Text tattoo ideas

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Black script lettering with blue shading, reading I'd risk the fall just to know how it feels to fly, tattooed diagonally along a side rib.
Script quote along the ribs
Close-up of a black script lettering tattoo reading though every dark night, there is a brighter day, placed along the side of the ribs.
Script quote along the side of 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 and grey script quote above a winged diamond tattoo on the side of the ribs.
Script quote and winged diamond on ribs
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
Black fine line script lettering tattooed on the side of the ribs, shown reversed in a mirror selfie.
Black script lettering on the 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
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
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
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
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 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
Black script lettering reading For we live by faith, not by sight, running diagonally across the side of the ribs.
Script quote along the ribs
Black lettering tattoo in a typewriter-style font running down the side of the ribs, reading let it go, let them go, let all go, so comes love.
Typewriter quote along the ribs
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
Black and grey lettering tattoo reading Fight Your Demons on the side of a torso, with a decorative F, placed over the ribs.
Fight Your Demons lettering on ribs
Black script lettering of a quote runs down the side of the ribs, framed by two outlined hearts and small stars, shown in a sepia-toned photo.
Quote lettering with two hearts on the ribs
Black and grey realism tattoo of praying hands and an unrolled scroll of scripture across the ribs and side of the torso.
Praying hands and scripture scroll on ribs
Close-up of a dark blue script lettering tattoo reading Never a failure, Always a lesson across the ribs, partly covered by a pink sports bra.
Script quote on 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
Two-panel photo of black script lettering tattoos: the upper panel reads 'You either die a hero or you live long enough' on the side of the torso, and the lower panel reads 'To see yourself become the
Two script quote tattoos on the side and neck
Small black Roman numeral tattoo reading XII XVIII XCVI on the ribs of a woman wearing a black top and floral skirt, in Lettering style.
Roman numerals on the ribs
Close-up of a black script quote tattoo reading the wolf that wins is the wolf you feed, running across the ribs on a person's side.
Script quote tattoo along the ribs
Close view of a black script lettering tattoo reading though every dark night there is a brighter day, placed along the side ribs and partly below a white lace top.
Script quote tattoo along the ribs
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
Black typewriter-style lettering reading love will tear us apart runs along the ribs beneath a black top.
Lyric quote along the ribs
Black serif lettering reading "I'm the hero of this story" runs diagonally across the side of the torso above a grey knitted top.
Quote tattoo reading "I'm the hero of this story"
Black serif Roman numerals reading IX XXVI MMXII tattooed in a single line along the side of a ribcage.
Roman numeral lettering on the ribs
Black lettering reading must be this tall to ride with a red arrow pointing left, tattooed on the side of the ribs.
Must be this tall to ride lettering on ribs
Black lettering tattoo reading Not all those who wander are lost, set in a calligraphic script along the side of the ribs.
Quote lettering along the 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
Close-up of a black serif lettering tattoo reading I'm the hero of this story, running along the side of the ribs above grey fabric.
Serif quote tattoo along the side 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
Black Hebrew lettering tattoo in a clean sans-serif style on the side of the ribs, with a black top lifted at the edge of the frame.
Hebrew lettering on the ribs
Black fine line script lettering reading Alltid i mitt hjerte across the ribs of a person wearing a black top.
Script lettering across the ribs
Black and grey wing tattoo across the ribs and an ornamental mandala-style tattoo on the back of the hand, with vertical lettering down the outer thigh.
Wing and mandala tattoos on a woman at the beach
Black lettering tattoo of a serif quote in two lines across the side of a person's ribs, with a grey knit top lifted beside it.
Quote tattoo on the ribs
Black lettering tattoo reading I myself am made entirely of flaws, stitched together with good intentions, with a stitch line running down through the words, on skin at the side of the body.
Stitched quote along the side of the body
Black script lettering tattoo of a quote running across the ribs and side of a person's back, photographed from behind.
Script quote tattoo along the ribs
Two people show matching black script lettering on their ribs reading Together forever, never apart, maybe in distance, but never in heart.
Matching quote tattoos on two people's ribs
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 serif Roman numerals reading P. IV. XIII run vertically across the side of a torso, with a black garment at the edge of the frame.
Roman numerals P. IV. XIII on the side
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 script lettering tattoo reading Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius, placed on the side of the torso above the hip.
Two-line script quote tattoo on the side torso
Black lettering on a woman's ribs reading 'she believed she could so she did' in a typewriter-style font, set in a stacked, left-aligned block.
Typewriter quote along the ribs
Black lettering tattoo on the side of a torso in a bold, rounded typeface, reading a six-line quote about togetherness, placed on the ribs.
Quote lettering tattoo along the ribs