Ribs tattoo ideas

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Black lettering tattoo reading everything is alright forever in a serif typeface across the ribs, in a lettering style.
Quote tattoo along the ribs
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a snarling wolf head with spiked fur and bared teeth, placed on the side of the ribs.
Snarling wolf head on the side ribs
Small fine line black iris with slender leaves on the side of a person's ribs, with long brown hair falling beside it.
Fine line iris on the side ribs
Colour butterfly tattoo with black scrollwork and dotwork flourishes across the side of the ribs.
Colourful butterfly with scrollwork on the side
Colour tattoo of a sunflower with pink cherry blossoms and a green vine curling across the side of a torso, in a botanical style.
Sunflower and cherry blossom on the side ribs
Black and grey moth tattoo with circular eye-spot wings on a person's ribs, with a black lace bralette pulled aside.
Moth tattoo on the ribs
Sepia photograph of three fine line tooth tattoos on a side ribcage, with a fourth tooth tattoo on the back of a hand that rests against the torso.
Three teeth on the ribs and a tooth on the hand
Black and grey crescent moon with stars and tribal swirls tattooed on the side of a person's ribs.
Crescent moon and stars on the side ribs
Fine black line tattoo of a stretched cat with a curled tail on the side of the body, in a fine line style.
Stretching cat outline on the side
Traditional Japanese style tattoos of a cat on the ribs and a dog-like figure among red maple leaves on the shoulder and upper arm, shown in colour.
Japanese cat and maple sleeve on torso
Black and grey realism feather tattoo with flying birds and Beautiful Disaster script lettering on the side of the ribs.
Feather and birds with lettering on ribs
Black script lettering in Turkish over pink and blue watercolour splashes on the side of a ribcage, with a teal strap visible above.
Script lettering over watercolour splashes on ribs
Black and grey realism tattoo of an anchor with a compass and a small key on the ribs.
Anchor, compass and key on the ribs
Small purple tulip tattoo with a yellow-green leaf and fine line script running beside the stem, on the side of the ribs.
Purple tulip with script on the ribs
Small black lettering reading sick as frick with a short mark beneath it, on the side of a ribcage.
Small lettering tattoo on the ribs
A seated person in a black bra and patterned underwear shows neo-traditional tattoos of two female portraits on the upper arm, a rose on the hand, and ornate scrollwork and a teal wave on the torso.
Portrait and ornamental tattoos on arms and torso
Collage of eight sepia photographs of black fine line geometric tattoos with diamond, arrow and circle motifs on the forearm, upper arm, spine, ribs, neck and ankle.
Geometric line tattoos in a collage of eight
Black and grey compass rose tattoo with N, E, S and W lettering on the side of the ribs, shown in a black and white photo.
Compass rose on the ribs
Shirtless torso of a man with colour traditional-style sleeve tattoos on both arms, including a woman's head with flowers on the upper arm and a pocket watch, and black lyric text on the ribs.
Colour sleeves and lyric text on ribs
Black script lettering tattoo reading Sister to Sister, Heart to Heart, Bonded Together, Right from the Start, set diagonally on the side of the ribs.
Script quote lettering on the side of the ribs
Black botanical tattoo of a lotus flower with swirling linework on the side of the ribs, shown on a person lying in a maroon bikini.
Floral tattoo on the ribs
Black and grey owl tattoo with dreamcatcher-style eyes on the side of the ribs, with a line of script above it.
Owl with dreamcatcher eyes on the ribs
Black script lettering reading For every dark night, There's a brighter day across the side of the ribs, shown in a close photograph.
Script quote tattoo on the side ribs
Small colour tattoo of a turtle with brown shell segments and three pink hearts in the centre, on the side of the ribs.
Turtle with pink hearts on the ribs
Black ink tattoo of a cross drawn as a heartbeat line that flows into a heart outline, with the words Faith, Hope, Love beneath, on the side of the ribs.
Heartbeat cross and heart with Faith Hope Love
Colour tattoo of a reclining mermaid holding a red flower, with the script line Do you suppose she's a wild flower? beneath her, on the side of the ribs.
Mermaid with wild flower quote on ribs
Side of a torso showing four stacked playing card suit tattoos on the ribs, with a red diamond, black spade, red heart and black club in a brushed watercolour style.
Four card suits down the ribs
Black and grey realism tattoo of an ornate key with a clock face and a feather, on the side of the ribs.
Ornate key with clock face and feather on ribs
Black and grey realistic feather tattoo on the side of a person's ribs, with an arm and hand crossed over the torso.
Feather tattoo on the side ribs
Colour rib tattoo of the West Virginia outline filled with an arched bridge over green hills and a river, with script lettering reading take me home country roads.
West Virginia outline with bridge and script
Black and grey realism tattoo of a feather on the side of a ribcage, angled diagonally from lower left to upper right.
Shaded feather on the ribs
Black and grey botanical flower and fine script tattoo on the side ribs of a person lying on white bedding, wearing a white Calvin Klein top and grey waistband leggings.
Black floral tattoo and script on side ribs
Neo-traditional tattoo of teal and magenta lily-style flowers with bold black outlines running down the side of a torso over the ribs.
Teal and magenta flowers down the ribs
Colour tattoo of a fiery orange and yellow phoenix with spread wings and grey smoke swirls, placed on the side of the ribs.
Phoenix in flames on the ribs
Close-up of a small fine line black script tattoo reading let it go on a person's side ribs, just below a black bra strap.
Fine line script reading let it go on the ribs
Black and grey script lettering with swirling flourishes running vertically along the side of the ribs.
Script lettering with flourishes on ribs
Black and grey fine line tattoo of three hammerhead sharks swimming in a row across the side of the ribs.
Hammerhead sharks swimming along the ribs
Close photo of a fine line black script tattoo reading C'est la vie on the side of a person's torso, near the ribs.
Fine line C'est la vie script on the side
Fine line black script tattoo written beneath the bust on a woman wearing a blue bikini top, partly hidden by the fabric.
Fine script tattoo under the bust
Black and grey peony tattoo with ornate mandala-style leaves on a person's ribs, in a Botanical style with dotwork shading.
Peony with mandala leaves on the ribs
Colour traditional tattoo of a tiki mask with orange flowers and green leaves running down the side of a torso.
Tiki mask and flowers on ribs
Black and grey fine line tattoo of two elephants with raised trunks, on the side of a person's torso.
Elephant pair fine line tattoo on the side
Small fine line arrow tattoo with black stylised lettering along the shaft, coloured in red and purple, placed on the ribs.
Arrow with lettering on the ribs
Black and grey script tattoo reading The course of true love never did run smooth, across the side of the ribs.
Script quote across the ribs
Traditional style colour tattoo of a green, yellow and red bird with a swirling tail on the side of a torso.
Colourful bird with swirling tail on side
Black and white photo of a small crescent moon tattoo on the side of the ribs, with a hand resting on the arm nearby.
Small crescent moon on the ribs
Fine line black script tattoo reading Agape across the side ribs of a torso.
Agape script on the ribs
Realistic colour tattoo of purple, blue and red flowers with green leaves and grey shading running down the side of the ribs.
Colourful flowers on a side ribs tattoo