Ribbon tattoo ideas

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

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Fine line tattoo of two interlocking red outline hearts crossed by a black ribbon-like line shape, on the inner wrist.
Two red hearts and a black ribbon on wrist
Black lace-patterned bow tattoo with floral details on the side of a person's ribs, with the arm raised.
Lace-patterned bow tattoo on the ribs
Traditional style tattoo of a black raven with red ribbons and a banner reading CONSIDER THE RAVEN, on the upper arm.
Raven with Consider the Raven banner
Coloured pencil drawing of a tattoo design showing a black top hat, pocket watch, playing card, Drink Me tag and a purple and pink striped tail, with no body part visible.
Top hat, pocket watch and Drink Me tag design
Black linework tattoo of a bandaged hand with a crescent moon hanging from a ribbon, in blackwork style on the inner forearm.
Wrapped hand and crescent moon on a forearm
Pencil drawing of a tattoo design showing a shaded compass with an arrow, a scroll and a ribbon banner lettered with the word trouvaille.
Compass and arrow banner design
Colour tattoo of a red heart padlock, a key with a pink ribbon bow and blue flowers on the inner upper arm.
Heart padlock, key and flowers on upper arm
Colour tattoo of a monarch butterfly resting on an orange awareness ribbon with script letters, placed on a person's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Monarch butterfly and ribbon on upper back
Colour tattoo of a teal top hat with a purple band and ribbon above a black spade shape filled with the lettering 'We're all mad here', shown in a lettering style on skin.
Mad Hatter top hat above a lettered spade
Pencil-style tattoo design of a shaded skull wearing a thorned vine crown, with a ribbon and rose below, framed by coloured rose and thorn corner ornaments.
Skull with thorn crown and rose
Abstract watercolour-style tattoo, a tall band of blue, pink, orange and teal, running down the spine from the nape of the neck across the upper back.
Vertical colour strip down the spine
Black line tattoo of a swirled heart beside a teal ribbon with a semicolon inside its loop, shown on skin.
Swirl heart with teal ribbon and semicolon
Back view of a person's legs with matching cartoon cat tattoos wearing pink bows above the knees, with a vertical chain of coloured stars, hearts, gems and bows running down each calf.
Cartoon cat with bows and jewel chain on both legs
Colour tattoo of a green parrot perched on a pink umbrella with a lilac bow, in a neo-trad style on an arm near the elbow, with a pink bow and roses above.
Parrot on a pink umbrella with bows
Two traditional style colour tattoos on the inner wrists and forearms, one showing a glue bottle with a CONSTRUCT banner and one showing scissors with a CREATE banner, both with blue and red flowers.
Glue bottle and scissors wrist tattoos
Black and grey traditional-style drawing of a rose above a banner reading LOVE, shown as a tattoo design with no body part visible.
Rose with LOVE banner design
Black lace-patterned bow tattoo on pale skin across the midsection, in a blackwork style.
Black lace bow tattoo on skin
Small outlined bow tattoo with red fill and a red centre dot on the middle finger of a hand with pink nails, shown in a film-style frame.
Small bow tattoo on a finger
Black and grey neo-traditional tattoo of comedy and tragedy theatre masks facing each other with ribbon scrolls, on the side of a torso.
Comedy and tragedy masks with ribbons
Realistic colour tattoo of a lace garter with a pale green bow and trailing ribbons on the upper thigh, with denim shorts visible above.
Lace garter with bow on a thigh
Pencil drawing of a shaded rose inside a dreamcatcher ring with hanging feathers and a smaller dreamcatcher below, shown on paper.
Rose dreamcatcher tattoo design
Traditional style tattoo of an open book with the words We're all stories in the end and two red flowers, on the ankle.
Open book with quote and red flowers on ankle
Traditional style flash drawing of a pale hand with pink fingertips, wrapped in three yellow banners reading COLD HANDS, COLDER and HEART, with dripping red and white details at the wrist.
