Chest tattoo ideas

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Japanese-style tattoo covering a torso and both arms, with a large koi fish, peonies, clouds and a moon on the chest and a colour peony sleeve on each arm.
Japanese koi, peony and cloud torso and sleeves
Close-up of a fine line black cat tattoo on a woman's upper chest near the collarbone, with a maroon top visible below.
Single-line cat outline on the upper chest
Black and grey tattoo of an open eye with a detailed eyebrow on the chest, drawn in fine engraving-style hatching and stippling.
Engraved eye with eyebrow on chest
Black and white photo of two bat tattoos on a chest, with a spiked choker, layered chains and an inverted cross pendant.
Bat tattoos on chest beside inverted cross necklace
Shirtless man with a bold black tribal tattoo covering his chest, shoulder and upper arm, shown against a dark patterned background.
Tribal black ink across chest, shoulder and arm
Close view of a torso in white lace lingerie with traditional style tattoos, including a teal eye in a heart on the upper stomach and a bird on the side.
Traditional tattoos on a torso, arms and thighs
Two small black fine line four-pointed star tattoos sit on the upper chest near the collarbone.
Two small stars on the collarbone
Black ink tattoo of the word AHIMSA in Latin capitals with Devanagari script beneath it, placed on the upper chest near the collarbone.
Ahimsa lettering on upper chest
Traditional style tattoo of two swallows in flight on the upper chest, shaded in black and grey with rust-toned accents on their chests.
Two swallows in flight on upper chest
Colour tattoo of a dragonfly with orange, black-striped wings and a purple body, spread across a woman's upper chest.
Dragonfly across the upper chest
Black and white photo of two women, one with a fine line shaded feather tattoo on her upper chest and the other with a matching feather on her upper back, with a small bee tattoo on the first woman's
Two matching feather tattoos on chest and back
A realistic grey eye with a single teardrop running from its lower lid, tattooed on the upper chest below the collarbones in a realism style.
Realistic eye with a tear on the chest
Chest tattoo of a bird with spread wings in a loose watercolour style, with pink, red and teal washes and black linework.
Watercolour-style bird with spread wings on chest
Black and grey rose tattoos on the shoulders and upper chest, with script lettering across the chest, on a person wearing a black sports bra.
Script and rose tattoos on chest and shoulders
Black and grey moon phase tattoo running across the upper chest and shoulder, shown beside a lettering design reading from the beginning till the end.
Moon phases with 'from the beginning till the end'
Black and grey realism chest tattoo of a skull with dark branching tree patterns and a scalpel blade in its eye socket, with fine line surgical instruments above.
Skull with branching trees and a scalpel on chest
Black and white mirror photo of a shirtless man with a geometric blackwork sleeve on one arm and a mandala tattoo on the shoulder.
Blackwork sleeve and shoulder mandala
Fine line black tattoo of an origami paper boat on the upper chest near the collarbone, shown in a black and white photo with a knitted jumper.
Paper boat on upper chest
Black and grey realism tattoo of the Cheshire Cat grinning on a branch, placed on the upper chest near the shoulder.
Cheshire Cat on the upper chest
Black and grey lotus mandala tattoo with dotwork shading, placed centrally on the upper chest.
Lotus mandala on the chest
Colour tattoo of a pink-frosted cupcake topped with a blue diamond, red bow and red hearts on the upper chest, in a bold neo-traditional style.
Cupcake with diamond and bow on chest
Fine line black tattoo of a small star and arrow on the upper chest near the collarbone, with a small key tattoo on a finger.
Small star and arrow tattoo on the chest
Close-up of a fine line script tattoo reading Stars can't shine without darkness, placed across the upper chest below the collarbone.
Script quote across the collarbone
Close-up of a small black and grey fine line feather tattoo with an eye-like marking on the upper chest near the collarbone.
Feather tattoo near the collarbone
Black and grey linework tattoo of a sun with a face and rays, with a dotted garland and diamonds, across the centre of the chest below the bust.
Sun face and dotted garland on sternum
Man's torso, neck and arms covered in black blackwork tattoos, with a honeycomb pattern of hexagons and pentagons and a dotwork gradient around the navel.
Honeycomb blackwork torso piece
Black and grey sleeve tattoo on an arm, with a portrait of a woman and roses on the upper arm and dotwork flowers on the forearm.
Floral sleeve with portrait on upper arm
Black ink tattoo of a pair of scissors cut through a horizontal line, with clawed hands on the upper chest and left shoulder, in blackwork and dotwork style.
Scissors and clawed hands across the chest
Black fine line tattoos of chemical molecule structures across both shoulders and upper chest of a person whose face is not shown.
Molecular structures across both shoulders
Black script tattoo reading Love me for who i am across the upper chest, with a small butterfly in the middle and a shaded butterfly near the shoulder.
Script quote and butterflies on the collarbone
Black and grey botanical tattoo of a crescent moon and roses with dotwork accents, placed on the chest below the bust.
Crescent moon and roses below the bust
Fine line constellation tattoo of connected star dots on the upper chest near the shoulder, in black ink.
Constellation tattoo on the collarbone
Black fine line tattoo of dandelion seeds drifting across the upper chest and collarbone, with a larger dandelion clock on the right.
Dandelion seeds across a collarbone
Three photographs of small fine line tattoos in black ink: a wrapped snake on a finger, a crescent moon with a small animal beneath rays on the chest, and a set of scales with crosses and stars on the
Fine line snake, moon and scales tattoos
Black and white photo of clasped hands above a geometric lace-style black linework tattoo on the chest.
Lace-style chest tattoo with clasped hands
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of flowers, leaves and a dotted chain with drops across the chest below the breasts.
Flower garland across the chest
Black and grey dragonfly tattoo framed by ornate scrollwork and dotwork geometric patterns across the neck, shoulders and chest.
Dragonfly and scrollwork across neck and chest
Close view of a bold black Polynesian tribal tattoo covering a man's shoulder, upper arm and chest, with geometric bands and chevron patterns.
Polynesian tribal shoulder and chest piece
Close-up of a black serif lettering tattoo reading 'and to wonder what was going to happen next' across the upper chest near the collarbone.
Quote tattoo on the upper chest
Fresh black linework outline of a barn owl with spread wings and a beaded necklace, across the chest and side ribs.
Barn owl with spread wings and beaded necklace
Black and grey script lettering reading Stronger Than Ever, with Day After Day beneath it, across the upper chest.
Stronger Than Ever script lettering across chest
Black script reading Love me for who I am across the upper chest, with a small butterfly tattoo on the shoulder.
Script quote and butterfly on the shoulder
Solid black tribal tattoo with a sun face on the chest, extending over the shoulder and down the arm to the wrist, shown on a shirtless man.
Tribal sun chest piece and arm sleeve
A man with full-body Japanese style tattoos in green, red and cream, showing a koi fish and peony flowers on the torso and arms, with his hands clasped in front of white underwear.
Japanese koi and peony tattoos on torso and arms
Colour tattoo of a blue swallow with a pink blossom and green leaves on a person's upper chest, near the shoulder.
Blue swallow and blossom on upper chest
Black ink Sanskrit script, om symbols and a dotwork mandala across a man's chest and shoulder, with more tattooing on the upper arm.
Sanskrit mantra chest and mandala shoulder piece
Fine line black tattoo of a seated cat with a bell collar on the upper chest near the collarbone.
Seated cat with bell collar on chest
Realistic wolf head tattoo in profile with green watercolour splashes, black linework foliage and pink and yellow flowers on the chest.
Wolf portrait with flowers on chest