Gear tattoo ideas

244 photos and flash · 62% Realism, 9% Botanical · Forearm most common

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Realism tattoo of a blue rose on the shoulder merging into a grey pocket watch mechanism across the chest.
Blue rose and pocket watch on shoulder and chest
Realistic black and grey tattoo of a skull fused with a Roman numeral clock face and gears, on the side of the torso.
Skull and clock mechanism tattoo on the side
Realistic clock face with Roman numerals and interlocking gears, with teal and red watercolour splashes, tattooed across a person's upper back.
Clockwork gears and watercolour splashes on back
Realism black and grey tattoo of a clock face with Roman numerals, gears and hands on the inner forearm, with soft smoky shading behind it.
Clock face and gears on a forearm
Black ink pocket watch with Roman numerals, a flower and a banner reading TIME IS ON MY SIDE, tattooed on a forearm.
Pocket watch and banner on a forearm
Colourful neo-traditional tattoo of a spark plug, piston and engine parts with molecule diagrams and lightning, across an upper arm, shoulder and chest.
Spark plug and piston engine tattoo on shoulder and chest
Colour realism sleeve on an upper arm showing a glowing keyhole opening onto a spiral galaxy, with comets, floating rocks and gears.
Keyhole galaxy sleeve on upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a pocket watch with Roman numerals, visible gears and ornate scrollwork, on a shoulder.
Pocket watch with exposed gears on shoulder
Black and grey realism tattoo of a pocket watch with Roman numerals and cogs on a forearm, shown from three angles.
Pocket watch and gears on a forearm
Realistic pocket watch with gold hands, Roman numerals and exposed movement, flanked by poppies, tattooed on a forearm.
Pocket watch and poppies on a forearm
Engraved illustration of a mechanical heart with gears, a speedometer dial and flames, flanked by crossed spanners on a black background, shown as a tattoo design.
Mechanical heart with crossed wrenches
Black and grey realistic pocket watch tattoo with exposed gears, a beaded chain and scrollwork, sitting on the forearm.
Pocket watch with beaded chain on a forearm
Hand-drawn ink flash design of a mechanical heart with gears and pipes, wrapped in a banner reading A Heart's A Heavy Burden, with leaves.
Mechanical heart with banner scroll
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 and grey pencil drawing of a steampunk style compass with a flower centre, gear details, feathers and beaded chains, drawn as a tattoo design.
Compass and dreamcatcher design in pencil
Black and grey realistic tattoo of an open pocket watch with Roman numerals and exposed gears on the upper arm, with lettering tattooed above it.
Realistic pocket watch on upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a skull merged with a pocket watch with Roman numerals and gears, on the upper arm.
Skull and pocket watch on upper arm
Three views of a black and grey Egyptian themed full arm sleeve in realistic shading, covering the upper arm and shoulder, with a pharaoh figure, hieroglyphs and a winged figure.
Egyptian themed full sleeve in black and grey
Black cog and gear design arranged in a tall vertical cluster on a plain white background.
Vertical cluster of cogs and gears
Colour tattoo of a shaded skull with a gear over one eye, two crows and red lilies on an upper arm, set against red and black ink splashes.
Skull, crows and lilies on an upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a cracked pocket watch with Roman numerals, held by a hand, on the upper arm.
Pocket watch held in a hand, realism
Black and grey realism tattoo of a rose merged with a clock face with Roman numerals and gears, on the back of a hand.
Rose and clock face on the hand
Black and grey realism tattoo on the thigh showing a veiled woman among clock gears and a Roman numeral clock face.
Clockwork woman and gears on a thigh
Realism tattoo on a forearm showing an open pocket watch with Roman numerals and visible gears, a chain, and grey shaded flowers with gold accents.
Pocket watch and flowers on a forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo of an open pocket watch with Roman numerals and cogs on the forearm.
Pocket watch with gears on a forearm
Black and grey biomechanical full sleeve tattoo on an upper arm and forearm, showing metal plates, gears, chains and a shield emblem, shown in three photographs.
Biomechanical full sleeve with gears and chains
Black and grey realism tattoo of a Roman numeral clock face with visible gears, appearing to break through skin on the upper back.
3D clock face tearing through skin on a back
Sepia pencil drawing of a woman's profile framed by two roses, petals and clockwork gears, shown as a tattoo design.
Profile portrait with roses and clockwork
Realistic colour tattoo on a woman's upper back showing pink roses, an anatomical heart, a pocket watch and blue-grey wings.
Roses, heart and pocket watch across a back
Traditional-style flash design of two swallows, a red rose, a red heart, a blue flower, a pocket watch and two sonic screwdriver-style objects, with banners reading All of Time and Space and Allons-y.
Swallows, rose and heart with banner scroll
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a pocket watch cracked open to reveal gears and hands, with Roman numerals, sitting on the upper arm.
Broken pocket watch with gears on an arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a piston and cog gears breaking through torn skin on the forearm.
Piston and gears on a forearm
Heart-shaped tattoo of brass clockwork gears on a woman's upper back, shown in warm gold and brown tones.
Clockwork heart on upper back
Black and grey realistic drawing of a cracked clock face breaking into shards, with a skull and fragmented faces, shown as a tattoo design.
Shattering clock and skull design
Black and grey realism tattoo of an open pocket watch with numerals, hands and visible gears on the back of a hand.
Pocket watch tattoo on the back of a hand
Watercolour-style tattoo of clock faces, gears and a keyhole in pink, blue and purple across the upper back of a person with short blonde hair.
Watercolour clockwork gears on upper back
Black and grey realism tattoo of gears, a chain and engine parts wrapping the forearm.
Mechanical gears and chain on a forearm
Black and grey realistic tattoo of an open pocket watch held in a hand, with Roman numerals and visible gears, on an upper arm.
Pocket watch held in a hand
Pencil sketch of a tattoo design showing an ornate pocket watch with visible gears, a rose and leaves, with no body placement shown.
Pocket watch, gears and rose design
Realistic biomechanical tattoo sleeve in grey and red covering an arm, shoulder and part of the chest, with a mechanical dial on the shoulder.
Biomechanical sleeve with red wires on arm and chest
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 and grey realism tattoo of an open pocket watch with exposed gears and a shaded rose with leaves on a forearm.
Pocket watch and rose on a forearm
Four side-by-side views of a black and grey full sleeve tattoo on an arm, with geometric gears and circles, a dotwork sky, and a shaded landscape of trees on the forearm.
Full sleeve with gears, trees and dotwork sky
Black and grey realism tattoo of a steampunk cat wearing a top hat and goggles, surrounded by gears, on the upper thigh.
Steampunk cat in top hat and goggles on thigh
Three views of a black and grey biomechanical tattoo on a man's forearm, showing gears, pipes and metal panels that appear to peel back from the skin.
Biomechanical forearm tattoo in three views
Black and grey tattoo of a mechanical bird with gears and a winding key on the inner forearm of a person wearing a rolled denim shirt.
Mechanical bird on a forearm
Realistic biomechanical tattoo on a man's chest showing torn skin revealing gears, metal plates, cables and red tissue, in grey, silver and red.
Mechanical gears and torn skin on the chest
Black and grey realism tattoo of a cat in profile wearing steampunk goggles and brass-style gears, placed on the side of the ribs.
Steampunk cat on the ribs