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“We Were Like ‘Oh'”: 30 Tattoos That Artists Found Pretty Uncomfortable To Create
Being a tattoo artist comes with a pretty high amount of responsibility. After all, one can take down a painting, but once someone is inked, getting it removed or hidden is a lot more work. So it’s somewhat concerning that some folks don’t think too hard about what they want.
Someone asked “Tattoo artists, which tattoo made you the most uncomfortable to do?” and people shared their wildest stories. From awkward placements to truly bizarre images, get comfortable as you read through, upvote your favorite stories and be sure to share your own ideas and experiences in the comments below.
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#1
I’m not a tattoo artist, but this is good...
I went into a tattoo parlor to do some human trafficking education. The owner was very receptive. As I was showing him the tags used by the human traffickers active in our area, he became visibly uncomfortable and started calling over his artists. It turns out that they had done dozens of one of these tattoos. They thought it was a fad. When I asked if any of the women to whom they had applied these tattoos came into the shop alone, the owner turned white as a sheet. And started crying. He has been branding slaves and he never knew it.
Edited to add: Please stop asking me to post images of the brands. If a human trafficker finds out that their brand has been made public, they will cut or burn it off their victims. And then rebrand them.
Michael Largey 1 year ago
I think it showed the importance of his personal integrity, not his job's.
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Bored something 1 year ago
Oh jeebus, those poor girls and the guilt those people must be holding. How sad all round. I hope the knowledge helped them save some people.
brittany 1 year ago
you know bars have those signs in bathrooms about if youre in danger order an angel shot? i wonder if theres a key word or phrase they can put up to help victims in the parlor. like let them into a washroom area to clean the part they want tattooed and have a sign up saying if youre being coerced or you need help leaving say this phrase and we will get you out of here and keep you safe. or something like that.
F S 1 year ago
Same in Germany. Pimps mark their „property“ with tattoos - sometimes pretty huge ones. There is one woman who managed to leave prostitution and has become a lawyer for human rights. She had her tattoo removed. Her name/alias is Sandra Norak. German, from a middle-class family. She was groomed and tricked into prostitution by a police officer.
Eunice Robertson 1 year ago
This poor shop owner had been gaslighted into doing something he would otherwise have refused to do. It just shows how aware and invested we need to be about what is going on around us nowadays. We might be trying our hardest to be the best we can be, but there is always going to be someone else who might have evil intentions. It seems to be the way of the world at the moment.
Charlene Buckner 1 year ago
I feel bad for that shop owner. Not knowing what he had been doing to those innocent victims.
Carol Farrington 1 year ago
What should they do when the next person comes in to get that tattoo?
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#2
I was flipping through my tattoo artist's portfolio as I was waiting for him to get set up to do the massive tribal piece on my arm. I got bad tribal a while back, and, since it was pretty much unfixable as it was, the only solution was to go over it with a bigger tribal piece.
Anyway, I'm flipping through, and turn the page to an ultra-realistic black and grey portrait of Hitler on this guys ribs. I almost drop the book.
"Hey (artist's name)! What the f**k is up with this? You actually did this?"
"Well, that's from my shop out in (rural area about two hours away). It's a little different out there."
"Yeah, but... I mean you tattoo Nazis?"
"That's a long-time client, and yeah he's a Nazi douche, but he tips well. Anyway, the joke's on him, 'cause that's not Hitler."
"What do you mean? It's clearly Hitler."
"Look closer."
"I'm not seeing it."
"It's Charlie Chaplin. Did you really think I'd tattoo Hitler on someone?"
And, yeah. It was Charlie Chaplin.
Michael Largey 1 year ago
Using an assumed name, Chaplin once entered a Charlie Chaplin look-like contest. He finished third.
Sanfransweety 1 year ago (edited)
I hate hitler but this is Still not right. Violating. This is unethical...
#3
My friend is a tattoo artist and a guy came in wanting a KKK tattoo. So the very heavily muscled black tattoo artist came out like "you're gonna be in my station." The guy shuffled out of the shop very awkwardly.
Karma Black 1 year ago
Tobias would be P1SSED if he knew people were associating this with the KKK.
#4
Couple came in to get their names tattooed on each other, I hate doing those but I inform them about the risks etc. She was getting hers across the lower back, his on the stomach. I start with the guy, big dude too, large piece once I'm done she says something like: "now deal with this m**********r!" Slaps hims "This'll teach you to cheat on me with my best friend!" And hastily makes her way out of the shop.
