Text tattoo ideas

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Two-panel photo of a fine serif "live free" lettering tattoo in black ink on the side of a person's ribs, wearing a pale dress.
Live free lettering on the side ribs
Fine line black script tattoo reading awake my soul with a swash underline, on the side of the ribcage, in a black and white photo.
Awake my soul script on the side ribs
Fine line black script reading good vibes on the side of a torso, just below the ribs, under a grey crop top.
Good vibes script on the ribs
Close photo of a black fine line script tattoo reading dum spero spero along the ribs, worn beneath a black lace bandeau top.
Dum spero spero script on the ribs
Black script lettering tattoo reading Every saint has a past and Every sinner has a future, across the side of a torso.
Two-line script quote on the side of the torso
Two black swallows above the words we only part to meet again 5-17-12, set in a small typewriter-style font on the side of the ribs.
Two swallows and a quote on the ribs
Fine line black tattoo of a hand holding a bunch of wildflowers with the words hold on beneath, on the side of a ribcage.
Hand holding wildflowers with hold on script
Close-up of a small fine-line tattoo of latitude and longitude coordinates in black script on the side of the ribs, below a blue bikini strap.
Coordinates in fine script on the ribs
Close-up of a fine line black script tattoo reading for thee I love I will sacrifice, running vertically along a person's left side ribs.
Script quote running down the ribs
Close-up of a black fine line script tattoo reading Don't let the past steal your peace, placed on the ribs below a black and white bandeau top.
Script quote on the ribs
Close-up of a thin black cursive script quote tattooed along the side of a person's ribs, with denim shorts and a white crop top visible.
Cursive quote tattoo on the ribs
Black and white photo of a fine line script quote reading The ones that love us never really leave us, tattooed along the side of the ribs.
Script quote along the ribs
Black and white photo of a fine line script tattoo reading Viajar es vivir dos veces on the side of the ribs.
Spanish script quote on the side body
Black cursive script tattoo along the ribs reading 'Never a failure, always a lesson', in a fine line lettering style.
Script quote on ribs: never a failure, always a lesson
Black fine-line script reading Viajar es vivir dos veces runs diagonally across the side of the torso in a black and white photograph.
Spanish script quote along the side of the body
Fine line black tattoo of footprints running down the side ribs, with script reading I solemnly swear that I am up to no good and a small snowflake near the hip.
Footprints and script quote on ribs
Fine line tattoo of the fundamental theorem of calculus, F(b) minus F(a) equals a definite integral, in black ink on the left ribs.
Calculus equation on the ribs
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
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
Black and white photo of a fine line script tattoo reading "to travel is to live" with a dotted flight path and airplane, on the side of the ribs.
Script quote with airplane on the ribs
Two photographs of fine line black tattoos: thin cursive script along the ribs on the left, and an outlined city skyline with a line of text on the back of the neck on the right.
Script on ribs and skyline outline on neck
Close-up of a small fine line script tattoo reading 'it is what it is' in black ink along the side of the ribs, below dark clothing.
Script quote along the side ribs
Fine line script tattoo reading Carpe Diem on the side of a person's ribs, in warm evening light.
Carpe Diem script on the ribs
Black fine line script reading Angels never leave, They're always at your side, beside an outlined angel wing tattoo on skin, placed on the ribs.
Angel wing and script quote on the side
Close view of a fine line script tattoo reading 'to make each day count' along the side ribs, partly under a black garment.
Fine line script quote on the side ribs
Black and white photo of a fine line script lettering tattoo across the ribs, reading Let's unwrite these pages and replace them with our own words.
Script quote on the ribs
Black fine line script reading let it be with three small birds in flight, tattooed on the side of the torso.
Let it be script with birds on the side
Black script lettering arranged in a cross shape on the side of a ribcage, with the reference John 3:16 written beneath it.
Scripture cross tattoo on the ribs
Close-up of a small fine line script tattoo reading "so it goes." on the side of a person's torso, in dark ink on pale skin.
Small script quote "so it goes." on the side of the torso
Black script lettering tattoo reading she is clothed in strength and dignity, on the side of a ribcage, with a hand resting over the shoulder.
Script quote tattoo on the side 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
Black script tattoo on the side of the ribs reading I'm the hero of the story, I don't need to be saved.
Script quote on the ribs
Black ink fine line tattoo of an open book with lettering and a cup of coffee on a saucer, placed on the side of the torso above the hip.
Open book with library quote and coffee cup
Fine line black outline tattoo of a lion cub with orange shading and the script words Remember who you are, on the side of a torso above a waistband.
Lion cub and script quote on the side ribs
Collage of five black tattoos in fine line and lettering, including a quote on the ribs, the number 9 3/4 on a wrist, a cat on the hip and a face on the forearm.
Five small black tattoos: quotes, a cat and a face
Black fine line script tattoo on the side of the ribs reading two lines of text, Live without the sunlight and Love without your heartbeat.
Script quote along the ribs
Fine line black heart with an arrow through it and the words Las Vegas, tattooed on the side of the ribs of a person with pink hair.
Small heart and arrow tattoo on the ribs
Black fine line eye within a triangle with small lettering on the upper arm, and the words be strong girl with small stars on the ribs.
Eye in triangle and strong girl lettering
Black fine line tattoo of a flying saucer with a tractor beam, two small sparkles and the words GET IN, LOSER, on the side of the ribs.
UFO with tractor beam and quote on the ribs
Black fine line peacock feather tattoo on the side of the ribs, with lettering in an invented script running beside it.
Peacock feather and lettering on the ribs
Black fine line hexagon outline with the words Test Tattoo Please Ignore inside it, on the side of the body.
Hexagon outline with test lettering
Black script tattoo of 1 Corinthians 13:13 across the side of a torso, in a fine handwritten lettering style.
1 Corinthians 13:13 verse in script
Black script reading Sisters by chance, Friends by choice, with three small swallow silhouettes, on the side of the ribs in fine line lettering.
Script quote with swallows 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
Fine line black script reading Take these broken wings and learn to fly, curving down the ribs beside a small bird silhouette.
Script quote and bird on ribs
Fine line black script tattoo reading We need never be hopeless, running diagonally along the ribs.
Script quote along the ribs
Black fine line script tattoo reading Good Vibes on the side of a torso, with a knitted jumper pulled across the left of the frame.
Good Vibes script on the side ribs
Black script lettering arranged in a heart outline with a small red heart at its centre, tattooed on a person's side above the ribs.
Script words forming a heart on the side