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Tattoo design · Christian

Stained Glass Cross Chest Tattoo

A blue, red and gold stained-glass cross with pointed ends and a red circular center, shown upright at the center of the upper chest.

Style
Neo traditional
Placement
Chest, Upper chest
Motif
Christian
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About this design

What the design shows

A broad cross is divided into colored glass-like panels by thick black leading. A red circle sits at the center inside a thin gold ring. From that center, gold diamond panels extend along the vertical stem and horizontal arms, while deep blue fields fill the outer sections. Curved red pieces run beside the blue panels and turn upward into the pointed ends. Each arm finishes in a sharp, flared tip, making the silhouette resemble a Gothic window rather than a plain bar. The black boundaries keep every red, blue, and gold section separated, with no shading outside the flat color. The preview centers it upright on the upper chest, the top below the collarbones and the lower point toward the sternum, around palm size.

In this design

  • blue glass panels
  • red curved panels
  • gold diamond panels
  • red center circle
  • black lead outlines
  • pointed cross ends

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Placement

Placement and size

It is placed upright at the center of the upper chest, with the red medallion on the sternum and the cross arms reaching toward the pectoral edges. The symmetrical shape also suits the upper back, shoulder blade, outer thigh, or calf. A palm-width scale keeps the black panel lines and colored wedges clear. If reducing it, simplify the narrow curved red panels before shrinking the center circle. Align its top and lower points with the body centerline.

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Building it into a patchwork

This is a saturated medium-weight color emblem with a strong central circle. It works as a chest focal point with smaller gold stars or blue rays farther out near the shoulders. Keep a narrow field of skin around every pointed arm end so the window-like profile remains clean. A small rose or candle can sit below the lower tip, but avoid additional red-and-blue geometry beside the arms. The bold black leading needs equally defined neighbors.

Small pieces that pair with it

  • A small gold star above the top point
  • Two short blue rays beside the side arms
  • A red rose below the lower point

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For your artist

Notes for your tattoo artist

  1. 01Keep the red center circle centered in the gold ring.
  2. 02Separate every colored panel with a clear black lead line.
  3. 03Match the side-arm points at equal heights.
  4. 04Leave the gold diamonds visible within the blue fields

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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