Chain tattoo ideas

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Black and grey realism tattoo of three roses with leaves and a beaded chain on the outer thigh.
Black and grey roses with beads on a thigh
Black ink line drawing of a rose, pocket watch and bead chain with leaves, shown as a tattoo design on paper rather than on skin.
Rose and pocket watch design drawing
Two carved wooden arm and hand boards showing traditional-style tattoo designs of skulls, a heart with a dagger, a goat, a cat and flowers, in black and cream.
Carved arm boards with skull, goat and cat designs
Black and grey dotwork lotus mandala tattoo with a dotted chain and geometric drop motifs running down the calf.
Dotwork lotus mandala on a calf
Black and grey peony, butterfly and hourglass tattoo across a forearm, shown in four side-by-side photographs.
Peony, butterfly and hourglass forearm sleeve
Pencil sketch of a compass rose inside a rope-edged circle decorated with dots, with a feather hanging from a chain below, shown as a tattoo design on paper.
Compass rose and feather design sketch
Black and grey realism roses with leaves and a dotted chain running down a woman's leg from thigh to ankle, with a small script tattoo on her wrist.
Black and grey roses down a leg
Two matching fine line tattoos of wings above the knees with a dotted chain running down the shins and calves, one with a small interlocked C emblem, on bare legs.
Winged chain tattoos on both legs
Pencil-style drawing of a fine-line botanical tattoo design with a curling vine, a pocket watch, a key and the words Life is what you make of it, shown on a pale pink background.
Vine, pocket watch and key design
Sheet of gold metallic temporary tattoo designs on white, showing an elephant with a mandala, a hamsa hand, a mandala flower and chain-style borders.
Gold metallic temporary tattoo sheet
Black and grey lace-style tattoo covering the upper arm and shoulder, with flowers, leaves, pearl strands and a honeycomb mesh background.
Lace and flower tattoo on upper arm and shoulder
Black and grey dreamcatcher tattoo with hanging feathers, beads and a flower, shown across the upper back in a fine line style.
Dreamcatcher with feathers across upper back
Black fine line drawing of a winged heart within a geometric mandala, with hanging chain and bead details, shown as a tattoo design on a white background.
Winged heart mandala design
Black and grey dotwork mandala tattoo with hanging chain and bead details, centred on a person's ribs below a grey knit top.
Mandala tattoo on the ribs
Black and grey tattoo across the upper back reading REDNECK in gothic block lettering, with a strand of barbed wire beneath it.
Redneck lettering and barbed wire on upper back
Black and grey dotwork and fine line drawing of an ornate lotus flower with feathers, beaded chains and a crescent moon, drawn on paper.
Ornate lotus with feathers and moon design
Colour traditional tattoo of a red rose, green leaves and an open pocket watch with a dotted chain, shown on skin.
Rose and pocket watch tattoo
Woman seen from behind with long wavy hair and a white crochet top, wearing silver temporary tattoos of scales and a chain motif on her upper arm.
Metallic temporary tattoos on an upper arm
Black ink drawing on paper of an ornamental lace-style tattoo design built from scalloped petals, dots and a pointed drop, with no body placement shown.
Ornamental lace-style tattoo design with dangling drops
Black and grey realism tattoo of roses, leaves and a dog tag chain covering the upper arm and shoulder, shown from two angles.
Black and grey roses and dog tags on upper arm
Black fine line chain with looping script wording running down the side of a shirtless man's ribs.
Chain and script down the side ribs
Black and grey botanical tattoo on an upper arm and shoulder, showing an ornate lace-style flower with dangling chains, a smaller flower below and a feather near the elbow.
Lace flower and feather on upper arm
Pen sketch of a birdcage with a songbird and roses in a fine line botanical style, drawn on paper as a tattoo design.
Birdcage, bird and roses design sketch
Neo-trad style lace butterfly tattoo in black and red on the upper back, with dotted chains and red gems hanging below it.
Lace butterfly with beaded drops on upper back
Small solid black dragonfly tattoo on the inner wrist, worn beside stacked gold chain and beaded bracelets.
Small dragonfly tattoo on the inner wrist
Pencil sketch of an ornate lotus and chain tattoo design on paper, with a mechanical pencil resting beside it, drawn for a placement on the torso.
Ornate lotus and chain pencil design
Black and grey pocket watch with red accents and a shaded peony, tattooed on the upper arm in a realistic style.
Pocket watch and peony on upper arm
Gold and silver metallic temporary tattoo designs of mandalas, paisley and lace bands, shown on a bare back and a forearm and on a flash sheet.
Metallic gold henna-style temporary tattoos
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a green luna moth with eye markings, gold chains and purple crystal pendants on the thigh.
Green luna moth with chains and crystals on a thigh
Black ink drawing of a rose with ornate lace-like wings, dotted chains and a hanging faceted gem, shown as a botanical and geometric tattoo design on paper.
Rose and gem chandelier design
Black fine line lotus mandala tattoo with dotted chains and drop accents on the inner upper arm.
Lotus mandala on the inner upper arm
Colour tattoo of the Muppet character Animal with wild red hair, wide mouth and bandana, shaded in a painterly style on the upper arm.
Animal from the Muppets on the upper arm
Black and grey line drawing of two ornate lace-like designs, each with a central heart and eye motif and hanging chains and beads, shown as tattoo flash rather than on skin.
Ornate lace heart and eye design
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of the White Rabbit holding a pocket watch inside a diamond frame on a forearm.
White rabbit with pocket watch in a diamond
Black fine line tattoo of a sun and crescent moon with dotted chain garlands and small stars across the ribs, below the chest.
Sun, moon and dotted garland on ribs
Pencil drawing of a tattoo design with an open pocket watch, a lily, a beaded chain, bee and scrollwork, with script lettering on the watch lid.
Pocket watch, lily and beaded chain design
Close-up of dark ornamental tattoos on a thigh and knee, including a mandala-style design, in a blackwork style.
Ornamental blackwork on thighs
Black and grey realism rose with lace and beaded drop chains tattooed across the lower abdomen, above a navel piercing.
Rose and lace tattoo on the lower abdomen
A sheet of gold and silver metallic temporary tattoo designs showing evil eyes, hamsa hands and dotted chain-style lines, with teal and black accents.
Gold and silver evil eye and hamsa temporary tattoo sheet
Black line drawing of a lotus mandala with a draped dotted chain, shown as a tattoo design on white paper beside pencils.
Lotus mandala with dotted chain design
Fine line tattoo of a dotted chain bracelet with a small diamond-shaped pendant on the back of a hand and wrist.
Dotted chain bracelet with diamond pendant
Black and grey dotwork mandala tattoo on the inner forearm, with a dotted chain and small arrow hanging below it.
Mandala and arrow on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork mandala tattoo above a row of moon phases and dotted chains on the calf.
Mandala and moon phases on a calf
Black and grey crescent moon tattoo with a mandala and dangling beads sitting behind a person's ear on the neck.
Crescent moon with mandala behind the ear
Neo-traditional colour tattoo on a forearm showing an open oyster with a pearl, framed by pink lilies, green leaves and turquoise splashes.
Open oyster with pearl and lilies on a forearm
Black outline tattoo of a large bow, heart-shaped lock, planetary symbols and keys on the side of the ribs, in fine line style.
Bow, heart lock and keys outline on ribs
Black ink drawing of a symmetrical mandala design with leaf sprigs, dotted chains and droplet shapes, drawn on white paper with fine liner pens beside it.
Mandala design with leaves and dotted chains
Small solid black dragonfly tattoo on the inside of a wrist, worn alongside gold chain and beaded bracelets.
Small dragonfly tattoo on a wrist