47 Times Tattoo Owners Proudly Posted Their New Tattoos Online Just To Realize They Made A Mistake
You know what's worse than having a messed up tattoo design on your skin forever? Getting called out about that epic fail online.
Below, Bored Panda has put together a list of tattoo ideas that were messed up really bad and then called out online. Whether it was a missing letter or a spelling mistake - all of these bad tattoos were horribly failed, and now the whole world knows about them... I smell regret and tattoo removal appointments here if you ask me. Keep on scrolling to check these tattoo fails out, and don't forget to vote for the worst tattoo!
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New Tattoo
Studied Chinese for many years. The first two are definitely Japanese kanji for "idiot". "外人" means foreigner in Japanese/Chinese
No, "馬鹿" does stand for "idiot", but it is definitely not Japanese, but Chinese. If you don't trust me, I'm Hong Kongese and Chinese is my first language ."外人" does mean foreigner in Japanese and Chinese tho.
Load More Replies...That's what you get for wanting a tattoo in a language you haven't bothered to learn I guess.
Yep. BAKA = the characters for Horse and Deer. In other words a totally useless stupid animal that is a cross between a horse and a dear. GAIJIN - characters which represent the character for external/outside, and the character for PERSON. Thus, a totally stupid/useless/misbegotten cross between a horse and deer which has no functional reason for existing and the word for outsider. Charming!!!!!
This is in japanese kanji. Which really says "idiot foreigner", read as "baka gaijin"
Load More Replies...Life Go's On
The next time anyone gripes, and moans and groans and asks WHY do we need to take classes in English or have spelling or anything else in this area in life because computers do everything for us now. First of all, computers are ONLY as intelligent as the person who programs it. Then, show them this tattoo. If I know most people under the age of 30, they ask, "well what's wrong with it?" That makes the point right there.
see some peeps become tattoo artists because they really didnt do well in school... Exhibit A
And some of did do well in school and went to University to study art and also check and recheck spelling and punctuation before tattooing any lettering
Load More Replies...What's up with people overusing -'s instead of just -s or -es nowadays?
How on earth does one not realise that it's "goes" not "go's"? UGH!
she's american they f**k up the English Language without even trying................
Load More Replies...Penta - 5 Points
Have the faith, you know the quote assigned to Einstein: "Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity"
Load More Replies...If pentagram, then hexagram. If Star Satan, then Star of David. Just put things straight.
Do your research before permanently marking your body, people! It's not that hard!
Love Overcomes All Obstacles
that's how i also perceived it at first. thought the messae was written by the tattoo owner itself, and i could see nothing peculiar with it lol
Load More Replies...Oh F*ck
Either way, it's backwards lol. You'd rather die for something than live for nothing. Smh
Hahaha you're right! I didn't even think about that until I read your comment & realized how non-philosophical this tattoo is. I think most people would rather live as something than die a useless piece of c**p lol.
Load More Replies...So after you live for something, you're going to die as nothing? WOW. That's f****d up, Dude.
Fortunately the typeface is so horrible, no-one will want to read it.
Girl Who Posts A Lot Of Religiously Passionate Statuses Ended Up Showing Off Her Tattoo
Oh thanks! I thought that "maybe" I had a twisted mind. I was maybe right but at least I'm not alone !
Load More Replies...1. It's terrible 2. It looks like a**s with wings 3. Another religious who knows s**t about own religion
Don't forget that passages from Leviticus forbid tattoos and are very against.
Um, the "n" in Fallen looks like an "r". "Faller Angel." I would get my money back.
I was reading comments to check that SOMEBODY had pointed that out already.
Load More Replies...None of the comments are particularly striking, like the ones about bad foreign tattoos, but the thing's pretty s****y-looking.
so true! the lines are shaky, the tattoo isn't centered, the lettering isn't spaced right.... not to mention it looks like a b******e with wings
Load More Replies...Patients Is A Virtue
Wanted to say thesame ........maybe the physician meant patient patients
Load More Replies...I'm beginning to think every tattoo artist should invest in a good, multi-lingual spelling dictionary
What I don't get is how can both artist and customer be equally oblivious!
