Are these shown on a body?

No. Each design is a flat drawing on a tall white sheet, with no skin or body in the picture.

What is the difference between the three styles?

Fine line is one thin, even stroke with no shading. Bold line has thick black outlines and solid black fills. Dotwork is a thin outline with shading built from dots.

Can I ask for a different subject?

Yes. Type the subject you want, such as a dragon, and the design keeps the long, curved shape and the same three styles.

How big should the design be?

These are drawings with no scale on a body. Your tattoo artist sizes the piece to your ribs.

Are the designs in colour?

No. Every design is black ink on white paper.

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Rib tattoo designs: peony stem, slender snake, rising birds

Rib tattoos — a tall stem of two peonies and a bud with long leaves, leaning in a gentle curve, single-needle fine line work of one even thin weight, the shapes left open and no shading at all

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Reading 1Peony stem

Reading 2Snake

Reading 3Rising birds

Designs for the side of the body, where a piece is long and follows a gentle curve. Three subjects, each in three styles: a tall stem of two peonies and a bud, a slender snake in a long S-curve with a small flower near its head, and a flock of birds rising. Each is drawn on a tall white sheet. Type a different subject and the same styles carry it.

a reference for a tattoo artist
a tall wall print
a sketch to trace by hand
a set of curved designs to compare

Frequently asked questions

Are these shown on a body?: No. Each design is a flat drawing on a tall white sheet, with no skin or body in the picture.
What is the difference between the three styles?: Fine line is one thin, even stroke with no shading. Bold line has thick black outlines and solid black fills. Dotwork is a thin outline with shading built from dots.
Can I ask for a different subject?: Yes. Type the subject you want, such as a dragon, and the design keeps the long, curved shape and the same three styles.
How big should the design be?: These are drawings with no scale on a body. Your tattoo artist sizes the piece to your ribs.
Are the designs in colour?: No. Every design is black ink on white paper.

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This page is a showcase and a starting point: nine samples already rendered, three readings of the pack crossed with three styles, each shown at the size and ratio it was made for. Take any of them further on the wall with a few words, or ask for all nine again under your own direction; a sign-in keeps what you make, and it is free while Toile is new. The recipe behind each sample — the subject, the style, the palette, the framing — travels with the image rather than staying private to the render: it is in the alt text of every sample and in the page's own structured data, so a search engine reads the same handles a person would.