Ribbon tattoo ideas

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

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Two black line drawn crown designs, each with a scrolling ribbon banner beneath, shown as tattoo flash on a plain white background.
Two crown designs with ribbon banners
Neo-trad colour tattoo of a red heart padlock with gold scrollwork and purple ribbons, with a gold key below it, on the top of a foot.
Heart padlock and key on the top of a foot
Colour neo-traditional tattoo on an upper arm showing a grey cowboy hat, red boots with bows, a shaded heart and a red ribbon, shown from two angles.
Cowboy hat, boots and heart on upper arm
Black lace-patterned bow tattoo on the upper back, with a small fine script line to the left, in blackwork style.
Lace bow tattoo on upper back
Black script lettering reading The Pain You Feel Today Is The Strength You'll Have Tomorrow, with a blue awareness ribbon, tattooed on a person's side ribs.
Script quote and blue ribbon on ribs
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a red hot sauce bottle with green cap and banners reading Put it on everything and We trust, on the upper arm.
Hot sauce bottle with banners on upper arm
Black and grey camera tattoo with a red heart on the lens and a red looping strap, on a woman's upper back below a red hair ribbon.
Camera with red heart on upper back
Small black fine line bow tattoo on a finger of a hand with burgundy nails, with a tiny black tattoo near the wrist.
Bow tattoo on a finger
Colour tattoo of a pink bow with shaded ribbon loops and black flourish linework on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Pink bow with black swirls on upper back
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
Small red bow tattoo with a black outline on the skin behind a person's ear, with a hand holding a tissue nearby.
Small red bow tattoo behind the ear
Two matching pink bow tattoos on the lower legs, with stencil transfer sheets and ink caps shown in the smaller photos below.
Matching pink bow tattoos on calves
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
Line drawing flash of a winged heart-shaped padlock with an ornate filigree pattern, a ribbon and a key below, shown as an unplaced tattoo design.
Winged heart padlock with key design
Pencil sketch of a shaded rose with leaves and a stem wrapped in three ribbon banners, drawn as a tattoo design in black and grey.
Rose with ribbon banners in pencil
Pencil sketch of a tall design of musical staves twisting upwards like a ribbon, with notes and a treble clef at the base, shown without any body placement.
Spiralling music stave sketch
Close-up photo of a black outline tattoo of a bow with a circular knot and tapered tails, on the inner wrist.
Outlined bow tattoo on the inner wrist
Black tribal-style butterfly with a purple awareness ribbon in its centre and the word Hope in script beneath it, tattooed on an upper arm.
Butterfly, ribbon and Hope script on upper arm
Fine line tattoo of a black outlined heart with a red ribbon loop crossing it, placed behind the ear.
Heart and ribbon behind the ear
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
Fine line black outline of a small bow tattooed on the side of a finger, with the hand held in a loose fist against a warm cream background.
Small outline bow tattoo on a finger
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
Tattoo design drawing of two awareness ribbons, one blue and grey and one lime green, interlaced in a heart shape with a red droplet on the blue ribbon.
Intertwined blue, grey and green ribbons with a drop
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
Black and grey realism style tattoo of a corset lace-up with eyelets and a ribbon bow, across the chest, with a small character tattoo at the side.
Corset lacing tattoo on the chest
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
Close-up of a black script tattoo reading Fearless with a purple awareness ribbon crossing the letters, in fine line lettering on skin.
Fearless script with purple awareness ribbon
Heart-shaped ribbon tattoo with Mom in script lettering, green flowers and leafy swirls, on skin.
Heart ribbon with Mom script and flowers
A woman lies on a bed showing a black floral damask tattoo on her back styled as a laced corset, with a floral vine tattoo on her upper arm.
Black damask corset tattoo on a back and arm
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
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
Close-up of black script lettering reading 'it takes guts' and a small purple and black ribbon tattoo on a person's ankle.
Script phrase and ribbon on ankle
Small black and grey shaded bow tattoo on the upper back of a person with long hair pulled up, seen from behind.
Small bow tattoo on upper back
Engraved illustration of a sword wrapped in grey ribbons in front of a gold globe and sunburst, drawn in a tattoo-flash style with no body placement shown.
Sword wrapped in ribbons over a golden globe
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
Fine line tattoo of a music staff with notes and a bow, worn as a garter-style band around the upper thigh.
Music staff garter tattoo on a thigh
Black ink drawing of a top hat with a ribbon, above the quote "It's only a dream..." and the word ALICE, in a fine line style, shown as a tattoo design on white.
Top hat with ribbon and Alice quote
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of two birds in flight with red ribbons, spread across a woman's upper chest.
Two birds and ribbons across the chest
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a blue bird with spread wings holding a green ribbon in its beak, placed on the upper chest.
Blue bird with green ribbon on chest
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
Shaded grey feather tattoo wrapped in a fine line ribbon, with a curled swirl above and a small script mark below, on a person's upper back.
Feather and ribbon on upper back
Small fine line tattoo of a pink bow with black outline and soft pink shading on the inside of a wrist.
Pink bow on a wrist
Black and grey fine line tattoo of an open book with trailing ribbons and the script it's not the destination it's the journey, on the side of the ribs.
Open book with ribbons on the ribs
Black and grey neo-traditional skull set within a rose outline, tattooed on an upper arm, shown in two side-by-side close-up photographs.
Skull and rose on an upper arm
Small fine line tattoo of a pink bow with a dark outline on the middle finger of a hand, against a dark plastic background.
Small pink bow tattoo on a finger
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
Two traditional-style tattoos on a woman's thighs, an ornate hand mirror with pink flowers on the left and a dagger with a red heart and butterfly on the right.
Mirror and dagger thigh tattoos