Chain tattoo ideas

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Black line drawing of an ornate dragonfly tattoo design with scrollwork above and dotted chains hanging from the wings.
Ornate dragonfly design with dotted chains
Black line flash drawing of two long-nailed hands with stylised flames, sparkles and the words Fire Walk With Me above a chain.
Hands with flames and Fire Walk With Me
Two black lace-style butterfly tattoo designs on a white background, one with dotted wing panels and one with mesh wing panels, both with dangling dotted chains.
Two lace-winged butterfly designs
Fanned sheets of metallic gold, silver and black temporary tattoo designs with chevrons, diamonds, arrows and triangles, shown on white paper.
Metallic gold and black temporary tattoo sheets
Black ink flash drawing of a tiger head with hanging feathers, crystals, beads and a heart beneath, a tattoo design on paper.
Tiger head with dreamcatcher design
Black and grey drawing of a shaded rose with leaves, an ornate scrolled key and a chain, designed as a tattoo.
Rose and ornate key with chain
Black and grey pencil drawing of a shaded rose with leaves above a lace-like ornament and dangling beaded chains, drawn on paper beside rulers.
Rose with lace and beaded chains design
Metallic gold, copper and turquoise necklace-style flash design with chain arcs on either side, shown on a white background with no body placement.
Metallic necklace flash design
Pencil drawing of a winged heart bound with chains and a hanging padlock, with the words This record is for the outcasts beneath it.
Winged heart wrapped in chains with padlock
Sheet of gold, silver and black metallic temporary tattoo designs with chain links, hexagons, stars and dotted lines, laid on a wood slice among pink flowers and grass.
Metallic temporary tattoo design sheet
Pencil drawing of a winged pocket watch with Roman numerals, ribbons and ornate scrollwork, shaded in greys on paper.
Winged clock with ribbons design
Black fine line flash drawing of an elephant head with a feather plume, flowers and dotted chains, shown without a body placement.
Elephant head with feathers and flowers
Sheet of metallic gold, silver and black temporary tattoo designs showing arrows, a key, stars, chevrons and circular sunburst motifs on a white background.
Metallic arrow and key flash sheet
Black ink line drawing of an ornate mandala with dreamcatcher-style feathers and hanging chains on a cream background.
Ornate mandala with feathers and hanging chains
Pencil drawing of a woman with sugar skull face make-up, long wavy hair, roses, a chain and a small skull, shown as a design rather than a tattoo on skin.
Sugar skull portrait with roses
Pencil sketch of a compass rose with labelled points inside an ornate pocket watch case with a beaded chain, drawn as a tattoo design.
Compass rose in an ornate pocket watch
Pencil sketch of an open pocket watch with a dangling chain, drawn in black and grey on paper, shown as a tattoo design without any skin visible.
Pocket watch and chain sketch
Pencil drawing of an ornate pocket watch with Roman numerals and a scrolled leaf border, shown as a tattoo design on paper.
Ornate pocket watch design with Roman numerals
Black ink sketch of a lotus flower with dotted chain lines running down the page, a fine line and dotwork tattoo design drawn on paper.
Lotus and chain flash design
Framed black and grey tattoo designs on a dark wall, showing a skull entwined with a snake and a veiled woman holding a skull.
Framed black and grey skull and snake designs
Black ink line drawing of three orchids with buds, hanging chains, teardrop pendants and diamond-shaped gems, drawn as a tattoo design on paper.
Orchid sprigs with hanging chains and gems
Black linework tattoo flash design of an hourglass, two roses, a pocket watch and scrolling banners reading I wish time was on our side, in a traditional style.
Hourglass, roses and pocket watch flash
Coloured pencil flash design of a pocket watch with a blue face, red flowers, green leaves and a Home Sweet Home banner, with no body placement shown.
Pocket watch and Home Sweet Home banner
Coloured pencil drawing of a tattoo design showing a black top hat, pocket watch, playing card, Drink Me tag and a purple and pink striped tail, with no body part visible.
Top hat, pocket watch and Drink Me tag design
Red pencil sketch of a pocket watch with two roses, beads and leaves, drawn as a neo-traditional tattoo design with no body placement shown.
