Torso tattoo ideas

51 photos and flash · 18% Blackwork, 16% Realism · Ribs most common

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Solid black ankh with an Eye of Horus beneath it on the side of a person's ribs, with a hand resting on the stomach.
Ankh and Eye of Horus on the ribs
Close view of a black script lettering tattoo on the right side of the ribs, above a gold waist chain, with a beige bralette visible at the top of the frame.
Script lettering tattoo on the ribs
Black and grey winged emblem tattoo with a central figure, spread across the left ribs of a bare torso.
Winged emblem on the ribs
Two photographs on a magazine page show a bare male torso with a black and grey Japanese style tiger with red accents on the ribs and a dragon and cloud sleeve on the upper arm.
Japanese tiger and dragon sleeve on torso
Black and grey feathered wing tattoo with fine hatching and scattered ink splatter across the side of the ribs.
Feathered wing tattoo on side of torso
Black and grey blackwork tribal tattoo covering one side of a torso, extending across the chest, ribs and upper arm, with the other side left bare.
Tribal blackwork across chest, ribs and arm
Black and grey photo of a small fine line GRL PWR lettering tattoo on the side ribs, below a lifted grey sweater and above jeans.
GRL PWR lettering on the ribs
Black and grey Japanese style dragon tattoo coiling from the upper back down the side and onto the ribs of a bare torso.
Black and grey dragon coiling down back and side
Black and grey diptych of a shirtless man with two bold chevron stripe tattoos, one running down the side of his ribs and one from the shoulder down the upper back.
Chevron stripes along ribs and back
Black mandala tattoo with scrolls and pointed petals curving across the side of the ribs on a bare torso, in black and grey.
Mandala tattoo on the side ribs
Black and grey photograph of a large snake tattoo coiling around a torso, circling the navel and running down the side onto the ribs.
Snake wrapping around a torso
Torso with a large colour neo-traditional tattoo of glowing honeycomb hexagons and organic swirls across the chest and ribs, with sleeve work on the upper arms.
Colourful honeycomb and organic torso tattoo
Small black script tattoo on the side ribs of a woman in a white crochet bikini top, with foliage and pale stone behind her.
Script tattoo on ribs in white crochet bikini
Fine line black tattoo of a small origami crane on the left side ribs of a person in a red jacket and black bra.
Origami crane on the ribs
Black tribal blackwork tattoo with a large spiral and geometric bands across a person's left side ribs and waist.
Tribal spiral tattoo on the side ribs
Black and grey tattoo of a dismembered humanoid figure with drips of ink, running across the ribs of a bare torso.
Dismembered figure on the ribs
Japanese style tattoo covering the chest, ribs and both arms, with pink cherry blossoms, an eagle and koi fish on a dark cloud background.
Japanese torso and sleeves with blossom and eagle
Pen drawing of a tattoo design on a woman's torso in a bikini, showing a Japanese style dragon and mermaid along the ribs and hip.
Dragon and mermaid design on a torso
Five monarch butterfly tattoos on a person's ribs, shown side by side in daylight and under UV light, where the orange and black wings glow.
Monarch butterflies along the ribs
Realistic colour tattoo on a side torso made to look like torn skin, revealing a blue sky with clouds and black swallows in flight across the ribs.
Torn skin revealing sky and swallows on ribs
Black and grey realistic tattoo of a skull merged with a Roman numeral clock face and gears, across the side of a torso on the ribs.
Skull and clock mechanism on the ribs
Black and grey tribal tattoo with spirals and cross motifs running in an S-curve down a bare back and side.
Tribal spiral tattoo down a back and side