50 Horrible Tattoos That Deserve To Be Shamed (New Pics)

All you need to do is proper research and don't go cheap. I'm willing to spend a lot of money on a tattoo if its done by an amazing artist. I only have four tattoos at the moment: two writings, a flower bouquet, and the face of a film character. I spent years finding the right artist for the last tattoo because it is so risky. I found an artist that did the exact style I wanted and waited a year before approaching her just to be entirely sure. Don't rush it, communicate with your artist, and don't be afraid to make changes if you don't like something

Chose an artist whose work is in the style you want. Most artists I have met have a style they really enjoy, and you can tell. Select a design that isn't going to take hours and hours to do - you might be tough, but not everyone can handle sitting still for hours while being in pain. Check their portfolio - are their lines clean? straight lines actually straight? circles are actually round? Do you want color, if so you need someone who does color well. Want greyscale and shading, look for a specialist in it. I have over 20 tattoos, some smaller, some that took several sessions to complete. I love them, but I took my time finding the right artists, and paid well for their talent.

Go to a reputable shop, ask to see a portfolio, and work with your artist on your design - good shops will direct you to the right artist for the style you want. I typically go in with exactly what I want already printed out, but most of mine are black line work - if it’s something that doesn’t need to be redrawn, most artists at a professional shop should be able to execute it. If you have something that doesn’t need major redraws like that, or want a flash tattoo (flash is pre-drawn art that the shop will generally have displayed for clients to choose from), you can call and ask if the shop is taking walk-ins, but if you need something professionally drawn, you’ll typically schedule an appointment to go over your “vision” and your artist will go ahead and draw you a design based on what you had in mind. Then you’ll approve the design or ask for revisions, and you’ll get the tattoo after you and the artist are both happy with the design - usually this is not a same-day process. A lot of the tattoos pictured here are not professional work; these horror shows usually happen in someone’s garage or at the kitchen table for too cheap, on people who have been partaking in substances that impair your judgment.

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Me too 😆 I’d love a Pokémon tattoo, just linework, no colour, but I’m kinda worried that the artist will be like “righto, another five YO weeb.” Yes, Pokémon is primarily a kids’ thing but I grew up with it and have some amazing memories playing it with people who are no longer here, so it means a lot to me.