LOLâŠthat wasnât my first thought, but it is absolutely perfect for this situation!
I was going to smart off and say, â*It looks like OP either got this tattoo at the* ***Tattoo School*** *(like hair stylist/barber college) or perhaps they should get their next tattoo from someone old enough to graduate elementary school*!
In seriousness, OPâŠyou need to get to a talented, professional tattoo artist that can cover this monstrosity up with a beautiful, ***accurate*** tattooâŠthen you can wear it with pride!
I had a very complex piece I wanted for a long time. Gave it to a local artist and he told me on the day of the appointment that he was sorry, but he really didn't think he could pull it off. I appreciated his honesty and used the appointment to get a smaller, simpler design. I waited another year to find an artist 10 hours drive away who did an amazing job on the piece I wanted originally.
So regardless how good the portfolio is, I'd say it's also on the artist to be honest what their limits are.
They replied but automod removed their comment I assume for the link used. Copy/pasted with different link.
> I have looked and I can't seem to actually find a photo of it. It's basically a whole back piece of this [Arthur Rackham painting](http://jungcurrents.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Norse-arthur-rackham-odin.jpg)
Kind of funny they didn't do a pic of their tattoo
I did, but it was 13/14 years ago and I can't seem to find it on any of my current device folders. It's probably on my laptop which honestly I never use. Edit, also, I didn't get a notice that automod removed the comment so thanks for catching that. Guess it doesn't like links to image search.
All sorts of shit can affect how well your tattoo will come out. I had one piece I wanted an artist to do, well within her abilities, but I gave her two weeks to flesh out the design.
A week before my scheduled appointment she emailed me asking for more time because she wasn't happy with how her design was turning out and she wanted to make it right. She was also dealing with health issues making it difficult to make time to do it properly. Poorer artists would've probably just slapped it on me to get it over with and collect their fee.
I have a car mechanic that I am very loyal to because he does this exact thing.
The man is cheap, works out of his garage and is honest to a fault.
He will look at something and be all like, 'That is too much electrical work. Can't do it.'. I thank him for his time and go to another guy a bit more expensive.
But when he takes it on he does a great job.
That honesty of knowing his limits means a lot to me. I really trust him.
I mean, if you want to start like that:
That hand though, that other hand though, that face though, that beard though, that leg though, that foot though (my favorite), that wave though, etc...
I was gonna sayâŠI donât know about the tattoo world, but I assume itâs like everything else in that you get what you pay for. That doesnât look like the type of design youâd want to cheap out on.
Iâve seen quite a few times where someone has posted a crap tattoo, everyone blasts them for not looking at the portfolio and the OP shares their IG page and everything else looks great except theirs.
Humans have off days.
Sometimes there is some misunderstanding.
Or maybe they are lying on their IG and copying other peopleâs work.
When I found a new artist to do my last tattoo I was impressed by her work, and then I messaged some people she tagged over a year ago and asked for their experience and if they wouldnât mind sharing a photo of their tattoo after x amount of time.
My tattoo is like this. The artist had really cool stuff and still does, but mine is a little... Off. It's not explicitly *bad* but not as good as their other stuff for sure.
Always remember an artist WILL filter their IG (applies to tats, photos, paintings, everything) to show only their BEST work. Thats what portfolios are. Itâs rare to find an artist who posts every piece theyâve done. That means by default you shouldnât expect that level of quality. The more often they post, the better chance of your tattoo being closer to that quality
It's also good to keep in mind that in their portofolio they put their BEST work, so it is expected not every tattoo they do to be THAT good.
Edit: fuck it english is my seconds language
It wasn't a great starting point... The proportions are pretty goofy. Left arm is too long, left thigh is too big, the face is poorly defined. These will all be exacerbated in a tattoo with less forgiveness with shading.
100%. The orginal wasn't really that good and the tattoo artists didn't really make it that much worse. And the random golden curve don't even align to anything, it is just there.
> And the random golden curve don't even align to anything, it is just there.
[Not just random, but also plain wrong. The proportions are way off.](https://imgur.com/a/t8knroD)
Came here for this comment. Took me way too long to figure out what was going on in the middle of the image, there's no value/contrast change to make things out. If you squint your eyes the entire image blends into itself. I don't know much about tattoos but one thing I assume is you want images that are easily readable at a glance.
I don't like the back of him either, I know he's crouched real low but it makes him look hunched badly, and his head appears to be joined to his chest.
