Chest tattoo ideas

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Black and grey Japanese style tattoo covering a torso and upper arm, with a pagoda, an oni demon holding prayer beads, clouds and a dragon on the sleeve.
Pagoda and oni demon torso and sleeve
Close-up of a fine line script tattoo reading silver lining on the upper chest, with a person in a grey V-neck top holding a black mug.
Silver lining script on the upper chest
Two photos of shaded crown tattoos in a realism style, one above the words His Queen on the side of the torso and one with blue gems above the words Her King on the chest.
Crown tattoos reading His Queen and Her King
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
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'
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
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
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
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
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
Black hand-drawn lettering reading UNPREDICTABLE across the upper chest just below the collarbone.
Unpredictable lettering across the upper chest
Black and grey script tattoo reading Strength and Beauty with looping flourishes across the upper chest, with a partial rose visible at the shoulders.
Strength and Beauty script across the chest
Black script reading Love me for who I am across the upper chest, with a small bird silhouette and a shaded rose on the shoulder.
Script quote and rose on a shoulder
Before and after photos of a black and grey script word tattoo reading mary, then a cartoon Marge Simpson with the word marge in script below, both on the upper chest.
Marge Simpson and name lettering on chest
Black linework infinity symbol with swirls, the word Sisters in script and two small bees with soft yellow shading, tattooed on the upper chest.
Infinity symbol with bees and Sisters script
Black and grey wing tattoo across the ribs and an ornamental mandala-style tattoo on the back of the hand, with vertical lettering down the outer thigh.
Wing and mandala tattoos on a woman at the beach
Close-up of a small black Roman numeral tattoo running vertically on the upper chest, beside a white vest top, in a lettering style.
Vertical Roman numerals tattoo on the chest
Black and white photo of a man in a white vest holding a kitten, with script lettering across his chest and black ornamental tattoos on his forearm.
Chest script and kitten in black and grey
Black script lettering tattoo across the upper chest, with a looping flourish on the capital letter, shown in close view beside a silver chain.
Script lyric tattoo across a chest
Shirtless man with a black NY cap covering his face, showing traditional style roses, a heart and script lettering on his chest, abdomen and full sleeve tattoos on both arms.
Traditional roses and lettering across chest and arms
Fine line black script tattoo reading live free on the upper chest, beside the strap of a grey tank top.
Live free script on the upper chest
Close-up of a black script tattoo reading Wanderlust across the upper chest, with a silver key pendant necklace and white top beside it.
Wanderlust script on the upper chest
Black script lettering reading 'there is always hope' on the upper chest near the collarbone, with a fine ball-chain necklace and long hair partly visible.
Script quote reading there is always hope
Fine line black script tattoo reading Je ne regrette rien across the upper chest near the collarbone.
Je ne regrette rien script on collarbone
Black script lettering reading I can show you the world with decorative flourishes across the upper chest.
Script quote 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 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 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 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
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
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
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
Close-up of a fine line script tattoo reading "this too shall pass" in black ink across the upper chest near the collarbone.
"This too shall pass" script on the collarbone
Close photo of black hand-lettered Bad Wolf tattoo on the upper chest near the collarbone, in a Lettering style.
Bad Wolf lettering on the collarbone
Black script tattoo reading "aimer et être aimé" in French across the upper chest, just below a white lace neckline.
French script "aimer et être aimé" on upper chest
Black ink tattoo of the numbers 1.4, 2, 2.8, 4, 5.6 and 8 in a simple lettering style, running diagonally across the upper chest.
Row of numbers across the upper chest
Colour realism tattoo of a feather shading from green to pink that breaks into small birds, with the word Grandma in script below, on the upper chest.
Feather dissolving into birds with script
Two people with fine line script tattoos reading To infinity and and beyond on their upper chests, in black ink.
Matching script quote tattoos on the chest
Close-up of a fine line black script tattoo reading 'this too shall pass' along the collarbone near the shoulder.
Script quote 'this too shall pass' on collarbone
Black fine line script tattoo reading No matter what across the upper chest near the collarbone, with slight redness around the design.
No matter what script across the upper chest