Breadcrumb. 1 year ago (edited)
Why not refuse to do them, name tattoos, if you hate them? Edit: Honest question I'm not poking fun.
Con O Cuinn 1 year ago
A lot of artists do refuse to do them unless they're memorial tattoos.
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#5
It wasn’t so much the tattoo, but rather the customer. He was a very strange older guy, and out of 7 artists in the shop, only one could tolerate working on him. He came in sometimes days in a row, and normally we don’t recommend getting multiple tattoos so quickly, but with this guy it was like, f**k it.
He came in one time for a semi truck with ‘kicking a*s and eating pussy’ written on the back window. A few days later he came in to get ‘alone and beating it’ - completely unaware of the irony. Now whenever someone’s going through some s**t I get to say “sometimes you’re kicking a*s and eating pussy and sometimes you’re alone and beating it.”.
#6
I worked in a tattoo shop for many years, and I gotta say, we all had a good sense of humor, but one that stands out to me as being extra hilarious, was an older (gay) gentleman, who got a HUGE violin on his back (like from his buttcrack to the back of his neck. We of course asked why he chose that, and he said “my partner plays violin, and he wanted to be able to ‘play’ me from behind” and we were like “oh”
Also, when he got to the lower part of the tattoo (near the but) he stood up, and revealed that he was wearing break away pants and proceeded to sit butt a*s naked for the rest of the tattoo. The artist doing it was soooo uncomfortable but the rest of us were dying from laughter. Great day. I miss working there sometimes.
Con O Cuinn 1 year ago (edited)
Got a tattoo on my calf so I wore shorts. Dude literally hit me with the Gunther from Friends line, "hey buddy, put the mouse back in the house." Absolutely mortified.
Guess Undheit 1 year ago
My back tattoo was the worst. Not for the pain, for the maintenance. Tattoos ooze for the first week or so, meaning you need someone to clean up the fluid. I was lucky that I lived 100m from a GPs office and they were willing to clean it and dress it. I had throw away two t-shirts because of the stains.
#7
"HATE LOVE" on the knuckles. I said no, said he would regret it and so on. He got mad at me and started calling me names. Instead of screaming back, my "f**k you" was that I agreed to do the tattoo.
#8
Tattoo artist here.
I recently had a man come in and ask about getting a name covered that was placed right above his genitals. He brought a drawing in of a tribal dragon that he did himself. After explaining that his drawing really wouldn’t work for the area or the cover up he said, “I guess that spot wasn’t a great place to put my daughters name huh?” After a really awkward few moments he left.
I didn’t end up covering it and haven’t seen him since.
RagDollLali 1 year ago
I just got to work and after reading that now I feel the sudden urge to call in sick so I can go home and shower the cringe off 🤢
#9
Not an artist (though I do have a lot of ink) Dated a girl once with numbers tattoo'd on her wrist. As it was highly unlikely she had been in a concentration camp, I asked her for the story. It was her social security number, apparently her mother had this done to both her and her brother in case (and I quote) "they find your body but the head's been cut off and they need to identify you". Yeah that family was a little messed up. Oh and it was pretty sloppy, like prison level, so considering that and the fact that it would have been done on children, it wasn't likely done at a professional shop.
MoriahPapaya 1 year ago
There were 2 historical spikes in tattoos (in us history), one being the introduction of ss numbers, folks were worried about forgetting it and got them tattooed, the other was during the great depression, people were hopeful to get circus work as "the tattooed *whatever*". Then the nineties came and tribal took over the scene, and I refuse to acknowledge it.
Meagan Glaser 1 year ago
I knew a kid in high school who had a UPC barcode inked on his rear, and the product code was his social security number. We knew about it because he liked to moon people...
Pandapoo 1 year ago
A guy used to come into one of our local bars. He had a barcode tattooed on his forehead. Everyone just called him Barcode.
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Not me, but my tattoo artist. When I went to him for my first tattoo, I made small talk and asked him this same question. He had a stripper come in and ask for a star tattooed on her a*****e with cursive script on it saying “I’m a star”. While he was tattooing her, his wife and 7 year old son surprised him with lunch, as a stripper kneeled face down a*s up, holding her a*s cheeks apart, getting her a*****e tattooed. Apparently both the wife and young lady were very chill with the situation, but my artist didn’t like having to explain why daddy was “putting his art in her butt”.
Nitka Tsar 1 year ago
I don‘t know… maybe some areas should be off limits? As the artist, you can decide what you are comfortable doing, no?
