Ribs tattoo ideas

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Close view of a torso in white lace lingerie with traditional style tattoos, including a teal eye in a heart on the upper stomach and a bird on the side.
Traditional tattoos on a torso, arms and thighs
Side of a torso showing a script quote with purple and green floral accents along the ribs, and a green and orange scale pattern tattoo on the hip.
Ribs script and green scale tattoo
Black and grey tattoo of an ornate mirror frame beside a lettered quote in blackletter style, on the side of a person's ribs.
Quote and ornate mirror on the ribs
Small black outline tattoo of a pizza slice with melted cheese and pepperoni detail, sitting on the side of the ribs below the arm in a fine line style.
Small pizza slice tattoo on the ribs
Black fine line outline tattoo of a world map on the side of a ribcage, photographed in a bathroom.
World map outline on ribs
Black and grey phoenix tattoo with spread wings and long trailing tail feathers across the side of the ribs.
Phoenix tattoo across the ribs
Fine black script lettering reading If there is hope, it lies in the proles, set along the ribs beneath a breast, with a hand with black nails resting above it.
Script quote along the ribs
Black and grey realism tattoo of a single feather on the side of the ribs, with the tip pointing towards the front of the body.
Shaded feather tattoo on the ribs
Colour phoenix tattoo with spread wings on the side of a torso, with a black geometric triangle and circle symbol below it.
Phoenix with wings and a triangle symbol on the side
Two people stand side by side showing matching black script tattoos on their ribs, one reading Until My Last Day and the other Until My Last Breath.
Matching script quotes on two ribs
Fine line black script lettering reading cuatro ochos sits on the side ribs, with a blue top covering the upper body.
Fine script words on the side ribs
Fine line black botanical band with peony-style flowers, leaves and script wording across a person's ribs and waist.
Floral script band across the ribs
Colour tattoo on the side ribs showing a Minnesota state outline with a sunset, a common loon, pink lady's slipper orchids, a walleye and a 'You Betcha' banner.
Minnesota loon, walleye and orchids on ribs
Black and grey lily tattoo with trailing swirls and small stars on the side of the ribs, with bright cyan star graphics added over the photo.
Lily and swirls on the side ribs
Black and grey tattoo of a rabbit in a waistcoat and collar, framed by an ornate scrolled oval with beaded edges, on the side of the torso.
Rabbit in an ornate oval frame
Black and grey botanical tattoo of a tulip with a long stem on the side of a torso, over the ribs.
Shaded tulip on the ribs
Colour tattoo of a grey elephant sitting in a wooden tub with blue water spraying from its trunk, placed on the side of the ribs.
Elephant bathing in a tub on the ribs
Black and grey script words Live, Laugh and Love scattered with outline stars along the side ribs, in a fine line lettering style.
Live, laugh, love script with stars on ribs
Fine line black script tattoo reading live on the side of the ribs, with light wavy hair falling across the frame.
Small script word tattoo on the side ribs
Black lettering tattoo reading I'm the hero of this story in a serif font, across the side of the ribs, with a grey top visible below.
Serif quote tattoo along the side ribs
A black peace symbol surrounded by green, red and orange paint-like splatter, tattooed on the side of a ribcage.
Peace symbol with splatter on the ribs
Black silhouette swallows in flight in a blackwork style, tattooed in a diagonal line across the ribs of a bare side torso.
Flying swallows across the ribs
Black and white photo of a small fine-line wave tattoo on the side of a torso, beneath a raised arm.
Small fine-line wave on the side ribs
Black and white mirror photo of a shirtless man with a geometric blackwork sleeve on one arm and a mandala tattoo on the shoulder.
Blackwork sleeve and shoulder mandala
Woman in white lingerie standing in a kitchen, showing a sleeve tattoo of flowers and figures across her upper arm, forearm and side.
Sleeve tattoo with flowers on arm and side
Close photo of a black handwritten script tattoo reading fall in mutual weirdness and call it love, running diagonally across the side of the ribs.
Handwritten quote along the ribs
Small black fine line tattoo of a crown above a heart with a swirl, on the side of a person's ribs, with a silver key necklace hanging beside it.
Small crown and heart on the side ribs
Side ribs tattoo of a handwritten line reading there is always hope, with a red heart balloon and a black silhouette of a girl reaching up.
Script quote and girl silhouette on ribs
Two people stand side by side showing black script lettering tattooed along their ribs, with the left reading together forever never apart.
Matching script quotes on two ribs
Watercolour style tattoo of a dragonfly and dandelion seed heads in teal, pink and purple across the side of the ribs.
Watercolour dragonfly and dandelion on ribs
Black and grey realism tattoo of a raven in flight with spread wings and smoky shading across the side of a torso on the ribs.
Raven in flight on the ribs
Close side view of a shaded black and grey realism feather tattoo on the ribs, with the wearer's face turned away from the camera.
Shaded feather tattoo on the side ribs
Realistic grey elephant tattoo with blue, pink and orange watercolour splashes on the side of a torso.
Elephant with watercolour splashes on the side
Black script quote with a flock of small bird silhouettes tattooed along the side of the ribs, photographed from the side.
Bird silhouettes and quote on the ribs
Traditional style swallow tattoo with a pink flower and leaf sprig in its beak, on the side of a person's torso.
Swallow with flower and leaf sprig
A watercolour-style flower tattoo in red, orange and pink with loose black linework and blue and green washes, on the side of the ribs.
Watercolour-style flower on the side ribs
Black blackwork tattoo of an American flag made from arrows and arrowheads, with arrow shafts as stripes, on the side of a person's ribs.
Arrow flag tattoo on the ribs
Black and grey realism tattoo of a penny on the side of the ribs, with a shaded profile portrait and small lettering around the rim.
Realistic penny coin on the ribs
Black and grey realism rose with leaves on the left ribs and a fine-line dotwork mandala with dangling beads above the navel.
Rose and mandala across the ribs and stomach
Black horse head tattoo with a flowing mane on the side of a torso, against a blurred green field.
Horse head tattoo on the ribs
Fine line black arrow tattoo with striped fletching and dotted shaft across the side ribs, below a dark top.
Small arrow tattoo on the side ribs
Black fine line tattoo of a plump cartoon manatee with a single flipper and a small eye, on smooth skin at the side of the torso.
Cartoon manatee outline tattoo
Black and grey traditional-style anchor tattoo wrapped in rope with two starfish, script lettering on the shank and 6:19 on the crown, on the side of the torso.
Anchor with rope and starfish on the side
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a sitting dog in a single continuous outline, placed on the side of the ribs.
Fine line sitting dog on the ribs
Fine line black script tattoo reading There is no love without forgiveness, running vertically along the side of a bare back and ribs.
Fine line script quote along the back
Fine line black tattoo on the ribs reading My life is my message, with three flying birds, a bird on a leafy branch and a cross.
Birds, branch and cross on the ribs
Colour tattoo of a phoenix with spread wings and a peacock-feather tail in a soft watercolour style, on the side of a person's ribs.
Watercolour phoenix on the side ribs
Black and grey realism tattoo of a shaded feather with silhouetted birds rising from its tip and the text Isaiah 40:31 beneath it, on the side of the torso.
Feather and flying birds with scripture on flank