOU.
Poke Ball and rose flash with I choose you banners
Traditional style colour tattoo of a pink ball of yarn with knitting needles and a banner reading Knit Fast Die Warm, on the upper arm.
Yarn, needles and Knit Fast Die Warm banner
Black ink traditional-style anchor design with three banner scrolls across the shank reading Sleeping With Sirens, drawn as a flash sheet with no body part visible.
Anchor with three banners reading Sleeping With Sirens
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a shaded profile silhouette with ribbon banners reading Darling You'll Be Okay, on a forearm.
Silhouette and banner on a forearm
Colour tattoo on a calf of a pink and a blue butterfly above ribbon banners with script lettering, in a traditional style.
Two butterflies with name banners on a calf
Colourful traditional tattoo on a forearm showing a bouquet of flowers held by a hand, with a yellow scroll border and a ribbon banner.
Traditional flower bouquet held by a hand
Colour traditional tattoo of a heart-shaped chocolate box with a pink and red ribbon bow, a red flower and small hearts on an upper arm.
Heart-shaped chocolate box with bow and flower
Black and grey flash design of a lighthouse, crescent moons, flowers and a ribbon banner reading We found love in the dark, in a traditional style.
Lighthouse and ribbon banner flash design
Traditional style tattoo of three playing aces and two dice behind a ribbon reading Life's A Gamble, on a limb, with grey shading and small red accents.
Playing cards and dice with Life's A Gamble banner
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 side-by-side photos of traditional and neo-traditional tattoos on the calf: a grey skull with an ornate key and red accents, and a padlock heart with sugar skulls and a red rose.
Skull key and padlock heart on calves
Neo-traditional tattoo of a black lace bow with red ribbons and a red gem centre, placed on the outer thigh.
Black lace bow with red ribbon on a thigh
Traditional-style tattoo of a pink and purple grenade with a tied ribbon, outlined in black, on a person's leg.
Pink grenade with ribbon on a leg
Colour tattoo of a cartoon brown puppy climbing over an orange ribbon loop with bold black outlines, on an upper arm.
Puppy climbing an orange ribbon
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
Colour traditional tattoo of a blue anchor wrapped in a yellow rope with red roses and green leaves, placed on the shoulder.
Anchor and rope with roses on a shoulder
Two traditional style tattoos on a pair of calves, each showing a turreted castle inside an oval frame with a ribbon and heart at the base.
Two castle cameo tattoos on the calves
Traditional style colour tattoo of an anchor with an orange ribbon and the words I refuse to sink in black script, on a limb.
Anchor with ribbon and script on skin
Traditional style tattoo on an upper arm showing a red wax-sealed envelope, two red roses, blue forget-me-nots and a banner with lettering.
Envelope, roses and banner on upper arm
Black and grey flash design of a pin-up skeleton woman and a top-hatted skeleton man holding hands, with a banner quote above and below them.
Skeleton couple with banner quote
Neo-traditional forearm tattoo of a compass rose in a round frame, framed by yellow flowers and pink banners with partly visible lettering.
Compass and flowers on a forearm
Black line drawing of a message in a bottle with a tied scroll, flanked by three roses and leaves, drawn on pale paper.
Message in a bottle with roses
Traditional style colour tattoo of a black witch hat with a purple ribbon on a broomstick, placed on the upper back.
Witch hat and broomstick on upper back
Colour traditional tattoo on a thigh showing the Lumpy Space Princess character from Adventure Time above a banner reading LUMP OFF, framed by pink roses.
Lumpy Space Princess and roses on a thigh
Side of a torso with traditional tattoos: a colour ship in an oval with a banner, and a black outline dagger wrapped in ribbon with red lettering on the ribs.
Traditional ship, dagger and lettering on ribs
Traditional style tattoo of a black umbrella with a green bird-head handle and a red banner reading Anything Can Happen, on a forearm.
Umbrella with banner on a forearm
Flash sheet of five heart designs: a red winged heart, a black dotted heart, a heart with a ribbon banner, a scrolled heart and a floral heart with leaves.
Five heart flash designs on a sheet
Colour traditional tattoo of a geisha with a half-skull face and flower hair pins on the back of a hand.
Geisha and skull portrait on the back of a hand
Two traditional colour tattoos on a calf: a blue heart reading eat me beside a pink bottle reading drink me, both with flowers and leaves.
Eat me heart and drink me bottle on a calf
Coloured flash design of a star fruit with a green leaf on top and a pale blue banner reading One Sky, One Destiny across it, drawn in a bold traditional style.
Star fruit with banner reading One Sky, One Destiny
Traditional style tattoo of a tabby cat wearing a pink bow above a black banner reading CAT LADY, on the upper arm.
Tabby cat with bow and CAT LADY banner on upper arm
Black outline tattoo of a heart wrapped in a ribbon with two red roses, on the upper arm of a person wearing a white top.
Heart with ribbon and red roses on upper arm
Colour traditional tattoo on a forearm of an ornate golden key with a red gem heart, a bow and crown, a dagger, and a pink ribbon reading Fight like a girl.
Jewelled key and ribbon banner on a forearm
Black and grey traditional flash sheet showing six dagger designs, each with a ribbon banner curling beneath the blade.
Six traditional dagger designs with banners