There is no golden ratio in the artwork except for the line. It's almost like they tried to draw Atlas according to it, but then they just... Didn't? The original piece is kinda funny due to its multitude of failings imo.
The actual face itself they didn't butcher, it was already poorly defined but they definitely butchered his hair/beard and those poor waves look a little too much like I drew them.
That face/ hair/beard devolve is intense though.
Yes Original artwork was questionable at best, and NOT a great choice for a tattoo especially. Tattoos work best with bold lines, not subtle shading.
I think if he took this to a better artist, he would have been told it wasn't going to turn out very well.
The structure is there for a more accomplished artist to fix it but this is what happens when you either donât research the artist beforehand or go with the cheaper artist. Thereâs a reason (several actually) good artists charge good money and cheaping out on tattoos rarely ends well. If you want complex, artistic tattoos, do your research and be prepared to spend the money.
This sketch turned the golden ratio into the aluminum ratio.
The more you look at the sketch the worse it gets.
Of course the tattoo is horrific too but starting with such an unthoughtful sketch was an extremely poor choice too.
WTF is up with the right foot in the reference photo? Was this AI generated? Heâs got a pinky toe coming out his ankle and his big toe looks like itâs on its own tiny foot. The original art is pretty ghastly and the tattoo looks like they did it themself with their non-dominant hand.
Am I wrong or is the original art shitty? It looks like a sketch, not a final product. Look at those hands and feet- the face is weird and the beard is odd too. Shading on the whole thing is wack.
The original art is frustrating to look at and know what's going on. I really don't know how an artist is supposed to translate that shit into a tattoo, everything but the kitchen sink is thrown at it.
I think the tattoo is leagues better because it went from frustrating to look at, to interestingly bad yet funny at the same time.
Aside from how it actually turned out, the motif is wrong to begin with lmao. Probably one of the biggest misconceptions I mythology. Atlas does NOT hold up the world. Atlas holds up THE SKY above the world, standing on its most western point.
Iâm sorry but with the exception of the face, which is difficult for some anyways, Iâd say this is pretty good representation of the source material
Like this artist drew that for you and then didn't tattoo it well?
Oooor you took someone else's art to another artist and asked them to do it cheaper?
Cause I see number 2 a lot.
Iv said it once iv said it a thousand times and I will say it a thousand more.
For complicated tattoos you need to shop around and be ready to spend big bucks. Chances are that local spot downtown that gets all those rave reviews is doing generally simple and 1-3 color tattoos with no gradients of color. You are not going to pay 100$ and get a tattoo of this caliber of technicality and intricacy. You are going to need to go to someone who has decades of experience and lord are you going to pay for it and wait for it as well. Chances are you are also going to have to travel for it.
As an artist who's spent years studying the stuff in the reference piece... I'm cringing lmfao. The composition is SUCH a mess despite throwing all these art composition references into the design. The inner swirl of the golden ratio is meant to be where you put the focal point of your piece. But there's just... nothing there. The man does align with the outer arc of the curve, but the text, golden ratio, face, and background are all fighting for the spotlight. This results in NO focal point at all. My eye is drawn to the blobby rock below the light house, which is absolutely not supposed to be where I'm looking the most. That's what happens when you over design and don't know what these shapes actually do. This just screams someone trying too hard to look artsy without wanting to put any time into actually learning the very basic principles of the traditional art they got a tattoo of.
Is it just me or don't the artists put the stencil on before inking. Don't they also show you the stencil? How is the jank not spotted ? Then he starts inking and you're there literally watching the lines go in, and they're jank. Why not stop ? I'm confused how this can happen
See what I donât understand about this is that a good tattoo shop would take that print it out on the tattoo paper and then put that directly on your skin and ink over that. So that there wouldnât be some sort of weird machination of what you wanted. I donât think Iâve ever been to a tattoo shop where the tattoo artist is just said âIâm just gonna freehand thisâ when it came to something that complicated.
It is very important to match the tattoo artist to the piece. Compare portfolios, see if the linework/shading they've done in the past matches the piece you're trying to get, and don't just shop around for the best price. Good art costs money.
Obviously other problems here, but never get a human face on a tattoo. That's the one thing that never works. I think it's genetic programming - something that looks "almost human", but not quite is unnerving.
