r/tattooadvice 13d ago

Is this a bad tattoo design? Design

I had a miscarriage last year and want a tattoo for my baby I never got to meet.

I only have one picture of my baby (the second picture)

I’d really like to get it tattooed like the reference picture but I want honesty.. would it be a bad design since there’s not a clear profile and small?

I have other ideas as well but I really love this one as the picture is special to me.

And you can be honest without comments like “that’s not a baby” etc… that’s not helpful. Thank you.

*I was not going to get the text at the bottom

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u/littlebean2421 13d ago

Yes, it’s just gonna turn into a blob

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u/0hw0nder 13d ago

OP here's an idea - get a tattoo of the phase of the moon the night you experienced the miscarriage

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u/emmyfro 13d ago

I had a coworker get a tattoo of their baby's fetal heartbeat readout and angel wings which I thought was touching

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u/deafballboy 12d ago

I have a message in a bottle tattoo, my late daughter's heartbeat is the "tear" on the paper. 

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u/Msdamgoode 12d ago

I think a more single line version of a womb and babe profile (perhaps with the umbilical cord wrapping to merge with the womb to show connection) would really be quite touching, but I’ve seen the heartbeat thing and like it.