Spiders are dark and ominous, just like the memories of his ex. The name was haunting him daily and he knew he had to replace it with something. Personally, spiders freak us out, but to each his own!

With a few clever strokes of ink, the name Mary can be transformed into Marge. Accompanying the new name is a tattoo of Marge Simpson cleaning in a sexy outfit.

Her ex had a very long name, making covering it up a big project. Luckily, it was originally done in light blue ink. After blending the name into the watercolor feather design, it’s not even noticeable.

These feather coverups are popular for a reason — they look great! This one uses a black and white plume to hide the name. It is surrounded by beautiful splashes of color.

In this case, the boyfriend’s initials were tattooed on a puzzle piece. He was the missing piece in her life at one time, but not anymore. Now a tribal flower design is much more appropriate.

First, he tried to get the tattoo of the girlfriend’s face removed. When there were still remnants of it remaining, he realized that his only option would be to add a mask and cloak over the face.

Sorry, Chloe, this man is moving on with his life. First, the artist drew an outline of a mountain forest scene over the name. Then they completely covered it with dark black trees.

So much for Jeffrey being her teddy bear. By the looks of her new tattoo, Jeffrey must have been a demon.

Here we can see the step by step conversion from a picture of an ex to a crazy-looking monster. In each frame, the previous form gets more and more distant until finally, the transformation is complete.

This tattoo placed on the top of the woman’s butt cheek used to say “Frank”. The artist found a clever way of changing the word. They manipulated the “Fr” into a lowercase “F” plus a cross. Then they spelled out “faith”.

It was a little name, but the man was ready for a big change. He covered it up with a giant lady of death tattoo. The final result is both spooky and beautiful.

Most people don’t want others to know that their tattoo is a coverup. However, with this one, that is the actual point. The tattoo is a small stick man covering up the name with a paint roller.

This one started as a tiny set of wings. The artist extended the shape of the wings outward and transformed them into feathers. A black one hides the wings and the white one crosses out the name.

We have seen a lot of skull tattoos in the past, but this one is completely unique. The attention to detail is incredible, and most importantly, it does a fantastic job of blocking out the ex’s name.

This man was once dating an amazing woman, or so he thought. Now she is dead to him, literally. He covered up her face with an image of the Grim Reaper.

This tattoo coverup doesn’t try to hide anything. It is very blunt in its approach. A few letters of Francesca’s name are simply crossed out and replaced with substitutions.

You would think that a name tattoo as large as this one and done in such thick black ink would be hard to cover up. However, it was no match for Batman. The superhero successfully helped the man to fight back against his troubled past.

In the past, she wore her ex’s name like a ring around her finger. It wasn’t exactly easy to take off after they broke up, but now, a dark-colored mandala plant tattoo encapsulates the whole thing.

It was a difficult choice for the man. He could spend the rest of his life looking at the big face of his ex, or he could replace it with an adorable gorilla. After much deliberation, the gorilla won out.

Animals are definitely one of the wisest choices for tattoo coverups. This person decided to use a cute little owl. We love how the white ink stands out against the black and brown colors.

Silhouettes are another cool method many artists use to hide unsightly names. It allows them to simply fill in over the old tattoo, burying it deep beneath the ink, never to be seen again.

He used to be a big fan of his basketball player partner Chris, but they had a falling out. Now he prefers to think about football instead. His favorite team to watch these days is the Oregon Ducks.

This name took up an entire forearm. However, the artist was able to make it virtually disappear. The psychedelic feather blurred the lines between the past and the future.

This person just scribbled out the name and labeled it. At least, that is how we imagine it must have played out. Either that, or it’s just one big sarcastic joke and there was never a name underneath there.

The muscle car was the perfect way to hide the ex’s name. The dark black vehicle rolled right over the old faded tattoo, leaving nothing but a trail of smoke behind it and no trace of what was there before.

Here we have another man who views his past relationship through the lens of death. The woman used to have a prime location on his body, but her influence has definitely faded over time. There is not much left of her now.

This wing tattoo matches the contour of the man’s chest and shoulder perfectly. It looks right at home. You would never guess that its real purpose is to cover up a former partner’s name.

The heart was pretty enough to stay, but the name had to go. All of the outlines and colors were redone to make the tattoo more defined. Then a butterfly was added, perched onto the side of the vine.

