Are these shown on a chest?

No. Each design is a flat drawing on a wide white sheet, with no skin or body in the picture.

What is the difference between the three styles?

Fine line is one thin, even stroke with no shading. Bold line has thick black outlines and solid black fills. Dotwork is a thin outline with shading built from dots.

Can I ask for a different subject?

Yes. Type the subject you want, such as a lion, and the design keeps the wide, symmetrical shape and the same three styles.

How big should the design be?

These are drawings with no scale on a body. Your tattoo artist sizes the piece to your chest.

Are the designs in colour?

No. Every design is black ink on white paper.

toile

/chest-tattoos · tattoo

Chest tattoo designs: swallows with banner, eagle, sternum ornament

Chest tattoos — two swallows facing each other across a ribbon banner, the banner left empty for a name, the old sailor's chest piece, single-needle fine line work of one even thin weight, the shapes left open and no shading at all

Change this one

More like this

the whole catalog →

Mandala mehndi9 samples · tattoo

Mandala tattoos9 samples · tattoo

Māori tattoos9 samples · tattoo

Marwari mehndi9 samples · tattoo

every sample — three subjects, three styles ↓

Reading 1Swallow pair

Reading 2Eagle

Reading 3Sternum ornament

Designs for the chest, a piece that spreads across the width of the upper body, or a smaller one over the sternum. Three subjects, each in three styles: two swallows facing each other across a blank ribbon banner, an eagle with wings spread edge to edge, and a symmetrical lotus with lace curves and hanging beads. Each is a flat drawing on a wide white sheet. Type a different subject and the same styles carry it.

a reference for a tattoo artist
a centred piece for a broad chest
a symmetrical design to compare with a sternum piece
a sketch to trace by hand

Frequently asked questions

Are these shown on a chest?: No. Each design is a flat drawing on a wide white sheet, with no skin or body in the picture.
What is the difference between the three styles?: Fine line is one thin, even stroke with no shading. Bold line has thick black outlines and solid black fills. Dotwork is a thin outline with shading built from dots.
Can I ask for a different subject?: Yes. Type the subject you want, such as a lion, and the design keeps the wide, symmetrical shape and the same three styles.
How big should the design be?: These are drawings with no scale on a body. Your tattoo artist sizes the piece to your chest.
Are the designs in colour?: No. Every design is black ink on white paper.

About toile

This page is a showcase and a starting point: nine samples already rendered, three readings of the pack crossed with three styles, each shown at the size and ratio it was made for. Take any of them further on the wall with a few words, or ask for all nine again under your own direction; a sign-in keeps what you make, and it is free while Toile is new. The recipe behind each sample — the subject, the style, the palette, the framing — travels with the image rather than staying private to the render: it is in the alt text of every sample and in the page's own structured data, so a search engine reads the same handles a person would.