Happy Friday the 13th. If you grew up on Friday the 13th, there is a decent chance you have, at some point, looked at a hockey mask and thought, “Yeah. That should live on my arm.” A lot of people stopped thinking about it and actually sat down in the chair.
This is not a scientific ranking, and it is not a “we found the best tattoos in the world” press release. It is 30 standout Jason Voorhees and Friday the 13th pieces we could actually verify on Instagram today: real posts, real artist handles, and the client’s handle only when the artist named them in the caption. If a post just said “thanks, Brittany” or “for Andrew,” we left the owner untagged. No guessing.
One other thing, because it matters: we are not ripping these photos and re-uploading them. Each entry is the artist’s own Instagram post, embedded from the source. If an embed does not load, tap the link and go look at the work where it was posted. And if you are one of the artists or owners in here, hey. Killer work. Literally.
Ki-ki-ki, ma-ma-ma. Let’s go.
The gallery
1. A black-and-grey full sleeve: Jason walking out of the woods, head to toe. Artist: @arttdome
2. A neon color sleeve that throws Pinhead, the Lament Configuration, and Jason into the same nightmare. Artist: @fullproof.bloom
3. A realistic hockey mask with "Friday the 13th" lettered right under it. No confusion about the assignment. Artist: @triolo_tattoos (posted by the shop, @inkcouturenyc)
4. A huge mask up top, and a full-body Jason standing underneath it. Artist: @heartless.tattoos
5. Jason, a knife, and a lot of blood, packed onto a hand. Ambitious placement. Artist: @angeloparente
6. A painted, weathered mask in color realism. You can almost hear the lake. Artist: @broksee.tattoo
7. Black-and-grey Jason in the denim look, machete in hand. Artist: @chloeblacktattoos
8. A dark, beat-up mask worked into a sleeve. This one looks like it crawled out of the lake and stayed there. Artist: @rudyfoytattoos
9. A cracked, close-up mask with the eyes staring through. Artist: @dev_walden
10. Camp Crystal Lake — the cabin, the water, the boat, and Jason — all inside the shape of the mask. This is the one that made us stop scrolling. Artist: @79tattoo__. Owner: @harryzagami79
11. Color realism Jason, straight from Friday the 13th. Artist: @peacebarhamtattoos
12. A Friday the 13th Jason piece from an artist who will happily tell you horror movies are the fun ones to tattoo. Artist: @laylakaristattoo
13. A Jason Voorhees portrait in the classic slasher register. Artist: @joshjohnsontattoo
14. A Jason portrait headed for a horror sleeve. Artist: @jwells_tattoos
15. First Friday the 13th tattoo for this artist, and it is a Jason portrait with a machete. Not a bad place to start. Artist: @taylor____thecreator
16. A traditional Jason mask with a knife through it, done on a knee. Artist: @ratgirltattoo
17. A Jason Voorhees tattoo out of Phoenix. Artist: @chriskeithlegion
18. A Jason piece knocked out in a single half-day session, with background still to come. Artist: @snapcasetattoo
19. A detailed Jason Voorhees finish. Artist: @cesarfrancotattoos
20. A finished Jason Voorhees piece. Artist: @tattoosbytomz. Owner: @andreya_mo
21. A half-healed Jason Voorhees tattoo. Artist: @346ink. Owner: @redrum_premium_goods
22. Another Jason, done for a client who made the trip in from the East Coast. Artist: @tattoos.by.anchor
23. A Jason mask and machete, pulled from Halloween flash on a Friday the 13th. Artist: @beccabootattoos
24. Black-and-grey Jason in the woods, axe in hand. Artist: @dani_moreno_garcia
25. Friday the 13th Jason Voorhees, out of the Bronx / Yonkers scene. Artist: @xso_urbanink923
26. "Welcome to Camp Crystal Lake." Sometimes the sign is all you need, and then you remember who is waiting behind it. Artist: @boudreau.art
27. Jason added to a masked-slasher sleeve. Artist: @paulackertattoo
28. A Jason Voorhees realism piece done in one 4-hour-30-minute sitting. Artist: @marcelomack. Owner: @jehh.crisz
29. A black-and-grey Jason Voorhees realism tattoo. Artist: @sabrinasawyerstattoos
30. Camp Crystal Lake, by name. Artist: @dannylepore
If you are still thinking about it
Look, we are not going to tell you to get a Jason tattoo. That is between you, your artist, and whoever has to sit across from that mask at Thanksgiving. But if today is the day, go to someone who actually paints this stuff for a living. The people in this gallery would be a pretty good place to start.
And if your Jason did not make this list, do not take it personally. We only ran with posts we could verify, and Instagram is a big lake. Drop the artist’s handle in the comments and we will go look.
Now keep the lights on, maybe skip the moonlight canoe trip, and if you hear that “ki-ki-ki, ma-ma-ma” thing, it is probably just a notification. Probably.
Sources: The Instagram posts linked above, checked Nov 13, 2026; Inked Magazine, “Top 10 Friday the 13th Tattoos That Celebrate Jason Voorhees’ Iconic Legacy,” June 13, 2025; Inked Magazine, “Jason Voorhees Tattoos for Friday the 13th,” Nov 13, 2020. Featured image: official still from Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives (1986), Paramount Pictures, via TMDB. Tattoo photos are embedded from the original Instagram posts and have not been re-hosted here.
- CONTACT >>
