Tatty Editorial · Celebrity ink

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.

Shawn Mendes · August 3, 2026

An AI-generated editorial illustration of an anonymous upper arm with a black butterfly tattoo whose right wing is formed by flowers.

Tattly editorial illustration — AI-generated, no celebrity likeness · Source

What was shown

In July 2019, Shawn Mendes responded to a fan edit by asking for the underlying butterfly artwork. The Independent reported that the original floral-butterfly design came from Chilean artist Mac Dreaper and that Mendes later had it tattooed on his left upper arm.

Tattoo artist Livia Tsang shared the completed piece directly and credited both the fan edit and Mac Dreaper's original art. Inked documented the same artist post and collaboration, while Billboard Japan reported that Mendes received the tattoo during a tour stop in Dallas. The visible motif is presented without assigning it a personal meaning.

Source photo

Shawn Mendes showing the completed black butterfly and floral tattoo on his left upper arm
Shawn Mendes's floral-wing butterfly upper-arm tattoo

Livia Tsang / Instagram, original art by Mac Dreaper · Source

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The paired try-on artwork is a two-view, source-conditioned interpretation of the documented tattoo, preserving its complete asymmetric butterfly-and-floral footprint rather than claiming a pixel-exact copy of every original ink mark.

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