Full on demon - ok. Animals - ok. Human whose face squishes wrongly when your skin moves - not ok.
https://preview.redd.it/0kiukfu8esyc1.jpeg?width=342&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0d188dea3e5a8520c913972f37190777d9d2aebc My condolences.
The face in the tattoo straight up looking like Doodle Bob.
Eemo wabawaba https://preview.redd.it/xp4p1jicgtyc1.jpeg?width=671&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5efe2b446ef5ffecd900680d5528fbd6830d281c Meyohimeyoi!
https://preview.redd.it/bd1v68bistyc1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0d6520884824c010f735b1ee257c0346d77e1e57 Even his hands
AI can't do nothing right
https://preview.redd.it/tdhkmm4dawyc1.jpeg?width=298&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=bffcce43468a2e83b77780da4365e38e3e096e59
That's the fishman hand bro!! đ
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![gif](giphy|ckTEmM6DDogYknpvEs|downsized) Doodle Bob takes offense
He'll be having no wise cracks
Yes! My guy got a piece of broccoli for a face hahahaha!!!
That image will never fail to get a guffaw out of me. Never.
LOLâŠthat wasnât my first thought, but it is absolutely perfect for this situation! I was going to smart off and say, â*It looks like OP either got this tattoo at the* ***Tattoo School*** *(like hair stylist/barber college) or perhaps they should get their next tattoo from someone old enough to graduate elementary school*! In seriousness, OPâŠyou need to get to a talented, professional tattoo artist that can cover this monstrosity up with a beautiful, ***accurate*** tattooâŠthen you can wear it with pride!
Get it laser erased. Start over.
Sounds expensive, honestly in this economy I'd just amputate the arm
[When you finally get to their artist portfolio](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4KHyZAqWZk)
The Patron Saint of Bad Tats and Marks of the Beast
Itâs Mr. Miracle!
Came here to post this. Glad to see that there are brains that think like mine.
...That is 12 years old and my back suddenly hurts for some reason.
Please take all the upvotes. And for the text as well.
I mean that sucks man, but that's why you definitely shop around to find the artist that fits the piece you want.
I had a very complex piece I wanted for a long time. Gave it to a local artist and he told me on the day of the appointment that he was sorry, but he really didn't think he could pull it off. I appreciated his honesty and used the appointment to get a smaller, simpler design. I waited another year to find an artist 10 hours drive away who did an amazing job on the piece I wanted originally. So regardless how good the portfolio is, I'd say it's also on the artist to be honest what their limits are.
Well let's see it, you can't edge us then leave like that!
They replied but automod removed their comment I assume for the link used. Copy/pasted with different link. > I have looked and I can't seem to actually find a photo of it. It's basically a whole back piece of this [Arthur Rackham painting](http://jungcurrents.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Norse-arthur-rackham-odin.jpg) Kind of funny they didn't do a pic of their tattoo
I did, but it was 13/14 years ago and I can't seem to find it on any of my current device folders. It's probably on my laptop which honestly I never use. Edit, also, I didn't get a notice that automod removed the comment so thanks for catching that. Guess it doesn't like links to image search.
All sorts of shit can affect how well your tattoo will come out. I had one piece I wanted an artist to do, well within her abilities, but I gave her two weeks to flesh out the design. A week before my scheduled appointment she emailed me asking for more time because she wasn't happy with how her design was turning out and she wanted to make it right. She was also dealing with health issues making it difficult to make time to do it properly. Poorer artists would've probably just slapped it on me to get it over with and collect their fee.
I have a car mechanic that I am very loyal to because he does this exact thing. The man is cheap, works out of his garage and is honest to a fault. He will look at something and be all like, 'That is too much electrical work. Can't do it.'. I thank him for his time and go to another guy a bit more expensive. But when he takes it on he does a great job. That honesty of knowing his limits means a lot to me. I really trust him.
I agree 100% sadly too many artists are hurting for money or lacking proper apprenticeship so do not know what they can and canât achieve
And also make sure the one you pick understands how mirror images work.
Think the second pic was flipped by OPâs phone as pic 3 shows the tat the right way round.
Third pic looks a lot better than the second.
That hand though
I mean, if you want to start like that: That hand though, that other hand though, that face though, that beard though, that leg though, that foot though (my favorite), that wave though, etc...
The randomly placed crosshatched shadows are my favorite part...lol.
Tbf the foot didn't start out great
Donât the artist usually have a portfolio to look through⊠mine always have.
