Chain tattoo ideas

880 photos and flash · 25% Realism, 20% Botanical · Forearm most common

What will it cost? Try the tattoo cost calculator
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 realism tattoo of a feather with a beaded chain and heart charm running from the ankle across the top of the foot.
Beaded anklet and feather tattoo on a foot
Black and grey realistic tattoo of an open pocket watch with a beaded chain on the upper arm, showing the dial, numerals and visible movement.
Pocket watch with chain on upper arm
Black and grey dotwork mandala tattoo with a lotus centre and dangling chain details, covering the upper arm and shoulder.
Lotus mandala on an upper arm and shoulder
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
Colourful watercolour-style tattoo of an open pocket watch with Roman numerals on a forearm, surrounded by splashes of blue, orange, green and yellow.
Pocket watch with watercolour splashes on forearm
Upper arm and shoulder with a black lace-patterned tattoo, pink flower petals and a purple feather, with hanging chains and a small anchor.
Black lace and pink flower on an upper arm
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
Black and grey realism tattoo of two roses and a pocket watch on the upper arm, shown from two angles side by side.
Roses and pocket watch on an upper arm
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
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a shaded skull with red butterflies, black lace and beaded chains on the upper arm and shoulder.
Skull with butterflies and lace on upper arm
Black and grey dotwork and engraved-style sleeve on the upper arm and shoulder, showing waves, a figure, a moon and a chain along the lower arm.
Engraved sea and figure upper arm sleeve
Back of a woman with a metallic gold mandala design with hanging chain details, styled as a geometric temporary tattoo on the upper back.
Gold mandala tattoo on upper back
Black and grey realism tattoo of a compass rose, ship's wheel and pocket watch with chain on the upper arm and shoulder.
Compass, ship's wheel and pocket watch on upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a pocket watch with a beaded chain and looping script lettering around it, on an upper arm.
Pocket watch with script quote
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
Dark ink scrollwork armband with draped chains and small crystal accents on a woman's upper arm.
Scrollwork armband with draped chains
Black ink tattoo on a limb showing a large outlined circle enclosing three smaller rings with upward arrows, silhouettes and a spider, with the words keep running below.
Three circles with arrows and keep running text
Black and grey realism tattoo of a pocket watch with chain and a rose on the back of a hand and wrist.
Pocket watch and rose on the hand
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
Back of a woman with a small black geometric tattoo of stacked arrows and chevrons running vertically down the upper back, with a silver chain draped across the skin.
Vertical arrow motif on upper back
Black and grey tattoo of a chain anklet with a dangling feather charm on the inner ankle, shown on a bare foot over a wooden floor.
Feather charm chain anklet tattoo
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
Two hands showing traditional red rose tattoos with green leaves and chain drapes ending in a heart pendant on the back of each hand, with script on the fingers.
Traditional roses with chain drapes on hands
Black and grey realism tattoo of a pocket watch with chain, set into cracked skin on the upper arm.
Pocket watch and chain in torn skin on upper arm
Black and grey realism skull tattoo with roses and scrollwork on the outer thigh, with a dangling jewelled chain below the skull.
Skull and roses on a thigh
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
Black and grey traditional tattoo covering a man's chest and stomach, with a woman in a headdress, roses, a skull in a heart and an anchor.
Traditional chest and torso piece with woman and anchor
Black ink ornamental chain anklet tattoo wrapping around a woman's ankle, with a lotus-like motif and dangling drops, shown on a bare foot against white bedding.
Ornamental chain anklet tattoo
Black blackwork tattoo of lace-like scrollwork, a lotus flower and hanging chains with drops, across the upper thigh of a person wearing a dark wrap.
Lace and lotus tattoo on the thigh
Black and grey botanical tattoo of a shaded rose with leaves and a pearl chain wrapping the forearm.
Shaded rose with pearl chain on forearm
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 and grey dotwork mandala lotus tattoo with dotted line chains across a woman's underbust, shown in a monochrome photo with her hands resting on her chest.
Mandala lotus underbust tattoo
Realistic colour portrait tattoo of a steampunk woman in a feathered top hat and brass goggles, placed on the side of the ribs.
Steampunk woman portrait on ribs
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of a white cartoon cat with a pink bow, set in a gold scrollwork frame with teal flowers, on the upper thigh.
Cartoon cat in ornate frame on thigh
Black ink lace-style floral ornament with dangling bead chains across the back of a hand and up the wrist.
Lace-style ornament across hand and wrist
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
Colour tattoo on a thigh of a gold pocket watch on a chain, playing card suit symbols and a black script quote in a realistic lettering style.
Pocket watch and quote with playing card suits
Black and grey realism tattoo of an open pocket watch with a spiral clock face, leaves and a bead chain, on the upper arm.
Pocket watch with spiral clock face
Black and grey realism tattoo of a woman with red lips, roses, rolled banknotes and a building on an upper arm.
Portrait, roses and banknotes on upper arm
Traditional colour tattoo of a sailing ship and lighthouse inside a pocket watch frame, with a red flower and black anchor, on a limb.
Ship in a pocket watch with flower and anchor
Full colour traditional tattoo of a gold anchor with chain, a silver USN lettering and a naval emblem over an American flag on the upper arm.
US Navy anchor over American flag
Realism tattoo on a forearm showing a red rose and a grey rose with a pocket watch and chain near the wrist, shown in three side-by-side photos.
Red and grey roses with pocket watch on forearm
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
A silver metallic temporary tattoo of an ornate mandala-patterned elephant on a calf, with layered chain anklets on a beach.
Ornate elephant on a calf