Riveting Rib Ink

Blackwork tattoos are some of the coolest modern styles of tattooing that we have come across. Heavily influenced by sacred geometry and tribal aesthetics, blackwork tattoos bring to life beautiful shapes and patterns rendered entirely in black line work and color blocking. One of the top tattoo artists in the geometric and blackwork field is Roxx. Roxx is the owner of 2Spirit Tattoo in San Francisco, California. Home exclusively to blackwork artists, 2Spirit Tattoo and Roxx have helped pave the way for the growing blackwork tattoo trend here in America. One of our favorite pieces from Roxx is this incredible side piece. Even though the tattoo is placed on the client’s ribs, the line work still comes out crisp and clean and isn’t altered noticeably by the natural curvature of the body, making this piece truly a difficult and impressive one to have pulled off. For more of our favorite side piece tattoos, check out some of our top picks right here.