Gear tattoo ideas

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

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Black and red sketch-style tattoo on an upper arm showing a female figure, a shaded skull, radiating lines and red gear motifs.
Sketched figure and skull on upper arm
Black and grey collage tattoo on two forearms, with halftone dots, fine geometric linework, a portrait partly set in a teal block and small script.
Collage forearm sleeve with portrait and geometry
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 dotwork tattoo of an exploded mechanical watch movement, with plates, wheels and screws linked by dotted lines, on the calf.
Exploded watch movement on a calf
Neo-traditional tattoo on an upper arm of a small bird with clockwork gears in its body, surrounded by red poppies and green leaves.
Clockwork bird with red poppies on an upper arm
Black and grey dotwork line drawing of a hummingbird in flight, with a clock face and floral detail on its head and wing.
Hummingbird with clock dial design
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
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
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a mechanical walking castle with domed turrets, gears and stilt-like legs, shown on a calf beside its printed reference drawing.
Mechanical walking castle on a calf
Black and grey dotwork drawing of a symmetrical owl with an eye on its brow, an hourglass across its chest and clockwork gears at the base, shown as a tattoo design.
Owl with hourglass and clockwork gears
Black and grey tattoo of a mechanical owl with clockwork gears and a top hat, perched on a branch, with stippled dotwork shading on the skin.
Mechanical steampunk owl on a branch