Lettering tattoo ideas

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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
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
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
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
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 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
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
Colour realism tattoo on the ribs showing a portrait in mirrored sunglasses with a cigarette, red Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas lettering and black bats.
Fear and Loathing portrait on the ribs
Red biohazard symbol with blue-fletched arrows crossing it and black lettering reading Fight the dead and Fear the living, tattooed on the side of the torso.
Biohazard and crossed arrows slogan tattoo
Black lettering tattoo of a single word in ornate looping script, placed on the side of the ribs with a green striped top and red fabric visible.
Ornate script word on the ribs
Black and white photo of a fine line script lettering tattoo reading Familie na aan die hart along the ribs, with a hand and shirt at the edge of the frame.
Script phrase along the ribs
Fine line black script tattoo reading what if you fly on the side of a torso, with pink lace lingerie along the bottom edge of the image.
Fine line script reading what if you fly
Black and grey realism rose with cursive script lettering on the side of a torso, held beside a fan of banknotes.
Black and grey rose and script on ribs
Black lettering tattoo in Devanagari script across the left ribs, set in a single line above the waistline.
Sanskrit script lettering on the ribs
Fine line black script reading still I rise with an arrow, tattooed along the side of a torso above the hip.
Still I rise script and arrow on the side
Dark script lettering tattooed in four lines along the side of a ribcage, set against bare skin.
Script quote along the ribs
Black fine line tattoo of a giraffe whose neck and body are formed from the words Stand Tall in script, on the side of the ribs.
Giraffe formed from Stand Tall lettering
Realistic-style tattoo of a key with a pink bow and a keyhole, with the script words follow your heart along the shaft, on the side of a torso.
Key with pink bow and follow your heart script
Black and grey tattoo of a shaded rose with a stem and leaf, beside fine script reading tale as old as time, on the side of the torso.
Rose and script lettering on the side
Black fine line script lettering reading keep it close watch on this heart of mine, curving along the ribs.
Script quote curving along the ribs
Colour tattoo of the cartoon character Stitch with hibiscus and plumeria flowers, above the words Ohana means family, on a person's side ribs.
Stitch with flowers and Ohana lettering
Black fine line script tattoo reading cure on the side of the ribs, partly covered by grey fabric.
Cure script on the ribs
Two matching black script tattoos on the side ribs of two people lying on a bed, one wearing white lingerie and one in patterned shorts.
Matching script tattoos on the ribs