The ink industry has recently witnessed amazing technological strides and as a result men can opt for badass tattoos defying all previous possibilities.

Now is a good time to pursue the unfettered sex appeal of bad ass ink and shatter the norms of convention to showcase something that audiences have never seen before.

To create an advanced design concept you can utilize tricks of the eye to create the impression of 3D and abstract geographic concepts, while portraiture, pin ups, and photo realism ideas make for badass tattoos.

To explore just how badass your ink can be, navigate the collection of 103 badass tattoos below and be swept away in a deluge of stylish design and cool technical application.

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1. Realistic Badass Tattoo Ideas

Realism lends itself to a bad ass tattoo design like no other style. When a skilled artist has mastered the art of realistic shading and linework to provide depth and contrast in a way that makes the entire piece look like a photograph come to life, the results can be breathtaking.

Realism is also the hardest style for an artist to master, so make sure to research your artist very well if you want this style to really hit the mark for you. The bad ass quality of these designs gets amped right up when they’re done right, the perfect mix of shading, negative space and linework creates images that seems  like they could get up and walk away from the skin canvas at any moment.

2. Religious Themed Badass Tattoo Ideas

Religious imagery has a scale and power to it that really lends itself to the idea of a bad ass tattoo, as counterintuitive as it may be to call something religious “bad ass.” But when you see the epic scale of churches or sculptures, there can be no question that this is great subject matter for a bad ass tattoo.