Pocket watch and roses design sketch
Fine line botanical design of a pocket watch framed by leaves, open flowers and a beaded chain, drawn in black ink on paper.
Pocket watch with flowers and beaded chain
Drawing of a black, grey and gold biomechanical design with gears, springs and pipes showing through torn skin, shown on a white background.
Biomechanical arm design with torn skin
Pen drawing of a tattoo design showing a songbird perched on an ornate birdcage beside a shaded purple rose, with leaves and dotted chain detail.
Bird, birdcage and rose design
A sheet of gold, silver and black metallic temporary tattoo designs, including chevron bands, a heart, a cross and zigzag strips.
Metallic temporary tattoo sheet with chain and geometric
Two grey pencil tattoo design drawings on tracing paper showing ornamental scrollwork, beaded chains and diamond pendant drops, styled as fine line ornament.
Ornamental scroll and diamond tattoo designs
Coloured drawing of an ornate elephant head with a jewelled headdress, hanging chains and curved tusks, in neo-traditional style flash.
Ornate elephant head design
Hand-drawn tattoo design of a blue shaded rose with leaves and dotted chain drapes beneath it, drawn on paper beside pens and a pencil.
Blue rose with dotted drape design
Pencil sketch of a geometric rose with faceted petals, leaves and dotted chains ending in diamond drops, drawn as a tattoo design.
Geometric rose with dangling chains
Black line drawing of interlocking gears and cogs curling into swirling chain links on a white background, shown as a tattoo design.
Interlocking gears and cogs swirl design
Black line drawing flash of two deer heads above an ornate heart padlock with a keyhole, surrounded by flowers and beaded chains.
Two deer and a heart padlock design
Black ink dotwork drawing of a horned bull skull with a lotus mandala on the forehead and dotted chains hanging from the horns, drawn on white paper.
Bull skull with lotus mandala design
Flash sheet of metallic blue and bronze temporary designs showing palm trees, fern fronds, rope braids, anchors and the words live laugh love and hope, with no body placement visible.
Metallic flash sheet of palms, anchors and script
Black line drawing of a symmetrical heart mandala topped by a dagger, with beaded chains hanging from its lower edge, shown as a tattoo design on paper.
Heart mandala with dagger and beaded chains
Pencil flash drawing of a fox head in profile within a circular wreath of flowers, leaves and beads, a design suited to a fine line tattoo.
Fox head with flowers and beads in a wreath
Black and grey realistic tattoo design drawing of a pocket watch, compass and two roses on a chain, with a banner reading Not all those who wander are lost.
Pocket watch, compass and roses design
A product sheet of metallic gold, silver and black temporary tattoo designs, showing geometric chain, diamond and zigzag bands, with no body part visible.
Metallic temporary tattoo sheet with geometric bands
Flash sheet of gold metallic temporary tattoo designs with blue accents, including lotus, heart, mandala and chain motifs on a white background.
Gold and blue metallic flash sheet
Black and grey realism drawing of a tattoo design showing a bicycle wheel with a world map, roses, an orchid and a chain, drawn on white paper.
Bicycle wheel with roses and orchid
Black ink drawing of an ornate hourglass with mandala patterns, a lotus flower and dotwork shading, drawn on paper beside a black pen.
Ornamental hourglass with lotus design
Black ink flash drawing of a sun with a sleeping face and moon phases above, with dotwork shading and hanging drops, on a sketchbook page.
Sun face with moon phases design
Pencil drawing of a tattoo design showing a lion's head in profile, a lamb, chain links, lilies and an anchor, in a realistic shaded style.
Lion, lamb and anchor design
Sheet of six vertical strips of metallic gold and silver geometric temporary tattoo designs, including chevrons, diamonds, triangles, a chain, leaves and a leaf pattern.
Gold and silver metallic temporary tattoo sheet
Sheet of gold and silver metallic temporary tattoo designs, including triangle diamonds, chains, arrows, stars, leaves, a moon, a heart and a key.
Metallic gold temporary tattoo design sheet