Monosyllabicgirl 1 year ago
They do decide. Some won't do eyelids, lips, lower lips, man parts. Some won't even do neck or face as they think high visibility isn't always positive. The artist here seemed cool doing the bhole, just didn't like trying to explain to a kid lol
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Meagan Glaser 1 year ago
If people can walk into your shop and be eye to eye with whatever intimate part of the body you are tatooing without explicit client consent, your shop is set up badly. There should be screens, a private area, or a door that needs to be knocked on and opened/unlocked. This has real "i'm a pro, but I tattoo in my basement for spare bucks not in a proper setup" energy
KillerKiwi 1 year ago
To the tattoo or for it to heal? Getting a tattoo hurts, but I would be most concerned about the healing process. That’s a great place to put a tattoo if you want an infection, too.
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My regular tattoo artist and friend messaged me one day that she tattooed a penis. I instantly had so many questions! She explained how in this long story about him getting semi hard when she put the stencil on then going totally limp the second the needle hit his penis and how she had to stretch it out with her free hand while tattooing. Finally I asked what he got. Thor's hammer. I laughed so hard. At least it was funny. My coworker brother in law also has a d**k tattoo. When he gets erect it says Ta Da! Moral of the story if you're gonna get a d**k tattoo at least make it funny.
Tara Moov 1 year ago
The one dirty joke I know is of a man who kept getting laughed at for having "Shorty" tattooed on his penis. Then one day his partner reveals that when he's aroused, it says, "Shorty's Bar and Grill, Albuquerque, New Mexico."
setsuriseikou 1 year ago
There's one in Russia too! An old seaman is in a public sauna, and the people around him are intrigued by a weird tattoo on his penis, just two letters, "ля". When asked, he somberly replies: "Oh, there was a terrible accident, and this is all that's left from the "Морской привет доблестным защитникам Балтики от славных моряков Севастополя" (Sea greetings to the valiant defenders of the Baltic from the glorious sailors of Sevastopol).
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Roberta Surprenant 1 year ago
I used to know a guy who had "eat me" tattooed on his penis, had it done when he was in prison. And no, you couldn't read all of it unless he was aroused.
Doctor Strange 1 year ago
"I need a man who can think like a pirate, a man who has 'welcome aboard' tattooed on his p3nis! Are you that man?" "Well sir, by strange coincidence, I am."
Sweet Taurus 1 year ago
I briefly dated a guy who had the same tattoo! Except he did it himself lmao. I guess it's not as original as he thought it would be!
#12
My tattoo artist told me of a tattoo he did around the edges of a strippers b-hole saying”one ring to rule them all”. I remember him mentioning how bummed he was that she didn’t allow him to photograph it for his portfolio.
Anna N. 1 year ago (edited)
It would be more likely to get infected there. And aren't you supposed to keep them dry for awhile?
KillerKiwi 1 year ago
You’re supposed to keep Vaseline and something similar to cling wrap on it for a while. Letting it dry out is the opposite of what you want to do.
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#13
I'm not a tattoo artist, but I briefly dated a guy who was. He had a handful of stories of folks who made him uncomfortable, but the one that sticks out the most is the elderly dominatrix.
She came in, told him what she wanted: a tattoo of a sexy lady with a paddle doing one of those physically impossible romance novel poses. She wanted it huge and she wanted it on her back.
The entire time, she told him about all the dungeons she went to and how much she loved hurting boys and how pretty he was and that he should visit her sometime. And he was trying very hard to be like, "THAT'S NICE I WORK BETTER WHEN YOU'RE NOT TALKING, THOUGH.".
C.O. Shea 1 year ago
She was no dominatrix. A real dom knows about being safe, sane, and consensual. Propositioning random dudes is beyond cringe!
brittany 1 year ago
exactly, not only that a real dom would have far greater respect for their submissive than bragging about how they hurt them.
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I'm not a tattoo artist but I worked as a receptionist for 6 years in a popular local studio. I'm quite talkative and friendly so I liked to chat to the clients while they were waiting for the artist to set up. A late 40 something year old conservative looking woman came in wearing her work skirt and blazer. I signed her in and got her to complete the consent form and asked what she was having, she just replied "oh some text on my lower back". I replied that was cool and then showed her into the room where the artist was working. I could hear the artist and client deciding on placement and that she wanted the tattoo low enough on her back so that her daughter wouldn't see it as it was private. So it's pretty much just above her butt crack. Fair enough I thought. Afterwards I asked the artist what she had. The woman had the words "a**l s**t" tattooed in thick black script. No wonder she didn't want her daughter to see it! She came back a few months later to have "woo whore" tattooed on the front...
