Blue Oni Broken Chain Back Tattoo

A blue oni face with ivory horns, yellow eyes, four fangs and a broken gold chain crossing its cheeks, shown large between the shoulder blades.

Style: Illustrative
Placement: Back, Upper back
Motif: Mask, Oni mask
Good for: Sleeve
Mood: Color
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About this design

What the design shows

A blue oni head fills a broad frontal silhouette. Two long ivory horns rise from the crown, each marked with fine curved grooves and a dark base. A gold chain loops over the left horn and travels down the side of the face, then crosses under the right cheek where several broken links scatter outward. The forehead is divided by a pointed central ridge and deep blue flame-like folds that descend into yellow eyes. Dark side ears flare away from the mask. The rounded nose sits above a snarling black mouth, edged by four ivory fangs and a compact row of smaller teeth. Black shadows give the lower jaw weight, while blue highlights follow the brow and cheeks. The piece uses flat saturated color inside strong black boundaries. In the preview it is centered high on the upper back between the shoulder blades, about two hand-widths across.

In this design

blue oni face
ivory grooved horns
yellow eyes
gold chain links
broken chain fragments
four long fangs

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Placement

Placement and size

The preview centers the face between the shoulder blades, with horn tips reaching toward the upper back and the pointed chin ending above the spine's midpoint. Its two-hand-width scale gives the chain and teeth room to read. This broad, frontal shape also works across the chest, on the outer thigh, or as a large calf piece. A reduced version should lose the small broken-link fragments first; keep the horns, yellow eyes, and mouth opening distinct.

Patchwork

Building it into a patchwork

This is a heavy, high-contrast anchor because the blue field and black outline occupy a dense central mass. Give it a wide, symmetrical zone and let the chain provide a diagonal exit toward a smaller neighboring piece. Gold-accented flames, a short cloud bar, or a compact chrysanthemum can connect without competing with the horns. Avoid placing another dark face directly beside it. Leave a clean channel around the broken chain fragments so they still look detached from the mask.

Small pieces that pair with it

A small gold link fragment beside the right cheek
A dark blue cloud curl below the chin
Two tiny yellow sparks near the broken chain
A red maple leaf under the left horn

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For your artist

Notes for your tattoo artist

01Keep the chain visibly behind the left horn where it crosses the crown.
02Separate the yellow eyes from the surrounding blue with a dark lid line.
03Do not crowd the broken links on the right into one continuous chain.
04Center the nose and chin on the spine before setting the shoulder-blade width.

Made and reviewed

How this design was made

Design: Generated with AI image tools under our direction, then reviewed by the Patchwork Tattoos team: a readable outline, the same design in the clean and on-skin views, and a reviewed Builder piece.
Page notes: Written from the clean design and the on-skin preview of this exact design, then checked against both pictures.
Last reviewed: 2026-10-03
Your tattoo: A concept for planning. Your artist will redraw it for your skin, placement and size, so the finished tattoo will differ from the image.
License: Free to download and use as the reference for your own tattoo and to share with your artist. Selling the file or republishing it in a collection is not allowed.

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