Please tell me you are a medical professional and not just a f*****g MORON. They do ask you to "proof" their work prior to inking you.
Or a nurse, although then it would be more likely to read "Nurses are patient people".
Load More Replies...You have to be patient with the people who will bash you after seeing this.
Picnic Table
Since it's flipped I cant be sure. But I think it's "xie hua" (withered flower) "wei lian" (william in chinese). Did I read that wrongly? But pretty sure it isn't picnic table hahaha. The friend is just messing with her
Actually... think it could be the sound of "Sarah William" it would suck if it's not here name though.........
Load More Replies...NEVER GET A TATTOO IN CHINESE OR JAPANESE CHARACTERS UNLESS YOU SPEAK THE LANGUAGE.
It's "xie rui" "wei lian" so her name should be Sherry William I guess.
Powerful Soul
Maybe you could someone defend it "A bass clef is strong and deep and powerful." Or something like that.
Lesbian Tattoo Fail
Among other things. The male symbol also represents a spear (which is phalic indeed), and the female Aphordite's mirror (and the general map of a woman's internal reproduction organs, not that it was known in Ancient Greece).
Thank you, I was just about to write that. "Cross so the arrow can aim" Jeez.
Load More Replies...No! The male symbol represents the arrow shot by Apollo, the Greek god of the sun! And the female symbol represents the goddess Venus's mirror.
Ugh nooo the male symbol is a shield and spear, and the female symbol is a mirror (Even tho it's a bit sexist) NOT a penis and a target
Nancy's explanation LMAO "female represents a target, I guess for the male penis to aim for" omfg (also... the MALE penis as opposed to the female penis obviously...) I just????
The male symbol represents Mars, the female symbol represents Venus.
Load More Replies...That my friends is what we used to call a poser... Claiming an identity as your own without actually knowing anything about it. Smh
Well she probably really is a homosexual. She's also just an idiot.
Load More Replies...What's "Shutterstock"?
hahaha "the artist" signed if for me !!!! should have signed 'with love, photoshop"
Never mind... I just realized what you meant! I thought she lifted the pic & dumb person included the watermark!
Load More Replies...Wow, why would you post that you got a tattoo that you did not get? Good chance people would ask to see it in person. Dummy!
Haha for that girl I hope it is fake. It would be funny if he "signed" it.
Load More Replies...Not to worry, I'm sure she'll do a better photo shop job when she gets her "Steves done"
As Soongebob once said, "This is not your everyday stupid... this is ADVANCED stupid."
Family Is Everithing
Both are really bad. I've read an opinion article from a tattoo artist about text tattoos and I agree. Stick with pictures. http://seppukutattoo.blogspot.ca/2012/02/letter-of-law-laws-for-lettering-and.html
Load More Replies...Plus the fact is looks like As... sorry dude I'm too OCD to be in your company right now
Not the worst tat spelling error I've seen, but the calligraphy on this one is what bothers me the most... Especially the "I" in "is" lol
Hahah, that's not calligraphy in any circumstances. :')
Load More Replies...Anchors Sink! Why Is That So Hard To Understand?
I always figured this tattoo meant that you had a anchor in life and that you refused to let the storms of life sweep you away and make you sink. Not that you are an actual anchor.
If y'all had more sea experience, you'd know the anchor is supposed to keep a boat from being blown/pushed by waves onto reefs, rocks, out of protected spot. To where more likely to crash, be overwhelmed, be broken, lost, sunk. So anchor helps keep from sinking.
Load More Replies...Here is the thing.. Yes anchors are designed to sink, but they are also designed to keep a boat anchored and safe from hitting rocks and such. It keeps a boat stable in stormy conditions. The problem with this tattoo is the he has the words "Refuse To Sink" which add a anchor to it and it makes it look idiotic. It would have been better if he had words like "refuse to give up" or "steady like and anchor".......Let than "sink" in ;)
Maybe put angel wings on the anchor. "Refuse to sink" Like semantics... you're suppose to sink but your wings just keeps you up! I don't what I'm talking about I hope somebody can understand. haha!