Jane Jayne Jain Jeign Jein 1 year ago
Some of these clients just sound like they need therapy.
Definitely a Human 1 year ago
Or they just know what they like. No need to kink shame.
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AutumnGirl 1 year ago
I honestly have no idea what "a**l s**t" means. I mean, I'm totally lost about the first word. (I'm sorry, English is not my first language).
#15
Not a tattoo artist but I asked the guy who gave me my first tattoo this same question and his response was: [sigh] “I’m not proud of this but I used to work next door to a strip club and a stripper wanted zebra stripes in her vagina. Notice I didn’t say ‘on’ or ‘above’. *IN* her vagina. I kept telling her the same things over and over. The skin there is NOT meant for that. Not only will it not look good AT ALL, it will fade VERY quickly. And it will f*****g hurt worse than anything you’ve ever experienced. But she kept upping the price more and more very time I said no. So eventually I just said f**k it and basically just annihilated this stripper’s vagina with some zebra stripes. I would’ve felt weirder about it but I’m a guy who’s tattooed about fifty penises in his life so there’s that.”.
#16
My long time artist (he’s done at least a dozen on me) had a woman come in and ask for her husband’s d**k imprint to be tattooed on her tongue. She was politely sent away.
geezeronthehill 1 year ago
The inside of the mouth is full of microbial life. Client would probably have gotten that tongue horribly infected. Wise move on the part of the artist.
Upstaged75 1 year ago
The skin on your tongue won't hold a tattoo anyway. That's a waste of money.
#17
Ok so I’m not a tattoo artist myself, but my Dad is, and I’ve heard his stories. When he was young and inexperienced, someone asked him to tattoo a rat tail coming out of her vagina. When he asked why, she said she wanted to tell people that “her pussy ate it.”.
Bored something 1 year ago
That's one of those things that pops into your brain and if you're odd, like she clearly is, get a gigglesnort out of it and never think about it again.
#18
When I had only been tattooing for around 2 years, some old guy got the initials D.N.R, said it was his wife’s initials. Shortly after he was done, he told me it legit was “do not resuscitate “. I felt horrible as f**k about it. A while ago on here, a year ago maybe, a similar discussion was going on. Some resistors cleared it up however and said that paramedics would still do CPR etc in the event regardless of the tattoo.. still, felt fairly horrid about it. I never knew at the time. I’ve done a lot of weird s**t over the years. One time I tattooed a woman’s a*s with a mans name, later found out it wasn’t her husbands name and they both wanted another mans name there so it made him feel like he was f*****g someone else’s wife. I get role play but that’s being dedicated lol.
LuckyL 1 year ago
I think it's perfectly fine for someone to decide to not be resuscitate if this situation comes. And I really don't think a tattoo artist should feel bad about it.
brittany 1 year ago
from what i understand, unless you have something on paper (like a will or something to that effect) that says do not resuscitate (or maybe a dnr medical bracelet) theyll still resuscitate you on scene or in hospital, where you are, i dont think tattoos are legally binding documentation of your medical wants.
Load More Replies... Monosyllabicgirl 1 year ago
They have to have the proper paperwork filed as well or ambulances will still have to try resuscitation. My bf had to fill out like 30 pages of how much intervention he wants in different circumstances. He's end stage cancer so basically no resuscitation wanted but the level of detail in those forms really shows what decisions have had to be made
Nitka Tsar 1 year ago
What ist do bad about the DNR tattoo? Can‘t a person decide for themselves?
Upstaged75 1 year ago
Nothing wrong with it. It's not legally binding though. You need actual paperwork, not just a tattoo.
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A tattoo isn't going to stop anyone from trying to save your life. You need official paperwork. Paramedics aren't just going to see your tatt then turn around and leave you on the floor.
Guess Undheit 1 year ago
From the New England Journal of Medicine: [ https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMc1713344 ] A tattoo isn't enough. Get a medic Alert necklace or bracelet, those are more likely to be abided by because they include personal information, like contact numbers. [ https://www.americanmedical-id.com/dnr ]
Upstaged75 1 year ago
That's fine. But no medical professional is going to honor a tattoo.
