This is a tattoo design i did for a friend of mine a couple of months ago. 
The concept behind the mask was to merge the laugh and cry masks

 *(For many decades, the image of the theater masks have, universally, become like a symbol of theater or acting.  Generally, known as "the Comedy and Tragedy Masks" or just "the theater masks", there is much mystery as to where these two masks really originate from.  I was taught in school that these masks real names were Melpomene (Tragedy Mask) and Thalia (Comedy Mask).  These were taken from Greek Mythology.  Thalia, being the muse of comedy and pastoral poetry; and Melpomene, the muse of tragedy.  Muse, in this case, is a protector of an art or science.)* 
**[Reference](https://www.quora.com/What-do-the-happy-and-sad-masks-mean)**

 into one with the masks that represent the 3 types of ego that we support trough our lives. There is a mask that we keep in front of others, the persona that we present to them. The second mask is the one that only we as an individual can see, all our fears, all our doubts and things that others can't reach. And the third mask is the one that we have no idea of, the one that how they see us, what is our reflection in their eyes. 

 
![Untitled-2.jpg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmQVS5mayjwDTGCinUdN8GSFCvseg7LtjE4Q7AitAv3Laa/Untitled-2.jpg)
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*The first mask*
![the mask 1.jpg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmd3XaXaffDNwUa25VpXyHomH817DKXivNDRyAEm9nitaG/the%20mask%201.jpg)
*The second mask*
![](https://steemitimages.com/DQmdpvJeVngtAGz2zVaDknjsTqkqMZxzVc8b2DJsu9TUz4B/image.png)

*And the third*
![the mask v3 fin.jpg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmP9R6KkktxnepdSuomHkT4wTyDmonvQAsfogdLTAnDN5b/the%20mask%20v3%20fin.jpg)
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After i finished the masks and went through all the versions an idea came to me and said- *Hey, why don't you do a gif animation with the masks* 
And i did.
![the-mask-rain.gif](https://steemitimages.com/DQmaVuznZWoo62AcVRDscTbKeTChfahnf8qNGsZSTPtUWUv/the-mask-rain.gif)

**Tools used:** HB pencil for the first sketch; Photoshop cs6 and Wacom Intuos pen small

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