Haha just put the angel wings by the anchor and I guarantee someone in my church could figure out some inspiring image and find a quote and scripture passage to go along with it. Rather than turning it into a tattoo, they'd make a cute little image to add to their Pinterest board! Omg!
Load More Replies...I'm more focused on the comment that say they hope "God puts a hedge of protection around you". Beyond the superstitious guff, why would you want a HEDGE as metaphorical protection? Surely you could've said shield or wall?
I was gonna write "or a submarine" but then remembered they could sink, too.
Load More Replies...What's even worse is that I've seen several people just today with the same tattoo.
I don't think this one really counts. Being taken to literally, considering the possibilities.
That's The Way It Said
Yeah anyone saying they "double checked" after writing "A" instead of "I" should be fined.
Load More Replies...Put in Google 'lyrics tina turner te best'... voila propa site!
Load More Replies...The way she spells- she probably propa googled some propa site for propa anti- grammar people. Ha ha
Based on the spelling in her answer, of course it looked fine to her...
blindsided by denial someone should say read it out loud " im stuck on you are heart " now sure that makes a heap of sense NOT...look it up all you want its wrong also i really wanna know what "im" is ? spider to be i am -I'm another mistake!,
In My Day...
looks like the baby in the face of the other guy (first page) haha but older
These are all good examples of why art is for walls and words are for books..
Looks like a deformed potato grew a face, then doodled all over its face with black marker.
If Uncle Fester bread with a Gray alien, this would be the offspring...
one day maybe in a few decades when cyber-tattoos exist some guy in Texas is going to say " In my day if you liked some one we would just tattoo them on our face"...
You Won't Even See The Hands
The whole thing is horrendous. Better draw a big X over it and start fresh, on himself this time as his victim has suffered enough already.
I'd leave it as-is. A good tattoo artist can cover up thin lines like that.
Load More Replies...Is That A Farret Coming Out A Dream Catcher?
Just Change Birth Certificate
The 8 is even mirrored in the 2008, he seriously didn't even stop to think that there was no way the VIII could be a 5?!
At least there are also 31 days in May, would have been worse if it was mistaken to february...There only ppl who know his real birthday can tell it's wrong
Yes! Because completely changing their birth certificate is better than changing the actual tattoo!!! Right?!
Seriously? A simple check on Google will give you the correct numerals, but that was too simple eh?
wait, 2008?! This is from a nine-year old? jesus, don't they have anything better to do than destroy their body so early in life?
I'm pretty sure that is mom, with the incorrect roman numerals for her child's birth date..
Load More Replies...Simple fix.? LOL... you can't change your birth certificate, unless you change your gender. :D
My Friend Posted His First Tattoo On Fb Today. There Was A Minor Problem
I like how the other parts of the world does it Day/Month/Year U.S it's Month/Day/Year
A Friend On Fb Posted A Picture Of Her New Tattoo, I Don't Think That's An M
They just can't accept it was a stupid mistake. Its SO obvious their brains can't process it
Load More Replies...And this is what happens when you stop teaching cursive in schools. Lol.
I am just curious why "Your N" is in print and the rest was suppose to be cursive
She should put a little stick in the middle of the second "n" to make it look like an "m".
You can see it's not a N,but a little m. See? m is created from 2 curves :))m m
And no one notices that "your" is in almost comic sans and "nane" is in cursive. There is nothing redeemable in this tattoo
They got it so they can make a lame joke and say I bet you that I have your name written on my arm.
To Weird To Live To Rare To Die
Wouldn't you think that the tattoo artists (most of them) could be the voice of reason and say hey you're spelling this s**t wrong?
Too weird to live? If that were the case, half the population would be gone!