Load More Replies... Con O Cuinn 1 year ago
I've thought about getting an "organ donor" tattoo because I'm not sure all my family would agree to it. I haven't because I'm pretty sure it wouldn't make a difference. The organ donor declaration on my driving licence is probably a lot more enforceable.
Upstaged75 1 year ago
If it's on your license your family can't dispute it.
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PFD 1 year ago
That's backwards. "Unless it's notarized and signed, they'll ignore his clearly expressed wish" is the opposite of fine. Like, I get why. But it's not "fine", it sucks.
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Wife's friend is a tattoo artist. She said her most memorable was a young woman who came in and wanted Johnny tattooed on her chest because she loved her boyfriend so much. Said boyfriend showed up at the tattoo parlor after she finished so she could show off the new tat, they ended up getting in a huge fight and he broke up with her.
Couple months later, girl comes back in with a different dude for another tattoo. Says to the artist, "this is my boyfriend, Johnny!".
#20
I was asked by a research lab to tattoo 3 hamsters that were identical. Like a little symbol on two of them, so each could be distinguished. I wasn’t sure if it was real or not, as the interaction was over the phone. I tattooed a couple of real characters over the years, including one guy who kept getting the same tattoo over and over again (a tiger head) and eventually just got little dots to fill in around them all, and another guy who got vertical and horizontal lines on various body parts to make himself appear larger. He talked about getting additional teeth implanted so he could process food more efficiently, and wanted me to be his disciple.
Malek Basata 1 year ago (edited)
Wanted you to be his disciple... what, is blud descended from ISU?
#21
I was getting tattooed once and this guy comes in to get a tattoo of a diver swimming out of his a*****e. Luckily I was lying down so I had an excuse not to look over but the artist seemed kinda uncomfortable afterwards.
#22
Gang members generally have their own people to do their tattoos. Normal “street “ shops don’t have to deal with legitimate gangsters. I tattooed in Oakland for many years and did a lot of local “40th ave” or whatever their street affiliation, but no serious gang tattoos. Turned down a few swastikas, but not many. I put “party hard” in script on a frat douches a*s while his brothers cheered him on. A*s tattoos on dudes was about the worst. Never tattooed a d**k, I always said it would be expensive and nobody ever ponied up the dough. Like was previously mentioned, 90% of the job is super mundane. I was asked to tattoo a deceased person who had apparently wanted a tattoo, I declined because of a lack of consent. Memorial tattoos are hard if you’re a caring person, the hurt really comes to the surface during the process. I enjoyed sharing their burden for a while.
Nicky Shrimps 1 year ago
Upvote for Oakland. "Turned down a few swastikas, but not many". It's clear that they did not receive many requests. If you're interpreting that it means the artist accepted and tatted "some" swastikas, then you're an assuming idiot, because... OAKLAND.
#23
My ex-girlfriend's best friend was dating a guy at the time named Dustin. Her nickname for him was 'Dusty'. I'll let you guess what she got tattooed... right above her vagina.
She's not dating him anymore, so I'm sure that's an interesting one for current / future partners.
KillerKiwi 1 year ago
Annnnnd I’m nauseous. I had an English teacher sophomore year who ever hated, and his name was Mr. Dustin. Everybody either called him dusty or Gary (his first name) behind his back.
#24
I worked in a tattoo shop that my friend owns after I graduated high school. One day a gay couple come in and one of them says he wants a dart board on his a*s. Ok, I thought. A little odd, but ok. I don't really care because I'm not the one doing the tattoo, my friend is. Anyways, after he says he wants a dart board, he clarifies and says he wants it regulation sized. The initial confusion took me for a moment and I thought, "No." This mother f****r wanted a regulation sized dart board on his a*s with the bullseye as his a*****e. He f*****g got it too.
Charlotte Leaver 1 year ago
Size vs Area makes no sense... "The exact regulation dartboard size is 17¾in (45.1cm) in diameter although this is sometimes rounded up to 18in (45.7cm)."
#25
I was getting a tattoo on my calf in Magaluf...yes I know, great start. My tattoo actually turned out great but a group of lads sat down in the room adjacent to me, big glass windows so I could see everything. Boy wanted "ANDY" on the sole of his foot... He was carried out half conscious before it was even finished.
Con O Cuinn 1 year ago
I've heard of artists refuse to tattoo the palms of hands and soles of feet because inevitably people come back complaining it's fading really fast, despite being warned it would.
Tamra 1 year ago
True, and the pain is a massive factor, as well. I have a tattoo on the top and side of my foot, and it was easily one of the most painful ones I've ever had.
