Mask tattoo ideas

136 photos and flash · 26% Realism, 15% Neo-trad · Upper arm most common

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Black and grey line drawing of a woman wearing an ornate masquerade mask, with swirling hair and a shell held in one hand, on tracing paper.
Masked woman with flowing hair design
Pencil drawing of a woman wearing an ornate filigree mask, framed by roses, lilies, leaves and orchids, in a botanical realism style.
Masked woman with roses and orchids
Colour tattoo on an ankle showing a masked faceless spirit above a smiling orange fire sprite, with pink and red flowers and leaves.
Faceless spirit and fire sprite on an ankle
Full back tattoo in realistic colour showing masked figures, a clown face, a skull and a gas mask, with tattooed sleeves visible at the sides.
Full back piece of masked figures and a clown
Black and grey realism full sleeve tattoo on an arm, showing horror film characters including a masked killer with a chainsaw, a clown, a shark and a figure with a bladed glove.
Horror film characters full sleeve
Black ink flash sheet on a grey background with horror designs including a vampire head, a clawed glove, two girls in dresses, a book with a face, a grinning mask and a creature.
Horror flash sheet in black ink
Colour traditional tattoo on a thigh of a smiling masked figure in a top hat, with two red roses and green leaves.
Masked figure and roses on a thigh
Two legs in a bath covered in traditional style tattoos of red roses, a skull, a bicycle, a sun and a mask, on the thighs and calves.
Traditional leg sleeve with roses and skulls
Full-colour hand-drawn design of an angry grinning character face with blocky rainbow shading and pink and purple swirling shapes around it, drawn on white paper.
Colourful graffiti-style angry face drawing
Colour realism tattoo of an ornate gold carnival mask over a woman's face, with a red rose and red feathers on the skin.
Realism mask and rose tattoo in red and gold
Black and grey realism tattoo of a mask with ornate script lettering above and a revolver below, on a limb.
Mask, script lettering and revolver tattoo
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of an ornate masked face with peacock feathers and paisley motifs across an upper arm and shoulder.
Ornate masked face on upper arm
Black and white photo of a fine line tattoo on an ankle showing a row of small superhero-style emblems including a shield, bow, mask, hammer, fist and round badge.
Row of superhero emblems on an ankle
Colour tattoo sleeve on a lower leg showing three armoured warriors, one horned, one in a conical straw hat, and a masked figure with a sickle, over green smoke.
Warriors and smoke on a calf sleeve
Japanese style tattoo of a samurai oni mask in a helmet, with cherry blossoms and a golden dragon, across an upper arm and shoulder.
Samurai oni and dragon on upper arm
Geometric tattoo of a stylised tribal mask with purple and yellow accents and grey shading on a limb.
Geometric tribal mask tattoo
Black and grey Batman mask tattoo on a forearm, with bats, a bat logo and the typed quote Why do we fall sir? So that we can learn to pick ourselves up.
Batman mask and quote on a forearm
Black and grey realism full sleeve tattoo on an upper arm and forearm, showing a Jack Skellington style face, a spiral-eyed figure, a skull and a jack-o'-lantern.
Halloween character full sleeve in black and grey
Black and grey realism back tattoo showing a pale child with yellow eyes holding a box, flanked by a masked rabbit figure and a wolf, with the word Korn above.
Surreal child and animals on a back piece
Black dotwork tattoo on the forearm showing a traditional Japanese bathhouse building with a faceless masked spirit in front and a serpentine shape above.
Bathhouse spirit dotwork tattoo on forearm
Black ink outline drawing of a stacked totem pole with a stylised eagle with outstretched wings at the top and a grimacing face at the base, on a white background.
Stacked totem pole line drawing
Flash design of a scowling blue daruma-style mask with crossed swords behind it and the script lettering Read Between The Lines above, with no placement on the body shown.
Angry blue daruma mask with crossed swords
Black and grey realism tattoo of a crown above a pair of eyes and a paisley bandana mask on the back of a hand.
Crown and bandana portrait on the hand
Black and white drawing of a stylised rabbit mask with long ears above the handwritten numbers 28:06:42:12, a design suitable as a black and grey tattoo, with no placement shown.
