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Eye with blue iris, gears, clock, tendrils, and flower; pattern; colored project; suitable for cover-up.

Eye with blue iris, gears, clock, tendrils, and flower; pattern; colored project; suitable for cover-up.
AI-generated tattoo design: steampunk eye with gears and blue iris; pattern.

An ultra-detailed steampunk eye tattoo design that fuses organic anatomy with clockwork machinery. The centerpiece is a vivid blue iris, rendered with fine line tattoo precision and subtle shading to create depth and a lifelike sparkle, while surrounding gears, cogs, and a partial clock face form a dense ring of metal that blends into the eyelid and temple. Floral tendrils weave through the machinery, echoing flower tattoos and adding contrast and elegance to the mechanical motif. The palette emphasizes blue accents against bronze-brown gears and inky black shadows, with careful gradation to preserve clarity on skin and to maintain the piece’s readability as a bold statement. The composition balances negative space and dense micro-patterns, producing a tattoo design that feels both modern and timeless. Symbolically, the eye stands for perception and awareness, while the gears and clock motif evoke the passing of time, memory, and the idea that moments can be captured as ink. Technically, the design leans on crisp outlines, smooth gradients, stippling, and layering to achieve a realistic yet stylized look that translates well to large areas or as a showpiece on the arm or back; it also adapts to small tattoos if simplified, thanks to its strong central focal point. This is an AI-generated tattoo project, a concept piece intended for collaboration with a skilled artist and adaptable to black and grey realism or full color depending on client preference. For search and indexing, the key elements include eye, iris, gears, clock, tendrils, flower; the motif sits comfortably among meaningful tattoos, custom tattoo design, and floral-mechanical body art keywords, while pattern-focused fans will appreciate the intricate interlace of metal and organic forms. In short, the work is a bold pattern-driven exploration that invites personal symbolism and multiple placement options, a blueprint for a striking future tattoo.