Chain tattoo ideas

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Stippled dotwork illustration of a skull with diamond eyes, a compass rose on the brow, roses and flowers, and a ribbon banner, in peach on dark teal.
Skull with roses and compass design
A sheet of metallic gold and silver temporary tattoo designs showing fairies on crescent moons, chains, a necklace, butterflies and dotted bands.
Metallic gold and silver fairy, chain and butterfly designs
Black ink drawing of an ornate butterfly surrounded by mandala-style patterns and dangling beaded chains, in a dotwork style, shown as a design with no body placement.
Mandala butterfly tattoo design
Colour illustration of a tattoo design with red roses, a grey cameo locket, a silver chain and black filigree swirls on a pink background.
Roses, cameo locket and chain design
Pencil-style sketch of a tattoo design showing an ornate birdcage, a small bird and flowers, drawn on paper with no body placement shown.
Birdcage, bird and flowers design
Pencil drawing of a Ganesha head within an ornate mandala with dotted chains and teardrop pendants, shown as a tattoo design on paper and not on skin.
Ganesha mandala design in pencil
Black and grey flash drawing of a pocket watch breaking apart into shards, with a chain trailing across cracked ground.
Shattering pocket watch with chain
Black ink drawing of a crescent moon filled with dotwork patterns and a lotus, with hanging chains, beads and diamond pendants, drawn on white paper.
Crescent moon with lotus and hanging chains
Sheet of gold and silver metallic temporary tattoo designs, including shells, arrows, chain bands, waves and fern fronds.
Gold and silver metallic tattoo design sheet
Pencil drawing of an open pocket watch with roman numerals, surrounded by lilies, leaves, a chain and scattered dots, shown as a black and grey realism tattoo design with no body placement.
Pocket watch and flowers design
Black line drawing flash of a pocket watch with roses, leaves and a chain, with a script banner of lettering beneath, styled as a traditional tattoo design.
Pocket watch and roses with script banner
Fine line ink drawing on paper of a woman with a large flower in her hair, a tear on her cheek, and a ruffled collar with layered necklaces and a key.
Woman with flower and key necklace design
Sketched tattoo design of a songbird with spread wings in front of a pocket watch with Roman numerals, surrounded by leaves, drawn in blue and red pencil.
Bird and pocket watch design sketch
Pen drawing in blue ink of a swallow above a globe, compass, roses and hanging chains with an anchor and a paw print locket, a botanical tattoo design.
Swallow, globe and roses design sketch
Two black line drawing tattoo designs, each showing a rose with an ornate key or heart padlock, wrapped in chain and swirls, in fine line style.
Key and heart padlock with roses
Shaded sepia drawing of a pocket watch with Roman numerals, three roses and a flowing ribbon, shown as a realistic tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Pocket watch and three roses design
Black and grey pencil drawing of a Roman numeral pocket watch with exposed gears, a quill feather and the words be present in cursive script.
Pocket watch and quill with be present script
Pen drawing on paper of a sun, a crescent moon and an ornate chained mandala-style design, held up in a room with people in the blurred background.
Sun, moon and ornate chain design on paper
Flash sheet of metallic gold, silver and turquoise temporary tattoo designs, including chain arcs, a sunburst of circles, a heart with arrow and filigree ornaments.
Metallic chain, arc and sunburst flash sheet
Black ink drawing of an ornate lace-style tattoo design with circles, dots and a hanging leaf, shown on paper with no body placement.
Ornamental lace design with hanging leaf
Black ink line drawing of a dreamcatcher with feathers, flowers and dotwork shading, drawn on paper as a tattoo design with no body placement shown.
Dreamcatcher with feathers and flowers
Drawn tattoo design of pink roses, a pocket watch, a ribbon and a chain on a pale pink background, shown as a flash design with no body part visible.
Roses and pocket watch design
Black and grey pen drawing of an ornate heart with lace-like filigree, dotwork shading, a diamond motif and hanging chains, shown as a tattoo design.
Ornate heart and lace design drawing
Black line drawing of a revolver with ornate scrollwork and a rose with leaves behind it, drawn on paper in a neo-traditional flash style.
