Lettering tattoo ideas

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Black Devanagari script tattoo on the side of the ribs, shown beside a blue patterned dress held by a hand.
Devanagari script tattoo on the ribs
Black fine line script lettering reading stinate, headstrong girl across the ribs, with grey fabric draped over the top of the frame.
Script quote along the ribs
Black and grey compass rose tattoo with the word Wanderlust in cursive script on the side of a torso, shown beside the ribs.
Wanderlust script and compass rose
Traditional tattoo of Darth Vader above a red heart and the words Who's Your Daddy, on the side of the ribs, with a red halo behind the helmet.
Darth Vader with heart and banner
Fine line black tattoo of a feather above an infinity loop, with the script words noah and toby, on the side of the torso.
Feather and infinity symbol with script lettering
Black fine line bell curve above a quote in black lettering, tattooed on the side of a person's ribs.
Bell curve and quote on the ribs
Close view of black script lettering across the ribs and abdomen, with a traditional envelope tattoo and a larger coloured design on the thigh, on a person lying on a grey patterned blanket.
Script lettering on ribs with thigh tattoos
Black fine line script reading she flies with her own wings across the side of a torso, above the ribs, with grey fabric at the top edge.
Script quote along the side ribs
Black script lettering arranged in a heart shape with two small hearts inside, tattooed on the side of a person's ribs.
Script lettering in a heart on the ribs
Black fine line script lettering in two lines across a person's ribs, partly covered by a dark waistband.
Script quote along the ribs
Red lettering tattoo of the word BAD on the side of a person's ribs, shown in a close, angled photo of bare skin.
Red BAD lettering on the ribs
Black script lettering reading 'If fate should fail us then hope will see us through' with two black leaf sprigs, tattooed on the side of a ribcage.
Script quote with leaf sprigs on the ribs
Black script lettering tattoo on the side of the ribs, shown in a black and white photo with a white top lifted above it.
Script word tattoo on the ribs
Colour tattoo of the outline of California filled with the state flag, showing a red star, a brown bear, a green stripe and the words California Republic, on the side of the torso.
California flag state outline on the side
Colour tattoo of a smiling sun above a black cloud with raindrops, with the words Stay strong beautiful on the side of the ribs.
Sun and cloud quote tattoo on ribs
Close crop of a torso showing a fine line black script tattoo reading paciencia on the side ribs, above light denim shorts.
Fine line script phrase on the ribs
Black lettering tattoo in a typewriter-style font reading There will come a time, you'll see, with no more tears, set across the ribs of a person whose face is not shown.
Quote tattoo along the ribs
Two fine line script tattoos reading sunshine phrases, one along the ribs and one on the inner forearm, in black ink.
Matching sunshine script on ribs and forearm
Black script lettering reading Take me as I am or watch me as I go, tattooed in two lines across the ribs.
Script quote along the ribs
Black and grey script tattoo reading Angels never leave, they're always at your side, with a feathered angel wing, on the side of a body.
Angel wing and script quote on the side
Fine line black script tattoo reading mia with a small looped heart on the side of the ribs, shown in a black and white photo.
Script name and heart on the side ribs
Black and grey photo of a small fine line GRL PWR lettering tattoo on the side ribs, below a lifted grey sweater and above jeans.
GRL PWR lettering on the ribs
Black fine-line script tattoo reading Pura Vida across the ribs, shown on a person's side below a black crop top.
Pura Vida script on the ribs
Colour tattoo of Princess Peach and Mario in a pixel-style cartoon look, below bold black lettering reading Two Against the World, shown on ribs and on an ankle.
Mario and Peach with "Two Against the World" text
Black and grey fine line lily with a Greek word in script lettering beside it, tattooed on the side of the torso.
Lily and Greek lettering on the side of the torso
Black lettering tattoo of the quote 'No matter how far life pulls you back eventually you move forward' with a grey arrow across the ribs.
Quote and arrow tattoo on the ribs
Small black fine line script lettering on a woman's side ribs, shown with a white bralette and open blue shirt.
Small script lettering on the ribs
Black typewriter-style lettering reading she believed she could so she did, set in a stacked block along the side ribs of a person wearing a black lace bralette.
Typewriter quote lettering on the ribs
Black fine line lettering forming an infinity symbol with the words Live the life you love, tattooed on the ribs.
Infinity symbol lettering on the ribs
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
Black script lettering tattoo reading an Irish phrase across the ribs, shown on skin with a shirt lifted to the side.
Irish script lettering on the ribs
Close-up of a fine line black script tattoo reading Non ducor duco across the side of a person's ribs.
Non ducor duco in fine script on the side
Black and grey script lettering reading Fleur Rebelle across the ribs, with a hand with long nails resting beside it.
Fleur Rebelle script on ribs
Black and grey lettering tattoo reading Everything was beautiful and nothing hurt across the side ribs, with a star tattoo partly visible below.
Quote lettering and star on the side ribs
Colourful watercolour-style dandelion tattoo with black seeds and script lettering across the ribs.
Watercolour dandelion with script on ribs
Close view of a small black lettering tattoo reading BAD on the side of a person's ribcage, under a raised arm, in a black and grey style.
Small BAD lettering on side ribs
Black and grey script lettering tattoo reading a two-line quote across the side of the ribs, with a hand resting at the left edge of the frame.
Script quote along the ribs
Close photograph of a woman's torso in black lace lingerie showing a black and grey realism rose and vertical script tattoo on the side of the ribs.
Black and grey rose and script on a torso
Black line tattoo on the side of the ribs showing a heartbeat line that forms a cross and ends in an outlined heart, with the words Faith, Hope, Love beneath.
Heartbeat cross and heart on the ribs
Black and grey script lettering of the Serenity Prayer running diagonally across skin on the side of the ribs.
Serenity Prayer script tattoo along the ribs
Black and grey fine line script reading Memento Mori across the ribs in a black and white photo.
Memento Mori script on a rib cage
Black and grey fine line script lettering on the side of the ribs, shown in a black and white close-up photograph.
Fine line script word on the ribs
Black linework tattoo of a tree with a leafy canopy, two long trunks and grass, beside the quotation 'and she loved a little boy very, very much even more than she loved herself', with grey shading at
Tree and quotation tattoo on the side of the body
Traditional-style colour tattoo of a blue cartoon bear wearing a bandana and holding a HUG LIFE band, placed on the ribs.
Blue cartoon bear with Hug Life belly band
A woman in a standing split yoga pose shows a small black script lettering tattoo on her ribs, in black and grey ink.
Standing split pose with small rib lettering
Black and grey fine script lettering in several lines on the side ribs of a person in black underwear, sitting outdoors on a grey towel.
Small script tattoo on the side ribs
Black script lettering reading 'those cunning folk' in a fine line lettering style across the side of the ribs.
Those cunning folk script on side ribs
Black and grey tattoo of a crown and anchor wrapped in rope, with the script words My King above and My Anchor below, on a person's side.
Crown and anchor with script lettering