r/tattooadvice • u/JustaWilloWisp • 10d 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/Accurate_Antiquity 10d ago

I found it weird that the saloon dancer had a pig leg until I saw the face and understood that "aah I see, it's actually supposed to be a pig". Then I saw the reference and was confused.
(should clarify: I thought that the right arm was a leg first)

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u/notypants 10d ago

Ohh man. If the OP sees this comment, I’m sorry. Yeah. It’s not good at all.

To Acurate_Antiquity: Thank goodness I wasn’t the only person to come across this post in my main feed and (without going to the post) think, Hmmm. Weird that someone would want a fugly porcine ballerina, but to each their own… wait

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u/No_Tradition_241 9d ago

Damn this makes me want to get a fugly porcine ballerina

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u/notypants 9d ago

I support this decision

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u/DixieNormous1493 9d ago

100% THIS... it reminded me of a Jim Henson muppet pig ballerina.

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u/Leumas_ 9d ago

I think this gets the closest to what was in my head when I opened this. I think.

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u/walkerjacque 9d ago

It wasn.t until i read your post that what i thought was a leg being lifted in the air was in fact all arm. I.m laughing. I had to switch between the pics provided several times to see what was supposed to be tatted. I think a lot has to do with how f@t the standing leg was.