This Brazilian Tattoo Artist Is Horrible At Drawing, But People Still Pay Her To Get Inked (41 Pics)
Sick and tired of the same old tattoo ideas that everyone seems to have? Come see Helena Fernandes, and she'll fix you up with the ugliest, most horrible tattoos you've ever seen.
The 26-year-old artist of Salvador de Bahia, Brazil, is the proud founder of Malfeitona, a home studio providing what she describes in Portuguese as tatuagens peba (literally "ugly tattoos") with complete honesty. The girl can't draw to save her life, but she harnesses this lack of skill to carve out a niche for herself as a purveyor of original and unique tattoos. Not only has the tattoo artist gone viral for it, but she's also managed to build a successful business with dozens of 5-star reviews from happy customers, as well as over 12 thousand Instagram followers.
Check out some of her ugly-but-cool tattoos below, and let us know if you'd book a flight to Brazil to get one of these delightfully hideous inks put on you for life by the best tattooist ever.
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Childlike Tattoo Vibes
It means no worries/ For the rest of your days/ It's our problem-free philosophy
Cosmic Chaos Club
Okay, I honestly love that one! It's so adorable and it's hilarious. I love it!
Not Quite Cat Art
My kid has this one. Oh, wait... No, someone else in his kindergarten drew it on his arm lol
Well hope for you it wasn't tattoo, or it'll last forever...I love tattoos but wouldn't like this one. At all.
Load More Replies...Wow, it sure is RED around it. I've had 0 tattoos and none of them were this red. I guess some people just react differently?
Quirky Ink Adventures
I think this guy just wanted her hand that high on his thigh, he couldn't care less about the tattoo itself
Is the person on the right dead? He has plastic covering his face!
Its a respirator mask to keep the wound sterile. Infection is a problem for newly inked skin.
Load More Replies...Close Enough, Right?
So who cares if the design is ugly or weird, that's just people taste......Its the crappy quality of the tattoo that a I have a problem with cause it's just taking people's money for something that isn't going to last or is going to look very different in a year.
Looks like a 4-year-old draw AND tattooed it. Looks like the ink didn't go deep enough and someone screwed it up.
I'm really hoping that this photo was taken a while after and that she did shave the area before tattooing.
Load More Replies...I thought people had to shave before getting a tattoo done on that skin area😳
L.S. Tattoo is most likely a year old. She needs to go deeper in skin. But cute tattoo!
Load More Replies...Dragons, But Make It DIY
Aaaw this one is cute :) I don't even think they are plain ugly. They are just minimalistic with a touch of "my-4yo-drew-this" :)
You want ugly s**t on your body for life, fine - your call. But this is HORRIBLE tattooing! Look at how raised the ink is! She went WAY too deep! This will result in bad scarring - not to mention it probably hurt like hell.
Surprisingly Literal Art
this is so fun as it's ugly: the satanic goat (the eyes and the backwards cross, the paws) rides a witch broom! and have 3 piercing (3 is the most biblical number).
Load More Replies...Abstract Doodle Drama
Happy Little Oops
It looks like it has some special magic glitter ink ot it, but I think that it just the shine from Neosporin or something. Still, cute!!
Unicorns Gone Abstract
Yeah I want a really terrible trashy tattoo permanently on my body. NOT
Perfectly Ambiguous Shrug
The goat and this one she's losing her ugly. She may be getting too good. Lol
When You Try Too Hard
Nope, its an angry goat with a cat ears headband and a cat-face mask over its nose.
Load More Replies...the heartshaped nose makes it cute in the end... <3 wierd... but cute
Not Your Average Bird
Doodles Gone Permanent
this is the father, the son and the holy dog. Don't swear because you don't like this strange art
Load More Replies...Has bad a*s crowned skull on arm, and then................................this. :-(
the skull is ugly and so cliché, i think that this trinity is a real improvement
Load More Replies...Retro Robot Rampage
The human race it's going down people, we are sinking taste than the titanic.
Loop of Mystery
The ouroboros (/ˌjʊərəˈbɒrəs/[2]; /ʊəˈrɒbərəs/[3]; Greek: οὐροβόρος) is an ancient symbol depicting a serpent or dragon eating its own tail. Originating in Ancient Egyptian iconography, the ouroboros entered western tradition via Greek magical tradition and was adopted as a symbol in Gnosticism and Hermeticism, and most notably in alchemy. often taken to symbolize introspection, the eternal return or cyclicality,[4] especially in the sense of something constantly re-creating itself. It also represents the infinite cycle of nature's endless creation and destruction, life and death. Do you prefer hello kitty or unicorns tattoo.i'm not into tattoo but definitively prefer a clever meaning one
Load More Replies...Almost There, Barely Inked
Not Your Everyday Snake
I'm not going to lie, now I kinda want to see more tattoos of snakes with a mustache.
He is thinking; 'My other personality is a complete d**k, I could really do with a nice cup of tea and a slice of cake.'
Load More Replies...This artist turns “bad” into brilliant with quirky, intentionally ugly tattoos. See more unique approaches to ink in our creative tattoo roundup.
