Ribs tattoo ideas

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Colour tattoo of music staves, notes, butterflies and a red hibiscus running up a woman's side and back.
Music staves and hibiscus down the side of back
Dreamcatcher tattoo with hanging feathers and pink, purple and teal watercolour splashes on the side of the ribs.
Dreamcatcher with watercolour splashes on ribs
Black lettering tattoo reading we are who we are for a lot of reasons, in a simple sans serif font on the ribs.
Quote lettering along the ribs
Small black fine-line pine tree tattoo on the side of the ribs, with a hand resting beside it.
Small pine tree on the side ribs
Black and grey realism tattoo of a pin-up warrior woman in a plumed helmet with a shield and a bird of prey, on the side of the ribs.
Pin-up warrior with a bird on the ribs
Black and grey botanical tattoo of three roses, buds and leaves linked by swirling vines running down the side of the ribs.
Black and grey roses with vine down the ribs
Close side view of a dark script tattoo reading We all have a story to tell, in Lettering style, along the ribs below a pink bikini strap.
Script quote tattoo along the ribs
Black and grey fine line lavender sprig tattoo on the side of the ribs, shown in a full view and a close-up.
Lavender sprig on the ribs
Colour tattoo of a white and teal eastern dragon among red clouds and small black soot sprites on a person's side ribs, in Japanese style.
Eastern dragon with red clouds on ribs
Close view of a fine line black script tattoo on a person's side ribs, above the waistband of light denim shorts.
Fine line script on the side ribs
Black botanical fern frond tattoo on the side of the ribs, with a hand with dark nail polish resting at the top of the frame.
Fern frond tattoo on the ribs
Close-up of a small fine line script tattoo reading Let it be in black ink on the side of the ribs.
Let it be script on the side ribs
Tree of life dreamcatcher tattoo on the side of the ribs, with shaded grey feathers and teal and purple beads.
Tree of life dreamcatcher on the ribs
Black outline tattoo of a smiling cartoon teapot character with a curled lid and handle on the side of the ribs.
Cartoon teapot outline on the ribs
Black fine line geometric arrow tattoo running vertically along the side of a person's ribs, with diamond shapes and parallel lines.
Geometric arrow tattoo on the side ribs
Black and grey traditional-style tattoo of a sugar skull with roses on the side of a torso, with a navel piercing visible above.
Sugar skull and roses on side and hip
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a red and orange flower with a green watercolour splash, on the side of a torso at the ribs.
Red and orange flower on the ribs
Colour botanical tattoo of teal and magenta lilies with green leaves and dark outlines, running along the side of the torso.
Teal and magenta lily band on the side
Colour tattoo of a pink cherry blossom branch and a teal butterfly across the ribs and side of the torso.
Cherry blossom tree and butterfly on ribs
A red-brown line tattoo of a stylised phoenix with a curled tail, sitting on the side of the ribs.
Stylised phoenix with swirl tail on ribs
Black and white photo of a small fine line bird silhouette above handwritten script reading remember me on the side ribs.
Small bird and remember me on ribs
Black and white photo of a fine line script tattoo reading "to the sea" on the left side of a ribcage, below the upper arm.
"to the sea" script on the ribs
Colourful painted-style tattoo of a blue stylised face with yellow eyes and red lips, with flowers below, on the side of the ribs.
Blue stylised face tattoo on the ribs
Black and grey anatomical heart with a red inverted triangle and red arrows tattooed on the ribs.
Anatomical heart in a red triangle on ribs
Close-up of a small solid black panda tattoo on the side of a person's ribs, with a hand resting on the hip above a lime waistband.
Panda tattoo on the side ribs
Small black italic 305 numerals tattooed on the side of a torso beneath an open white shirt, in a lettering style on the ribs.
Small black 305 numerals on the side torso
Fine line black tattoo of three bird silhouettes perched on a curling vine with leaves, placed on the side of the ribs.
Three birds on a vine on the ribs
Colour tattoo of Winnie the Pooh holding a blue balloon with three small bees, on the side of the ribs.
Winnie the Pooh holding a balloon on ribs
Small black and grey feather tattoo on the side of a person's torso near the ribs, with the arm raised.
Small feather tattoo on the side ribs
Black and grey realism tattoo of a galloping horse kicking up dust, on the side of the ribs.
Galloping horse on the ribs
Black and grey botanical flower tattoo with leaves and vines on a woman's side ribs, photographed from behind in a grey crop top.
Flower and leaves on the ribs
Small black and grey handgun tattoo on the side of the ribs, with a white t-shirt lifted over the torso.
Handgun tattoo on the side ribs
Small black and grey realistic moon tattoo with shaded craters on the side of a bare ribcage, beneath a raised arm.
Small moon tattoo on the ribs
Black and grey wing tattoo across the ribs and a mandala design on the forearm of a woman in a black bikini standing in the sea.
Wing and mandala tattoos on a woman in a bikini
Abstract watercolour tattoo with red, purple and blue splashes and dark linework of a bird and a hand on the side of the ribs.
Abstract watercolour bird and hand on ribs
Black and grey realism tattoo of a snake coiled around an ornate dagger hilt with smoke, across the side of the ribs.
Snake coiled around a dagger on the ribs
Fine line black outline of a small elephant with its trunk raised, tattooed on the side of a torso at the ribs.
Small elephant outline on the ribs
Small solid black silhouette of a sitting cat tattooed on the side of the ribs, just below a dark waistband.
Sitting cat silhouette on the ribs
Full colour peacock tattoo running down the side of a bare back, with a teal neck and green and gold eye feathers in a neo-traditional style.
Peacock tattoo down the back
Black and grey script lettering with two shaded roses and leaves running down the side of a ribcage.
Script lettering with roses on ribs
Black and grey lace-style floral tattoo running down the side of the back and ribs, with scrollwork, leaves and hanging bead chains.
Lace-style floral tattoo on ribs and back
Colour Japanese style koi fish tattoo in red, orange and yellow with grey swirling water across the side of the ribs.
Koi fish tattoo on the side ribs
Colour realism tattoo of a bluebird perched on a blossom branch, with pink cherry blossoms, on the side of a person's ribs.
Bluebird on a blossom branch on the ribs
Full-colour realism tattoo of a peacock with pink flowers along the side of a person's ribs.
Peacock and flowers on the ribs
Black and grey realism tattoo of three stacked roses with fine trailing stems and leaves along the side of the ribs.
Three roses with trailing leaves on a side ribcage
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a crowned woman with red hair, red roses and two skulls on the side of the ribs.
Crowned woman with roses and skulls on the side
Black and grey fine line tattoo of three swallows in flight, soft shaded, on the side of the ribs.
Three swallows in flight on the side
Fine line black script tattoo reading soror mea amica mea across the side of the ribs, above a faint healed band of skin.
Fine line script phrase on the side ribs