Black rabbit mask with numbers design
Realism tattoo of a woman's face partly covered by an ornate copper headpiece with chains, shown on a limb against a dark background.
Woman's face under an ornate mask
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a woman wearing a rabbit-eared sugar skull mask and a teal bow, on the back of a calf.
Rabbit-eared sugar skull portrait on a calf
Neo-traditional tattoo flash drawing in blue linework of a smiling mask, peony flowers, leaves and a crossed dagger on cream paper.
Mask, peony and dagger design
Black and grey realism tattoo of a grinning rabbit mask with glowing eyes, a crescent moon above and the numerals 06:42:12 below, on a forearm.
Rabbit mask and moon on a forearm
Black and grey engraving-style tattoo across a person's back, showing a crossbow, a noose, a snake, a hunter with a musket, a horned figure with a horn and a hound, with text lines.
Engraved collage of crossbow, noose and hunter on back
Back view of a person with a red mandala tattoo on the upper back and a blue line tattoo of a lotus and clouds on the left shoulder blade.
Red mandala and blue lotus on upper back
Black and grey realism tattoo of the No-Face spirit from Spirited Away on a person's upper arm, with small Japanese characters beside it.
No-Face from Spirited Away on upper arm
Black and grey cartoon tattoos of a smiley face and a balaclava-style masked face on two fingers of a hand, held up in front of an orange wall.
Smiley and masked face tattoos on fingers
Colour tattoo of four cartoon turtle heads in purple, orange, blue and red masks, stacked down a lower leg above the ankle.
Four cartoon turtle heads down a lower leg
Black line drawing of a cat wearing a mask and pearl necklace, with roses above and below and a lace ruff behind, in neo-traditional style.
Masked cat with roses and pearls design
Black tattoo of a stacked tiki totem with a tribal band across the nape of the neck, shown on the back of a person's neck and upper back.
Stacked tiki totem on the neck and upper back
Realism colour tattoo of a hooded woman wearing a blood-stained respirator above a graveyard scene, placed on the calf.
Hooded woman in a bloodied mask on a calf
Realistic colour tattoo of a mask emerging through torn skin on the forearm, shown in shades of tan, red and black.
Torn skin revealing a mask on a forearm
Colour tattoo of a white masked character face inside a pink, blue and green mandala of petals and leaves, on the upper thigh.
Masked face within a mandala on a thigh
Black and grey tattoo of a Batman mask on the side of the torso, with a flock of bats breaking away from its edge towards the upper left.
Batman mask dissolving into bats
Solid black Guy Fawkes mask tattoo in a blackwork style on the calf.
Guy Fawkes mask on a calf
Four-panel collage of black linework tattoo outlines on an arm showing a teacup, a lantern, an ornate beaded mask and a woman's profile with roses, with no shading yet.
Teacup, lantern and profile linework on an arm
Flash sheet of five blue flat-colour creature designs, including a flame spirit, a masked face, a mushroom-shaped figure, a cat-like face and a large round creature with whiskers.
Blue character flash sheet of five creatures
Colour tattoo of an orange mask with angry eyes and bold black outlines on the upper arm.
Orange mask with angry eyes on upper arm
Colourful geometric deer head tattoo with dotwork antlers and swirls on an arm, with teal, pink and brown fills.
Geometric deer head on an arm
Colour traditional tattoo of a cartoon brown figure in a blue beanie and eye mask, with banners reading TURD and BURGLR, a money bag and green and pink flies.
Cartoon burglar with banners and money bag
Black and grey Japanese style tattoo of a white masked face surrounded by peony flowers on the upper arm, with small red charms on the left.
White mask with flowers on upper arm
Illustrated design of two skulls framed by bronze Aztec-style ornaments and dark feathers on a black background, suited to a tattoo.
Aztec-style skulls with feather headdress
Colour traditional tattoo of a Batman cowl with a bat symbol and a wide yellow-toothed grin, framed by orange scrollwork and pink flowers, on an upper arm.
Batman mask with grinning mouth on upper arm