Every 27 years, It must feed on the children of Derry, Maine – for many of us, the need and desire for a new tattoo is far stronger and required far more frequently.
Fair warning, we won’t get into a debate about which Pennywise we prefer and if the 2017 feature film lived up to the original 1990 television miniseries. All we’ll say is that Tim Curry, as Pennywise the Dancing Clown, has all but been forgotten since the new IT film; the last year has seen Pennywise 2.0 dominate the Instagram hashtags.
There were more tattoos that we could have included in this post; however, due to many of them being colour realism (and of the same image), we have included only a few. Our aim was to ensure we focused on a range of styles, ideas and concepts to promote artists in the tattoo industry who go above and beyond with their work.
Find your inspiration in Stephen King’s novel and one of IT’s many manifestations, screenshots from either movie, and in the tattoos below.
Once you’ve had a good look at these top 50 IT tattoos, check out these spoopy Pennywise tattoos.
Colour realism Pennywise tattoo by @michaeltaguet
Pennywise tattoo by @anrijsstraume
IT x Rick and Morty: Pennywise and Mr Meeseeks tattoo by @isnardbarbosa
Pennywise balloon tattoo by @sirdrizzle
Black and grey Pennywise tattoo by @laszlohrozik
Pennywise tattoo by @samwhiteheadtattoos
Georgie (IT) themed tattoo by @kevin_johnsontattoos
Neo trad Pennywise tattoo by @gerktattoos
Colour realism Pennywise tattoo by @thebakery
Balloon and boat IT themed tattoo by @sabstars
Colour realism Pennywise tattoo by @evanolintattoo
Pennywise tattoo by @tommipdc
Stylised Pennywise tattoo by @nick_sarich_tattooer
IT themed tattoo by @peterjlarkinthethird
Black and grey Pennywise tattoo by @thurstontattoo
IT tattoo by @smurphytattoo
Pennywise and balloons tattoo by @meganfelltattoo
Colour realism Pennywise tattoo by @tat2_rudy
Traditional style Pennywise tattoo by @sheilamarcello
Pennywise tattoo by @morguettetattoo
Stylised new school Pennywise tattoo by @onemanriet
Black and grey Pennywise tattoo by @xlevibarnett_tattoox
Pennywise tattoo by @ickabrams
Traditional Pennywise tattoo by @dan_gagne
Pennywise tattoo by @badfellow
Pennywise tattoo by @alexrowntreetattoo
Colour realism Pennywise tattoo by @davepaulo_tattooartist
New vs original Pennywise. Tattoo by @brigitta_backside_tattoo
New school Pennywise tattoo by @4ndy_w4lker
Neo trad Pennywise tattoo by @zoltan_szente
Blackwork Pennywise and balloon tattoo by @marko_tattoo
New school Pennywise tattoo by @onemanriet
Creepy Georgie (IT) tattoo by @jeffsaunderstattoo
Colour realism Pennywise tattoo by @tattooalgarcia
Colour realism Pennywise tattoo by @scumtattoo
Colour realism Pennywise tattoo by @nikkohurtado
Colour realism Pennywise tattoo by @mitch.tattoos
Colour realism Pennywise tattoo by @mikestockings
Colour realism Pennywise tattoo by @jordancroketattoo
Colour realism Pennywise tattoo by @ceciliareinoso
Colour realism Pennywise tattoo by @jordancroketattoo
Traditional style Pennywise tattoo by @coreehunt
Realism Pennywise tattoo by @davepaulo_tattooartist
Pennywise tattoo by @harristattooart
Neo trad Pennywise tattoo by @kimdvtattoo
Rick + Morty x Simpsons x Pennywise tattoo by @orbis.lopez
Colour realism Pennywise tattoo by @vainius.art
Illustrative Pennywise tattoo by @martapoisontattoo
Pennywise tattoo by @aggie_vnek