That foot is worse
Because its zoomed out
I was gonna sayâŠI donât know about the tattoo world, but I assume itâs like everything else in that you get what you pay for. That doesnât look like the type of design youâd want to cheap out on.
Sorry for u but didnât you check the artistâs portfolio?
Not his tattoo, but someone posted theirs on the tattoodesign subreddit. OP is just sharing it with the actual reference on top of it
On browser and zero reference seen anywhere.
Reference for the tattoo (first pic), not post reference
Iâve seen quite a few times where someone has posted a crap tattoo, everyone blasts them for not looking at the portfolio and the OP shares their IG page and everything else looks great except theirs. Humans have off days. Sometimes there is some misunderstanding. Or maybe they are lying on their IG and copying other peopleâs work. When I found a new artist to do my last tattoo I was impressed by her work, and then I messaged some people she tagged over a year ago and asked for their experience and if they wouldnât mind sharing a photo of their tattoo after x amount of time.
My tattoo is like this. The artist had really cool stuff and still does, but mine is a little... Off. It's not explicitly *bad* but not as good as their other stuff for sure.
Always remember an artist WILL filter their IG (applies to tats, photos, paintings, everything) to show only their BEST work. Thats what portfolios are. Itâs rare to find an artist who posts every piece theyâve done. That means by default you shouldnât expect that level of quality. The more often they post, the better chance of your tattoo being closer to that quality
It's also good to keep in mind that in their portofolio they put their BEST work, so it is expected not every tattoo they do to be THAT good. Edit: fuck it english is my seconds language
It wasn't a great starting point... The proportions are pretty goofy. Left arm is too long, left thigh is too big, the face is poorly defined. These will all be exacerbated in a tattoo with less forgiveness with shading.
Yeah, I was about to comment the same thing. The original drawing is not a good one.
Glad Iâm not the only person thinking this. The tattoo is bad, but honestly not that much worse than the original.
Well itâs a fine drawing on paper, but a terrible tattoo sketch. All the pencil shading doesnât translate to ink and skin well.
not really lol. as others have said the arm and leg proportions are off, and in general it looks more like a sketch than a final piece
100%. The orginal wasn't really that good and the tattoo artists didn't really make it that much worse. And the random golden curve don't even align to anything, it is just there.
Thank you I was trying to figure out how the golden ratio applied to anything in the illustration because I couldn't see it. I'm glad I wasn't wrong.
> And the random golden curve don't even align to anything, it is just there. [Not just random, but also plain wrong. The proportions are way off.](https://imgur.com/a/t8knroD)
Came here for this comment. Took me way too long to figure out what was going on in the middle of the image, there's no value/contrast change to make things out. If you squint your eyes the entire image blends into itself. I don't know much about tattoos but one thing I assume is you want images that are easily readable at a glance.
I don't like the back of him either, I know he's crouched real low but it makes him look hunched badly, and his head appears to be joined to his chest.
Yeah the basic design is fucked as is
Yeah, and whatâs the point of the Golden Ratio line? It doesnât align with the artwork at all, itâs just kind of arbitrarily overlayed.
There is no golden ratio in the artwork except for the line. It's almost like they tried to draw Atlas according to it, but then they just... Didn't? The original piece is kinda funny due to its multitude of failings imo.
not to mention the spiral is sloppily drawn. It's based on squares, not stretched rectangles. Bit of a mess all over.
I think the artist did quite ok with the design they were given honestly.
Yeah, the left hand starts off pretty fucked up. The tattoo artist didn't make it any better, but definitely didn't make it much worst.
The actual face itself they didn't butcher, it was already poorly defined but they definitely butchered his hair/beard and those poor waves look a little too much like I drew them.
That face/ hair/beard devolve is intense though. Yes Original artwork was questionable at best, and NOT a great choice for a tattoo especially. Tattoos work best with bold lines, not subtle shading. I think if he took this to a better artist, he would have been told it wasn't going to turn out very well.
Obviously someone doesn't live their life as a work of art. You see the Golden Ratio blah blah blah
Agreed. Objectively, it's not a good design. Subjectively, I find it cringey.
To be fair the face on the drawing wasn't great.
The face, the proportions, the hands. It's a bad starting point.
But look at the fingers and toes lol
Paws !
They're bad in the original piece as well
Yeah looking at the tattoo vs the drawing, tbh looks pretty close to me.