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Marykay Klim 1 year ago
I have heard the soles are very painful, but I think some of the others mentioned in these lists must have been awful too.
Sheena Leversedge Wood 1 year ago
not a great location for a tat. for a start, they fade really badly. and I've got tattoos on the upper parts of my feet, and they were my most painful ones. I'm sure the soles hurt even more. I've had one on my face, and that was painless (I really expected it to be a painful one, but it wasn't) but I'd not be brave enough to get one on my soles, even if they did last well enough to be worth it.
#26
I was being tattooed once and this guy walked in, super strange and we could tell something was off about him. He was wanting some kind of Japanese symbol on his forehead and my artist(shop owner) asked him if had any other tattoos. The guy says no and the owner tells him he won't do face tattoos without having any other tattoos. This guy proceeds to just stare at us all for a solid two minutes without saying a word. Wide eyed, like we were from outer space and told him the Earth was flat. Then the artist says "Sorry man. I can tattoo the symbol on you anywhere else but I won't tattoo it on your face without any other ink." The guy continues to stare at us, says okay, slowly turns around and walks out the door. We thought he was going to come back and k**l us.
Guess Undheit 1 year ago
An idiot foreigner in Taiwan got a forehead tattoo seven years ago. [ https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2017/10/23/2003680896 ] ANYONE that does a tattoo on a drunk or intoxicated person should be permanently barred from doing tattoos.
Lee Banks 1 year ago
A guy in his 70's came into the shop one day, and asked to have a spider web tattooed across his entire forehead. The artist initially said the same thing. Dude comes back with "I'm a retired, wealthy, confirmed bachelor, and have wanted this all my life." Can't argue with that. Got it done the next week, and could not have been happier. (Definitely did a couple blood lines first to make sure he could handle it.)
#27
I went to my shop for an appointment and I was walking in to the extremely crowded shop when my tattoo artist grabbed me and told me to come outside. As soon as we got out the door he burst into laughter. He told me to come back to his booth to grab paperwork and check out the piece he's finishing up. But I absolutely cannot laugh. Sitting spread eagle in a chair with one foot propped up in a chair, this extremely large woman was grinning at me pointing to her crotch (at least she had underwear on?) Where my buddy was coloring in a "caution wet" sign. She also informed me that the tattooed "puddles" dripping down her legs were in fact "sex juices". I let out a quick "oh. Wow" before I had to get the f**k out of the store and let out a good laugh. After she left my buddy said it was a rough one but she paid insanely well. We still laugh about it when I see him.
#28
The discomfort came after. When the client was paying I went to grab the money and he said something along the lines of "you like that money baby?"
It was awkward I'm usually quick with comebacks, but I just stared at him until he left.
Also the women who moaned loudly the whole time I tattooed her. She said it was to help her ease the pain, but I'm not entirely convinced as I was near her lower regions.
Also not me, but my boss and other workers at the shop had to deal with a lady that would reach into their shorts. Some liked it some didn't, plus she was aggressive and would call for the lords help loudly every time she got tattooed.
Zedrapazia 1 year ago
Reaching into the artist's pants?? The last one should have been kicked for sexual harassment of the employees.
Guess Undheit 1 year ago
I breathe deeply in and out when it hurts, but "moaning"? That's just bad acting.
#29
I guess this isn't uncomfortable so much as embarrassing. My dad found an old drawing of an anime cat-girl that I did when I was like, 10, and made me tattoo it on him. I at first tried to say hell no, then I tried to convince him to let me at least redraw it first, but he insisted on that drawing specifically. Yeah.
Shine Chisholm (they/ them) 1 year ago
Dude I have a picture my kid drew at about the same age that will absolutely someday be a tattoo
Tanya Venter 1 year ago
I have 2 of my daughter's drawings tattooed on my arm. They are so beautiful!
Grace Knowlton 1 year ago
My brother had several of my nieces drawings tattooed that she did when she was little, she turns 17 in August
#30
My families tattoo artist once had a really normal average looking guy come into his shop. The guy looked like a bible salesman or something. He asks what and where we wants it and the dude drops his pants and underwear to show him, and his entire bathing suit area is almost entirely covered in ink. He's done some weird s**t over the years but something about that one was really awkward for him.
