Gear tattoo ideas

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

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Black and grey realistic biomechanical tattoo on a man's chest, showing gears, pipes and a ribbed mechanical form beneath torn skin.
Biomechanical torn skin chest piece
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 and grey realism tattoo of an open pocket watch with Roman numerals and exposed gears, on the upper arm.
Realistic pocket watch on an upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a Roman numeral clock face with visible gears, fading into smoky shading on the upper arm.
Clock face with gears and smoke on upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a cracked pocket watch with exposed gears on the upper arm.
Cracked pocket watch and gears on upper arm
Colour cartoon-style tattoo of the Vault Boy character giving a thumbs up inside a dark grey cog, on skin of the back.
Vault Boy thumbs up in a gear
Black and grey realism tattoo of a pocket watch with cogs and Roman numerals on the forearm.
Pocket watch with gears on a forearm
Black blackwork tattoo of a bicycle inside a chainring with the text Phil 4:13, on a person's calf.
Bicycle in a chainring on a calf
Realism black and grey tattoo of an open pocket watch with Roman numerals and exposed gears on an upper arm, with a faint rose behind it.
Pocket watch with exposed gears
Sketchy grey and blue mechanical tool tattoo across a side ribcage, with the arm raised above it.
Mechanical tool tattoo on the ribs
Black and grey steampunk owl wearing a top hat and smoking a pipe, with gears and smoke, tattooed on an upper arm.
Steampunk owl in top hat on upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of an open pocket watch with Roman numerals and three shaded roses with dewdrops, on the upper arm and shoulder.
Pocket watch and roses on upper arm
Black ink drawing of a quill feather filled with mechanical and biomechanical detail, sketched with a fine liner pen on white paper, suitable as a flash design.
Mechanical feather design in fine ink
Realistic pocket watch tattoo with red Roman numerals and gold gears, framed by a flower and swirling shading, on the outer thigh.
Pocket watch with gears and flowers on thigh
Black and grey realism biomechanical tattoo of gears, pistons and metal plates torn open through the skin of a forearm.
Biomechanical gears on a forearm
Collage of three tattoos: a shaded clock face with gears on a shoulder, an outlined key with colour splashes on the ribs, and a compass with a feather on the upper arm.
Clock, key and compass tattoos in mixed styles
Black and grey realism tattoo of an ornate pocket watch with Roman numerals and visible gears on a forearm.
Pocket watch on a forearm
Blackwork and dotwork geometric full sleeve covering a man's arm from shoulder to wrist, with diamond lattice and cog motifs on the upper arm and forearm.
Blackwork geometric full arm sleeve
Realism tattoo of an open pocket watch with gears, a light bulb and an arrow, shaded in grey with purple highlights, across the upper back and shoulder blade.
Pocket watch and gears on the upper back
Black and grey realistic tattoo of a cat in profile wearing steampunk goggles and brass-style gears, on a limb.
Realistic cat in steampunk goggles with gears
Black and grey tattoo on an upper arm and shoulder showing a chess piece with chains, tentacle-like linework and mechanical gears.
Chess piece and chains on upper arm
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
Colour tattoo of a sugar skull with bicycle wheel eyes, a red sawtooth halo and two lines of lettering, on the thigh, in a neo-traditional style.
Sugar skull with bicycle eyes on a thigh
Black and grey realism clock with Roman numerals and gears on an upper arm, with the script words Time is Money beneath it.
Clock and gears with Time is Money script
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 realistic tattoo of an open pocket watch with Roman numerals and visible movement, on the forearm near the elbow.
Realistic pocket watch on a forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a skull with clockwork gears and a hand holding a clock face, on the upper arm.
Realistic skull with clockwork gears on upper arm
Shirtless torso with a realistic biomechanical tattoo covering the upper arm, shoulder and chest, showing metallic gears, cables and red wiring.
Biomechanical sleeve on upper arm and chest
Pencil drawing of an open pocket watch with roman numerals, surrounded by lilies, leaves, a chain and scattered dots, shown as a black and grey realism tattoo design with no body placement.
Pocket watch and flowers design
Realistic tattoo on an upper arm and shoulder showing a pocket watch with visible gears, framed by two blue roses and small droplets.
Pocket watch and blue roses on upper arm
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 and grey realism tattoo of a mechanical helmet with a round dial, rivets and gears across the back of a hand.
Mechanical helmet and gears on the back of a hand
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
Black and grey realistic tattoo of an open pocket watch with Roman numerals and visible gears, on the forearm.
Pocket watch with exposed gears on a forearm
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 and grey realism tattoo of a clock face with Roman numerals and visible gears on a forearm.
Clock face and gears on a forearm
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a steampunk owl in a top hat, with a clock face and gears, on the outer thigh.
Steampunk owl with clock and gears on thigh
Black and grey realism tattoo of a clock face with Roman numerals, visible gears and ornate hands on the outer forearm.
Clock face with gears on a forearm
Two side-by-side photos of a forearm tattoo showing a feathered wing and a mechanical eye with gears, in colour on the left and as black and purple linework on the right.
Mechanical eye and wing on a forearm
Black line drawing of a stylised swallow in flight with ornamental knotwork, scrollwork and mechanical-looking details, shown as a tattoo design with no body part visible.
Ornate swallow line drawing
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 realism tattoo of a compass rose and a pocket watch with gears and Roman numerals on a lower leg.
Compass and pocket watch on a calf
Realistic pocket watch with a chain and a poppy flower on a forearm, shaded in black and grey with small gold accents.
Realistic pocket watch and poppy on forearm
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