Hand with COLD HANDS, COLDER, HEART banners
Shaded tattoo of corset lacing running down the spine with a bow at the base, placed on the lower back.
Corset lacing and bow across the lower back
Traditional colour tattoo of a green tree with red fruit and two banners reading and she loved and little boy, on a calf.
Tree with banner script on a calf
Colour tattoo of a pink awareness ribbon with black scrolling swirls on the top of a foot.
Pink ribbon and swirls on a foot
Two hands held together, each showing a colour traditional dagger tattoo with an eye on the handle, placed on the back of the hand near the wrist.
Traditional dagger tattoos on both hands
Black and grey tattoo on an upper arm and shoulder showing a pocket watch, lotus flowers and a banner reading Timeless.
Pocket watch and lotus flowers on upper arm
Pencil drawing of a traditional-style dagger with an ornate hilt and the word Rumplestiltskin on the blade, with banners reading All magic comes with a price, shown as a tattoo design.
Dagger with banner reading All magic comes with a price
Two temporary tattoo transfer designs in packaging, a red heart and a grey anchor, each with a banner reading Ben + Annie, in traditional style.
Heart and anchor temporary tattoo designs
Pencil sketch of a winged heart with a banner wrapped around it, drawn on paper as a tattoo design.
Winged heart with banner sketch
Black ink tattoo on a calf of a banner scroll reading I WANT ALL OF THE CATS TO LOVE ME THE BEST, with cartoon cats, in traditional style with pink-red shading.
Cartoon cats on a banner across a calf
Colour tattoo of an open heart outline with antler-like shapes, pink, teal and tan fills, and lettering reading It's Never Goodbye and Until Next Time, on skin.
Heart tattoo with lettering on an arm
Black and grey realism style tattoo of shaded feathers hanging from a fine line ribbon bow on the ankle, with a city backdrop behind the foot.
Feather and ribbon ankle tattoo
Small fine line black bow tattoo on the middle finger of a hand with dark red nail polish, resting palm down on white paper.
Fine line bow on a finger
Traditional colour tattoo of three banners reading home is wherever I'm with you, wrapped around orange and teal feathers on an upper arm.
Feather banners with quote on upper arm
Colour botanical tattoos of poppies, lilac, a red lily, forget-me-nots and daisies spread across a woman's upper chest above a grey V-neck top.
Botanical flower bouquets across the chest
Flash design of pink, purple and blue butterflies with curling ribbon swirls and small stars on a white background.
Butterflies and swirls flash sheet
Line drawing of a rose with leaves and an empty ribbon banner in plum linework on a cream background, a traditional style flash design with no body placement shown.
Rose and blank banner flash design
Black lace-patterned bow tattoo with blue, purple and pink watercolour splashes on the side of the body, likely the ribs.
Black lace bow with watercolour splashes
Black and grey tattoo of a looping banner reading I solemnly swear that I am up to no good, surrounded by footprints, in a traditional style.
Footprints and quote banner
Traditional style tattoo of a diamond kite with an eye at its centre and a trailing string of red and black bows on the forearm.
Eye kite with bow ribbon on forearm
Pink bow tattoo with black outlines and soft shading on a person's lower back, above the waistband of dark jeans.
Pink bow on the lower back
Black lace-patterned bow tattoo across the upper back with a small script line on the left side.
Black lace bow across the upper back
Black script lettering reading I loved you at your darkest, with a blue awareness ribbon, tattooed on the top of a foot.
Script quote and blue ribbon on a foot
Traditional style tattoo of a blue inhaler wrapped in a grey banner reading Ain't easy bein' wheezy, on a limb.
Blue inhaler with banner reading Ain't easy bein' wheezy
Black and grey tattoo of ornate scissors with scrolled handles on the inside of a forearm, worn beneath a wrap bracelet.
Ornate scissors on a forearm
Black and grey fine-line geometric wave tattoo running from the upper back over the shoulder and down the outstretched upper arm.
Wave linework across back and arm