Pipe tattoo ideas

76 photos and flash · 28% Traditional, 25% Realism · Forearm most common

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Realism tattoo on a forearm showing torn skin opening onto a grey metal mechanical core with green, red and blue details.
Mechanical core revealed through torn skin
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of two skulls, one in a blue top hat smoking a pipe and one in a jewelled feathered turban, across a forearm.
Two coloured skulls in hat and turban on a forearm
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a rabbit in a top hat, monocle chain, red tie and tan jacket, smoking a pipe, on a limb.
Anthropomorphic rabbit in top hat smoking a pipe
Traditional style colour tattoo of the cartoon sailor Popeye holding a spinach can labelled SPINACH, on the forearm.
Popeye the Sailor on a forearm
Side by side, a photo of a grey Persian cat and a colour traditional tattoo of a cat in a top hat, monocle and bow tie with hibiscus flowers and a banner reading You Sir Are The Cat's Meow.
Top hat cat tattoo beside a cat photo
Traditional style colour tattoo of bagpipes with a blue, red and yellow tartan bag and red tassels, on the outer forearm.
Bagpipes with tartan bag on a forearm
Drawing of a black, grey and gold biomechanical design with gears, springs and pipes showing through torn skin, shown on a white background.
Biomechanical arm design with torn skin
Black and grey traditional flash sheet of skulls, an eagle, a reaper, a pigeon, a deer head, a sun, and two feathered headdresses, with no placement shown.
Traditional flash sheet in black and grey
Full back tattoo of a biomechanical figure with a mechanical spine, ribs, gears and an organic form in a glass sphere, rendered in realistic brown and grey shading.
Biomechanical spine and ribcage across the back
Black linework flash design, drawn on paper, of a bearded man in profile with a pipe, roses and rope around him.
Bearded man profile with roses and rope
Full sleeve neo-traditional tattoo on an upper arm showing cartoon video game motifs including a floating character, clouds, a question block, a green pipe and a piranha plant.
Video game sleeve tattoo on upper arm
Black dotwork tattoo of a smoking pipe below a city skyline with a crescent moon and the word Gotham, on the stomach above red trousers.
Pipe and city skyline on the abdomen
Small black silhouette tattoos of a bowler hat, a pipe, a top hat and a bow tie on the inside of a wrist.
Hat, pipe and bow tie on a wrist
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
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
Neo-traditional tattoo of a bearded sailor in a knit cap with a pipe, rope and red rose, on the thigh.
Bearded sailor portrait with rope and rose
Line drawing of a traditional-style sailor with a cap and pipe, holding a rose, drawn in grey ink on the side of a brown leather boot.
Sailor and rose design on a leather boot
Sketch-style tattoo of a skull with a smoking pipe and grey smoke wisps, with orange wash shading, on the outer thigh.
Skull with pipe and smoke on a thigh
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 ink drawing of an anatomical heart fitted with pipes, valves and riveted metal plates, shown without a body placement.
Mechanical anatomical heart drawing
Colour tattoo of ornate bronze armour, a central framed figure and a teal wheel across a man's chest, shoulder and left arm sleeve, in a neo-traditional style.
Ornate armour chest and sleeve tattoo
Traditional style tattoo of praying hands with an orange cigarette and a dark pipe, shown on the neck in shaded grey with teal accents.
Praying hands with cigarette and pipe
Realistic grey and red biomechanical tattoo on a forearm, showing torn skin that reveals metal machinery, a chain and a padlock.
Torn skin revealing metal machinery on a forearm
Traditional style colour tattoo of a grey skull fused with a metal engine part with gold trim and blue accents, on an arm.
Skull and engine part on an arm
Colour tattoo of a grey cat wearing a tartan deerstalker and holding a pipe, on the forearm of a person in a checked shirt.
Grey cat in a plaid deerstalker on a forearm
Colour traditional-style tattoo on the back of a caterpillar smoking a pipe on a red spotted mushroom, with purple-edged leaves behind it.
Caterpillar smoking on a red mushroom
Realistic black and grey back tattoo of a bearded older man smoking a pipe, with hands holding a tin below, covering the back.
Bearded man with pipe on full back
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 traditional flash sheet showing a central urn, a hand holding a dagger, a bird, an eye, a pipe, flowers, arrows and script lettering.
Black and grey flash sheet with urn and hand
Black and grey blackwork and dotwork tattoo of a penguin in a captain's hat with a pipe and smoke clouds, with a small anchor on its side, on a forearm.
Penguin in a captain's hat on a forearm
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
Neo-traditional tattoo on a calf of a bearded sailor smoking a pipe, with a sailing ship, orange roses, waves and a lighthouse.
Bearded sailor with ship and roses on a calf
Colour traditional-style tattoo on a calf showing a bearded man's face in a red and black checked hat, with a pipe and a pine-tree landscape.
Bearded man in plaid hat on a calf
Black and grey realistic pencil drawing of a skull wearing a knitted beanie, with a full beard and a pipe in its teeth, shown as a tattoo design.
Skull in beanie with beard and pipe
Black ink line drawing of a cartoon sailor with folded arms, a pipe and a cap, showing anchor tattoos on both forearms.
Cartoon sailor with anchor forearm tattoos
Full sleeve tattoo in grey shading on an upper arm and forearm, showing a skull, an alien-like figure and mechanical pipes and tubes.
Biomechanical skull sleeve on an arm
Colour neo-trad tattoo of a walrus wearing a red beanie and red and white striped jumper, smoking a pipe, on the side of the torso.
Walrus in beanie and striped jumper
Traditional-style flash design of a bearded sailor in a knitted cap smoking a pipe, framed by rope, with an anchor, laurel leaves and a red flower below.
Bearded sailor with pipe and anchor
Colour neo-trad tattoo of a sloth in a top hat, monocle, bow tie and smoking a pipe, framed by roses and swirling smoke on the upper arm.
Sloth in top hat and monocle on upper arm
Black linework flash sheet of Irish-themed tattoo designs, including a shamrock, harp, pipe, horseshoe, pot of gold and banner lettering, shown on a flat, unmarked white sheet.
Irish-themed traditional flash sheet
Black and grey flash sheet of tattoo designs including a pipe, key, skull cameo, feather, tobacco tin, compass, pocket knife, matchbox and honeycomb, set on a dotted background.
Flash sheet of pipe, key, skull and feather
Illustrated emblem in greys with red and orange accents, showing a deerstalker, magnifying glass, violin, skull, teacup and the banner Consulting Detective, drawn as a tattoo-style design.
Sherlock Holmes consulting detective emblem
Small black doodle-style tattoos of symbols and objects cover both forearms and the back of the hands, which have dark nail polish.
Doodle-style symbol tattoos on forearms
Black and grey engraved illustration of an anatomical heart with a vintage gramophone horn attached, on a white background.
Anatomical heart with gramophone horn
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
Black and grey realism tattoo of a woman's face with feathers and a pipe, covering a forearm.
Feathered portrait on a forearm
Colour tattoo of a blue-grey pipe shape with pink joints across the lower back, with jeans waistband pulled down.
Pipe tattoo across the lower back