Ribs tattoo ideas

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Fine line black tattoo of an anatomical heart with sprigs of small flowers growing from its vessels, placed on the side of the ribs.
Anatomical heart with flowers on the ribs
Small fine line black outline tattoo of a baby elephant with its trunk raised, placed on the ribs.
Small baby elephant outline on skin
Black and grey tattoo of shaded roses, leaves and musical notes on the side of the ribs, shown in a black and white photograph.
Roses and music staff on the side ribs
Colour tattoo on the side ribs of a West Virginia state outline containing an arched bridge, green hills and a river, with script lettering beside it.
West Virginia state outline with bridge on ribs
A woman lying down wearing a black top and black briefs, with black and grey tattoos on her upper arm, forearm, ribs and thigh.
Black and grey tattoos on arm, torso and thigh
Two photographs of a watercolour-style tattoo of a birdcage with pink and red flowers on the side of the ribs.
Watercolour birdcage and flowers on the ribs
Black and grey neo-traditional tattoo of comedy and tragedy theatre masks facing each other with ribbon scrolls, on the side of a torso.
Comedy and tragedy masks with ribbons
Black outline elephant tattoo with blue, purple and green patterned body and raised trunk holding a leafy sprig, on the side of the ribs.
Patterned elephant with raised trunk on ribs
Watercolour dandelion tattoo with rainbow splashes and black script lettering along the side of the ribs.
Watercolour dandelion on the ribs
Fine black line tattoo of a heartbeat trace that forms a heart on the left, ending in the word faith in cursive script, on skin at the side of the body.
Heartbeat line and faith script
Black and grey traditional style tattoo of a hamsa hand with an eye, flowers and dotted detail, on the side of a person's ribs, with partial Latin script below.
Hamsa hand with eye on the ribs
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a palm tree, waves and birds inside a dotted-edge inverted triangle, on the side of a person's ribs.
Palm tree and waves in a triangle on the side ribs
Black fine line script tattoo reading miles to go, sitting along the side of the torso below a dark garment hem.
Miles to go in script on the side
Black linework dreamcatcher with blue shaded feathers on the left side of a torso, above the waistband of light denim shorts.
Dreamcatcher with blue feathers on the side
Colour tattoo of two red roses with dark leaves and a music staff with notes wrapping across a person's side ribs, shown in a close photograph.
Red roses and music staff on the ribs
Close-up of a woman's torso showing a small black fine line lotus flower tattoo on the side of the ribs, above a light blue skirt.
Lotus outline tattoo on the side ribs
Black fine line tattoo of an infinity loop with silhouetted figures and the script words Forever young, on a person's ribs.
Infinity loop with silhouettes and Forever young
Green shamrock and black vine tattoo with curling swirls running down the side of the ribs.
Shamrock vine with swirls on the ribs
Black and white photo of a fine line script tattoo on the side of a ribcage, with the lettering partly legible as the word love.
Fine line script wording on the ribs
Colour tattoo of a woman with closed eyes and floral patterns in a rectangular panel on the left ribs, in a painterly art nouveau style.
Painted woman portrait on the ribs
Colour tattoo on the side of a ribcage showing the Lorax on a tree stump beside a purple truffula tree, with the word Unless in blue lettering below.
Lorax and truffula tree on ribs
Black and grey floral swirl tattoo with script lettering on a person's hip and side ribs, with a star on the upper thigh.
Floral swirls and script on hip and ribs
Black line dreamcatcher tattoo with two feather charms on the side of a ribcage, photographed on a seated person in a loose pink top.
Dreamcatcher tattoo on the ribs
Black and grey botanical tattoo of three lilies with swirling vines running down the side of a ribcage.
Lily and vine tattoo on the ribs
Black and grey brush stroke tattoo sweeping from the side of the ribs over the hip and onto the upper thigh.
Brush stroke swirl across hip and side
Black geometric spine tattoo with chevron panels and dotted borders running from the neck to the lower back, with a small lion head on the left side of the ribs.
Geometric spine tattoo from neck to lower back
Black leopard rosette tattoo across the side of a person's ribs and waist, photographed from behind.
Leopard spot tattoo on the side ribs
Black and grey dotwork mandala tattoo with radiating petal shapes on the side of a person's ribs, photographed in black and white.
Dotwork mandala tattoo on the ribs
Close crop of a fit torso in a white sports bra and black briefs showing a small outlined heart tattoo on the side of the ribs and a grey shaded bird tattoo on the thigh.
Small heart on ribs and bird on thigh
Two people stand side by side showing script lettering tattoos on their ribs, one reading Every sinner has a past and the other Every saint has a past.
Matching quote tattoos on the ribs
Two people standing side by side, each with a yin yang tattoo on their ribs: the left one solid black, the right one a thin black outline.
Matching yin yang tattoos on ribs
Fine-line black outline of an irregular map shape with a small red heart on the side of the torso.
Outline map shape with small red heart
Black linework tattoo of a treehouse in a bare tree with a crescent moon and small stars, on the side of a torso.
Treehouse in a bare tree on the side ribs
Colour tattoo of a blue-winged fairy in a flowing dress, placed on the side of the ribs.
Blue fairy tattoo on the ribs
Black and grey dotwork and geometric whale tattoo on the side of the ribs, with the tail breaking up into scattered triangles.
Geometric whale on the ribs
Two people standing side by side showing matching black script lettering on their ribs reading there is no better friend than a sister and and there is no better sister than you.
Matching sister quote tattoos on the ribs
Colour realism style tattoo on the side ribs of a torso showing a terrier in a pirate hat and eyepatch, a fluffy white dog, a small creature in a red scarf and spiral snail shells.
Pirate terrier and fluffy dog on ribs
Black and grey dandelion with drifting seeds and the script words love her but leave her wild across the ribs.
Dandelion seeds and script quote on the ribs
Black ink tattoo of the White Rabbit from Alice in Wonderland, drawn in a crosshatched engraving style, on the side of a person's ribs.
White Rabbit tattoo on the ribs
Traditional colour tattoo of a pin-up woman with a red rose in her hair and a spider on its web, on the ribs, shown beside a close-up of the face.
Pin-up woman with rose and spider on ribs
Realistic colour tattoo of a feather fading into a flock of black birds, placed on the side of the ribs.
Colourful feather with flying birds on ribs
Black lettering tattoo of a four-line quote in a clean sans serif font, running diagonally across the side of the torso above the ribs.
Quote lettering along the side ribs
Black fine line calligraphic script tattoo running diagonally along the side of a person's ribs, against pale skin and a coral top.
Script tattoo running along the ribs
Colour tattoo of an elephant in profile, filled with layered pink, blue and yellow landscape bands, on the side of the ribs.
Elephant silhouette with landscape fill on ribs
Black and grey tattoo of a seated fairy with long flowing hair and wings, with a flower near her foot, on the side of the torso.
Seated fairy with wings and a flower
Fine line black tattoos of a slender sprig on the side of the torso, a small star on the upper arm and the words GIRL POWER on the inner forearm.
Fine line sprig, star and GIRL POWER lettering
Watercolour dandelion with a purple wash and two dragonflies on the side of a ribcage, with drifting seeds and black linework.
Watercolour dandelion and dragonflies on ribs
Black and grey geometric tattoo of circles, a triangle and dots along the ribs of a woman seated on rock.
Geometric circles and triangles on ribs