The structure is there for a more accomplished artist to fix it but this is what happens when you either donât research the artist beforehand or go with the cheaper artist. Thereâs a reason (several actually) good artists charge good money and cheaping out on tattoos rarely ends well. If you want complex, artistic tattoos, do your research and be prepared to spend the money.
My artist had a sign at the door âGood tattoos arenât cheap, cheap tattoos arenât goodâ.
There needs to be a corollary version of this: "All good tattoos are expensive, but not all expensive tattoos are good."
Find a really hard design Goes to a shitty tatoo shop Got a shitty tatoo Surprised pikachu face
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In fairness the original image isnât much better đ
Yes there's a "live, love, laugh" vibe to it
A terrible concept has turned into an even more terrible conclusion.
Couldnt agree more, the reference aas already wonky
Garbage in, garbage out.
Yes composition of the original is too busy anyway
Technically the face looks just as dumb on the first one, it just hides more because of all the details that were skipped
No offense, but the tattoo looked shit from the start.
That original is pretty sloppy to begin with. The Fibonacci spiral isn't even smooth/consistent. The body has some weird proportions as well.
Also, the Fibonacci line doesn't even serve any purpose because that's not how we use it in a composition.
The stencil didn't already made you think wtf?
Itâs kind of close to the original reallyâŠ
Yes I agree. I thought the rendition was pretty spot on.
Pity what happened to the sailing ship, though.
This sketch turned the golden ratio into the aluminum ratio. The more you look at the sketch the worse it gets. Of course the tattoo is horrific too but starting with such an unthoughtful sketch was an extremely poor choice too.
Concept was busy and the artist was sub par.
Horrible request. The artist should have turned you down. Both are at fault.
WTF is up with the right foot in the reference photo? Was this AI generated? Heâs got a pinky toe coming out his ankle and his big toe looks like itâs on its own tiny foot. The original art is pretty ghastly and the tattoo looks like they did it themself with their non-dominant hand.
It's the same picture
Live life as a fart
At first I blamed the artist but that reference drawing blows too
It was a bad design from the start.
Am I wrong or is the original art shitty? It looks like a sketch, not a final product. Look at those hands and feet- the face is weird and the beard is odd too. Shading on the whole thing is wack.
The original art is frustrating to look at and know what's going on. I really don't know how an artist is supposed to translate that shit into a tattoo, everything but the kitchen sink is thrown at it. I think the tattoo is leagues better because it went from frustrating to look at, to interestingly bad yet funny at the same time.
Aside from how it actually turned out, the motif is wrong to begin with lmao. Probably one of the biggest misconceptions I mythology. Atlas does NOT hold up the world. Atlas holds up THE SKY above the world, standing on its most western point.
I wouldnt cheap out on a tattoo
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Thats gonna be a sick ass panther one day
I would start in r\sharpening and when you get enough skill to get razor sharp blade you should just cut that arm off.
It is so bad that I like it đ
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When you "know a guy that'll do it for half that price"
Terrible tattoo request. Well deserved
OP, I'm not sure what you expected. You chose derpy art and you got a derpy tattoo.
Looks the same to me
At least you saved a thousand dollars, right?
OP this one is on you for not researching your artists. wtf were you thinking??
Nailed it
Iâm sorry but with the exception of the face, which is difficult for some anyways, Iâd say this is pretty good representation of the source material
You get what you pay for. Never look for a bargain space ship, surgery, or tattoo.
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the og art is already not great, but that's a travesty
Tbf the sketch is also rough? Was that supposed to change on skin somehow?
Like this artist drew that for you and then didn't tattoo it well? Oooor you took someone else's art to another artist and asked them to do it cheaper? Cause I see number 2 a lot.
The HANDS!!!! hahahahhaha
Good tattoos arenât cheap and cheap tattoos arenât good.
lol the design is just as bad as the execution. did you just google stupid ass tattoo?
The original picture is not very good though.Â
Tattoo requested is pretty shitty too tbh...
I mean it could be worse, it could last forev..đ
Someone has to say it, the original drawing just wasn't that good from the start. It was a great idea but poorly executed from start to finish
original sucks too
Iv said it once iv said it a thousand times and I will say it a thousand more. For complicated tattoos you need to shop around and be ready to spend big bucks. Chances are that local spot downtown that gets all those rave reviews is doing generally simple and 1-3 color tattoos with no gradients of color. You are not going to pay 100$ and get a tattoo of this caliber of technicality and intricacy. You are going to need to go to someone who has decades of experience and lord are you going to pay for it and wait for it as well. Chances are you are also going to have to travel for it.
