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Bad tattoos are nothing short of an urban legend - there are so many posts dedicated to them, and yet you never see one in real life. For better or for worse these tattoo fails are kept hidden in sweater sleeves, pants or socks. Seeing one is as rare as a unicorn sighting.
There's no denying that inking someone without turning it into a tattoo fail requires quite a lot of skill, but if it' so bad that it's actually good, does that mean that your ugly tattoo was made be a professional? When in doubt with the previous question, you can always check the quality of your ink by doing a simple trick - face swap. Just take your body drawing and combine it with the real thing. If it still looks quite presentable, chances are you are good to go. In the list below, though, we have gathered the fine specimens of the bad and the funny face swaps.
The saddest part is that you are stuck with your worst tattoo for life unless you do a cover-up tattoo or muster up the courage for terribly painful laser removal. Anyways, while watching these we do feel pity, laughter is also guaranteed!
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#1
Mreddie Fercury
Nicole Boivin-Chiasson 9 years ago
So they swapped out the faces of the orginal photo with the bad tattoo in the rest of these photos. But with this photo they doctored the original to look like the tattoo. Way better idea!! They should have done the same thing as they did with this one. THIS is funny!!!????????????????????
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#2
Son And Daughter
Final score:
95points
Manuela Simon 8 years ago
well...kids can become nightmares from time to time...
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Vervelende Panda 9 years ago
Can't believe he went back to that 'artist' for a second tattoo...
#3
The Wolf
Final score:
90points
Gloria Wesson 9 years ago
No kidding..! He looks completely and utterly frightened... :(
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Donna Oades 9 years ago
I was going to say stomach, but I can't see a belly button. I don't see how it could be a back, cos nobody's back swells up like that, surely?!
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Chiranjeev Sharma 9 years ago
It seems like the wolf has seen some s**t, it was not suppose to :(
#4
Angry Lion
Final score:
90points
#5
Scary Tiger
Final score:
88points
Lindsay Ann 9 years ago
Sort of reminds me of half Thundercat and half demon dog from Ghostbusters.
Sally Peterson 9 years ago
looks like something my six year old did while drawing lately...he could probably handle the tattoo needle just as well.
#6
Baby Girl
Final score:
84points
Fong Szeto 9 years ago
This would've been funny, if they didn't photoshop the tattoo on the guys arm. Terrible.
Julia Hosack 9 years ago
oh photoshop! The one on his arm is super fake so I'm assuming the babies face really looks like that. lol noice!
#7
Daughter
Final score:
83points
Maria Dickerson Pinel 9 years ago
People people!! You MUST go to a portrait specialist if you want to really capture your loved ones and NOT some hideous creature!!
#8
Berb Merler
Final score:
82points
#9
Parilyn Porloe
Final score:
77points
Amal Derbeli 9 years ago
This would be her if she still alive after 100 plastic surguries. This tattoo artist has some perspective LOL
Amy Carter 9 years ago
I'm thinking all of these people went to the same horrible tattoo artist. Lol
#10
Freddie
Final score:
75points
Roberto Carlos Valerio 9 years ago
Looks like the lovechild of Freddy Mercury and Luis Miguel.
#11
Jichael Mackson
Final score:
72points
Andrew SanMartin 9 years ago
This doesn't look like a tattoo, just something someone drew on themselves and posted
Karl Stoll 8 years ago
He Touched so many...LOL. some with a glove on and some with a glove off.
#12
Cheerful Bear
Final score:
65points
Sally Peterson 9 years ago
How long did that scratch mess take ? might be able to mend this poor thing
#13
The Joker
Final score:
63points
Sally Peterson 9 years ago
the real joker is the crappy tattoo artist ? if that's what he considers himself
Chiranjeev Sharma 9 years ago
Even, Heath would have never thought of this scarier version of Joker!
#14
Cute Baby
Final score:
56points
Shane Bryant 9 years ago
Why did he make it look like someone smashed the baby in the face. Awful
#15
Wejrns Werl
Laura D'Arcangelo 9 years ago
the boy with the glasses?! you mean Garth Algar from Wayne's World?
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Ari Niemelä 8 years ago
I wonder which is more worse, quality of this tattoo or the idea of having Wayne's world tattoo?
Chris Goyette 9 years ago
I really hope those are feet and not hands. Socks or mittens for life.
Amy Carter 9 years ago
Note to self before getting tattoo, have them draw it out on paper first.
Peggy Hamburg 9 years ago
Every single one of these is hideous. How can anyone walk around with these?
#16
Money Talk
#17
The Bear
Final score:
40points
sunnyrei82 9 years ago
It shocked me, not that it's really bad, but that it covers their whole back (or front?)
