Mei Pang has more than 80 tattoos, according to published interviews, and most are arranged in pairs. The makeup artist and beauty creator wears a largely black-and-grey bodysuit of animals, lettering, flowers and ornamental designs across her head, neck, chest, arms, stomach and legs.

Pang has traced the symmetry to a tattoo that left one side of her body feeling heavier than the other. She got a matching design on the opposite side, and the mirrored placement became a pattern for later work. The subjects vary; the left-right balance is what ties them together.

Her collection includes tattoos with personal meaning and others she chose because she liked their look. Pang has said not every piece needs a deep explanation, so the designs are best described without assigning a story she hasn’t shared.

The chrysanthemum tattoo on Mei Pang’s stomach began the mirrored collection

Pang has identified a chrysanthemum near her sternum as her first tattoo. Inked reports that she chose it as a symbol connected with her parents. It sits at the centre of her torso, before the later pairs spread across her body.

After getting another design on one bicep, Pang said the unpaired tattoo made her feel lopsided. She had the same design mirrored on the other arm. That experience explains how symmetry became part of her tattoo history.

Photographs show the flower among darker chest and stomach pieces. Its petals have a softer outline than the thorn-like and animal imagery around it, and its central placement gives the torso a clear focal point.

Black-and-grey pairs make symmetry the clearest tattoo rule

Inked describes Pang’s tattoos as black and grey. In the photographs, outlines, stippled shading and dark accents carry the designs. The subjects include butterflies, a panther, a centipede, a foo dog and a Dobermann; each has its own shape within the larger arrangement.

Pang has said some tattoos have a personal meaning, while others were chosen for their appearance. She has connected the chrysanthemum to her parents, explained the story behind a lyric tattoo and said she picked a pair of butterflies because they looked beautiful.

The pairings aren’t mechanically identical. Designs sit over different muscles and curves, but the relationship between the left and right sides remains visible. Matching placements give the collection continuity while the subjects and linework vary.

The collarbone lettering tattoo and praying mantises carry the most visible meaning

Between her collarbones, Pang has the phrase “I am the Antichrist to You”. In an Inked interview, she tied it to heartbreak and Kishi Bashi’s song of the same name. The placement makes the lettering easy to see in portraits of her upper body.

Praying mantises are tattooed on the side of her head. Pang told Inked that people often comment on the insects when she is out; the collarbone phrase draws attention online. The head tattoos change the outline of a profile, while the words are easiest to read in a closer view of her chest.

Thorn-like lines continue around her neck, with floral forms on the chest and darker animal designs across the shoulders. These separate motifs share the collection’s black-and-grey treatment.

Her face, neck and chest tattoos create a single central line

Close portraits show fine marks around Pang’s eyes, small facial details and a word on her forehead. The tattoos continue down her neck to larger chest designs, creating a clear line from her face to her torso.

Her chest includes a central animal face, paired flowers and mirrored figures. Some lines are delicate and botanical; others are heavier and darker. Patches of open skin separate smaller marks from the denser areas.

Her makeup changes between photographs, but the neck, chest and shoulder tattoos stay in the same places. The images show how permanent ink and different beauty looks sit together.

The photographs reveal a changing visual identity

Published portraits show Pang with different hair, makeup and styling. Some focus on her shaved head and facial lettering; others include her arms, hands or legs. Across those changes, the same tattoos remain visible.

Her own tattoo video and editorial photographs show the designs in close-up and full-body views. The framing changes, but the placement of the tattoos makes the collection easy to recognise.

Pang’s visual language stays recognisable

Several choices recur in Pang’s tattoos: black-and-grey ink, paired placements, botanical outlines and animal designs. They connect pieces with different subjects without making them all look alike.

As a beauty creator, Pang appears in portraits where makeup and styling can change from one image to the next. Her tattoos provide a consistent set of details across those looks, from the forehead and neck to the arms and legs.

Arm and leg tattoos turn individual animals into a full bodysuit

Full-body photos show paired flowers, animals, insects and smaller designs running from Pang’s shoulders toward her hands. More mirrored pieces cover her legs, extending the collection beyond the chest and arms.

An Inked portrait shows the arm and shoulder work as a connected field; another view brings the floral and animal designs on her legs into frame. Older and newer pieces use different linework, but the black-and-grey palette helps them sit together.

Pang has described family references, music and visual appeal as reasons for choosing tattoos. She hasn’t said every design has the same purpose. The consistent choice is how the pieces are arranged across her body.