Chest tattoo ideas

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Two small blue and black swallows in flight, tattooed on the upper chest near the collarbone, in a traditional style.
Two swallows in flight on the chest
Close-up of a small black fine line outline heart tattoo on a woman's chest, between the breasts, with a blue bikini top and hands partly covering her chest.
Small outline heart on the chest
Close-up of a small black fine-line tattoo of a cat with a curled tail, placed on the upper chest near the collarbone.
Fine line cat on the upper chest
Two traditional colour swallow tattoos sit side by side on a person's upper chest, above a blue strapless top.
Two swallows on the chest
Front and back views of a full body Japanese style tattoo with a large orange koi, cherry blossoms and grey waves across the back, arms, torso and legs.
Full body Japanese irezumi with koi and cherry blossom
Black and white photo of a small fine line tattoo of three birds in flight on the upper chest near the collarbone.
Three small birds on a collarbone
Black and grey photograph of a small, solid ankh tattoo at the centre of a person's chest, with a thin necklace and a light V-neck top.
Ankh tattoo on the chest
Close photograph of a black minimal cat silhouette with a trail of paw prints and a small red heart on the upper chest near the collarbone.
Black cat and paw prints on upper chest
Black mandala tattoo with leaf motifs on a woman's upper chest, partly covered by black lace lingerie.
Black mandala tattoo on upper chest
Black and grey lotus mandala tattoo with dotted shading, sitting on the centre of the chest between two strips of tape.
Lotus mandala tattoo on the chest
Black script lettering reading I can show you the world with decorative flourishes across the upper chest.
Script quote across the upper chest
Colour tattoo of a bird in flight with teal wings and an orange breast, sketched in loose linework on the upper torso.
Flying bird with teal wings and orange breast
Black and grey geometric tattoo of a nested triangle with a mandala-style pattern, dotwork dangling dots and a teardrop, on the centre of a woman's chest.
Triangle and dotwork mandala on the chest
Colourful neo-traditional tattoo of an eye inside a jewelled triangle with dotted chains, placed at the centre of the chest.
Eye in a jewelled triangle on the chest
Black and grey fine line tattoo of an elephant on the centre of a chest, with a grey fabric strap visible at the edge of the frame.
Fine line elephant on the chest
Black and grey realism raven with thistle stems and a Latin scroll tattooed across a man's chest and shoulder, with a small red line accent.
Raven and thistles across chest and shoulder
Black and grey tattoo of a leopard print heart with crossed bones on the upper chest, between the collarbones.
Leopard print heart and crossed bones on chest
Black and grey magnolia branch tattoo running from the collarbone towards the shoulder, with soft shaded petals and buds.
Magnolia branch across the upper chest
Black ink crown above the word Love in script lettering, placed on a woman's upper chest near the collarbone.
Crown and Love script on upper chest
Black and grey traditional tattoos on a man's upper arm and chest, including a panther head, a snake coiled around a woman's face, a cross and a stag head.
Traditional panther, snake and stag tattoos on arm and chest
Two people stand side by side showing matching black and grey dotwork bird tattoos running from the upper arm to the forearm, with a chest tattoo visible on one of them.
Matching bird tattoos on two arms
Colour dotwork tattoo of a shaded skull with a black sun and rainbow dot halo, placed on the chest.
Dotwork skull with rainbow halo
Black lettering tattoo reading 'if you don't live for something you'll die for nothing' across the chest, set in a plain serif style.
Quote lettering across the chest
Black and grey script reading Triumph across a woman's chest, with shaded roses and flourishes on either side and a tattoo on her shoulder.
Triumph script with roses on chest
Black lettering tattoo reading BAD WOLF in a blocky, hand-drawn style across the upper chest near the collarbone.
Bad Wolf lettering near the collarbone
Black wolf silhouette tattoo standing on a rocky outline with one foreleg raised, placed on the upper chest near the shoulder.
Wolf silhouette on upper chest
Colour tattoo of two sunflowers with green leaves on the upper chest near the collarbone, in a bold outlined neo-traditional style.
Two sunflowers on the upper chest
Black and white photo of a man pulling back a dark t-shirt to show thin fine line lettering reading KISS HERE on his upper chest.
Kiss Here lettering on upper chest
Black fine line tattoos across a person's neck, chest and shoulders, including open books, a quote, a book stack and large comma marks.
Literary quotes, open books and book stack on chest
Black and grey script lettering tattoo on a person's torso, reading a short quote that begins with the word Dad.
Script quote tattoo across the torso
Close photo of a small fine line script tattoo of a French quote on the upper chest near the collarbone, in black ink.
Fine line French script on the upper chest
Fine line black tattoo of an ECG heartbeat trace that turns into a wave, placed across the upper chest near the collarbone.
Heartbeat line becoming a wave on the chest
Fine line black cursive script tattoo running diagonally across the upper chest below the collarbone, with a thin chain necklace visible beside it.
Cursive script quote across the upper chest
Solid black crescent moon tattoo on the upper chest of a woman in a white vest, with a gold chevron design on her forearm.
Crescent moon tattoo on the chest
Collage of three tattoos reading Ohana in black script, with green sea turtles, a blue Stitch character and a pink plumeria flower.
Ohana tattoos with turtles, Stitch and plumeria
Fine line script tattoo reading Dum spiro spero in dark blue-violet ink on the upper chest near the collarbone.
Latin script tattoo near the collarbone
Symmetrical owl tattoo with outstretched wings, black fill with knotwork, swirl patterns and blue accents, on the upper chest.
Owl with spread wings on the chest
Shirtless man with light hair covering his face with both hands, showing a black and grey Japanese-style sleeve on one arm and a blackwork tree line on the other arm.
Man with tattooed arms, hands over face
Black and grey realism chest tattoo of a winged woman and a skull with a wing, with a small gold cross and geometric lines, spreading over the chest and shoulder.
Winged woman and skull on a chest
Close-up of a small black blackwork and dotwork tattoo of an ornamental paisley shape with an eye motif, placed centrally on the chest below the collarbone.
Ornamental eye and droplet tattoo on the sternum
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
White ink botanical tattoo of roses and scrolling foliage across a shoulder and upper chest, shown in fine outline on light skin.
White ink roses and scrolls on shoulder
Black script lettering reading I want your legs behind your head across the upper chest, shown in a close photo cropped at the neck.
Script quote across the upper chest
Blue watercolour-style fox tattoo on a person's upper chest, with paint-like splashes trailing up towards the shoulder.
Blue watercolour fox on chest
Fine line black star tattoo on the shoulder and a small crescent moon tattoo on the upper chest, shown in a sepia photograph.
Small star and crescent moon tattoos
Close photo of black script lettering reading Bulletproof Heart on the upper chest, with a small black bullet hole and red drip beneath, in a fine line lettering style.
Bulletproof Heart script on upper chest
Black and grey realism portrait tattoo on the back of a hand, with ornamental tattoos on the chest and forearm of a shirtless man in dark biker jeans.
Portrait on hand and ornamental chest piece
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