Now that they are broken up, the man can finally get the tattoo he originally wanted — an action-packed Batman scene. With Jessi out of the picture, he can pursue his comic book hobbies in peace.

The first woman’s name was a big accident. Here’s to hoping that this new relationship works out for him. Otherwise, he is going to end up having a full sleeve of crossed-out names.

The man took canceling his subscription to his ex very seriously. He slapped a large red void tattoo over her name. Now, he will be reminded every day that the past mistake is no longer a part of his life.

Kim used to be everything to this man. Somewhere along the way though, their relationship changed. He now views her more like a Medusa — the mythological monster with snakes as hair whose gaze turns people to stone.

Antonio’s name no longer hangs heavy on this woman’s heart. His memory is now light as a feather — a long blue feather with a yellow stem. That’s all that remains.

This eagle is pretty awesome. It came flying down out of the sky to replace Tabatha Ann’s spot on the man’s chest. After a few hours in the tattoo studio and a bit of solid line work, that was it for the ex-girlfriend.

Looks like this elephant cover up job has brought her some luck. She has now met the man of her dreams.

Removing her ex-boyfriend’s name and placing a feather in it’s place, took a huge weight off her shoulders. Her arm went from blah, to wow.

This was a great way to take care of ex-girlfriend Lauren’s name. Adding to the existing tattoo was a much cheaper way to do it.

Even though his ex’s name was not covered. The message is loud and clear they are now apart.

Tell us how you really feel. Out with Andy, onto the next.

This artsy flower was a great way to cover over the Julie tattoo. You would never know the name was ever there.

Michelle’s name is covered over with a shining red gem. There are many more gems ahead.

This girl must have suffered a broken heart. She covered Jimmy’s name with a sword going through a heart.

Cover an ex relationship tattoo with the word Mom, means you will never have to change it again. Partners come and go, Mom’s are forever.

This guy is making it well known that his last girlfriend was a big mistake. Hope he learned his lesson.

She must be feeling blue about her breakup with Patrick. The blue rose represents her true feelings.

This coverup job shows her ex was somewhat of a toad. She much prefers a frog that can turn into a prince.

This is a nifty tattoo idea to cover the name Cyndy. It is an attractive tattoo.

This is one way to completely cover up the picture of her ex. No one will ever know it was there.

Gary has been replaced by a pollinated flower. Better days ahead.

Nick should get the message loud and clear. She is very explicit about how she feels.

This tattoo creation totally covered up the fact that he was on fire for Jane. Nice job!

This colourful bird tattoo covered Justin’s name beautifully. The bird looks much better there than a name anyway.

She may have learned her lesson about putting guy’s initials on her arms. The owl may signify that she is somewhat wiser to that now.

This guy had a tattoo of a crow put on his arm to over up an ex’s name. Bet he had to eat crow to his family and friends.

It took a big bright lotus to cover this one up. So long Jimmy!

From Arthur to a beautiful piece of artwork. This tattoo cover up is beautiful.

Obviously this relationship did not go to infinity. This timeless design coverup worked beautifully.

This girl did a great job covering Edward’s name. She simply filled in the portion of the crown where his name was. She now owns this Royalty.

This guy is now free as a bird. He covered his double hearts with an eagle.

She finally woke up and smelled the roses. Out with Camden, who wasn’t as lucky as that shamrock.

You can only guess that Lori was an unfaithful girlfriend. This guy has made it very clear how he now feels about her.

As they say, there are many fish in the sea. This guy covers his ex’s name with a shark and sea turtle.

This guy goes from being in love to the leader of the dark side. He covers his ex’s name and tattoo completely with this tattoo design.

To cover his Ex’s name, this guy went from true love to puppy love.

John was replaced with a beautiful butterfly. Butterflies never give you attitude or heartaches. They are much easier to live with.

This guy completely covered the womans face. His entire left side of his chest is now covered.

This girl fixes her ex tattoo by making a comparison to someone else. Great idea!

Maybe this guy will use his brain next time he decides to get a girlfriends name tattoo on his arm. The skull looks like it’s laughing.

This guy replaced his girlfriends initial and a memorial date with a poisen skull. This could represent a toxic relationship.

He may or may not be a Melissa Etheridge fan. He may have been high when he was dating Melissa.