Revolver and rose flash design
Flash sheet of gold, silver and black metallic temporary tattoo designs, including arrows, feathers, a hamsa hand and geometric bands.
Metallic flash sheet of arrows, feathers and hamsa
Black and grey pencil drawing of an ornate pocket watch with Roman numerals, acanthus scrollwork and a beaded chain, shown as a tattoo design.
Pocket watch with scrollwork design
Black and grey sketch of a kitten's face framed by leaves, with a jewelled pendant on its forehead and beaded chains below, shown as a tattoo design drawing.
Kitten with leaves and beaded pendant design
Coloured flash design of a green skull-faced woman with purple hair, roses, foliage and crossed bones, drawn on paper.
Skull-faced woman with roses and crossed bones
Black line drawing of a hand with a chain around the wrist, black-tipped nails and the words NEVER TALK in spaced capitals, a fine line tattoo design.
Hand with chain and NEVER TALK lettering
Black and grey illustration of a white rabbit head with playing cards, a monocle, a pocket watch and a red rose on a black background.
White rabbit with playing cards and pocket watch
Black and grey line drawing of a winged serpent holding a skeleton key in its mouth, beside a heart-shaped padlock with butterflies.
Winged serpent with key and heart padlock
Sheet of gold metallic temporary tattoo designs on white, including chain links, quatrefoil bands, triangle patterns, leaf borders and wing motifs.
Gold metallic temporary tattoo sheet
Black and grey pencil drawing of a tattoo design with curling vines, small flowers, a pocket watch on a chain with a key, and the script words Life is what you make of it.
Vine, flowers and pocket watch design
Pencil drawing of a tattoo design with two shaded roses, a Roman numeral pocket watch, a curling banner and a chain, in black and grey.
Pocket watch, roses and chain design
Blue line drawing on tracing paper of a mandala design with dotted chains and drop pendants, drawn as a flash design for a tattoo.
Mandala and dotted chain design sketch
Solid black tribal-style design of a bird-headed warrior with a feathered headdress, holding a chain, shown on a white background with no body placement visible.
Tribal bird-headed warrior design
Black ink drawing of an ornate heart with a geometric centre, lace-like mandala panels and hanging chains, a design suited to a sternum or chest placement.
Ornate heart and lace sternum design
Traditional-style flash drawing of a dagger with a chain link hilt, wrapped in banners reading BLOOD, SWEAT and GEARS, with a gear at the tip and a CYCLOLOGY banner below.
Dagger wrapped in ribbons with gears and chain
Black linework flash design of two peonies, hanging bell flowers and draped chains arranged symmetrically in a botanical style.
Symmetrical peony and bellflower chain design
Flash sheet of metallic gold and black temporary tattoo designs in a geometric style, including chevrons, triangles, arrows, feathers, a cross, chains and a heart.
Metallic geometric flash sheet in gold and black
Black linework design of a rose with leaves, hanging beaded chains and a diamond-shaped drop pendant, drawn on a purple-grey background.
Rose and beaded drop pendant design
Pencil-style drawing of a white rabbit's face framed by a pocket watch face with Roman numerals, spade-shaped hands and a gold chain.
White rabbit face on a pocket watch
Five metallic gold and black temporary tattoo sheets on a white background, showing butterflies, wings, chains, lettering, arrows, feathers and geometric shapes.
Metallic temporary tattoo design sheets
Black and grey drawing of a woman with long wavy hair wearing a tiger head as a headdress, in neo-traditional style, shown with coloured pencils.
Woman with tiger headdress drawing
Black linework flash design of a pocket watch on a chain with two roses at its base, in a traditional style, with no body placement shown.
Pocket watch and roses line drawing
Black ink flash drawing of an ornate lotus mandala with scrolling leaves, dotwork shading and hanging drops, shown in two side-by-side photos.
Ornate lotus mandala design with dotwork sphere
Black and grey realism design of a pocket watch, compass, two roses, chains and a ribbon reading Not all those who wander are lost, shown without a body placement.
Pocket watch, compass and roses design
Black and grey drawing of a shaded rose with leaves, an ornate filigree key and hanging chain, shown as a standalone tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Rose and ornate key design