A screw on each of his ankles (matching with Harry, Zayn, and Liam). Louis said that this inspired his love for tattoos
A horseshoe, which is the mascot of the football team owned by Louis, called The Three Horseshoes. He has played for them before The X Factor
Five tally marks on the same arm, believed by some fans to represent him and his four bandmates, while others believe that it is inspired by the sci-fi series Doctor Who
"Bus1" possibly the most emotional tattoo, which he got as a matching tattoo with former bandmate and best friend Zayn Malik
The Kings of Leon lyric "given a chance" on his left arm, just under his dagger tat"Given a chance" just below the dagger
The stag and heart on his right bicep, which covered up an earlier tattoo of a heart wearing a a pair of headphones
(this was 2013 but I forgot to add it ffs)
(this was 2013 but I forgot to add it ffs)
Louis' signature smiley face. He has it inked in two places- the side of his right hand and his thigh
A penguin on his butt. “It’s the most random thing of all time. It’s a penguin, but not just a penguin, a penguin with headphones, which makes it even more weird” he said in an interview
"X" on his right arm given to him by Robbie Williams. Both of them got tattooed by each other when they were judges on The X Factor
His most recent tattoo was given to him by Richard, the 83-year old man who featured in a special music video for Two Of Us. Getting a tattoo was on Richard's bucket list, so Louis let him tattoo his initials on his right arm
I tried my best to include all his tattoos and arrange them in chronological order, if I messed up somewhere please cut me some slack!
inspired by this thread
https://twitter.com/hscox03/status/1247969502433665024?s=19
