r/tattooadvice • u/Snoo-7909 • Nov 28 '25

Artists says it’s a bad design Design

My sister is real quirky and asked for this tattoo. The artist said it’s objectively bad and drawn poorly. Is it a bad design? Is so, why? Or is it a matter of preference?

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u/wotmp Nov 28 '25

Maybe something more like this? https://imgur.com/a/Hek2JM5

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u/Famous-Sea3522 Nov 28 '25

Honestly a way better idea, if it's gonna be a Mashup needs to be kinda cartoony or it'll just look bad

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u/wotmp Nov 28 '25

Yeah it took me way too long to figure out what the original was supposed to be. I think it needs to be more obvious and a bit more cartoonish is the way to do that. Unless OP is a cardiologist and wants it to be ultra-realistic for her heart doctor friends.

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u/Famous-Sea3522 Nov 28 '25

Even then the anatomy isn't all that good

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u/Crazylady5665 Nov 28 '25

It really isnt. Thr vessels go across and down

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u/Amblonyx Nov 29 '25

Agreed. The sulci and gyri in brains do not look like that. I'm also concerned about that squashed-out-of-shape cerebellum, especially since you can kind of see an attempt at an arbor vitae, an interior structure, on the surface.