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50 Horrible Tattoos People Thought Were A Good Idea But Got Shamed For In This Facebook Group (New Pics)
Good tattoo artists sometimes don’t get the attention and respect that they deserve. Some people simply assume that high-quality ink is par for the course. It’s only after you’ve seen just how bad things can truly get that you start developing an even deeper appreciation for good designs and techniques.
The ‘That’s It, I’m Inkshaming’ Facebook group calls out the worst of the worst tattoos that have ever found their way on someone’s skin. They gently poke fun at the designs and share the photos as a warning for everyone to put some thought into choosing their artists. It’s all done in good spirits though, as the point is to mock the actual art, not the people who got them.
Scroll down for some jaw-droppingly bad ink, upvote the tattoos that you’d hate to get the most, and let us know in the comments if you’ve ever had any ink regrets, Pandas. Meanwhile, if you’d like to see some more God-awful tattoos, you can take a peek at Bored Panda’s previous feature about the Facebook group right over here.
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#1
Every One Hates It But This Dumb Tattoo Makes Me Giggle Every Time I Look At It
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#3
Not Sure If Wolf Utterly Surprised, Or If Wolf Gonna Hork
#4
Dwight Shrute Lookin Lion
#5
Anyone Else Thinks That Looks Like A Big Bruise ?
#6
It's Like Looking In A Mirror!
#7
They’re So Realistic, I Can’t Tell Which Ones Are Fake
#8
While Looking For Scar Coverage Tattoos, I Found This Gem
#9
That Lasagna Looks Crisp
#10
When Your Mate Gets A Tattoo Gun
#11
What She Asked For.. vs. What She Got
Little Wonder 4 years ago
Oh noooooooooooo on the neck too. Turtlenecks for the rest of her life!
#12
That Wolf Has Seen Some Stuff
#13
My Ex Sent Me This Yesterday. That’s On His Throat. I Can’t Even Tell What Exactly It’s Supposed To Be. I Do Know That It Looks Horrific
#14
There Are No Redeeming Qualities
#15
Someone Made A Serious Oopsie
#17
Boyfriends Brother Tattooed A Friend Last Night In Our Garage
Little Wonder 4 years ago
I like this one, which is worrying. I feel like my standards are dropping the further down this list I go.
#18
Dude Has Hemorrhoids As Eyes
#19
Really Love How The Artist Thought The Skull Was Wrinkly Like The Skin
#20
Why Does She Look Like She’s Pooping Out A Chakra
#21
When You Get Stoned And Eat A Whole Cherry Pie
#22
I Have Never Seen A Back Wing Tattoo That I Liked. But This One… This I Hate Even More Than The Others
#23
Tiger... Lilly?
#24
Maybe Don’t Actually Just Do It?
#25
I’ve Seen Road Rash On A Butt Cheek, And This Looks Like Road Rash On A Buttcheek
Amanda Rose 4 years ago
I can't imagine what that would look like as it fades with time. I can see the medical file though - "not a rash, just a really red tattoo".
#26
It's The Centipede Cat Arm For Me
#27
Local Shop Keeps Reposting This Like They're Really Proud Of It
#28
No Step On Poop Snek
#29
Uh, My Eyes Are Down Here
#30
The Only Thing Worse Than The Execution Is The Concept Itself
RighteousFartBox 4 years ago
A rapist designs a rape tattoo. 0/10. Stop justifying your failure, bruh.
#31
Awww Heart Poopies
#32
More Like Stupidity
#33
This Key Wouldn't Even Fit On That Keyhole
#35
Never Seen A One Legged, Half-Tailed Mermaid Before
#36
Its So Bad It's Good
#37
Permanently Filthy. Big Win!
American Panda 4 years ago
Why tattoo the fingers at all? It doesn’t seem to go with the rest of the design at all
#38
Its So Bad, But Its Cute
#39
That Palm Has As Much Cellulite As The Parts Under My Butt Cheeks
#40
This Was An Ad In My Insta Feed From A Tattoo Shop For Their Custom Design Cover Up
Biliegh Berrie 4 years ago
Dude, give me the owl anyday!!!!!! That cover-up is horrendous. The snake with the red squares looks better than this lol
#41
What Someone Who’s Never Seen A Snake Before Drew After A Blind Person Described To Them What A Snake Looks Like
#42
When Getting A Tattoo The Absolute Last Thing I Would Care About Is How Fast The Tattooist Is
#43
The "Bones" Look More Like Boners
#44
I'd Hate To See The Worst
#45
It Says "There Are Twice As Many Stars As Usual" And The Drawing Was Supposed To Be Used As A Rough Sketch
He showed me his vision and it looked great, then never shaded it, just told me it looked good and I owed him 400
Little Wonder 4 years ago
Oh that's a shame, I know the poem this is based on and it could have been so gorgeous. Also check me out, knowing a poem. I'm so classy.