#31
Not a tattoo artist, but this girl I know wanted to get a tattoo of some clunky, "inspirational" quote that said, "Accept your destiny and the unknown" or something. The tattoo artist drew it out for her before he tattooed it. It said, "Except your destiny and the unknown." The girl is like, "No, no. Not '*except,*' the other one, it's with an '*a*.'" The guy's like, "Oh, right..." and changes it. He *shows her* and gets the okay to proceed. He finishes it, and shows her the final product. "Axcept your destiny and the unknown." All of her tattoos are terrible. Edit: so many typos.
Sweet Taurus 1 year ago
I know a girl who got a quote in French tattooed on her neck. A mutual friend of ours who speaks fluent French informed her that her tattoo doesn't mean anything in French. Like, they aren't even words. This girl went off of memory of what she thought it would say. Ha ha ha
#32
This is my own tattoo but I can imagine how it made the guy feel, it was under my belly button, a big arrow pointing down that said "Enjoy!" Not my proudest moment...
#33
Girlfriend's mom comes in.
She wants a giraffe... Ok. That's cool.
She wants it on her bikini line. Ehh, ok... I'm a professional...
Because giraffes have 10 inch tounges... Oh WTF?
I get the stencil ready and start prepping for the tattoo, she sees the razor and says "you won't need that, I shaved for you."
Nope. Not ok. My boss can handle this one.
They f****d in the office when it was over.
SDLT010 1 year ago
Oh so of you add humor at the end suddenly it's not true?
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Enuya 1 year ago
Happy ending... I guess? Also, isn't having sex right after a bikini tattoo dangerous? Freshly tattooed area is sort of a wound and prone to infections, isn't it?
Nadine Debard 1 year ago
Maybe she's an 'a**l s**t' like in the other post? /s
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irrelevant to the tone of the story, but tattoo artists really do prefer to shave the area themselves, right before they do it, for the best results.
#34
I am the canvas and not the artist, but I went to get the word misled on my chest. Front and center. I had just turned 18, was a little drunk and high, and loved the font. Let's do it! Turns out mislead and misled are two different words, and I basically had liar on my chest for years with the word mislead. Finally covered it up with a self made design and I'm much happier with my chest now.
#35
I know this guy who identifies as a "tree hugger" and he has a tattoo that starts on the side of his face and goes towards his forehead. If you see it you would think its complete gibberish but no, its "victory or death" (I believe) but in the World of Warcraft language of the orcs. Like... REALLY!? Everyone just calls him face tat now and makes fun of his poor decisions he makes on a daily basis. I don't think anyone could have a worse tattoo than this. I wonder how much he has to pay his tattoo artist for all the stupid tattoo's he gets.
#36
Not a tattoo artist. But i went on a couple dates with a girl before i met my now wife.
I discovered she had a hatchet man tattoo above her vagina. Things fizzled out pretty quick after that.
#37
While I'm not a tattoo artist, it always makes me uncomfortable to see typos. Just as an example, I once saw someone write "they" when they meant "the.".
#38
When I was apprenticing a dude asked to have a toxic waste tattoo very close to the base of his d**k. I was basically a slave so I had to say yes. He made an appointment and came in drunk as a skunk. He broke a shot glass in our parking lot and my mentor almost beat the living f**k out of him. I did the tattoo angel payed and left. It was hairy for a moment but all in all thing worked out. Even the wackos are better in the long run.
#39
Not me but there was a story on reddit about a girl who had "johns treasure box" or something like that tattooed right above her vagina. Then she had a kid with her husband and after birth the doctor turned to her husband and was like "congratulations John, its a boy"! Dude was pissed off and left the room and she told the doctor that john is her ex and her tattoo is still a problem for her husband. Hahahahaa what a story. Ps: its not 100% accurate, im pretty sure the name was not john and the baby may have been a girl, but as i can recall it the rest of the story is true.
#40
Not a tattoo artist. But I did meet a guy once, a friend of a friend, who, within the first hour of our meeting, pulled out his d**k to show me he had a knife tattoo. He said "it's cool because it looks like I'm stabbing my girlfriend in the pussy.".
#41
I am the canvas. I have a chinese dragon styled tattoo. It starts on my chest with the head, then over my right shoulder, down my back, over my left hip and down my thigh. It's unfinished but in 5 hours I managed to get all of the outline and a third of the shading done. The artist skipped town and now I'm having a difficult time finding someone to finish it. This was painful to have done and I love it. Definitely a conversation piece.
Sweet Taurus 1 year ago
Artists really hate working/finishing other artists' work. I mean I understand, but it's frustrating when you're left with an unfinished piece or a piece that looks terrible.
