Cog tattoo ideas

78 photos and flash · 38% Realism, 6% Neo-trad · Forearm most common

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Pencil sketch of a tattoo design showing a pocket watch with Roman numerals, cogs, a rose and ornamental swirls on grey paper.
Pocket watch, gears and rose design
Black ink flash design of interlocking clockwork gears, roses and vines arranged across a corner, with no body placement shown.
Clockwork gears and roses corner design
Black silhouette stencil of a bird in flight, with cog wheels filling the wings and body and a heart cut out of one wing.
Geared bird in flight stencil
Pencil drawing of a mechanical eye with a blue iris, cogs, screws and ornate filigree panels, shown as a tattoo design rather than on skin.
Mechanical eye with gears and filigree
Black line drawing of an ornate heart-shaped padlock with a keyhole and scrollwork, layered in front of two cogs, shown as a tattoo design.
Heart padlock with cogs design
Black and grey pencil sketch of a steampunk compass rose surrounded by interlocking cogs, levers and scrollwork flourishes, drawn as a tattoo design.
Steampunk compass with gears and flourishes
Black line drawing of interlocking gears and cogs curling into swirling chain links on a white background, shown as a tattoo design.
Interlocking gears and cogs swirl design
Black cog and gear design arranged in a tall vertical cluster on a plain white background.
Vertical cluster of cogs and gears
Black ink drawing of a compass rose with an arrowed star and a clockwork mechanism of gears at its centre, drawn on aged parchment.
Compass rose with clockwork gears
Black line drawing of a mechanical horse with cogs and swirling flourishes, shown as a tattoo design.
Mechanical horse with gears
Black line drawing of a steampunk heart made of cogs and rivets, with an arrow piercing the top, shown as a standalone design with no body placement.
Steampunk heart with gears
Black line drawing of interlocking cogs, clock hands and mechanical parts arranged in a steampunk-style design, with no body part shown.
Clockwork gears and hands line design
Fine line pen drawing of an open pocket watch with Roman numerals, surrounded by interlocking gears and large clock numerals, on paper.
Pocket watch and gears line drawing
Pencil sketch of a tattoo design showing a compass pocket watch surrounded by gears, with a banner reading I Will Find My Way across the lower half.
Compass pocket watch and gears with banner
Black silhouette design of a bird wearing a top hat and filled with cog wheels, drawn as a stencil-style flash on a white background.
Steampunk bird in a top hat
Black line drawing of a steampunk tattoo design with interlocking gears, a coiled chain and a pocket watch with Roman numerals, shown without any body placement.
Clockwork gears and pocket watch design
Black and grey realism drawing of a cat in profile wearing steampunk goggles and exposed gears, shown as a standalone design with no skin visible.
Steampunk cat in goggles
Black and grey pencil drawing of a Roman numeral pocket watch with exposed gears, a quill feather and the words be present in cursive script.
Pocket watch and quill with be present script
Black line drawing of a compass rose with N, E, S and W points, two toothed gears and curling swirls, shown as a tattoo design on white.
Compass rose with gears and swirls
Black line drawing of a symmetrical butterfly with intricate cogs, clock-like gears and swirling filigree across its wings, shown as a tattoo design with no body part visible.
Steampunk gear butterfly line design
Flash design of a blue police box surrounded by black and white cogs and two circular emblems, one with an ornate spiral knot and one with concentric rings.
Blue police box with cogs and circular emblems
Pencil drawing of a melting pocket watch with Roman numerals, cogs and bird shapes trailing down, shown as a tattoo design sketch with no body placement.
Melting pocket watch with gears
Black and grey line drawing of a feather, pocket watch, key, chain, gears and fountain pen, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Feather, pocket watch and gears design
Pencil drawing of a vertical clockwork design with two clock faces, meshing gears and ornate filigree scrollwork, shown in black and grey.
Clockwork design with gears and pocket watches
Black line drawing of a steampunk-style key entwined with cogs, swirling scrollwork, leaves and roses, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Steampunk key with gears and roses
Pencil sketch of a crescent moon decorated with gears, rivets and filigree scrollwork, drawn as a tattoo design with no body placement shown.
Mechanical crescent moon design
Black and grey pen drawing of a mechanical tattoo design with a triangle inside a ring, surrounded by gears and machine parts, shown as a vertical flash design.
Mechanical triangle in circle design
Pencil drawing of a steampunk sleeve design with a pocket watch, gears, pipes and roses in black and grey linework.
Steampunk clockwork sleeve design with roses
Pencil drawing of a biomechanical design showing torn skin peeling back to reveal pipes, a cylindrical mechanism and gears, in black and grey shading.
Biomechanical torn skin design with gears