Chain tattoo ideas

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Black line drawing of a pocket watch surrounded by roses and a beaded chain, in a traditional style, shown as a tattoo design on a sepia textured background.
Pocket watch with roses and beads
Two black and grey tattoos side by side: a crescent moon with a face and hanging beaded chains, and a sun with a face, rays and beaded chains on the upper back.
Crescent moon and sun tattoos with chains
Black and grey tattoos of chain anklets with shaded heart pendants on both ankles, shown against a beige carpet.
Heart pendant anklet tattoos on both ankles
Black and grey engraved-style rose tattoo with leaves and a draped bead strand, placed on the side of the ribs.
Engraved rose with pearl strand on side
Black and grey dotwork tattoo on a lower leg showing a cat reaching up towards a ringed planet held on a chain by a hand, set within a dotted geometric panel.
Cat and planet on a calf
Black henna-style floral and dotted lace design across a person's lower back and hips, above red underwear.
Henna-style lace design on lower back
Sheet of gold metallic temporary tattoo designs showing a crescent moon, a pair of wings, chain borders and diamond shapes with black speckled fills.
Gold moon, wings and chain flash sheet
Fine line dotwork tattoo of a dotted chain with two diamond charms wrapped around the ankle.
Dotted chain anklet with diamond charms
Black and grey sun tattoo with a face, ornamental rays and hanging chains, sitting on the thigh.
Sun with face and hanging chains on thigh
Black dotwork lotus flower tattoo with dangling beaded chains behind a person's ear.
Dotwork lotus tattoo behind the ear
Sheet of gold and silver metallic temporary tattoo designs in geometric patterns, including chevrons, diamond chains, arrows, triangles, leaves and a lattice.
Gold and silver metallic flash sheet
Black and white photo of a fine line outline of an elephant with its trunk raised, tattooed on the nape of a woman's neck below her hair.
Fine line elephant on the nape
Fine line black tattoo of a chain with a small anchor motif wrapped around the upper thigh of a woman in black underwear and a striped crop top.
Fine line chain and anchor thigh band
Pencil and ink drawing of an open pocket watch with a cracked face, Roman numerals and a hanging chain, shown as a tattoo design.
Cracked pocket watch design
Black fine line tattoo of orbiting circles, a dial and a crescent on the inner forearm, in a geometric style.
Orbital astrolabe design on forearm
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of a dapper cat in a top hat, monocle and bow tie, framed in an ornate orange oval.
Dapper cat in top hat and monocle
Black script lettering tattoo reading Faith on the inner wrist, with gold bracelets worn just below it.
Faith script on inner wrist
Colour traditional tattoo of a pocket watch with Roman numerals, white and lilac flowers and green leaves, with a beaded chain, on the upper thigh.
Pocket watch and flowers on a thigh
Black ink drawing of an ornate lotus with two stippled roses, leaves and dangling beaded chains, shown as a tattoo design on white paper.
Lotus and roses ornamental design drawing
Black and grey mandala armband tattoo with dotwork shading and dangling dotted drops, wrapped around a forearm.
Mandala armband tattoo on a forearm
Colour tattoo on the upper leg of a pocket watch with a chain, playing card suits, red lips and a heart, with the lettering 'Have I gone mad' and a quote in script.
Pocket watch and quote on a thigh
Black and grey realism tattoo on the upper arm and shoulder showing a crouched figure in front of blurred stadium-style lights.
Crouched figure in a realism piece on the shoulder
Two people show matching small black outline paper plane tattoos on their upper arms, in a fine line style, with paper plane pendant necklaces nearby.
Matching paper plane tattoos on upper arms
Black and grey fine line tattoo of two chains with a small diamond pendant and a feather on the inner wrist.
Fine line chains and feather on wrist
Two black and grey dotwork tattoos: a crescent moon with a drawn face and hanging chains on the upper arm, and a draped chain pattern across the shoulder.
Crescent moon and dotwork chains on arm and shoulder
Black and grey realism tattoo of a pocket watch, a skull and two roses with a butterfly on the side of the torso.
Pocket watch, skull and roses on ribs
Black and white photo of two hands with fine dotwork tattoos on the fingers, forming chain-like geometric patterns with small triangles and crosses.
Dotwork finger chain tattoos on both hands
Black and grey realism tattoo of a family silhouette walking a cobbled street above a pocket watch with Roman numerals, on a forearm.
Family silhouettes and pocket watch on a forearm
Small black geometric tattoo of a stacked arrow and diamond motif running vertically down the middle of a woman's upper back.
Vertical geometric arrow tattoo on the back
Black and grey realism tattoo of a rosary wrapping around an ankle, with a cross hanging down across the top of the foot.
Rosary and cross tattoo on an ankle
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of an art deco flapper woman in profile wearing a beaded headpiece, on the upper arm.
Art deco flapper in profile on an arm
Realistic black and grey tattoo of a pocket watch on a chain above an ornate key on the forearm, with a small green detail beside the watch.
Pocket watch and key on a forearm
Black script lettering reading 'You are free to sever the chains of fate that bind you' across the upper chest near the collarbone.
Script quote across the upper chest
Black and grey dotwork skull with a beaded, draped chain ornament tattooed across the centre of the chest.
Skull with beaded drape across the chest
Neo-traditional blue rose tattoo with black leaves and a beaded drape with teardrop pendants on the upper arm.
Blue rose with beaded drape on upper arm
Black ink drawing of a mandala-patterned elephant head above a lotus, with hanging chain and drop details, in a dotwork and geometric style.
Mandala elephant with lotus and hanging chains
Teal rosary-style chain anklet tattoo with a cross pendant wrapping around a woman's ankle, beside a white peep-toe platform heel.
Rosary anklet tattoo with cross
Black and grey realism tattoo across a man's back and shoulder showing a hockey mask, a bladed glove, a doll face, chains and a knife, with quotes in the design.
Horror film characters across back and shoulder
Black and grey tattoo of a double chain anklet with a heart-shaped charm on a person's ankle.
Double chain anklet tattoo with heart charm
Close-up photo of a photorealistic colour tattoo of a gold pocket watch with Roman numerals and a beaded chain, on skin.
Realistic pocket watch and chain tattoo
Black and grey geometric mandala tattoo with lotus-like petals and hanging chain drops, placed across the upper back.
Mandala with hanging chains on upper back
Black and grey lotus mandala tattoo with dotwork and hanging drops on the side of the ribs.
Lotus mandala with hanging drops on the side
Black ornamental tattoo across a woman's upper back, resembling a jewelled necklace with a central mandala pendant, floral motifs and dotted drops, seen from behind.
Mandala necklace design across upper back
Colourful neo-traditional style moth tattoo with teal wings, a pink heart on the body and dangling beaded chains with yellow teardrops on skin.
Teal moth with pink heart and beaded chains
Two versions of a tattoo design showing a pocket watch, compass, roses and chain, with a ribbon reading not all those who wander are lost, one in line work and one shaded.
Pocket watch, compass and roses tattoo design
Colour tattoo of a cartoon shark wearing a top hat and monocle, with blue waves, on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Cartoon shark in top hat and monocle on upper back
Realism tattoo of an open pocket watch with Roman numerals and a shaded rose, placed on the upper arm.
Pocket watch and rose on upper arm
Black and grey dotwork-style dragonfly design with ornate wings, a jewelled body and dotted chains hanging beneath, drawn on a lilac grey background.
Ornate dragonfly with dotted chains design