Happy Clouds Club
Somewhere over the rainbow... 🎼🎵🎶*I'm peacefuly sitting in my corner*
Nature’s Dark Symbols
Footloose and Fancy Drawn
yeah, i'm calling bolshevik on this one.
Load More Replies...I would actually pay for that. I would pay ALL my money tbh. This is adorable.
Modern Mystery Ink
This looks cool! Even when it is small piece of art,it does not look bad at all. I respect this woman for what she does because her work is really really good.
Ocean Vibes Only
My signature is pretty much similar to this :) I don't like the idea of signaturing myself, but this one doesn't look awful.
Sunny Side Up Ink
Minimalist Heart, Maximum Feeling
Simply Charming Doodles
Understated Ink Mood
Ouch. It's really bony there, can't imagine how much that hurt!
Tattoos all have a minimum price. Due to the needles, gloves, plastic cover for the gun, cleaning products, paper, ink, material, preparation etc etc etc. No tattoo ever will cost 5$.
Load More Replies...Cash Flow Champion
Minimalist Mystery Mark
Small but Bold
Electric Chopstick Vibes
Whimsical Ink Blooms
Petal Peepers Unite
Quirky Ink Moment
zera is not her name which makes your comment even funnier lmao
Load More Replies...Zera is a suffix. It reads as just one word: darkzera You can figure it out on your on, it is actually hard portuguese
Load More Replies...DIY Tattoo Vibes
His name is Dollynho and he's the mascot of a soda company here in Brazil
Load More Replies...I thought it was a (pretty decent) drawing of a tooth with a crown lol
Dolly Guaraná. It's a kind of Brazilian soft drink. BTW, it tastes awful hahaha
Load More Replies...It Is a character from a very cheap second line soda advertisement in Brazil
Low-Key Outer Space Vibes
Close-Up Confusion
Ikr, someone said the #35 had sandwiches for legs lol
Load More Replies...Sharp Lines Only
Delicate Ink Moments
Tiny Tattoo Triumphs
I would get that cute little creature i don't know what that word is ... ?
When DIY Goes Too Far
Some of the line work on some of them is actually ok....then this one popped up
Agreed. And there's an awful lot of it being cultivated these days.
Load More Replies...Some of them are amazing but I wouldn't get one :D
Load More Replies...Some of them are ok, but if i were to make an artistic statement i wouldnt make it on people' s bodies where i stays forever.
Not sure I would want a tattoo where you stay forever.
Load More Replies...So there is a post about 12 years old boy who does quite nice tatoos and some people say he isn't good enough. Clearly they haven't seen this "amazing artist" of 26. That boy found his calling and follows his passion. This girl has fun and I don't think her success will last.
One of them makes money and the other doesn't. Nothing lasts forever.
Load More Replies...Same reason why anyone would put any tat on their body.
Load More Replies...I mean some are fine but it looks like something a 4yo drew, which isn't necessarily a bad thing but if you love doing that so much, why don't you practice and improve on some stuff??? I'm not trying to sound hateful but it's kind of dumb to pay someone who can't draw when you could go to a professional and just get something with less detail. Some are cute but seriously, you could not improve at any of that? It irritates me to know that you can have very little talent and still get rich, but you can see talented people struggling to feed themselves. Just imagine walking up to someone and saying "Look at this unprofessional tattoo that I got from Trash Tattoos!" They pretty much sell you regret in the form of a tattoo
See that's what people don't understand. Art is subjective. People pay for what they want. How do you "improve" art?
Load More Replies..."I got a bad tattoo on purpose." Just when you thought hipsters couldn't get any more annoying.
Agreed. And there's an awful lot of it being cultivated these days.
Load More Replies...Some of them are amazing but I wouldn't get one :D
Load More Replies...Some of them are ok, but if i were to make an artistic statement i wouldnt make it on people' s bodies where i stays forever.
Not sure I would want a tattoo where you stay forever.
Load More Replies...So there is a post about 12 years old boy who does quite nice tatoos and some people say he isn't good enough. Clearly they haven't seen this "amazing artist" of 26. That boy found his calling and follows his passion. This girl has fun and I don't think her success will last.
One of them makes money and the other doesn't. Nothing lasts forever.
Load More Replies...Same reason why anyone would put any tat on their body.
Load More Replies...I mean some are fine but it looks like something a 4yo drew, which isn't necessarily a bad thing but if you love doing that so much, why don't you practice and improve on some stuff??? I'm not trying to sound hateful but it's kind of dumb to pay someone who can't draw when you could go to a professional and just get something with less detail. Some are cute but seriously, you could not improve at any of that? It irritates me to know that you can have very little talent and still get rich, but you can see talented people struggling to feed themselves. Just imagine walking up to someone and saying "Look at this unprofessional tattoo that I got from Trash Tattoos!" They pretty much sell you regret in the form of a tattoo
See that's what people don't understand. Art is subjective. People pay for what they want. How do you "improve" art?
Load More Replies..."I got a bad tattoo on purpose." Just when you thought hipsters couldn't get any more annoying.

