Smoke tattoo ideas

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Black and grey realistic skull tattoo with smoky wisps across the top of a foot, running from the ankle towards the toes, in a Realism style.
Realistic skull and smoke on the top of a foot
Black ink line drawing of a pine tree, crescent moon, tent and campfire with smoke curls on white paper, shown as a fine line design with no body part visible.
Camping scene with pine, moon and campfire
Black and grey realism tattoo of a snake coiling around a hand that holds an apple, with banknotes and feathers, on the side of the ribs.
Snake and hand with banknotes on ribs
Black and grey realism tattoo of a vintage steam locomotive with billowing smoke, running along the inner forearm.
Steam locomotive on a forearm
Pen drawing of a revolver with its barrel releasing swirling smoke that forms a shaded purple rose, sketched on cream paper.
Revolver firing a smoky rose design
Colour tattoo of two blue butterflies with black outlines and grey smoke swirls and small stars, on a person's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Two blue butterflies on a shoulder blade
Black and grey tattoo of the Cancer zodiac crab symbol inside a ring of shaded crab claws, placed on the upper arm.
Crab zodiac symbol on upper arm
Black and grey tattoo of a leaping hare with smoky shading and swirling forms on the upper arm of a man photographed in a bathroom mirror.
Leaping hare tattoo on upper arm
Black and grey realism style tattoo of a vintage microphone, treble clefs and music notes with smoky shading on the forearm, shown from four angles.
Vintage microphone and music notes on a forearm
Black and grey tattoo of a scaled fish smoking a cigarette and riding a bicycle, with dotwork shading, on the lower leg.
Fish riding a bicycle and smoking
Black and grey realism tattoo of a pocket watch, gears and smoke with a banner reading Tempus Vincit Omnia, on the inner forearm.
Pocket watch and gears on a forearm
Colour tattoo of a fiery orange and yellow phoenix with spread wings and grey smoke swirls, placed on the side of the ribs.
Phoenix in flames on the ribs
Black and grey realism full sleeve tattoo on an upper arm and forearm, showing roses, a pocket watch with Roman numerals and a compass.
Black and grey roses and pocket watch sleeve
Black ink line drawing on white paper of solid black lips with a wavy, ribbon-like line of smoke rising upwards from them.
Lips with wavy smoke line drawing
Realism tattoo of a dark classic muscle car viewed from the rear, with red tail lights and smoke, on the forearm.
Classic muscle car and smoke on a forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo of two pocket watches with Roman numerals wrapped in wispy smoke on a forearm, shown twice side by side.
Pocket watches in smoke on a forearm
Black and grey tattoo of a Cyberman figure with smoke clouds at the base, on the upper arm, with another tattoo partly visible above it.
Cyberman on an upper arm
Colour realism tattoo of a glowing light bulb with swirling smoke and lightning on a forearm, shown from two angles.
Glowing light bulb on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of an acoustic guitar on the upper arm, with a crescent moon, stars, a cabin and pine trees inside the body.
Acoustic guitar with cabin scene on upper arm
Colour traditional-style tattoo of a blue bird in a brown leather jacket smoking a cigarette, on the upper arm, with an owl tattoo partly visible at the edge.
Smoking blue bird in a leather jacket on an upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a skull with a rose and a butterfly on the forearm, shown in two side-by-side photos.
Realistic skull, rose and butterfly on a forearm
Black and grey tattoo of a angry piston character with a cigar and smoke on the upper arm, with a small orange cigar tip.
Smoking piston character on upper arm
Black ink drawing of a snarling wolf behind a long-haired figure, with smoke wisps curling through the composition in dense hatched linework.
Wolf and long-haired figure in smoke
Colour tattoo of a Hello Kitty style stormtrooper with a pink bow and cat ears, smoking a rolled cigarette, in bold black outlines on the side of the torso.
Hello Kitty stormtrooper with smoke
Colour tattoo of a blue race car with the number 14 and grey smoke shading, on a shoulder.
Blue race car with number 14 on a shoulder
Collage of six colour neo-traditional tattoos of ornate perfume bottles with smoke clouds, shown on arms and legs.
Neo-traditional perfume bottle tattoos in colour
Black and grey realism tattoo of a gas mask with smoky shading across the back of a hand.
Gas mask tattoo on the back of a hand
Black and grey realism tattoo on a shoulder and upper arm showing two helicopters, a pointing man's face and silhouetted figures rappelling from ropes.
Helicopters and rappelling figures on shoulder
Black and grey realism tattoo of a horned demon with glowing eyes and clawed hand, with smoke and stone ruins, covering a person's full back.
Horned demon across a full back
Traditional style tattoo of a purple dripping candle with a grey smoke wisp and a brass holder, on the thigh.
Purple dripping candle with smoke
Realistic colour tattoo of a Jack Daniel's whiskey bottle with purple smoke wisps on the upper thigh.
Jack Daniel's bottle with purple smoke on thigh
Black and grey realistic tattoo of a rearing unicorn with flowing mane and wisps of cloud across the lower back.
Black and grey unicorn across a lower back
Black and grey script tattoo reading Beautiful Disaster across the top of a foot, with a faded smudge and a trail of small flying birds.
Beautiful Disaster script with birds on a foot
Colourful skull tattoo on an upper arm with a purple, pink and blue nebula and small white stars filling its cranium and the space above it.
Galaxy skull on upper arm
Black ink fine line drawing of a tent beside a campfire with smoke, tall pine trees and a crescent moon, on plain paper.
Camping scene with tent, fire and pines
Traditional style tattoo of a skull wearing a flat cap and bandana with a cigarette, above and below the words WORKING CLASS, on a forearm.
Skull in flat cap with cigarette
Realistic colour full sleeve tattoo of Alice in Wonderland characters, including the Cheshire cat, Mad Hatter and Red Queen, on an upper arm and forearm.
Alice in Wonderland full sleeve
Realism tattoo of a shaded skull with blue and grey tones across the back of a hand, with smoky grey and purple shading running up the forearm.
Shaded skull on the back of a hand
Pencil sketch of an ornate diamond with scrollwork, smoke-like swirls, leaves and a beaded chain, drawn as a tattoo design on paper.
Diamond with scrolls and beaded chain design
Black and grey steampunk owl wearing a top hat and goggle-style eyepiece, with gears and smoke, tattooed on an upper arm.
Steampunk owl in a top hat on upper arm
Colour tattoo of a grinning cat with glowing teal eyes and swirling blue smoke on a calf, in a realistic style.
Grinning cheshire cat on a calf
Realism style tattoo of a black and grey woman silhouette dissolving into red petals on the lower leg.
Woman silhouette dissolving into red petals
Black and grey realism tattoo of a snake coiled around an ornate dagger hilt with smoke, across the side of the ribs.
Snake coiled around a dagger on the ribs
Black and grey realism tattoo of skulls and swirling smoke-like forms covering a forearm.
Black and grey skull sleeve on forearm
Colour realism tattoo of red roses, a shaded grey skull and green leaves across an upper arm.
Roses and skull on an upper arm
Fine line tattoo of a woman in profile with a black raven wing, red blush dots and blue hair shading, on the forearm.
Woman in profile with a raven on a forearm
Realism tattoo of a cracked pocket watch with Roman numerals on a forearm, set against dark smoky shading, green and red tones and a small bird outline.
Pocket watch with cracked face on a forearm
Colour traditional-style tattoo of a green grinning monster driving a hot rod with flames and smoke, on the upper arm.
Green hot rod monster on an upper arm