Cog tattoo ideas

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

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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 ink tattoo of a curved chainring edge on a lower leg, photographed beside a real bicycle chainring.
Chainring tattoo on a calf
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
Full back tattoo in a realist portrait style, showing a woman's face with gears, butterflies, a compass and a red fingerprint across the back.
Full back portrait with gears and compass
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
Realistic tattoo of two jigsaw puzzle pieces on an arm, with the lower piece filled with brass-toned gears and cogs.
Puzzle pieces with brass gears
Colour tattoo of brass-toned clockwork gears, a clock face with Roman numerals and two winged panels, placed across a person's upper back.
Steampunk gears and wings on a back
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
Black and grey realistic tattoo of a skull merged with a Roman numeral clock face and gears, across the side of a torso on the ribs.
Skull and clock mechanism on the ribs
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
Realism style black and grey arm sleeve with a pocket watch, gears and a maple leaf, shown from three angles on the arm.
Pocket watch, gears and maple leaf sleeve
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
Realistic black and grey biomechanical tattoo of gears and metal machinery through torn red skin on a calf, shown from three angles.
Biomechanical gears on a calf
Biomechanical tattoo of gears, cogs and machinery on a forearm, shaded in grey with red and green accents.
Biomechanical gears sleeve on a forearm
Black and grey tattoo of a bicycle chain curving into a heart shape, with a sprocket on the left, on a area of pale skin.
Bicycle chain heart with sprocket
Black and grey realism tattoo of an open pocket watch with cogs and Roman numerals on the forearm.
Pocket watch and gears on a forearm
Black and grey steampunk owl wearing a top hat and goggle-style eyepiece, with gears and smoke, tattooed on an upper arm.
Steampunk owl in a top hat on upper arm
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
Black and grey realism tattoo of a clock face with Roman numerals and interlocking gears on a forearm, shown from four angles.
Clockwork gears and clock face on a forearm
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
Blackwork and colour tattoo of a blue TARDIS surrounded by black cogs and circular Time Lord symbols on the forearm.
Blue TARDIS with black gears on a forearm
Red, orange and black tattoo of a man's face with a cassette tape reel and gears on the forearm, in a loose painterly style with halftone dots.
Portrait with cassette and gears on forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a pocket watch with cogs and Roman numerals on the inner forearm.
Pocket watch and gears on a forearm
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
Colour chest tattoo of gears, red roses, filigree scrollwork and a golden keyhole heart linked by chains, placed across the centre of the chest.
Gears, roses and keyhole heart across the chest