#46
They Have A Negative Heart Beat?
#47
Sure It Does
#48
*looks At A Paper Of Bird Anatomy* *tosses Over Shoulder*
#49
Part Of It Is Invisible... I Just... Wow... Nope
Shelli Aderman 4 years ago (edited)
I was all, this is fine! It’s lovely, in fact. And then… what in the mobius strip?!
#50
Eww On A F**kin Bed? Seems Sanitary
#51
A Little Batman My Daughter Drew, Because Everybody Needs A Little Super Hero
I think it's awesome, but it's not good- good by any means
#52
Turtlenecks For Life!!!
#53
An Artist I Went To Once (And Regretted) Posted This Spider Today And All I Can See Is Hairy Nutsack Fangs
#54
My Mom Didn't Like This One
#55
Another Hour?? To Do What?? Make More Mistakes????
#56
This Is...... A Lot To Take In
#57
The Piece, The Placement (Above Belly Button) And The Audacity… Send Help To This Man
#58
Found In The Wild
#59
This Is A Photo Of Someone Spreading Covid
#60
Those Tires Are Flat Lol
#61
Why
American Panda 4 years ago
The bottom part of the…rose?…honestly looks like someone used Microsoft Paint to black out whatever is really there.
#62
Dollar Store Jesus
#63
Self- Shame Sunday, But Not Really Because I Regret Nothing, Lol. Meet Sharkita
#64
What Artist Doesn’t Know The Order Of The Rainbow?!
#65
Expectations vs. Reality
#66
Is This Celtic For “Bad Choice?”
#68
Joke's On Him
PolymathNecromancer 4 years ago (edited)
California Beavis........ Actually, looks like Butthead too, or maybe a combination, like Califobuttbeavishead
#69
Fiona Oxton
#70
This Is The Most Texan Thing I've Ever Seen
#71
Jerssika Ribbet
Biliegh Berrie 4 years ago
How do these people get these jobs without even being able to draw?
#72
How Is Babby Formed?
#73
This Person Has Never Seen A Snake
#74
Awh Poor Person
#75
I Was Simply Looking At Joker Tattoos For Ideas, And Then I Found This
#76
It’s A Woman Crying Into Her Heavily Mutated Hands After Ingesting Toxic Waste After A Bad Break Up. Her Insides Are All Jumbled Up Now
#77
Black Coffee Bean Pigeon
#78
No One Will Let This Woman Be Dead In Peace. Every Bad Portrait Wakes Her Up
#79
Poor Vaporeon
#80
Crooked A** Lines And Hot Dog A** Fingers
American Panda 4 years ago
I don’t get the text. Is it supposed to be intimidating? Funny? Intimidatingly funny?
#81
A Girl That Used To Bully Me In High Schools New Ink. Maybe She Bullied The Artist Too
Wingo Lamo 4 years ago
Yeah. I'm so Fearless! Fear Me! Oh and make sure it's small and up under my hair so my parents don't see.
#82
What’s Happening With Her Leg?! His Back?! Their Hands?
Remi (He/Him) 4 years ago
Turn them 90 degrees and we can see through the huge hole on the guy's side
#83
Found On Tinder...... Hope Youre Not In Here
#84
Ooof ...what They Got vs. What They Asked For
#85
It's Sad That She Recorded His Heart Attack On Her Arm Forever
#86
I'd Miss My Parents Too If I Had That Tattoo Cause They Wouldn't Speak To Me With How Bad That Is
#88
"This Is Exactly What They Asked For"
#89
I Asked For The Cancer Zodiac Sign, I Got 69
#90
"Hi Yes I'd Like My Ear To Look Like A Wetherspoons Plate Please"
#91
That Owl Has Seen Some Things
#93
Done Sitting On My Bed With A Bottle Of Pink Whitney By My Late Husband. Tattooing Was Not His Calling
#94
This Was Supposed To Be The Girls Mom
#95
Seems Legit
#96
Saw This In Another Group Lol
#97
From A Disney Group
#98
Cursed Sour Gummy Worm And Big Toe Nail Clipping. I Like The Symbolism
#99
Live People Ignore ... What???
Little Wonder 4 years ago
There's a Beetlejuice quote in there somewhere, but you have to assemble it yourself. it's an Ikea tattoo.
