Ribs tattoo ideas

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Black and grey crescent moon with shaded stars and tribal swirls tattooed down the side of the ribs.
Crescent moon and stars along the side
Black and grey realism tattoo of three elephants walking in a line with small birds and a flower above, on the side of a woman's ribs.
Three elephants and birds on ribs
Black and grey botanical tattoo of a vine with leaves and curling stems along the left side of a torso, above the waistline.
Vine and leaves along the ribs
Fine line black tattoo of the word free in cursive script with a small bird perched at the end, on the side of a person's ribs.
Free script with a small bird on the ribs
Black and grey fine line script tattoo reading 'To die will be an awfully big adventure' along the ribs, with a hand resting on the chest.
Script quote tattoo along the ribs
Black and grey geometric mandala with dotwork shading on a person's ribs, beside a colourful bird tattoo on the upper arm.
Geometric mandala tattoo on the ribs
Black and grey swallow tattoo with cloud-like patterned fills on the side of the ribs, with a coloured sleeve tattoo partly visible at the left edge.
Swallow tattoo on the ribs
Realism-style tattoo of a blue feather on the side of the ribs, with black silhouette birds lifting away from its upper edge.
Blue feather with flying birds on ribs
Colour tattoo of a monarch butterfly with a trailing stem and loose watercolour-style splashes across the side of a torso, sitting on the ribs.
Monarch butterfly and stem on ribs
Small fine line evil eye tattoo with a blue iris and black outline and radiating lashes, on the side of the ribs beside a hand with red nails.
Small evil eye tattoo on the ribs
Black serif lettering tattoo on the ribs reading 'If you don't swim you'll drown', with a white shirt pulled up beside it.
Quote tattoo on the ribs
Woman in a black bra seated in an armchair, showing black and grey rose tattoos on her upper arm and forearm, script on her torso, and a winged design on her thigh.
Roses, script and wings on a seated woman
Black script lettering reading "We are the kids your parents warned you about" along the side of a ribcage, worn with a white open-back vest.
Script quote along the ribs
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 and grey shaded anatomical heart with a red triangle outline and red arrows on the side of the ribs.
Anatomical heart with red triangle on ribs
Black and grey sketch-style tattoo of two koi fish curled into a circle on the side of a person's ribs.
Two koi fish in a circle on the ribs
Watercolour-style tiger head tattoo in orange, blue and black with small script beneath it, on the side of a torso over the ribs.
Watercolour tiger head with script on ribs
Black and grey realism back tattoo showing a tiger head above a woman's profile with closed eyes, with a skull held in a hand on the side of the body.
Tiger and woman full back piece with skull
Black fine line tattoo of a small girl holding a dandelion seed head with drifting seeds, on the side of a torso over the ribs.
Girl holding a dandelion on the side
Black and grey botanical tattoo of an oak leaf with hatched veins running up the left ribs.
Oak leaf on the ribs
Black lettering tattoo reading she believed she could so she did, set in a typewriter-style font along the side of the ribs.
Quote lettering along the ribs
Colour tattoo of three purple lilies with black scrolling vines on the side of a ribcage, in a botanical style.
Purple lilies and black swirls on ribs
Small black-ink sun with a human face and wavy rays, a traditional-style tattoo on the side ribs of a woman with long blonde hair.
Small black sun tattoo on the side ribs
Black fine line tattoo on the side of the ribs showing a cross joined to a heartbeat line that ends in an outlined heart, with the words FAITH. HOPE. LOVE beneath.
Heartbeat cross and heart with faith, hope, love
Black lettering tattoo reading Too Weird To Live Too Rare To Die with small bird silhouettes, placed on the side of the ribs.
Too weird to live quote on 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
Small colour tattoo of a brown tea bag with a string and a tag reading TEA, on the side of the ribs.
Tea bag with a TEA tag on the ribs
Black fine line ornamental tattoo of diamonds, scrolls and dots on the side of the ribs, shown in a black and grey photo.
Symmetrical ornament tattoo on the ribs
Black linework tattoo of a sun with a human face and wavy rays on the side of a person's ribs, in a fine line style.
Sun with face on the ribs
Colour tattoo of a blue crescent moon with yellow stars and clouds beside script lettering reading She was like the MOON, on the side of a ribcage in a lettering style.
Crescent moon and quote on the ribs
Black and grey realistic flower tattoo with water droplets and leaves on the side of a torso, near the ribs.
Realistic grey flower on the side of the ribs
Neo-traditional style tattoo of a purple and pink seahorse with a black outline and turquoise bubbles, placed on the side of the torso.
Purple seahorse with bubbles on the side
Black script lettering tattooed across the ribs in a curved, stacked quotation, in a lettering style on a side torso.
Script quotation along the ribs
Black script lettering reading 'to love another person is to see the face of God' with a small cross, tattooed across the ribs.
Script quote with cross on ribs
Black fine line script running along the upper arm and forearm, with a compass rose tattoo on the ribs, shown on a woman with her arms raised.
Compass rose and script tattoos on arm and side
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
Colour tattoo of a flower-painted VW Beetle wrapped in smoke, sitting on the side of the ribs.
Flower power VW Beetle on the ribs
Colour tattoo of three blue roses with green leaves and black scrollwork on the side of the ribs, shaded in grey.
Three blue roses with scrollwork on ribs
Watercolour-style heart tattoo in pink, purple and blue with a black script letter D at the centre, placed on the side of the ribs.
Watercolour heart with script D on ribs
Black and grey realistic lily tattoo with inky tendrils on the side of a torso, above the waistband of jeans.
Lily tattoo on the side torso
A heart filled with the blue and white Greek flag hangs above a dangling chain of evil eye beads, a cross, a small heart and an anchor on the side of a person's ribs.
Greek flag heart with evil eye charms on ribs
Two-panel photo of fine line black script on a side ribcage reading we loved with a love that was more than love, with a small butterfly beside the word love.
Script quote along the ribs
Colour tattoo of pink and yellow lotus flowers with turquoise butterflies and grey shading across the ribs and side of the torso.
Pink and yellow lotus flowers on ribs
Realistic colour tattoo of a green hummingbird and pink orchids on the side of a torso, with the bird flying towards the flowers.
Hummingbird and orchids on the side
Black and grey tattoo of an anatomical heart with sweet pea flowers and vines on the side of the ribs, shown in fine hatched linework.
Anatomical heart with sweet pea vines on ribs
Colour paisley and mandala tattoo with a pink flower centre on the side of a torso, placed on the ribs.
Colourful paisley and mandala on the ribs
Black and grey paw print tattoo filled with lace-like lattice and mandala patterns, with dotwork dangles, on the side of the ribs.
Ornamental paw print on the side ribs
Pink orchid tattoo with soft watercolour-style shading along the side of a ribcage, with a black top worn below.
Pink orchid tattoo on the ribs