Wooden Log
At least she can pretend that's what it was supposed to be in the first place. Like.. .Every epic journey starts by passing your fencepost, or something like that ;-)
Load More Replies...What rolls down stairs Alone or in pairs, And over your neighbor's dog? What's great for a snack, And fits on your back? It's log, log, log It's log, it's log, It's big, it's heavy, it's wood. It's log, it's log, it's better than bad, it's good. " Everyone wants a log You're gonna love it, log Come on and get your log Everyone needs a log Log log log *Whistle* Log from blammo
That's a stump with teeny arms will not pass quality control inspection for crucifying purposes Sorry
"It's log, it's log, It's big, it's heavy, it's wood. It's log, it's log, it's better than bad, it's good."
Jesus died on the log for us. Ps don't christians know it's a sin to get yourself tattoed?😅
Brutal Honesty About New Tattoos
The "sideways vagina" comment! hahaha that will pass as appendectomy scar
Only if the surgeon bored a hole in her with a coochie cutter to get at the appendix.
Load More Replies...It you are going to get a tattoo, you have to spend the money to hire someone who knows what they are doing.
Tattoos are permanent and this is something that you should do your homework on before getting. See if the artist has done something similar to what you want in the past so you can see he is able to do it. I remember walking in to a tattoo shop and the guy pointed out who the artist was that that would be working on me. I looked over at the persons back he was currently working on, and it looked like someone was bending down to take a s**t. I don't know what that person was going for but I got out of there as fast as I could.
Looks like an old stab wound that someone drew a red circle around with a sharpie.
yes but the lips around nowadays after injections are just like this
Never Loose Hope
One of my biggest pet peeve is people who spell loose instead of lose.
Internet Knows Better
Hans says: please send all your money. Checks go to Hans Inc., 42 Rippoff Lane, Scamton 2345, Absurdistan
Load More Replies...Or a bluish LED light source, or the wrong white-balance setting some other way.
Load More Replies...Because the internet is the fountain of all knowledge and it's always correct. It never lie's
"i googled it"... just to check ...because i was getting selfies while i was in school, didn't learn much
Oh internet grammat along with autocorrect..."GO HOME! You're drunk!"😂
There's autocorrect! F*****g "grammat"' WTF?! Lol GRAMMAR! Jesus!!!
Load More Replies...I love the excuse internet excuse. Because it's such a horrible one.
What Happened Here
Even if it was spelt right, that still would've been the worst tattoo I've ever seen in my life. Home job?
How is it supposed to be spelt and what is it supposed to say?
Load More Replies...Why is it that whenever you see juggalos they always seem to be doing something stupid? Its like that facepaint sucks the common sense out of people. "Should I get my tattoo in a clean, sanitary environment from an experienced professional? Nah. I'll just do it myself with a pen and this safety pin I found in the bottom of my change dish." Idiots.
At least their taking themselves out of the gene pool. She's going to at least lose the leg if she's not careful!
Load More Replies...Well, it's best to just give up on Juggalos in any situation. She was doomed from the start.
and yes a Juggalo is the worst thing any redneck could aspire too besides being a stand up comedian
Load More Replies...This looks more like a word cut into the skin with a knife and then rubbed with ash. The scaring will be horrific.
Maybe she has a mental problem (mania) because you can not be happy with a tat like that. I think its sad
Yarrr
PEOPLE......Did schools stop teaching English grammar and spelling classes after third grade? If I had $5 for EVERY mistake involving the word or word combinations of "your" and "you're" and "yours" I see online in blogs and shamefully in website of commercial retail business sites I could not only have purchased a luxury vehicle within the last 10 years I most likely would be able to get the beach house I want. Have high schools discontinued requiring PASSING grades in English classes? Do teachers no longer correct grammatical mistakes on papers? This is what happens to generations of students when they're allowed to live their lives on computers. It's exactly the way people reacted when some wanted to allow students the use of calculators in math classes. It destroys the ability to think. Soon we will have an entire society that can't think on its own. I doubt if 1 out of a 100 clerks today who wait on customers can make change if a register didn't give them the amount.
This pirate be wearin' CARRRRRHARRRRTTS...but seriously. Why did he get a tattoo of a brown drinking straw? Is that for his rum?
I can imagine real pirates defending themselves. I dident go to school!