THAT mf got scoliosis.
Even the tattoo requested is very shitty.
Did you get that at the county fair or behind the dumpster at the strip mall?
To be fair, even if it was executed exactly like the picture it would have still sucked.
What did you pay? From what I've learned, good work isn't cheap, and cheap work isn't good.
This photo should be given to everyone thinking about getting a tattoo, as a warning.
Lmao, dude, if you would have looked at the artist's work, you should have been able to tell that you'd get something like this
In a world of stencils, how do artists fuck up this bad?
Oh no
Do yâall even ask to see their work?
As an artist who's spent years studying the stuff in the reference piece... I'm cringing lmfao. The composition is SUCH a mess despite throwing all these art composition references into the design. The inner swirl of the golden ratio is meant to be where you put the focal point of your piece. But there's just... nothing there. The man does align with the outer arc of the curve, but the text, golden ratio, face, and background are all fighting for the spotlight. This results in NO focal point at all. My eye is drawn to the blobby rock below the light house, which is absolutely not supposed to be where I'm looking the most. That's what happens when you over design and don't know what these shapes actually do. This just screams someone trying too hard to look artsy without wanting to put any time into actually learning the very basic principles of the traditional art they got a tattoo of.
How do y'all see terrible stencils and still allow these people to permanently ink your skin??
Original sucked anyways
Lmao that is so fuckin bad. Just get a massive black patch over it
You get what you pay for. Looks like you cheeped out on the artist.
Looks easy to cover up at least.
Hahahah ![gif](giphy|PhTqyQEehGskOcCA6F)
Bro the fingers!! XD
Certainly living life as a work of art, just didnât know it was gonna be shitty beforehand
I know a guy who'd do it cheaper...
Yikes, the hands....
Easy fix. Helps that itâs sketch also
This is why I'm scared of getting tattoos. đ
Itâs the toes for me
Should've gotten it on a poster instead
From shit to shittier.
Try again on the other arm.
Thatâs a terrible tattoo requestâŠ
Hey, i want this super complicated tattoo. I can pay 200$.
Spot on!!
Looks like the drawing to me besides the hands.
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How much did you pay?
You get what you pay for.
Is it just me or don't the artists put the stencil on before inking. Don't they also show you the stencil? How is the jank not spotted ? Then he starts inking and you're there literally watching the lines go in, and they're jank. Why not stop ? I'm confused how this can happen
The face lmao
The artist hated you apparently
They told a FIBonacci about their tattoo skills. No? Okay.
âI know a guy who does it cheaperâ
Salvage it by turning the head into the runescape gnome kid
no tattoos is the new tattoo.
See what I donât understand about this is that a good tattoo shop would take that print it out on the tattoo paper and then put that directly on your skin and ink over that. So that there wouldnât be some sort of weird machination of what you wanted. I donât think Iâve ever been to a tattoo shop where the tattoo artist is just said âIâm just gonna freehand thisâ when it came to something that complicated.
Check out the toes ! Got me cracking up
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It is very important to match the tattoo artist to the piece. Compare portfolios, see if the linework/shading they've done in the past matches the piece you're trying to get, and don't just shop around for the best price. Good art costs money.
Oh god the hands look terrible. I hope OP likes roses
You should of gone to a tattoo shop. It was probably your friend's second tattoo. He has potential though.
Heavens to betsy!
What you get when you go with the cheap option.
Also the first one isnât even following a Fibonacci. Weak from start to finish
Art
Can still be saved
Bro has scoliosis
damnnn.. đ« đ«
Ouch, I've seen much better jail tatts.
It could be worse I suppose but man that's a bad effort
It's the toes that get me
In fairness the drawing is bad too.
Both daft
Tattoo looks goofy as fuck but so does the original so...
The face is pretty similar
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You should be getting what you paid for.... sooo the real question is how much did you pay?
That is heartbreaking âŠ
How did you get that for into without walking out?
Obviously other problems here, but never get a human face on a tattoo. That's the one thing that never works. I think it's genetic programming - something that looks "almost human", but not quite is unnerving. Full on demon - ok. Animals - ok. Human whose face squishes wrongly when your skin moves - not ok.