Are Jason Momoa's 'Aquaman' Tattoos Actually Real?

From Men's Health

In the Justice League movie and in the first trailer for Aquaman, which comes out this December, we see Jason Momoa’s character covered head to toe in tattoos.

This isn’t the first time we’ve seen Momoa’s body covered in designs, either. Khal Drogo, his character in Game of Thrones, also sported plenty of body art.

But are those looks just how Momoa goes about his day? Not exactly. Most of Aquaman’s tattoos are totally fake. Comicbook.com reported that Justice League director Zack Snyder came up with the idea to have Aquaman completely tatted up, which is different from the character’s design in the comic books.

Momoa does have real tattoos, though, and plenty of them.

He has a tattoo on his right forearm that says “etre toujours ivre,” or “to be always drunk.”

He also has one on his middle finger, which reads “Diablo” in honor of a friend who died in 2013.

And he has his children’s signatures permanently tattooed on his chest.

On his right forearm, he has a tattoo that reads “Pride of Gypsies,” which is also the name of his production company.

Most noticeably, he has a half sleeve on his left forearm, made of nine rows of triangles. And it turns out, that tattoo is perfectly fitting for his Aquaman character.

Aquaman’s look incorporates Momoa’s real ink, and extends it over the rest of his body.

In an interview with Fresh TV, Momoa said the tattoo is a nod to his aumakua, or family god, which in Hawaiian mythology is an ancestor who has died and come back to life. His family’s guardian is a shark, which is why the tattoo symbolizes shark teeth. The negative space is “supposed to take the darkness out and bring in the light,” he said, “but we’re still working on that.”

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