Amor Vincit Omina
The person has never "heard" not "heart" which is the muscle in your body that pumps blood lol
Load More Replies...I guess she didn't specify the question asked to a latin teacher :P
ah, see, saw the comment first.. sad.. it was a good idea..
Load More Replies...It's Get Better
I bet the tattooist tried to suggest they had it wrong, and got pooh-poohed.
Great Dolphin Tattoo With Bradley's Name Under It
That's the first thing I noticed, too. She clearly already has an infection going on.
Load More Replies...WTF, it looked like she let a kid draw a picture and that is what she got tattooed on her. What dolphin?
Can someone read? "My sister fianace"? His/her sister's name is Fianace? are we talking abour the sister's fiancé? Is he 5? Is that a real tatoo or a joke about letting a 5 years old drawing a "tatoo" on your arm with a BIC pen?
Looks like her tattoo was done by Crayola crayons...seriously!
That dolphin is worse than my art, and that’s saying something.......
Failed To Mention Something
It is... Dumbledore says that to Harry in CoS, after Harry confesses that the Hat wanted to sort him in Slytherin.
Load More Replies...I cant be mad at the idiot for this one because im just too sad they messen up the harry potter quote. :'(
Still Love It
When they say "i love my new tattoo" is totally the opposite... all the time
actually i find that most of these spelling errors are made on HIDEOUS tats.
Load More Replies...'where' is a place... we're is short for 'we are'... I am dumbfounded!
This... This hurts my heart. Oh god. I love that quote, and they misspelled it. I do not approve of this act. Revenge will be mine!!
So wrong word and wrong author of the quote hahahaha she could always add the cat but the where is a doozy
The character may be different, the author of the quote has not changed.
Load More Replies...Your
Am I the only one concerned about the obvious massive amount of sun damage she has to her skin? She's gonna look like an old saddle when she's 40!
What sun damage are you on about? I just see ink that needs washing off and cream on the tattoo.
Load More Replies...Also, the lyrics are wrong. It's "be the one THAT saves me" not "who". LOL
WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT ON PURPOSE?! Sorry, but that messed with my head. Still: why!?
Trying to make excuses to cover their regret, that's why.
Load More Replies...Bollocks did he spell it wrong on purpose! Trying to save front but it didn't work
Is It Too Late To Return It?
I am seriously shocked by all these bad tattoos. Some people just shouldn't be allowed to operate an ink gun...
As long as there are customers that are proud to exhibit those piece of "art", why would you prevent them to be happy? I guess some people just have the tattoo artist they deserve
Load More Replies...I couldn't even tell what the second word was to be I had to look at the comments lol
Is it suppose to say "Live Free" ? Can't read it. Maybe that's a good thing.
Whoops
The hell?!? How do they not catch this during the stencil, tattooing and the finished product until someone else points it out
Cerys, it's suppose to say Angel not Angle. Angel like the winged ladies in heaven versus angle like in triangle.
"its spelled wrong" 🤣🤣 must've leant how to "spelled wrong" from you... you mean "it's spelt incorrectly".
Awsome
Spelling Error
didn't even bother reading it because the font hurts my eyes lol
Load More Replies...They probably got it done at the "you get, what you get" tattoo shop :D
So My Friend Noticed Something Off About This Girl's Tattoo
That's gonna turn into a blurry mess. I mean more of a burry mess than it is now. So on a plus side you won't be able to tell it's spelt wrong
That Is Just Horrendous
I think in most of these cases they have a friend that wants to tattoo and they agree to let them try....Without realizing that u never start directly on human body and you need to rly train before doing a tattoo...
Load More Replies...Okay, how the flying F**K do you mess up elementary school shapes!?
Looks like he was jabbing at his skin with a pen. But seriously, that looks infected.
Isn't It?
If there wasn't a question mark, sure. That is going to make it more complicated...
