Mask tattoo ideas

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

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Three side-by-side photos of upper arm tattoos: a black tribal pattern on the left, a red and black biomechanical alien design in the centre, and a grey and black biomechanical skull with a green eye
Three upper arm tattoos: tribal and biomechanical
Fine line black tattoo of a faceless spirit with a small heart on the fingers of a hand, with red painted nails.
Faceless spirit and small heart on a hand
A woman in a straw hat and polka dot top shows a colour floral tattoo on her upper arm, with black tattoos on her forearm and thigh, and a black tattoo on her lower leg.
Woman in straw hat with arm and leg tattoos
Neo-traditional Batman and Catwoman head tattoos with banners and yellow roses on the back of both calves.
Batman and Catwoman calf tattoos
Three angles of a full sleeve tattoo of a samurai in a menpo mask and kabuto helmet beside a horse, in Japanese style on the upper arm and shoulder.
Samurai and horse sleeve on upper arm
Black ink flash sheet of five tiki mask designs in bold outline and hatched detail, drawn as tattoo-style designs without any skin shown.
Five tiki mask designs on a sheet
Close view of a colourful Japanese-style tattoo with a crane, cherry blossoms and a bearded robed figure across the ribs, with a mask on the upper arm.
Japanese-style tattoo with crane and robed figure
A hand drawing a bold black tribal-style Darth Vader design on white paper, shown as a tattoo flash sketch on a wooden table.
Tribal Darth Vader design being drawn
Full sleeve realism tattoo on an arm showing a woman in a lace masquerade mask, red roses, a pocket watch and scrollwork.
Masked woman, roses and pocket watch sleeve
Realism tattoo of a shaded grey skull in front of a Roman numeral clock face, with a masked figure above and a pink rose below, on a forearm.
Skull and clock face on an arm
Colour tattoo of four Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles in a cartoon style with bold outlines, shown on a limb.
Four Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles on a limb
Black line drawing flash design of a bird-beaked plague doctor mask wearing a top hat, framed by leaves and a large flower in a traditional style.
Plague doctor bird with flowers flash
Drawn tattoo design of a pale woman with closed eyes and red lips beside a masked face, with flowers and flowing black and red hair, in a neo-traditional style.
Woman and mask with red hair and flowers
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of Totoro, soot sprites, Calcifer and a red Mononoke-style mask within a teal and gold ornate frame, on the thigh.
Totoro and Studio Ghibli characters in an Art Nouveau frame
Fine line tattoo of comedy and tragedy theatre masks with a treble clef between them, placed on the lower abdomen above the waistband of jeans.
Comedy and tragedy masks with treble clef
Black and grey realism tattoo of an ornate hand mirror framing a lace Venetian mask and a feather, on the forearm.
Venetian mask and hand mirror on a forearm
Solid black rabbit mask design with swirling horns and a stencil-like outline, shown as a flash style tattoo design.
Rabbit mask stencil design
Black line drawing on tracing paper of a wolf head, a woman in profile, small kodama spirits and a round mask emblem, drawn as a tattoo design in a neo-traditional style.
Wolf, woman and forest spirits design
Colour neo-trad style tattoo of a masked character in red, orange and black on a forearm, set against a teal splattered background.
Skull Kid character on forearm
Neo-trad colour tattoo on an upper arm showing a half white faceless mask with red marks beside a half grey wolf with yellow eyes and red trim.
Split white mask and wolf on upper arm
Full back tattoo of a hannya mask among pink cherry blossoms in Japanese style, with further tattoos visible on the upper arms.
Hannya mask and cherry blossom back piece
Three views of a black tribal calf tattoo in Polynesian style, with spirals and a fierce tiki-like face on the lower leg.
Polynesian tribal calf tattoo in black ink
Pencil drawing of a comedy and a tragedy theatre mask with swirling scrolls and dots over a diamond lattice background.
Comedy and tragedy masks pencil design
Colour tattoo of a white masked spirit character with black features, surrounded by red peonies and green leaves, on the upper arm.
Masked spirit character with red peonies
Colour tattoo of a Deadpool mask in bold black outlines, red and grey shading and red splatter, on the upper arm.
Deadpool mask on the upper arm
Grid of twelve colourful watercolour-style tattoos, including a wolf, fox, owl, parrots, hummingbirds and a leopard, shown on upper arms, shoulders and a back.
Watercolour animal tattoos collection
Black and grey realism tattoo on a forearm showing three stacked panels: a masked figure with stitches, a close-up of lips and a nose, and an eye.
Realism panels of a mask, lips and eye on a forearm
Red and black marker drawing on lined notebook paper of a masked figure with crossed swords behind its head, with splatter and drips, shown as a possible tattoo design.
Masked figure with crossed swords in red and black
Full-colour tattoo of the comic character Deadpool in a bold neo-traditional style on a lower leg, shown with swords and guns.
Deadpool character tattoo on a calf
Colour tattoo of two women wearing ornate Venetian masks, one teal with a pink flower and one red and gold, framed by feathers and scrollwork in realism style.
Two Venetian masks with feathers
Black and grey realism tattoo of an ornate horned mask with floral filigree and a hanging rope, across a forearm.
Ornate horned mask with rope on a forearm
Solid black blackwork tattoo of a stylised mask with closed eyes, a thin moustache and a pointed chin on the forearm.
Stylised mask tattoo on a forearm
Colour realism tattoo of Spider-Man's head with a red web-pattern mask and gold-tinted eyes, shown on a limb against a dark background.
Spider-Man head tattoo on a limb
Realistic colour tattoo of a horned, helmeted warrior with a blood-stained metal mask and a purple cloak on the forearm.
Horned helmet warrior with blood-stained mask
Black and grey tattoo on an upper arm showing a clock face with Roman numerals, gears and a mask within ornate scrollwork.
Ornate clock and mask on upper arm
Colour tattoo of an orange owl on a branch with cherries, music notes and a dark cloud, on the upper arm in a neo-traditional cartoon style.
Owl with clouds and cherries on upper arm
Black and grey pencil drawing of two theatre masks framed by roses, beads, scrolls and a cross, a tattoo design with no body placement shown.
Two theatre masks with roses and beads
Outline tattoo covering a whole back, showing an anime-style bathhouse, a girl character, a masked spirit, soot sprites and clouds, in black linework on fresh skin.
Anime bathhouse scene back piece in outline
Black and grey neo-traditional tattoo on an upper arm showing a woman's face in a mask above a closed-eyed mask, framed by roses and leaves.
Mask faces and roses on upper arm
Realistic grey and red tattoo of a skull wearing a horned samurai helmet and mask, set against a red rising sun, on the upper arm.
Samurai skull with rising sun on upper arm