Ribbon tattoo ideas

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

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Neo-trad style chest tattoo of a heart-shaped planchette with teal gems and a crescent moon, flanked by hands and beaded chains on the sternum.
Planchette and hands across the chest
Blue pencil sketch of a faceted teardrop gem with swirling ribbon and leaf flourishes and a row of beads, drawn as a tattoo design.
Sketch of a faceted gem with ribbon swirls
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of a black cat wearing a jewelled headband and pearl necklace, resting behind a pale crystal ball on the thigh, shown in two photos side by side.
Black cat with crystal ball on thigh
Lilac and grey butterfly tattoo with filigree scrollwork wings and a heart-shaped top, placed on the forearm, with a small red heart tattoo partly visible at the bottom left.
Lilac butterfly and heart on forearm
Neo-trad heart locket tattoo with grey filigree scrollwork, a red gem centre and a ribbon, shown on skin.
Filigree heart locket with red gem
Colour tattoo of a red ribbon bow with black tribal swirls on the thigh, shaded in a neo-traditional style.
Red bow and tribal swirl on a thigh
A neo-traditional skull design drawn on paper, framed by grey scrollwork and red panels with dotted borders, with pens lying nearby.
Skull with scrollwork in neo-trad style
Colour tattoo of a poppy, feathery fronds and a tied bow with green leaves on the inner forearm, in a botanical neo-traditional style.
Poppy and ribboned bundle on a forearm
Neo-trad style flash design of a red-haired cartoon girl surfing a turquoise wave beneath pink flowers and a ribbon banner with lettering, with no body placement shown.
Surfing girl with wave and flowers
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
Pencil sketch of a tattoo design showing an owl perched above a pocket watch, with cherry blossom branches and a crescent moon, drawn in neo-traditional style.
Owl, pocket watch and blossom design
Neo-traditional tattoo of a yellow bird flying out of an open birdcage, with a ribbon and the words Still Rise on a banner, on the calf.
Yellow bird leaving an open birdcage
Neo-traditional flash design of a dark-haired pin-up character in a black bodice, with banners reading Waiting for true love's kiss, roses and a rope frame.
Pin-up character with banners and roses
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
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
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
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
Colourful neo-trad style tattoo of a cassette tape with a yellow label and a trailing black ribbon, on a calf, set against coloured dots and a green and yellow wash.
Cassette tape on a calf
Back of a woman with a neo-trad style chandelier and two roses tattooed across her upper back, shaded in grey with purple and pink accents.
Chandelier and roses across a upper back
Flash design of a white rabbit sitting on a cream ribbon banner, framed by pink roses and teal leaves, in a neo-traditional style with no body placement shown.
Rabbit and ribbon with roses
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
Black and grey neo-traditional tattoo of a heart-shaped padlock with skull-headed keys and ribbons, on a person's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Heart padlock and skull keys on a back
Colour tattoo of a Singer sewing machine with a pink rose and green leaves on the upper arm, with a purple ribbon below.
Sewing machine and rose on upper arm
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of an ornate gold key wrapped in a teal ribbon on the calf.
Ornate key with teal ribbon on a calf
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of a grey unicorn with a purple mane, pink roses, red ribbons and a crescent moon on the thigh.
Unicorn with roses and crescent moon on a thigh
Colour tattoo of a hairless sphynx cat face wearing a crystal crown, with teal, pink and yellow shading, on the thigh.
Colourful sphynx cat with crystal on a thigh
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of peppermints, hearts, gumdrops and lollipops covering an upper arm.
Candy sweets pattern on an upper arm
Line drawing of a rose, ornate filigree heart and ribbons with leaves, a neo-traditional tattoo design on paper with no body placement shown.
Rose, ornate heart and ribbon design
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a tabby cat in a top hat and monocle, with a songbird perched on the hat, on the upper arm.
Cat in top hat and monocle on upper arm
Healed grey shaded dragon tattoo with pink ribbon accents across the upper back and shoulder blade.
Grey dragon with pink ribbons on upper back
Purple pencil sketch of crossed scissors, a comb and two roses wrapped in a ribbon, drawn as a neo-traditional tattoo design.
Scissors, comb and roses design
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
Flash sheet of five cartoon sharks, each with a cream banner carrying a slogan, drawn with bold black outlines in muted colour.
Five cartoon sharks on banners flash sheet
Neo-traditional tattoo of a grey lynx with amber eyes, pearl necklace and red gem pendant, placed on the upper thigh.
Lynx portrait with pendant on thigh
Neo-traditional style flash design of Alice holding a white rabbit, with roses, mushrooms, lilies and a banner reading Follow the White Rabbit, shown without a body placement.
Alice with white rabbit banner design
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
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
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
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
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
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
Black and grey ink drawing of a bull skull with horns, surrounded by roses, peonies, bones and ribbon banners, in a neo-traditional style.
Bull skull with roses and bones design
Mostly black and grey Neo-trad tattoo of an ornate heart padlock and key with butterflies and faint purple swirls across a person's upper back.
Heart padlock and key with butterflies on the back
Colour tattoo of a raised fist with a female symbol, framed by green leaves, berries and a teal ribbon on the inner forearm.
Raised fist and foliage on a forearm
Flash design of a shaded grey cross with pink roses, green leaves, a gold ribbon banner and black vine linework, with no body placement shown.
Cross with roses and ribbon flash design