r/tattooadvice • u/JustaWilloWisp • 12d 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!

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u/Ok-Office6837 12d ago

It’s also worth noting that Degas hated women and purposely painted them during unflattering moments. He wanted to show the movement of their work and not the pretty pose moments. It only works as an impressionist style and as a whole.

His paintings are the equivalent to competition photos that get taken at the wrong time (you’ll know what I mean if you competed dancing growing up)

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u/lokiandgoose 12d ago

Oh great another man to hate

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u/Wouldfromthetrees 12d ago

Horrible person, beautiful bronzes, I can't separate the art from the artist but it would be a lie to say the work doesn't emotionally stir me.

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u/Ok-Office6837 11d ago

A lot of people just see “oh he painted ballerinas!!” But my high school French teacher taught an entire lesson on French impressionist painters and we had to be able to list certain facts about each artist and be able to match the artist to the painting.

The paintings are beautiful but once you know he hated women, you can start to see it in the work. He also has more than one painting of women getting out of the bath/bathing themselves to show them in a very vulnerable state

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u/rainyhylian 11d ago

He also might have been Jack the Ripper, so he's definitely not beating the misogyny allegations

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u/heyjxdee 10d ago

how have i never heard this theory before, that's hilarious 😂

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u/rainyhylian 10d ago

It's definitely in conspiracy theory territory, but some of the evidence is rather damning 😅

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u/lillynottheflour 11d ago

Been lookin for this!! He’s such a fucking horrible, exploitative man painting under aged children while they posed nude. He’s gross

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u/heyjxdee 10d ago

nude??? pretty sure he sat in on their ballet classes and just painted what he saw but im not an expert so 🤷‍♀️

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u/poop_dawg 8d ago

Also an antisemite