Word tattoo ideas

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Small black fine line script reading good vibes on the side of a torso, just below the ribs, with a grey top visible above.
Good vibes script on the side ribs
Fine line script word with a compass rose tattoo on the ribs, shown in a sepia photograph with a knitted wrap draped over the shoulder.
Script word and compass on ribs
Black script lettering reading without struggle there is no progress, a fine line lettering tattoo on the side ribs of a person wearing a dark top.
Script quote tattoo on the side ribs
Close photograph of black blackletter lettering tattooed vertically along the side of a person's ribs, with a dark wall and records in the background.
Vertical blackletter lettering on the ribs
Black lettering tattoo in a typewriter-style font reading "we live with the scars we choose" across the ribs, in a lettering style.
Quote tattoo on the ribs
Black hand-lettered tattoo reading TOO WEIRD TO LIVE TOO RARE TO DIE with a small bat above it, on the side of the ribs.
Lettering quote with a bat on the side ribs
Black script lettering tattoo reading without struggle there is no progress, placed on the side of the ribs.
Quote lettering on the ribs
Close photograph of a fine line script quote reading without struggle there is no progress in black ink on the side of a torso, near the ribs.
Script quote along the ribs
Small black script lettering reading cure on the side of the ribs, partly covered by a grey fabric top.
Cure script on the ribs
Black fine line script tattoo reading Rodzina with a small heart above the letters, on the side of the torso.
Rodzina script lettering on the side
Black typewriter-style lettering reading she believed she could so she did, set in five lines along the side of the ribs.
Quote tattoo along the ribs
Black lettering tattoo reading 'The ones we love never truly leave us' in a handwritten script across the side ribs, above a pair of jeans and a teal lace waistband.
Quote tattoo along the side ribs
Black script lettering reading She laughs without Fear of the future, shown on the lower back in fine ink and again on the side of the ribs, in a two-panel photo.
Script quote tattoo on lower back and side
Black script lettering reading Allons-y in a fine script style, tattooed across the ribs on a pale torso.
Allons-y script tattoo on the ribs
Black fine line script reading Nana with a thin arrow running beneath it, tattooed on the side of a person's ribs.
Nana script with arrow on ribs
Black lettering tattoo of the phrase 'if you don't live for something you'll die for nothing' in a serif lettering style across the side of the ribs, with a hand holding a plaid shirt.
Quote tattoo across the ribs
Black fine line script tattoo of the words the will to live will always outweigh the ability to die, across the ribs.
Handwritten quote along the ribs
Black and grey photo of a fine line script word tattoo on a person's ribs, with a dark top lifted to the side.
Script word tattoo on the ribs
Fine line black script tattoo reading good vibes on the side of a torso, just below the ribs.
Good vibes script on the side ribs
Black lettering tattoo on the ribs reading 'And though she be but little, she is fierce', set in serif type with an italic word.
Quote tattoo on the 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 handwritten lettering reading Ohana on the side of the ribs, with a black lace bra visible above it.
Ohana lettering on the ribs
Black and grey fine line script lettering on the side of a body in a dark, low-key photograph, placed on the ribs area.
Small script word on side of body
Fine line black script tattoo reading 'We accept the love we think we deserve' across the ribs on a pale skin background.
Script quote tattoo on the ribs
Fine line black script tattoo reading good vibes on the side ribs, partly under a grey crop top.
Good vibes script on the ribs
Small black script lettering tattooed along the ribs of a seated woman in a grey sleeveless top, with brass cuff bracelets on her wrists.
Fine script lettering along the ribs
Black and white photo of a black script tattoo reading alis volat propriis along the side of the ribs, in a lettering style.
Latin script phrase along the ribs
Black fine line script tattoo reading Vildhjärta on the side of the ribs, shown from the side with a yellow lace bralette above it.
Script word tattoo on the ribs
Fine line black script lettering reading with pain comes strength, placed along the side of the ribs.
Script quote along the ribs
Small black lettering tattoo reading stet on the side of a torso, with a red plaid shirt lifted beside it.
Small stet lettering on the side ribs
Fine line black tattoo of the word free in cursive script with a small bird perched at the end, on the side of a person's ribs.
Free script with a small bird on the ribs
Black serif lettering tattoo on the ribs reading 'If you don't swim you'll drown', with a white shirt pulled up beside it.
Quote tattoo on the ribs
Black script lettering reading "We are the kids your parents warned you about" along the side of a ribcage, worn with a white open-back vest.
Script quote along the ribs
Black lettering tattoo reading she believed she could so she did, set in a typewriter-style font along the side of the ribs.
Quote lettering along the ribs
Black lettering tattoo of a quote set in short lines running diagonally across the side of a bare back and ribs, with a blue-tinted photo.
Lettering quote along the side of the ribs
Close-up of a black script tattoo reading happiness depends upon ourselves along the left ribs, with a hand holding up a lilac top beside it.
Happiness quote in script on the ribs
Black typewriter-style lettering reading Life's a tangled web across the ribs, in a lettering style tattoo on bare skin.
Life's a tangled web lettering on the ribs
Black and grey typewriter lettering reading I told you to be patient, fine, balanced, kind, across the side of the ribs.
Typewriter quote along the ribs
Black handwritten lettering reading Love all, Trust a few, Do wrong to none, tattooed on the side of a torso over the ribs, in a lettering style.
Quote tattoo along the ribs
Black script tattoo reading beautiful, with a decorative flourish at the start, on the side of the ribs.
Beautiful script on the ribs
Red lettering tattoo of the word BAD on the side of a person's ribs, shown in a close, angled photo of bare skin.
Red BAD lettering on the ribs
Black script lettering tattoo on the side of the ribs, shown in a black and white photo with a white top lifted above it.
Script word tattoo on the ribs
Close view of a fine line black script phrase running diagonally along the side of a ribcage, with white lace underwear visible at the top of the frame.
Fine line script phrase along the ribs
Black fine line script tattoo reading Serendipity on the side of the torso.
Serendipity script tattoo on the side
Black fine-line script tattoo reading Pura Vida across the ribs, shown on a person's side below a black crop top.
Pura Vida script on the ribs
Black script lettering tattoo on the ribs reading Without struggle, There is no progress, shown beside a pink top.
Script quote tattoo on the ribs
Small black fine line script lettering on a woman's side ribs, shown with a white bralette and open blue shirt.
Small script lettering on the ribs
Close-up of the words bad wolf in small lowercase serif lettering in pale grey ink on the side of a torso.
Small lettering reading bad wolf on the side