Susana Vie 9 years ago
Probably he thinks if he cover his back with a bear could avoid a bear attack from behind
#18
Sparrow-Dog
Final score:
36points
Emily Softley 9 years ago
Ah yes, the well known sparrow dog. Rarely seen, probably due to the fact that those wings are not supporting that head. I can only imagine drugs were involved on both sides here....
blasouveir 8 years ago
I bet the guy doing these swaps had real dilemma whether to swap this to a sparrow, or a dog
#19
Mama
Final score:
36points
#20
Sheleen
Amanda Scott 9 years ago
These people obviously went to some ill-reputed, third rate tattoo artists! I don't think they're even artists. Pretty much looks like they gave the job to a child to do...
Fifine Brightman 9 years ago
Her name is actually Marleen. The guy who messed up the tattoo also screwed up her name! Haha
Sally Peterson 9 years ago
poor Sheleen - I hope it's not on her own body. That's just mean and wrong
#21
A Chimp? A Lion? I Just Don't Know
Chris Goyette 9 years ago
Looking closely, the tattoo "artist" destroyed this poor souls' skin. Ouch, on a number of fronts.
#22
The Dog
Final score:
32points
#23
Cute Girl
Final score:
31points
Oliver Prime 9 years ago
That's the kind of thing that wakes you up shivering, terrified and fearing every creak on the floorboards at 3 in the morning.
#24
Amy
Final score:
30points
Flora Polvado 9 years ago
The tattoo on the tattoo actually looks better than the tattoo. Wait. What?
#25
Elvurs Prursley
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#26
Ryrannosaurus Tex
Final score:
23points
#27
Grean Dae
Frankie Wilde 9 years ago
He found the tattoo artist on the bulevard of broken dreams for sure :))
Ellie Attebery 9 years ago
And Frankie Wilde sorry at first glane thought it was the same person.
#28
Bustin Bieber
Final score:
22points
Shauday Smith 9 years ago
honestly, i'm more saddened by the hashtag they got .... this whole thing is a time stamp of fads.
Jeanne Deaux 9 years ago
"Loser", yeah that's it, this tattoo is perfect. Don't change anything on it.
#29
Percy Da Dog
Final score:
21points
#30
Gulk Hogan
Final score:
19points
Konstantin Nikolov 9 years ago
'cause he's fat and that's the only way to get some muscle on his body.. :)
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#31
White Tiger
Final score:
17points
#32
Bit Pull
#33
Perfect Portrait!
Mmfleshman 9 years ago
Not only is the tattoo bad but the guy wearing it must have lost a drunken bet
#34
Ladies And Gentlemen, The Beotles!
Ema Sklepic 9 years ago
what? this looks great!I mean i don't know if the likeness is correct but it looks ralistic haha xD :P
Rita Duncan 9 years ago
The photo of the Beatles tattoo on the Beatles themselves just looks so bad because the faces aren't upright
Eleanor Orser 8 years ago
They got Paul ok, and at least you know who they are. The likeness is pretty decent, just faces are too full.
#35
Nermern Reedus
#36
Jermes Hertfierld
#37
Jesus Man
#38
Success
Frankie Wilde 9 years ago
Scarface. Wtf is wrong with you? Can't see? :))))
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#39
Baby's Breakfast
Final score:
10points
Rumena Popova 9 years ago
That must be ''Bulgarian Child Eating A Rat'' by Salvador Dali. How used baby photo of the Bulgarian king Simeon II. So that is portrait of last King, it's fun I like it!
Dessira Buchholz 9 years ago
Love that you knew it was Dali! I thought I recognized it!
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Kenshin Tomoshima 4 years ago
This is supposed to be Salvador Dali's bulgarian child eating rat.
Daniel Wentzel 8 years ago
Mordrid from The Dark Tower, I'm guessing. Definitely far from the worst artwork. Not bad rendering.
Viola Venita 8 years ago
Bulgarian Child Eating a Rat, 1939 - Salvador Dali That's why ;) Tattoo is still f****d up though......
#40
Wedward
Final score:
10points
#41
Baby
Final score:
10points
Shauday Smith 9 years ago
i appreciate the color attempts... but floating baby head............
Jeanette Hart 9 years ago
They did it that way so that when it grows up, they can add the hair gradually. And teeth. And some earrings maybe. I've never seen a tattoo grow up, but you never know.
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#43
Majestic Tiger
Emily Softley 9 years ago
Wtf!! If the 'artwork' isn't bad enough, why the one arm and red eyes?
