A tattoo is a symbol of a person’s love, tribute, dreams, or passions. Most of the time, they have special meaning for the owner or they want to impart special messages to other people.
A tattoo can be great but people forget that it’s permanent ink on the skin. And they have to be sure that everything is accurate.
But you know we’re only human. We make mistakes. And then there are people who make a lot of mistakes.
What kind of mistakes? Check out these 50 tattoo fails.
1. Peek-a-boo
He doesn’t have a lot of tattoos and they all probably mean something. Wonder what this hidden thong tattoo means.
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2. His first tattoo
He was so proud of his first tattoo until someone pointed out the numbers. He had to delete the photo from his profile.
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3. The 3th
Oh, where to start with this one? We just hope this tattoo becomes a great ice breaker or conversation with his girlfriend in the future.
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4. Loyalty goes a long way
His loyalty to his car is very long. Who cares if he’s going to sell it eventually? He’ll away have memories. Permanent memories.
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5. Due = do
Their undying and unconditional love for each other is admirable. We only wish they had spelled it correctly.
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6. TSD
It was supposed to spell out his initials, T. S. D. From the looks of this tattoo, it probably wasn’t what he was expecting.
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7. Yes, those are letters
He loves the New York Yankees. That’s why he wanted a tattoo of the logo. Is it obvious?
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8. “Veni, vedi, veci”
No, it’s spelled exactly how the owner wanted it to be spelled. He hasn’t done the last two statements. Once he’s done that, he’ll have it spelled the right way. Truth.
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9. Grandma Ed Hardy
It’s a nice little tribute to his grandma, RIP. But does it have to be eclipsed by all this *artwork*?
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10. The inventor
Imagine getting tattooed by the artist who invented the spiral. Wow. what an honor.
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11. Professor Quirrell in real life
Are you terrified of Voldemort? Well, it looks like he’s real. Look, it’s Professor Quirrell in a convertible!
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12. A dream come true
He drew the character when he was 14 and very proud of it. Decades later, he has it tattooed on his back. Good decision?
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13. How unfortunate
All this person wanted was a beautiful tattoo of a beautiful woman. What happened?
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14. An extra “s”
There’s an extra “s” unfortunately. So off to the tattoo shop to rescue it. Unfortunately, they worked on covering the wrong “s”.
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15. Experimental design
Can you believe this artist has only been tattooing for two weeks? How lucky is this guy?
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16. It’s Noku
That’s not Goku. That’s Noku, his alter ego or spaced out brother. Hope the owner’s happy with this tattoo.
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17. Wrong fist
It was supposed to be a good tattoo. Too bad he forgot to put it in the right arm.
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18. Is it really?
“Never too late.” We’re guessing the tattoo was supposed to say this. But someone was distracted. They tried to salvage it but it was too late. How ironic.
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19. Self-portrait
This was supposed to be based on Ben Franklin’s self portrait. It’s pretty hard to imagine the former president here. Maybe if lowers his head we’ll see the president’s portrait?
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20. The meme tattoo
Memes are everywhere and they’re all over social media. But memes forever inked on your skin? For real?
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21. Mash-up of two shows
This is Dragon Ball Z meets King of the Hill. Truth? Pretty impressive mash-up rendition though.
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22. The currency explanation
Nickelback used to be her favorite band. So naturally she got a tattoo to show her love. She explained this to a local radio station who offered to give free tattoo cover-ups to anyone with regrets. We hope she was picked so she didn’t need to explain to her daughter why she has a nickel tattoo on her back.
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23. The “d”
Are you really where you should be? Where you’re supposeD to be? This lady insist there’s no “d” needed.
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24. White or gold?
The meme with the light trick. Yes, he got this tattooed on his body. We don’t want to judge but…
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25. Tupac on a unicorn
Yes, that’s an awful rendition of Tupac on a unicorn. Only God can judge him but it’s really, really hard not to judge this design.
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26. There’s a baby in there
But there won’t always be. She probably forgot the baby inside her would be coming out.
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27. Word search
Who has a simple message made into a word search tattoo? All those unnecessary letters inked to show a message that takes more than ten seconds to figure out? That’s just crazy.
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28. The most dangerous gun
The most dangerous guns are tattoo guns. They are responsible for some of the most terrible regrets man ever made. Plus it costs an arm and two legs to remove that mistake.
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29. No regrets
What a powerful message! And the owner probably wants to inspire a lot of people when they read the message. It would have been more powerful though if it was spelled correctly.
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30. Moms are forever
She wanted her mother’s face tattooed on her arm. Was there a zombie apocalypse that happened?
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31. Ting miracles
It’s an honest mistake. Small y could have been mistaken for small g and the other way around. But Riley and Isaac won’t be tiny miracles anymore when they’re born 54 years from now.
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32. Johnny Cash when he’s hot
Johnny Cash was hot then and he’s still hot now. And with this tattoo, he’s literally hot. And melting.
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33. An anatomy lesson
Want to learn the anatomy of an owl? Don’t use this owl tattoo. He doesn’t have a neck or feet.
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34. DIY tattoo
He bought a tattoo gun on Amazon. He wants to save hundreds of dollars to get his Darth Vader tattoo. Nailed it!
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35. The galaxy
Yes, that’s supposed to be a tattoo of the the galaxy. Or at least a galaxy. We’re not sure which universe it’s from though.
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36. Expectation vs reality
The original concept was so promising. Who knew the process would end with this final piece?
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37. Vapor wolf
When you vape this, you become a wolf. Yeah. