Chain tattoo ideas

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Realistic colour tattoo on a woman's upper back showing pink roses, an anatomical heart, a pocket watch and blue-grey butterfly wings with gears.
Roses, heart and pocket watch on upper back
Black and grey lotus mandala tattoo with hanging feathers and beaded chains across the upper back, in a fine line botanical style.
Lotus mandala with hanging feathers on upper back
Small black bird silhouette tattoo on a woman's bare back, with silver chains draped over a pale backless dress.
Small bird tattoo on the back
Black and white photo of a large black and grey skull tattoo covering a person's back, with a dotwork star on the upper back and a portrait on the arm.
Skull and star back tattoo in black and grey
Realistic colour tattoo on a woman's upper back showing pink roses, an anatomical heart, a pocket watch and blue-grey wings.
Roses, heart and pocket watch across a back
Realism tattoo of a silver chain with a grey crown charm and a small pink charm, placed on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Crown and chain pendant on upper back
Woman seen from behind on a beach with gold metallic designs on her upper arms, shoulder and spine.
Gold metallic body art on a beach
Five sheets of metallic gold and silver temporary tattoo designs, with a photo of a woman's back wearing a gold dreamcatcher design on a beach, in geometric and botanical motifs.
Metallic gold temporary tattoo sheets and a back piece
Black and grey tattoo across a man's upper back and shoulder showing a hockey mask, a bladed glove, a doll face, chains and a knife, in a realistic collage style.
Horror film collage across back and shoulder
Black line tattoo of an ornamental elephant head with mandala-style patterns and dangling tassels across the upper back.
Ornamental elephant head on upper back
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 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
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
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
Realistic tattoo of a silver chain with a shaded crown charm and a small pink heart charm across the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Crown and charm chain on upper back
Black and grey realistic rose tattoo with dog tags on a beaded chain, placed across a man's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Roses and dog tags on a shoulder blade
Two black ink mandala tattoos in a side by side photo: a sun with chain drapes on the chest, and a crescent moon with chain drapes on the upper back.
Sun and crescent moon mandala tattoos
Black fine line geometric tattoo of a vertical symmetrical ornament running down the centre of a person's upper back.
Vertical ornamental motif down the spine
Realism tattoo of red roses, a pocket watch and sheet music with black and grey scrollwork across the upper back and shoulder.
Roses, pocket watch and sheet music on a back
Black and grey sunflower tattoo with script text on a woman's upper back, shown with gold chain body jewellery.
Sunflower and script tattoo on upper back
Black and grey lotus and frangipani flower tattoo with lace-like filigree and hanging chains on the upper back.
Lotus and lace ornament across upper back
Small black geometric arrow and diamond tattoo centred on a woman's upper back, with a silver body chain draped across it.
Geometric arrow tattoo down the spine
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 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
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 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 geometric mandala tattoo with lotus-like petals and hanging chain drops, placed across the upper back.
Mandala with hanging chains on upper back
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
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
Black fine line tattoo of a molecular chain running vertically down a person's upper back, above a green top.
Molecular chain tattoo down the back
Black and grey fine line lotus mandala tattoo with dangling drop details on the upper back between the shoulder blades.
Lotus mandala tattoo on upper back
Black dotwork mandala tattoo with hanging drops centred on a woman's upper back between the shoulder blades.
Mandala with hanging drops on upper back
A woman's back and upper arm decorated with gold and silver metallic temporary tattoos of an anchor, chevrons, arrows and a diamond chain, against a white background.
Metallic gold and silver temporary tattoos on back
Close-up of a bare back with gold metallic temporary tattoos of a triangle, chevron arrows and a feather, plus a silver geometric armband on the upper arm.
Gold metallic temporary tattoos on a bare back
Black and grey crescent moon tattoo with a carved face, four stars and dotted chains with drop pendants, placed on the upper back.
Crescent moon and stars on upper back
Fine line black tattoo of a draped jewellery-style necklace with pendants across the upper back.
Draped jewellery necklace tattoo on upper back
Colour traditional tattoo of two swallows on a woman's upper back, seen from behind as she stands by a waterfront.
Two swallows on the upper back
Colour lotus flower tattoo in red and orange with bold black outlines and a dangling chain detail, placed on the upper back.
Red lotus flower tattoo on back
Black dotwork and linework tattoo on a person's upper back showing a circular emblem with the numerals 042 inside a ring of angular script, with a small ornamental chain running up the spine.
Circular script emblem on upper back
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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