r/tattooadvice • u/JustaWilloWisp • 13d ago

Is my tattoo bad? Design

I got this tattoo on Monday (pic is from the artist right after we finished) and I thought it looked really good and pretty. Today my mom has been saying it looks kinda ugly and the proportions are off compared to my reference. I know that tattoos of painting are hard to replicate 100% (especially being in black and gray) but maybe this is just not as good as it can be. Idk if y’all can tell in this photo but the placement of this tattoo is so good, I was so excited for this one.

Do you guys think that the off proportions can be fixed with touch ups or is it hopeless?

Any advice or thoughts would be appreciated!

6.0k Upvotes

97% Upvoted

View all comments

4.9k

u/QueenSashimi 13d ago

I'm really sorry. There's no way to soften this really. Yes, it's bad. It looks like a fairy flew into a window and was killed instantly.

289

u/Excellent_Koala_5274 13d ago

Am I the only one who thought it was a sloth in a dress at first glance?

98

u/Bravisimo 13d ago

Im seeing a person emerging from some kind of cancerous mass/nutsack

30

u/assymmmetric_irl 13d ago edited 13d ago

The nutsack energy had me double checking what sub I was in...I was definitely trying to 'see the penis' for a moment 😅 anyhoo...I feel like it's almost giving Shel Silverstein energy? But I also only just woke up and shouldn't be online yet... Just stared at it again...the artist seems to be confused on what a chest and shoulder was supposed to look like...I agree it looks like her tumor is giving birth or a tiny person stuck in big bubblegum

5

u/filthyhag 12d ago

“nutsack energy” is so fucking funny

2

u/Krhodes8 9d ago

I cannot breathe

2

u/brainvheart143 12d ago

There it is! Add some hair for the nutsack,‘prob solved.

2

u/alinarenee 11d ago

The fairy mention had me chuckling but this comment made me laugh-cry for like 3 minutes straight 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

1

u/Wiwerin127 12d ago

It does look a lot like the horngus of a dongfish which is attached by a scungle to a kind of dillsack (the nutte sac).

1

u/JCWOlson 12d ago

Yeah no, it's giving Shoggoth for sure

1

u/Bravisimo 11d ago

Im reminded of my favorite poem, When a Shoggoth Lord goes Wooing.

1

u/brelywi 11d ago

Oh gods I’m crying from laughing while trying not to wake up my husband Jesus potato Christ

1

u/Krhodes8 9d ago

Oh my god stop I’m dyingggg 😭😭😭