Realistic colour tattoo of a helmeted warrior's eyes and brow on an upper arm, shown in brown, bronze and blue tones.

Enlarged with AI from a smaller original

Realistic warrior helmet and eyes on an upper arm

Realism · Upper arm · Colour · Photo

The tattoo shows a close, detailed view of a warrior wearing a metal helmet, with one blue eye and part of the brow visible beneath the rim. The helmet has weathered, textured bronze and dark brown shading, and the skin tones use soft gradients to suggest depth and form. The design fills the upper body area of the image, with the arm running horizontally across the frame against a pale background.

Find an artist for this

Take it to an artist as a reference. A good artist will make it yours rather than copy someone else's tattoo.

A story inspired by this tattoo · fiction

Dear Mam, the smith on Harrow has finished the helmet at last, and I have spent the whole afternoon turning it over in my hands while the tide went out beneath the harbour wall. It is heavier than it looks. The bronze has gone the colour of wet bark where the salt gets in, and Oswin hammered the brow into a ridge so deep that it throws a shadow over the eyeholes even at noon.

Keep reading

He says that is the point. A man in a helmet like this should be a face nobody wants to meet, and the eyes have to show, or the lads in the line lose their nerve. So he left two openings, rimmed them with a band of worn copper, and set a little blue glass behind each one so that when the sun catches it there is something looking back at you from the dark.

Captain Brack asked for it to be dented before it was delivered. Oswin refused at first, then gave in, and now there is a crease over the left cheek-guard from a stone thrown at the Lindos boats last summer. Brack says the dent is his, that every mark on it belongs to someone who came home. I did not argue with him. I only noticed he touched it before he put it on, the way you might touch a door frame before you walk out of a house you do not expect to see again.

The ferry leaves at six tomorrow. I have packed the helmet in oiled wool and I will carry it down to the quay myself, because Brack cannot manage the steps with his knee. Give Nan my love, and tell the goats I am sorry about the gate.

More like this

Photorealistic tattoo of a warrior's face partly hidden by a battered bronze helmet, with a blue eye, on an upper arm.
Realistic warrior face in a helmet on an upper arm
Photorealistic black, grey and red tattoo of a horror character in a wide-brimmed hat and bladed glove, on the side of the ribs.
Realistic horror character portrait on ribs
Black and grey realism tattoo of a surreal face with flowing, organic forms covering a person's back.
Surreal face and flowing forms across a back
Black and grey realism tattoo of a skull with a woman's figure, long hair and arm, on a limb in a close-up photograph.
Skull and woman silhouette in realism
Black and grey traditional back piece showing an eagle, a steamship inside a heart-shaped frame with flowers, and a snake coiled around a skull on the neck.
Traditional back piece with eagle and ship
Colour realism tattoo of a man's face with half the skull and decayed flesh exposed, shown on a limb in a wide view and a close-up panel.
Realistic portrait with exposed skull
Black and grey realism tattoo of a pirate skull in a tricorn hat with a smaller grimacing face and pistols, wrapping the shoulder and upper arm.
Pirate skull and pistols on upper arm
Realistic black and grey skull tattoo with red accents in the eye sockets, nose and open mouth, on a leg.
Realistic skull tattoo on a leg
Black and grey realism tattoo of a detailed eye with long lashes on an upper arm, with a figure tattoo to its left.
Realistic eye tattoo on an arm
Realistic colour tattoo of an amber eye with a vertical pupil and a reflected savanna scene with elephants and trees, on the forearm.
Realistic eye with savanna reflection on forearm
Black and grey realism skull tattoo with red shading in the eye socket and mouth, placed on the upper back.
Realistic skull with red accents on upper back
Black and grey realism tattoo of a skull with octopus tentacles across the back of a shaved head, with ear piercings visible on either side.
Octopus and skull on a shaved head

From the plentytattoo archive, uploaded by a user. Is this your work? Ask for credit or removal.