#100
Found In A Tattoo Apprentice Group
#101
I Love When People Get Fonts In Microscopic Sizes And Expect Them To Last The Rest Of Time
#103
Jesus
#104
Eeeek
#105
I Don’t Understand
#106
10 Years Will Do Your Tattoos No Justice. Lol
kath morgan 4 years ago
That is super useful to see from the perspective of designing or planning a tattoo
#107
What A Horrible Coverup
#108
I Work At A Nursing Home And It Gets Called A Wolf Or A Llama. It Is Supposed To Be Baphomet
#109
From A Hometown Tattoo Artist
#110
I Didn't Realize How Hard It Is To Take A Photo Of My Own Ankles
#111
Girl Friend? Gluten Free? Giant Fart?
#112
It’s So Irresponsible To Do A Memorial Piece Poorly
#113
Why Are The Edges Cut Off
#114
Steve Broke Her Heart
#115
The Anime Groups Never Stop
#116
Found On A Ghostbusters Fan Page
Daniel Atkins 4 years ago
So this person just imagined the most harmless thing they could think of as a tattoo.
#117
If You’re Going To Reach For The Stars, Reach For The Lowest Star You Can
#119
Tell Me Your Name Is Kyle Without Telling Me Your Name Is Kyle
Shelby Minchew 4 years ago
Hose much did Monster pay you for such promotion? Just don't say they paid in Monster drink? Is that what caused this bad decision?
#120
At First Glance It Wasn’t So Bad…. And Then The Eyes… The Eyes!!!
#121
Whoever Tattooed This Should Not Be Tattooing On Human Skin
#122
On A Local Artist Page.... I Cannot!!
#123
Oh My Glob
#124
A Pmu Artist Who Now Does Tattoos…. And She ”specializes” In Microblading (Brows)
#125
Found In A Scuba Group. Guess What I Am?
#126
Octobooty
#128
My Newest Addition! I Always Said I Would Never Get Tattooed Outside Of A Shop, And Then I Realized Life Is Short, And We Should Do What Makes Us Happy
So, today I let my brother-in-law tattoo me. Anytime someone leaves our house we say “love you, bye”, so it has a special meaning. It’s terrible and I absolutely love it!
#129
From A Book Group I’m In
#130
Everyone’s Saying The Artist Should Be In Inkmaster
#132
She's Proud Of Her "Kentucky"
#133
Dr Martens In Process Lol. Why!?! Looks Like His Skin Was Peeled Off His Foot
#134
Found In A Fb Mountain Bike Group
#135
#136
I Just Can't With My Local Shop Anymore
#137
Someone Needs To Put That Poor Animal Out Of Its Misery
Daniel Atkins 4 years ago
Is that a Star Wars character or is the one of Davey Jones’s crewmen from the movie?
#138
She Absolutely Loves It Which Is Fine I Guess? I’m Glad Because I’d Be P*ssed
#140
It’s Supposed To Be Chester Bennington
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What do you think ?
Rachel Reynolds 4 years ago
Several of these are very well done pieces that someone just didn't like the style/art. But yeah, most of them are c**p.
Gavin Johnson 4 years ago
And this article is the perfect example of why you do your homework. Check you artists other work, check their hygiene systems, check that they are comfortable doing the style you want, talk to them and be sure that they understand what you are looking for, spell check everything, then spell check it again, and whatever you do make sure that you are sober when you sign on the dotted line to approve that work. Do not let a mate with a gun ‘have a go’. Did I mention spell check?
Hey! 4 years ago
Years ago one of my friends came over to show the new lettering on his truck to advertise his new company. I looked at it 5 seconds and said there was a mistake. "Where?" "Right here" "No, you're wrong" **get the dictionary** "Well, he didn't fix it" "That's not his job, it's yours". He said it cost him too much to get it fixed. I hope he remembers for the next truck.
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Scot Northern 4 years ago
These articles are just mean. What's the point? Do you feel better for making fun of someone? Would you tell them to their face?
Rachel Reynolds 4 years ago
Several of these are very well done pieces that someone just didn't like the style/art. But yeah, most of them are c**p.
Gavin Johnson 4 years ago
And this article is the perfect example of why you do your homework. Check you artists other work, check their hygiene systems, check that they are comfortable doing the style you want, talk to them and be sure that they understand what you are looking for, spell check everything, then spell check it again, and whatever you do make sure that you are sober when you sign on the dotted line to approve that work. Do not let a mate with a gun ‘have a go’. Did I mention spell check?
Hey! 4 years ago
Years ago one of my friends came over to show the new lettering on his truck to advertise his new company. I looked at it 5 seconds and said there was a mistake. "Where?" "Right here" "No, you're wrong" **get the dictionary** "Well, he didn't fix it" "That's not his job, it's yours". He said it cost him too much to get it fixed. I hope he remembers for the next truck.
Load More Replies... Scot Northern 4 years ago
These articles are just mean. What's the point? Do you feel better for making fun of someone? Would you tell them to their face?
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