Smoke tattoo ideas

473 photos and flash · 44% Realism, 14% Neo-trad · Forearm most common

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Black and grey realism tattoo on an upper arm and forearm showing a rose, script words and a dove over smoky shading.
Black and grey rose, script and dove on an arm
Black and grey tattoo of a rocket launching through smoke inside a circle with planets and stars, on a forearm.
Rocket launch in a circle on a forearm
Black and grey realistic skull tattoo wrapped in swirling smoke on a man's chest, with another tattoo partly visible on the upper arm.
Realistic skull with smoke on chest
Black and grey realism sleeve tattoo of a crowned skull and a compass over a map, across a forearm and upper arm.
Crowned skull and compass sleeve on an arm
Two black dotwork tattoos side by side: a log cabin with smoke curling into a flying saucer on the left, and a saucer above pine trees on the right, both with stars.
Log cabin and UFO tattoos in dotwork
Greyscale realistic drawing of a feather with small birds rising into soft smoke, shown as a tattoo design on a white background, with no body placement visible.
Feather with birds rising in smoke
Black and grey engraved-style anchor design wrapped in rope, with smoky shading behind and a quote beneath it, shown as a flash design with no body placement.
Engraved anchor with rope and quote
Black and grey realism tattoo of an ornate pocket watch with a shaded dial and swirling smoke on the forearm.
Pocket watch on a forearm
Colour realism tattoo of a burning campfire with orange flames and dark logs on the forearm, shading up into smoky dark tones.
Campfire realism tattoo on the forearm
Black ink line drawing of an ornate genie lamp with swirling smoke, hanging gem drops and sparkles, drawn on cream paper as a tattoo design.
Genie lamp with smoke and hanging gems
Black and grey engraving-style tattoo covering the upper arm and shoulder, with a wolf, skeletons, a bird, an eye, a snake and a crescent moon.
Engraved skeleton and beast scene on upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a roaring crowned lion with a flag and spear on a person's upper back and shoulder.
Crowned lion with flag on upper back
Black and grey full sleeve tattoo on an arm, shown from three angles, with roses, a pocket watch, a crown, playing cards and a skull on the upper arm and forearm.
Black and grey full sleeve with roses and pocket watch
Black and grey realism tattoo of a crowned skull with a Roman numeral pocket watch and club symbols on an upper arm and shoulder.
Crowned skull and pocket watch on upper arm
Realistic black and grey biomechanical dragon with spread wings and a glowing red mouth, with red flames along the bottom, tattooed across a man's back.
Biomechanical dragon across a full back piece
Traditional style tattoo of a log cabin with smoking chimney and pine trees on the back of a hand, with a small red flower at the edge.
Log cabin with pine trees on the hand
Colour tattoo on an upper arm and shoulder showing a sugar skull woman with a cigarette beside red roses and a skull, with black ink splashes.
Sugar skull woman and roses on upper arm
Black and grey full sleeve tattoo on an upper arm and forearm, showing skulls, horned creatures, a dagger and wolf-like heads among smoky clouds.
Black and grey full sleeve with skulls and beasts
Black and grey realism tattoo sleeve on an upper arm showing a woman wearing a helmet, a rose and a revolver with smoke.
Woman portrait, rose and revolver upper arm sleeve
Black and grey traditional style tattoo on the forearm showing a house with a scalloped roof, dotted smoke, a TAKE CARE banner and a rope knot.
House and rope knot with TAKE CARE banner
Colour tattoo of a cartoon hairless cat with large blue eyes wearing a teal knitted sweater, placed on a calf in a neo-traditional style.
Sphynx cat in a teal sweater on a calf
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
Colour tattoo on an upper arm showing the Wizard of Oz, with the Emerald City, the Wicked Witch, a flying monkey and a crystal ball of characters, in a realistic painted style.
Wizard of Oz scene on upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a howling wolf below a full moon, with smoky shading across a person's upper back and shoulder.
Howling wolf and moon on upper back
Black and grey blackwork and dotwork tattoo of three square panels showing a forest, a wooden cabin and a path, running down the inner forearm.
Three forest and cabin panels on a forearm
Traditional colour tattoo of a log cabin with a red moon, wolf, pine trees and orange flower on the upper arm.
Log cabin, wolf and red moon on upper arm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo design of a mountain peak, zigzag ridges, a crescent moon and stars inside a diamond frame, with a small campfire and tent at the base.
Mountain camp under a crescent moon
Traditional style tattoo on an arm showing a woman with a cherry on her head, a Be Brave banner across her eyes and smoke curling from a cigarette.
Woman with cherry and Be Brave banner
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 winged dragon wrapped in smoke, on the outer upper arm and shoulder.
Black and grey dragon on an upper arm
Coloured flash drawing of a flame-shaped emblem in orange, red and yellow, shaded with grey smoke on a white background.
Flame emblem tattoo design in orange and grey
Blackwork tattoo of a burning church with a spire and black flames rising beside it, on a forearm.
Burning church on a forearm
Back view of a bare back with a thin black line running down the spine and a soft teal green wash spreading across the upper back.
Teal wash and fine line down the spine
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
Black and grey realism tattoo of a rider on a motorcycle with the number 13 beneath, on the upper arm.
Motorcycle rider and number 13 on upper arm
Drawing of a dark red heart wrapped in brown and grey smoke or cloud shapes with a thin dripping line below, with ace of hearts corner markings on a cream background.
Smoky heart design with ace of hearts
Greyscale realism tattoo of a skull with exposed clockwork gears beneath Roman numeral XII, with smoke swirls below, on a forearm.
Skull with clockwork gears and Roman numerals
Black and grey realism tattoo of a horned dragon head with wings, smoke and a castle, covering a person's back.
Dragon and castle back piece
Black and grey blackwork tattoo on a forearm showing three silhouetted figures, wisps of smoke and a triangle, circle and line symbol beside small script.
Silhouette figures and triangle symbol on forearm
Two arms show a full sleeve tattoo of skulls, swirling forms and hands in realistic grey shading with bright pink bands, worn on the upper arm and forearm.
Full sleeve of skulls and swirls in grey and pink
Black and grey realism tattoo of an eye, two skulls and tribal linework across the upper arm and shoulder.
Eye and skulls on an upper arm
Realism tattoo on a forearm showing a colour portrait of a woman with long curved horns, one hand resting under her chin, against a black background.
Realistic horned woman portrait on a forearm
Colour tattoo of the Cheshire Cat grin with teal eyes and swirling smoke on a calf, in a neo-trad style.
Cheshire Cat tattoo on a calf
Large Japanese style back tattoo of a grey koi, a bird and pink cherry blossom branches among swirling clouds, placed across the upper and middle back.
Japanese back piece with koi and cherry blossom
Colour tattoo of a waving American flag with blue star field and wisps of grey shading across a forearm, with a person in jeans and a skull belt buckle behind.
American flag design on a forearm
Realistic black and grey skull tattoo on a chest with red roses and script on the upper arm, in a realism style.
Realistic skull and roses across chest and arm
Teal sketch design of a perched owl with pine branches, a pine cone, a pocket watch and wisps of smoke, drawn on cream paper.
Owl and pocket watch tattoo design