Shayenne Van Geel 9 years ago
Actually this kind of style is a sailor tattoo, not that it's that good
#44
Steve-O
Indian Gallivanters 9 years ago
To be honest this one is pretty close to reality... :D Good job!
KittyBax 9 years ago
Plus it's on his own back. He said "at least I don't have to look at it."
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Haley Todkill 9 years ago
In all fairness this probably is the better one out of them all ????
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.gas. 9 years ago
The thing about tattoos is, you can't go cheap. I say this a cheapskate. If it's going to be on your body for the rest of your life, spring for the extra few bucks and get a good artist. Even if you have to save for a few years. 'Cause these... wow.
Garry Tyler 9 years ago
Spot on mate!! No point pissing your money down the drain, save the extra pennies and check out the artists skill set first!! Don't just go to them as Auntie Pauline (its always a Pauline) has said, 'They ARE good and since they have just brought their first gun they will do a full back piece for £20 from the comfort of your own home'
Load More Replies... Rita Duncan 9 years ago
If I were getting a tattoo,which I would never do, I would have them sketch it for me on paper first so you can see what it would look like
Becky Hendrickson Monska 9 years ago
Real tattoo artists do. These are like when someone owes you money but can't pay "but i can tat you upreal good!"
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Shaun Antnin 9 years ago
Someone gets a tattoo of Michael Jackson and has 'He touched so many' written below it. Oh my days!
Hans 9 years ago
There are two kinds of tattoos in this series. a) Such that are so blatantly stupid that both the "artist" and the one getting tattooed must have been badly drunk and irresponsibe even on top of that. b) Those that you guess where done with skill but not with afterthought – and then time did it's job. Most people will say "no, that does not happen" but many of these particularly artistic series of tattoos posted on Board Panda will have some tattoos that turn to new entries for this page.
Anupam Chawaria 5 years ago
I haven't laughed this much in while as i did today after watching these artworks. Thank you creators and article makers.
Brian Knapp 8 years ago
I thought 32 and 41 were done pretty well. I'd never get a tattoo though.
Elisn Klein 8 years ago
Tbh except for the peoples faces which don't look good like never, I'd wear most of these with pride. Like.. it's definitely better than having chinese signs that everybody has and no one knows what they mean or like barbed wires or stuff like that...
Majka Grenova 8 years ago
am i the only one admitting that not all of them are actually bad? just the pic of the tattoo was made by the wrong angle or that the 41 is nice but made by not that realistic style and the 44 is actually very good piece of art:/ ....who made this article? ....i would apologize to at least those 2 guys
.gas. 9 years ago
The thing about tattoos is, you can't go cheap. I say this a cheapskate. If it's going to be on your body for the rest of your life, spring for the extra few bucks and get a good artist. Even if you have to save for a few years. 'Cause these... wow.
Garry Tyler 9 years ago
Spot on mate!! No point pissing your money down the drain, save the extra pennies and check out the artists skill set first!! Don't just go to them as Auntie Pauline (its always a Pauline) has said, 'They ARE good and since they have just brought their first gun they will do a full back piece for £20 from the comfort of your own home'
Load More Replies... Rita Duncan 9 years ago
If I were getting a tattoo,which I would never do, I would have them sketch it for me on paper first so you can see what it would look like
Becky Hendrickson Monska 9 years ago
Real tattoo artists do. These are like when someone owes you money but can't pay "but i can tat you upreal good!"
Load More Replies... Shaun Antnin 9 years ago
Someone gets a tattoo of Michael Jackson and has 'He touched so many' written below it. Oh my days!
Hans 9 years ago
There are two kinds of tattoos in this series. a) Such that are so blatantly stupid that both the "artist" and the one getting tattooed must have been badly drunk and irresponsibe even on top of that. b) Those that you guess where done with skill but not with afterthought – and then time did it's job. Most people will say "no, that does not happen" but many of these particularly artistic series of tattoos posted on Board Panda will have some tattoos that turn to new entries for this page.
Anupam Chawaria 5 years ago
I haven't laughed this much in while as i did today after watching these artworks. Thank you creators and article makers.
Brian Knapp 8 years ago
I thought 32 and 41 were done pretty well. I'd never get a tattoo though.
Elisn Klein 8 years ago
Tbh except for the peoples faces which don't look good like never, I'd wear most of these with pride. Like.. it's definitely better than having chinese signs that everybody has and no one knows what they mean or like barbed wires or stuff like that...
Majka Grenova 8 years ago
am i the only one admitting that not all of them are actually bad? just the pic of the tattoo was made by the wrong angle or that the 41 is nice but made by not that realistic style and the 44 is actually very good piece of art:/ ....who made this article? ....i would apologize to at least those 2 guys
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