Fine line black ink constellation tattoo with dotted connecting lines and four-pointed stars on the side of the ribs.

Enlarged with AI from a smaller original

Constellation tattoo on the ribs

Fine line · Ribs · Black and grey · Photo

A fine line constellation made of small open circles and four-pointed stars, joined by solid and dotted lines, sits diagonally across the side of the ribcage. The linework is thin and even, with the stars filled in and the circles left open. The tattoo is shown in black ink on smooth skin, with the design filling the centre of the frame against a soft, neutral background.

Find an artist for this

Take it to an artist as a reference. A good artist will make it yours rather than copy someone else's tattoo.

A story inspired by this tattoo · fiction

Brother Anselm has left the lamp burning in the bell tower again, and you find him at the slate sill with his sleeve pushed back and a pencil tucked behind one ear. He does not look up. He is counting the stars above the north wall, pricking each one onto a square of vellum with the point of a needle, then joining them where the sky allows.

Keep reading

"The rings are the stars the abbot says are fixed," he tells you. "The four-pointed ones wander. Never trust a wanderer to stay where you drew it."

You have walked the cloister since Compline and your feet are numb through your sandals. Below the walls the valley is black, except for one farmhouse window that flickers like a moth against glass. Anselm draws a solid line from one ring to the next, then stops, holds the pencil above the page, and leaves a gap. The dotted line he makes there is so faint you have to lean close to see it. He has run out of certainty for one link in the chain.

At matins the sky clears to a hard, cold blue. You bring him bread and watch him climb back up to the sill. He finds the gap, checks it against the real sky for a long time, then presses the pencil down and draws it solid, pressing harder than he needs to, as if a line made firmly enough can keep a star where he put it.

More like this

Black fine-line dotwork constellation tattoo of stars and connected dots on a woman's upper back, below the shoulder blade.
Constellation tattoo on upper back
Black and grey photograph of a fine line dotted constellation tattoo with small four-point stars on the inner forearm.
Dotted constellation on a forearm
Fine line constellation tattoo of small dots joined by thin lines, placed on the shoulder in a black and grey photograph.
Constellation tattoo on the shoulder
Black fine line constellation tattoo of connected stars across the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Star constellation tattoo on upper back
Black and white photo of a fine dotted constellation tattoo with a single star, sitting on the upper chest near the collarbone and shoulder.
Dotted constellation on upper chest
Black and grey fine line constellation tattoo of connected star points on the inner forearm, shown in a black and white photograph.
Constellation tattoo on a forearm
Fine line black constellation tattoo of connected dots and lines on the upper chest, near the collarbone.
Constellation tattoo on upper chest
Fine line constellation tattoo of blue star points joined by thin black lines on the inner upper arm.
Constellation of blue stars on the upper arm
Fine line constellation tattoo of connected star dots on the upper chest near the shoulder, in black ink.
Constellation tattoo on the collarbone
Small fine line black tattoo of two crossed lavender sprigs with leaves, on the inner upper arm.
Crossed lavender sprigs on upper arm
Black and white photo of five small solid black bird silhouettes tattooed on the inner wrist, with the palm of the hand visible below.
Five small birds on the inner wrist
Fine line black constellation tattoo of small star points joined by thin lines, placed on the side of the ribs.
Star constellation tattoo on the side ribs

From the plentytattoo archive, uploaded by a user. Is this your work? Ask for credit or removal.