Travis Barker's Tattoos and Meanings
A Guide to Travis Barker's Most Meaningful Tattoos
Travis Barker’s Right Arm Tattoos
Travis Barker's "I Love You" Tattoo
In 2021, "The Kardashians" star marked her love for Barker by drawing a meaningful tattoo across his arms. The ink reads "I Love You" and is placed on his right forearm.
Travis Barker's "Landon" Tattoo
The inside of Barker's right wrist holds the ink of his son Landon's name, whom he shares with his second ex-wife Moakler.
Travis Barker's Spider Web Tattoo
Barker has a striking spider web design inked on his right arm that starts at his elbow and extends up to his forearm.
Travis Barker's Blue Bird Tattoo
A beautiful blue bird is inked on Barker's right elbow. The colourful design uses blue, black, and red ink.
Travis Barker's Nautical Star Tattoo
Two black-and-blue nautical stars are inked on the back of Barker's triceps. Though the inspiration behind Barker's ink isn't known, a nautical star tattoo symbolizes good fortune and guidance.
Travis Barker's Red Devil Tattoo
A red devil cartoon is placed on Barker's right arm near the elbow, which draws inspiration from the Black Label Skateboard logo and shows his love for skateboarding.
Travis Barker's Gorilla Biscuits Tattoo
Barker has the iconic for the brand Gorilla Biscuits on his right forearm, which he got in 2014 as a matching ink with Toby Morse, the lead vocalist of the band H₂O.
Travis Barker's "Familia" Tattoo
The Spanish word "Familia" is inked on Barker's right forearm, which he dedicated to his family. The cursive script is surrounded by beautiful roses and stars drawn in red, blue, green, and black ink.
Travis Barker's Tulip Tattoo
A massive tulip ink sweeps across Barker's rift upper arm. The beautiful floral artwork is done in red, green, violet, and black ink.
Travis Barker's "Gloria" Forearm Tattoo
Barker paid a touching tribute to his late mother by dedicating a tattoo on his left forearm to her. The words "In loving memory of Gloria" are spelled across a banner in cursive below a portrait of the Virgin Mary. Barker's mother, passed away after a battle with cancer when the drummer was only 13. She played an instrumental role in inspiring the rock star to become a musician. Barker often attributes his success to his mother's immense support.
Travis Barker's "Nobody Cares Go Harder" Tattoo
In 2013, Barker got another motivational phrase tatted on the back of his right hand near the curvature of his thumb and index finger. "Nobody cares go harder," it reads.
Travis Barker's Music Notes and Drumsticks Tattoo
Barker has a bunch of tiny musical notes inked on his right forearm, as well as a set of drumsticks adjacent to them.
Travis Barker's Smoking Skeleton Tattoo
A skull with a lit cigarette in its mouth sits on the top of Barker's right shoulder.
Travis Barker's Drum and Stick Tattoo
He has a design of a drum and drum sticks right below the smoking skeleton ink on his right shoulder. The ink represents Barker's love for playing the musical instrument.
Travis Barker's "Trigz RIP" Tattoo
Barker paid tribute to the late tattoo artist Michael "Trigz" Pebley, who was killed in 2014. Placed along the length of his right forearm, the piece reads: "Trigz RIP."
Travis Barker's "$" Tattoo
A dollar sign design is inked on Barker's right forearm near the elbow.
Travis Barker's "TLB" Tattoo
"TLB" is tattooed next to the dollar sign on the rock star's right forearm. The ink represents the initials of his full name, Travis Landon Barker.
Travis Barker's Skull and Roses Cover-Up Tattoo
In 2014, Barker got a skull with two roses rising from the sides of it on his right forearm near the wrist. The stark imagery often represents the eternal cycle of life and death — the balance between light and darkness. Before this, the initials of Barker's second ex-wife, Shanna Moakler, "ST," were marked in this location.
Travis Barker's Skeleton Hand Tattoo
Barker got a solid black-inked skeleton on the back of his right hand in May 2021. The tattoo given by tattooist Scott Campbell also features a flower in place of one of the crossbones.
Travis Barker's "7" Tattoo
Barker has his lucky number "7" tattooed in 3D on his right forearm.
Travis Barker's Thespian Masks Tattoo
A pair of theatrical masks — one face with a happy expression and another sad — is inked on the backside of Barker's right shoulder. The thespian masks symbolize the positive and negative emotions — the comedy and the tragedy — a human experiences in life.
Travis Barker's Martini Glass Tattoo
The drummer has a martini glass (complete with an olive) tattooed on his right forearm near his elbow. It might be a nod to Barker's favourite cocktail.
Travis Barker's Rabbit's Foot Tattoo
A tiny rabbit's foot tattoo is placed on Barker's right tricep. The motif is widely believed to be a harbinger of good luck.
Travis Barker's Eye Tattoo
A single intrinsic eye is etched onto the inside of Barker's right forearm. It isn't clear whose eye this is, unlike the eyes he tattooed on his thigh.
Travis Barker's Female Portrait Tattoo
Another mysterious half-face is inked on Barker's right bicep directly above the blue bird and adjacent to the tulip artwork. The ink includes an eye, nose, lips, and a mole on the cheek.
Travis Barker's "Self Made" Tattoo
Barker has a meaningful tattoo on both his knuckles that perfectly sums up his journey to fame and success. The fingers on his right hand have the word "SELF" while his left fingers together spell "MADE." The musician got this ink to remind himself that he has no one but his talent and hard work to thank for the success he has achieved in life.
Travis Barker's Scorpio Tattoo
He has another scorpion ink on the back of his right hand that is dedicated to his astrological sun sign.