A thread of Louis Tomlinson's tattoos in chronological order

A skateboarding stick figure on the inside of his right forearm, his first ever tattoo

A screw on each of his ankles (matching with Harry, Zayn, and Liam). Louis said that this inspired his love for tattoos

The words "Far Away" on the inside of his right bicep, inked in typewriter font

A flock of birds, representing One Direction

A paper airplane and a camera on his right arm

"oops!" on his right arm, the first word that Harry Styles said to him when they met at X Factor

The compass on his right arm, the needle of which points to home

Quotation marks on the inside of his right wrist, right under his rope tattoo

A giant bird on his right arm

A globe in honor of 1D's BRIT Awards for Global Success, and a cup of tea, both on his right arm

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

"It Is What It Is" on his chest, lyrics from the song of the same name by the band Lifehouse

"The Rogue" on his ankles, the name of his high school band

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

The number "78" on his chest, which was the house number of his grandparents

An infinity rope on right wrist

A bomb, a match and a spiderweb, all part of the tattoo sleeve on his upper right arm

A suit of cards on his left wrist

A large tic-tac-toe on his right arm

"Bus1" possibly the most emotional tattoo, which he got as a matching tattoo with former bandmate and best friend Zayn Malik

A colourful pac man tattoo

The triangle on his right ankle

A spiderweb on the front of his left shin

A huge arrow on his right arm, and a skull and crossbones on his left arm

The dagger on his left arm

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)

Louis' signature smiley face. He has it inked in two places- the side of his right hand and his thigh

A small beer mug on his right arm

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

The most iconic "28" on the fingers of his left hand. The number is of great significance to Louis

"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