#42
I'm not going to look for it, but I have seen a DEVIL FACE vagina tattoo where the mouth was the opening. So if anyone wants to post that. To be clear, I am not a tattooist and am violating the question.
#43
This guy and his coworkers came to me one time and I could tell right off the bat that this was some kind of dare/punishment tattoo. First they wanted me to tattoo a baby coming out of his butt, but then he kind of freaked out about that and they changed their mind so that he just had to get a dog tattoo on his butt. What really made me uncomfortable was the guy pulling his pants down and telling me he was “sweating pretty heavily down there” while I tried to assure him I didn’t need his pants all the way off... awkward.
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Poison Ivy/Boo 1 year ago
My sister-in-law was setting up an appointment for getting her tattoo and whilst we were waiting I casually mentioned that I thought about getting mine (upper right thigh) recoloured. She was adamant about me showing her artist my tattoo and getting a price. I declined, but she kept pushing the issue...finally it was like nah I'm good, I'll come back later. She made her appt and we left the shop. She stops me and asked what's up and I had to tell her the reason....I wasn't wearing any knickers and if I had just dropped trousers in a busy lobby, I'd be arrested for indecent exposure. I've never seen her laugh so hard in my life. Will always stick with me, the look on her face.
Guess Undheit 1 year ago
My worst experience in a tattoo shop was the jerk who quoted a price, I agreed, then I sat down and he set up. Just before he begins, he says, "Oh, it's going to cost $___" (25% more than we agreed on). To which I said, "No, it isn't," and I walked. [ .................. ] Oddest experience was getting one on the side of my right calf. The artist kept moving the cord to where it was crossing my foot. I asked him to remove it, but he kept putting it back on. He couldn't grasp that the vibration from the gun through the cord was causing my foot to twitch, the LAST THING you want happen while doing detailed work.
Amelia Jade 1 year ago
Most of these aren't real. I'm covered in tattoos. I was once sitting for a long session. Another guy was getting a tattoo in the station next to the one I was at. He asked his artist this very question. His artist told a horrifying, disgusting story about a piercing he'd done. And a couple funny stories about tattoos. The other guy left but I still had a ways to go. The other artist came over to chat with me and my artist. I told him how horrified I was by his piercing story. He said, "Oh, that was b******t. All of it was. I get asked that so much I just make stuff up." My artist laughed and said they all do it. Then the two of them told stories about people they worked with at another shop and the BS stories they came up with to shock clients that asked that question. I now take all crazy tattoo stories with a giant grain of salt. They did tell me some real stories but they were much more tame and not nearly as entertaining.
Poison Ivy/Boo 1 year ago
My sister-in-law was setting up an appointment for getting her tattoo and whilst we were waiting I casually mentioned that I thought about getting mine (upper right thigh) recoloured. She was adamant about me showing her artist my tattoo and getting a price. I declined, but she kept pushing the issue...finally it was like nah I'm good, I'll come back later. She made her appt and we left the shop. She stops me and asked what's up and I had to tell her the reason....I wasn't wearing any knickers and if I had just dropped trousers in a busy lobby, I'd be arrested for indecent exposure. I've never seen her laugh so hard in my life. Will always stick with me, the look on her face.
Guess Undheit 1 year ago
My worst experience in a tattoo shop was the jerk who quoted a price, I agreed, then I sat down and he set up. Just before he begins, he says, "Oh, it's going to cost $___" (25% more than we agreed on). To which I said, "No, it isn't," and I walked. [ .................. ] Oddest experience was getting one on the side of my right calf. The artist kept moving the cord to where it was crossing my foot. I asked him to remove it, but he kept putting it back on. He couldn't grasp that the vibration from the gun through the cord was causing my foot to twitch, the LAST THING you want happen while doing detailed work.
Amelia Jade 1 year ago
Most of these aren't real. I'm covered in tattoos. I was once sitting for a long session. Another guy was getting a tattoo in the station next to the one I was at. He asked his artist this very question. His artist told a horrifying, disgusting story about a piercing he'd done. And a couple funny stories about tattoos. The other guy left but I still had a ways to go. The other artist came over to chat with me and my artist. I told him how horrified I was by his piercing story. He said, "Oh, that was b******t. All of it was. I get asked that so much I just make stuff up." My artist laughed and said they all do it. Then the two of them told stories about people they worked with at another shop and the BS stories they came up with to shock clients that asked that question. I now take all crazy tattoo stories with a giant grain of salt. They did tell me some real stories but they were much more tame and not nearly as entertaining.
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