A person’s taste in art and design might be incredibly subjective; however, this doesn’t mean that their choices won’t be judged by their peers. Some people’s ideas on what to get inked are so bizarre that others can’t help but criticize them.
AskReddit users, both tattoo artists and fans of getting tattooed themselves, took to several online threads to share their thoughts about the tattoo types they find to be the most cringeworthy and weird. Scroll down for their personal opinions about what designs you might want to consider avoiding.
#41
The second week after I moved to LA I got black out drunk and woke up with an LA tramp stamp. I'm a dude...
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9points
#42
Not a tattoo artist but one of my friend's mom got her husbands name tattooed on her left arm and after they divorced she tried to cover it up but some s**t got messed up and now her left arm has a huge black blob.
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9points
#44
When I just turned 18 my friends and I thought it would be a great idea to all get tramp stamps. I had always wanted to work with dolphins and loved them since I was little. When it was my turn I pointed at the wall and said that one. The guy looked at the wall paused and said “that cartoon dolphin? Really?” Needless to say I regret it to this day.
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8points
#45
Tribal tats that looks like something from those old WWE games.. we make fun of this guy and his tat cos of how it looks.. like it was a design you put on as a car vinyl rub on tat from a pack of gum.
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7points
#46
Saw one a co-worker’s ex had done that was funny but dangerous.
I used to waitress with this nice enough woman but she had a temper. I knew she was fairly newly divorced, cuz her ex would often come in at the end of her shift and drop the kids there, as it saved him drive time. All friendly but a few times I saw her unleash her temper at him.
One day, we’re in the bathroom before shift and she says want to see my new tattoo cover up? Sure. Turn around and I’m greeted with way more of her a*s than I thought I’d ever see, but ok, nice job. What was it? It used to be ex’s name. Said she had to cuz he told her he was going in to get his tattoo of her name covered. Ok, moving on.
He comes in when end of shift is near with kids, and I have no fear of seeing his a*s cuz I knew her name was on his forearm, so I ask to see his new ink. He chuckles, turns red and asks think she’ll be pissed? What am I looking at? The grim f*****g reaper. He turned his ex’s name into the universal, timeless symbol of death personified. My eyes just got wide as I backed away.
She walks up and knows what I’m looking at, sees it and loses her s**t. I bet your m***********g FRIENDS told you to do that! Is that what you think of me when I have you two KIDS?! On and on. And yeah, his idiot friends spawned the idea, but he got it done. I still felt bad for them. I mean divorce doesn’t mean never in each other’s lives.
I used to waitress with this nice enough woman but she had a temper. I knew she was fairly newly divorced, cuz her ex would often come in at the end of her shift and drop the kids there, as it saved him drive time. All friendly but a few times I saw her unleash her temper at him.
One day, we’re in the bathroom before shift and she says want to see my new tattoo cover up? Sure. Turn around and I’m greeted with way more of her a*s than I thought I’d ever see, but ok, nice job. What was it? It used to be ex’s name. Said she had to cuz he told her he was going in to get his tattoo of her name covered. Ok, moving on.
He comes in when end of shift is near with kids, and I have no fear of seeing his a*s cuz I knew her name was on his forearm, so I ask to see his new ink. He chuckles, turns red and asks think she’ll be pissed? What am I looking at? The grim f*****g reaper. He turned his ex’s name into the universal, timeless symbol of death personified. My eyes just got wide as I backed away.
She walks up and knows what I’m looking at, sees it and loses her s**t. I bet your m***********g FRIENDS told you to do that! Is that what you think of me when I have you two KIDS?! On and on. And yeah, his idiot friends spawned the idea, but he got it done. I still felt bad for them. I mean divorce doesn’t mean never in each other’s lives.
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#47
One military tatto is cool. two is okay. three or more is just too much.
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#48
Not an artist but, coworker had some weird ones.
Stormtrooper playing the cello on his thigh.
Mother Mary praying but her face was Uma Thurman ODing on h****n from Pulp Fiction.
Beautiful landscape scene with a couple sitting on a bench looking at the sunset, but the sunset was a tablesaw blade for some reason?
They all looked pretty great actually.
Stormtrooper playing the cello on his thigh.
Mother Mary praying but her face was Uma Thurman ODing on h****n from Pulp Fiction.
Beautiful landscape scene with a couple sitting on a bench looking at the sunset, but the sunset was a tablesaw blade for some reason?
They all looked pretty great actually.
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