Chain tattoo ideas

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Colour tattoo of a brown owl perched on a branch with blue blossom, a hanging birdcage and a key, with flying birds, on a person's back.
Owl on a branch with birdcage and blue blossom
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
Black and grey fine line tattoo on the ankle, showing a chain anklet with a hanging star charm and a shaded rose.
Rose and star anklet tattoo
Upper arm of a woman wearing a black bikini top, with metallic gold and silver temporary tattoos of chevron bands, a crescent moon, chains and feather and heart charms.
Metallic gold and silver temporary tattoos on upper arm
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
Colour tattoo of a pink gothic mansion with turquoise ghostly figures, including a top-hatted ghost, a skeleton and a chained ghost, on the upper back.
Haunted mansion ghosts on upper back
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
Colour traditional tattoo of a pocket watch with Roman numerals, red roses and green leaves on an upper arm.
Pocket watch and roses on an upper arm
Traditional style colour tattoo of a grinning cartoon turtle holding nunchaku, framed by red and orange flowers, on an upper arm.
Cartoon turtle with flowers on upper arm
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
Realistic colour tattoo of a sugar skull woman framed by skeletal hands and teal scrollwork, with the words Till The End on the neck, on a forearm.
Sugar skull portrait on forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo of an ornate key with a clock face and a feather, on the side of the ribs.
Ornate key with clock face and feather on ribs
Colour realism tattoo on the back of a hand showing a pale pink rose, a gold ornate key and blue beaded chain with red gems.
Realistic rose and key on the hand
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
Grey botanical sunflower tattoo with script lettering above it on a woman's shoulder blade, viewed from behind while she wears a gold chain back piece.
Sunflower and script tattoo on a shoulder
Metallic gold and silver geometric triangle tattoos on the back of a hand and wrist, with a diamond-shaped gold body chain on the chest.
Gold geometric metallic tattoos on hand and chest
Colourful watercolour style tattoo of a bird in flight above a gold pocket watch on a person's upper back.
Bird and pocket watch with watercolour splashes
Two hands and forearms with temporary metallic gold and turquoise geometric tattoos, including a hand chain, triangles and diamond motifs, on a Geometric style design.
Gold and turquoise metallic hand chain tattoos
Fine line black and grey tattoo of a beaded chain anklet with two heart charms on the ankle.
Chain anklet with heart charms
Black and grey dotwork lotus mandala tattoo on the centre of the chest, with dangling dot and drop details below.
Lotus mandala on the sternum
Full back tattoo in Japanese style showing a leaping striped bass over rolling blue waves, with an anchor and an orange sunburst behind it, on a man's back.
Leaping striped bass and anchor on a back
Colour tattoo of an open pocket watch with a chain and pink blossoms on an upper arm, with green and black watercolour-style splashes.
Pocket watch and blossoms on an upper arm
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
Fine line black tattoo of a dotted chain bracelet with a diamond pendant and two crescent moons across a person's wrist.
Fine line chain bracelet with moons on wrist
Black ink tattoo of lace, a rose, leaves, bead chains and dangling feathers on a forearm, in a botanical style.
Black lace, rose and feather drape on a forearm
Sheet of metallic temporary tattoo designs in rose gold, silver and black, including chains, chevrons, arrows, triangles and feathers, on a branded card.
Metallic temporary tattoo sheet
Fine line black and grey tattoo of a small diamond on a thin chain bracelet tattoo around the wrist, shown on the back of a hand.
Diamond on a chain bracelet tattoo
Black and grey realism style tattoo of a dove carrying a chain of three ornate skeleton keys, on the side of a person's ribs.
Dove carrying ornate keys on the ribs
Four sheets of gold, silver and black metallic temporary tattoo designs, including chains, diamond bands, arrows, feathers and a hamsa hand.
Metallic temporary tattoo sheets
Fine line geometric tattoo of nested diamonds and triangles with dotted chain drops and two small dots, placed centrally on a person's upper back.
Fine line geometric diamond design on upper back
Four-panel photo of a realistic black and grey compass, rope and old map tattoo across the forearm.
Compass and map on a forearm
Colour neo-trad style tattoo of a woman with blue hair, fur-lined aviator hat and goggles, smoking a cigarette, on the thigh.
Woman in aviator hat with cigarette on thigh
Black and grey realism tattoo of a winged angel standing over a fallen figure among clouds, across the ribs and side of the torso.
Winged warrior angel on a ribcage
Realistic colour tattoo across a woman's upper back showing an anatomical heart with a pocket watch, butterfly wings and pink roses.
Anatomical heart, pocket watch and roses on upper back
Pencil sketch of an ornate pocket watch with Roman numerals, scrollwork and a beaded chain, drawn as a tattoo design.
Pocket watch sketch with chain
Black linework tattoo of a jewelled filigree ornament with teal gem fills, placed across the centre of the chest between the hands of the person holding the skin.
Jewelled filigree ornament on the chest
Black and grey tattoo of a front-facing elephant head with a feathered headdress, beaded forehead jewellery and a curled trunk, on a forearm.
Ornate elephant head on a forearm
Gold metallic fish scale temporary tattoo on a shoulder and upper arm, with a gold clover chain design below it, worn over a bare back with a patterned strappy top.
Gold metallic fish scale temporary tattoos
Gold metallic geometric diamond with a dangling chain line across a woman's upper back, plus a feather armband on her upper arm.
Gold diamond design on a back
Colour and grey neo-traditional tattoo on the outer thigh showing an hourglass with teal and pink sand, a daisy, and a pocket watch with a heart-shaped face and beaded chain.
Hourglass, pocket watch and daisy on a thigh
Black and grey realism style tattoo on a thigh showing a swallow, a skull with a beaded chain and two shaded roses.
Swallow, skull and roses on a thigh
Greyscale realism tattoo of an open pocket watch with Roman numerals, two daisies and a fob chain, on the side of a ribcage.
Pocket watch and daisies on the ribs
Black and grey fine line tattoo of draped beaded chains with teardrop pendants across the middle finger of a hand.
Draped chain tattoo across fingers
Black and grey fine line tattoo of draped chains and beads across a woman's shoulder and upper arm, in a black and white photo.
Draped chain line tattoo on a shoulder
Black and grey neo-traditional tattoo of a pocket watch, two shaded roses and fine line flowers on the thigh.
Pocket watch and roses on a thigh
Black and grey realism tattoo of a monarch butterfly and an ornate filigree heart locket on the forearm.
Butterfly and filigree heart on a forearm