Load More Replies...This one is an easier fix also, but still make sure you and the artist know what is supposed to say before he turns that gun on.
i would actually draw/write it on a peice of paper show it to the trusted tattooer THEN once he FULLY understands what is on the peice of paper THEN and only THEN can he turn that gun on
Load More Replies...She did play the stereotypical ditsy blonde a lot. This could actually be the quote...
Who's Is Your Tattoo Artist?
"A 3rd degree burn is your only option now man" HAHAHA really? this comment made my day.
Did the guy try to have "yolo" done? The font is so bad I honestly can't tell.
Why did he have the name of a wine company tattooed on his arm? Gallo?
I have some hope for this guy. He corrected his spelling at 11.03pm. Maybe the end result will cover most of this up.
Sorry I didn't understand your insulting and confusing "joke". Still no idea what this is meant to say.
Facebook At It Again
Damn, that better be some strong a*s weed in El Salvador or we better find the guy who hit her in the face with a 2x4
Still Gonna Go To The Same Guy
It'a Rorschach Test. What you see reveal everything about you. I see a christic form with tentacles on the soulders....
Load More Replies...It's so obvious! It's a flying cheese grater. This person is obviously a Pastafarian, who worships the Flying Spaghetti Monster.
It looks like a cheese grater on top of some chicken wings? It's awful!
Looks like a grilled chicken split in half by a cheese grater to me.
A bottle of vodka, draped with a scarf that sprouted wings and flew away...? I give up...
No Regard For The Consequnce
Loveing
What does it say anyway? "In loveing ?anel Brooks memory". "lol idk" says it all about this girl.
Yeah, after the spelling hiccup I wondered for a too long while what it's actually saying
Load More Replies...Saving Space
It's fine since 'their' wasn't enough space. He HAD to use this letter size.
I know, I'm going to come up with some dumb a*s excuse for my mistake.
This "to" shall pass and the symbol of christianity... is he/she saying christianity will pass ? What is the meaning... I'm confused
Same Meaning, Different Spelling
"I before E except after C..." didn't we all learn that in 3rd grade?
It's really annoying though as 'I' looks so much nicer after a 'c'. Who made up these crazy rules? It get's quite annoying too when American's tell me I've mispelled something when I haven't, it's correct in British English, just not in American English 😐
Load More Replies...How hard is it, between at least two people, to get spelling and grammar correct in your own language?
In a world where tattoo fails are often met with laughter and criticism, it's essential to remind ourselves of the subjectivity of art. While some tattoos, like those highlighted in this collection of unfortunate designs, receive a lot of flak, others, despite being contentious, spark conversations about what constitutes art.
One example of the latter is a tattoo artist whose abstract work caused a stir online, prompting discussions about beauty and creativity.
All freedom respected, but probably we need to require tattooers to take spelling courses and to do sanity checks of clients....
Don't think most (if any) of these tattoos are done by a reputable tattoo shop/artist :P And I've seen how some people are so set on what they think is right, that they won't even believe the tattoo artist while he's googling it for them...
Load More Replies...I dont have one but for something thats your skin forever , wouldnt you want a real artist? If you cant afford one get a temp one.jees.
Most faulty tattoos on this list seem to be amateur, NOT professional!!! The pros will check spelling/design & have artistic skill/
I know that everyone gets tattoos specific to their tastes but for goodness sake check the spelling before getting something put on your body forever!
New level of stupidity. Beyond my comprehension. Must be I'm even more stupid *sigh*
All freedom respected, but probably we need to require tattooers to take spelling courses and to do sanity checks of clients....
Don't think most (if any) of these tattoos are done by a reputable tattoo shop/artist :P And I've seen how some people are so set on what they think is right, that they won't even believe the tattoo artist while he's googling it for them...
Load More Replies...I dont have one but for something thats your skin forever , wouldnt you want a real artist? If you cant afford one get a temp one.jees.
Most faulty tattoos on this list seem to be amateur, NOT professional!!! The pros will check spelling/design & have artistic skill/
I know that everyone gets tattoos specific to their tastes but for goodness sake check the spelling before getting something put on your body forever!
New level of stupidity. Beyond my comprehension. Must be I'm even more stupid *sigh*
