Tatty Editorial

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Stories behind notable tattoos, with the designs ready to explore in Tatty.

An AI-generated editorial illustration of an anonymous raised arm with a black hand-drawn trumpet tattoo on the inner upper arm. Celebrity ink · Lady Gaga Lady Gaga’s Tony Bennett trumpet arm tattoo Tony Bennett sketched the black trumpet that Becca Roach tattooed on Gaga’s inner right upper arm in 2014. An AI-generated editorial illustration of an anonymous open hand with a small fine-line bee on the inner wrist. Celebrity ink · Florence Pugh Florence Pugh’s fine-line worker bee wrist tattoo Pugh’s first tattoo is a small, top-down worker bee drawn in fine black lines on her left inner wrist. An AI-generated editorial illustration of an anonymous inner forearm with a long fine-line celestial tattoo. Celebrity ink · Olivia Wilde Olivia Wilde’s celestial constellation forearm tattoo Dr. Woo’s 2018 single-needle design runs along Wilde’s right inner forearm in a fine-line composition of moons, circles, and starbursts. An AI-generated editorial illustration of an anonymous forearm with a small fine-line wilted daisy tattoo. Celebrity ink · Dakota Johnson Dakota Johnson’s fine-line wilted daisy forearm tattoo Dr. Woo revealed Johnson’s small Egon Schiele-inspired flower on her right forearm in September 2017. An AI-generated editorial illustration of an anonymous raised inner wrist with four fine-line 11 11 numerals. Celebrity ink · Jennifer Aniston Jennifer Aniston shares an 11 11 wrist tattoo with her oldest friend Aniston and Andrea Bendewald showed matching fine-line 11 11 numerals on their inner wrists in birthday posts shared in 2021. An AI-generated editorial illustration of an anonymous raised wrist with three small flying-dragon tattoos above a green blazer cuff. Celebrity ink · Emilia Clarke Emilia Clarke marked her wrist with three flying dragons Clarke revealed three small black dragon silhouettes in September 2018 and credited tattoo artist Dr. Woo for the single-needle wrist piece. An AI-generated editorial image of an anonymous hand with a small fine-line butterfly tattoo near the thumb. Celebrity ink · Alexa Demie Alexa Demie's single-needle butterfly sits on her hand Tattoo artist Dr. Woo shared the small fine-line butterfly in March 2022 and described it as a friendship tattoo made "awhile back." An AI-generated ink-and-watercolor editorial illustration of two anonymous open hands with fine-line geometric dagger tattoos on the middle fingers. Celebrity ink · Angelina Jolie Angelina Jolie's paired geometric daggers line her middle fingers Tattoo artist Mr. K revealed the two fine-line abstract dagger designs on the inner middle fingers in August 2023. An AI-generated ink-and-watercolor editorial illustration of an anonymous inner forearm with a long black line-art character portrait tattoo. Celebrity ink · Ariana Grande Ariana Grande's Chihiro portrait spans her inner forearm The singer revealed the large black line-art Spirited Away character tattoo by Mira Mariah in August 2018. An AI-generated editorial illustration of an anonymous upper arm with a black butterfly tattoo whose right wing is formed by flowers. Celebrity ink · Shawn Mendes Shawn Mendes turned a fan edit into a floral butterfly arm tattoo The singer had Livia Tsang tattoo the black butterfly-and-flower design on his left upper arm in July 2019. An AI-generated watercolor editorial illustration of an anonymous forearm with a small blue-grey ringed-planet tattoo. Celebrity ink · Miley Cyrus Miley Cyrus revealed her ringed-planet forearm tattoo in 2016 The singer shared the small blue-grey planet on her left forearm and credited Sydney tattoo artist Lauren Winzer. An AI-generated watercolor editorial illustration of a red-orange lion head spanning an anonymous chest. Celebrity ink · Ed Sheeran Ed Sheeran revealed his lion chest tattoo in 2015 The singer shared the in-progress color lion after three sold-out Wembley Stadium shows and credited tattoo artist Kevin Paul. An AI-generated ink-and-gouache editorial illustration of an anonymous forearm carrying a small direwolf-and-script tattoo. Celebrity ink · Sophie Turner Sophie Turner showed her direwolf forearm tattoo in 2018 Tattoo artist Lauren Winzer shared the House Stark sigil above the words “The pack survives.” An AI-generated ink-and-gouache editorial illustration of an anonymous right shoulder carrying a forward-horned bull-skull tattoo. Celebrity ink · Dwayne Johnson Dwayne Johnson revealed his bull-skull shoulder tattoo in 2017 Johnson shared the completed right-arm cover-up after four sessions with tattoo artist Nikko Hurtado. An AI-generated graphite editorial illustration of an anonymous inner forearm carrying a ringed Saturn tattoo with a Los Angeles skyline and palm trees. Celebrity ink · Adele Adele’s Saturn forearm tattoo contains a Los Angeles scene Adele shared a clear view of the planetary design in a 2021 birthday post, then told Vogue that Saturn carries a drawing of Los Angeles in its center. An AI-generated charcoal editorial illustration of an anonymous left hand carrying a forward-facing lion-head tattoo. Celebrity ink · Demi Lovato Demi Lovato’s lion tattoo fills the back of the left hand Lovato revealed the black-and-grey lion portrait in April 2017 after a session with New York tattoo artist Keith “Bang Bang” McCurdy. An AI-generated ink-and-gouache editorial illustration of an anonymous hand with a lion-head finger tattoo over a lion-patterned textile. Celebrity ink · Cara Delevingne Cara Delevingne’s first tattoo puts a lion on her index finger Delevingne revealed the detailed lion-head tattoo in May 2013 and credited New York tattoo artist Keith “Bang Bang” McCurdy. An AI-generated mixed-media editorial illustration of an anonymous back with a long fine-line rose and script tattoo. Celebrity ink · Lady Gaga Lady Gaga’s “La Vie en Rose” tattoo traces a rose down her spine Lady Gaga revealed the fine-line back tattoo in February 2019 and credited artist Daniel Winter, known as Winter Stone.