Shawn Mendes got a bicep butterfly tattoo after a fan's Photoshop suggestion

There's clearly nothing holding him back from embracing fan art 
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Margaret Abrams24 July 2019

Shawn Mendes got a butterfly tattoo after a fan Photoshopped one onto his arm.

The 'In My Blood' singer debuted a new tattoo on Instagram on his extremely toned left bicep. The tat in question is a monarch butterfly made up of both wings and flowers. But it’s not only an exciting debut because it gave him another chance to show off his bod - the tattoo has an origin story worthy of its own Shawn Mendes song.

The tattoo placement was originally thought up by a Mendes fan who posted a picture of him with a butterfly tattoo on his arm and shared the creation on Twitter.

Now, people are asking her to make other Mendes dreams come true, including getting him to grow a beard (if she Photoshops it, perhaps it will happen).

Mendes confirmed that the butterfly originally came from fan art when he slid into said fan’s DMs to ask for a scan of the artwork, which was created by Mac Dreaper, a tattoo artist in Chile.

Dreaper wasn’t the one to ink him, but if you find yourself in Chile you can add a whole flurry of Mendes-approved butterflies to your own arms.

The tattoo artist took to Instagram to congratulate Mendes on his new fan-inspired ink.

The pop star received his tattoo in Toronto from Livia Tsang who thoroughly documented the results.

Tsang confirmed that the tat was based on a fan edit.

Now, there’s nothing holding Mendes back from embracing other Twitter requests. Perhaps a fan will suggest a #Shawmila tattoo next.

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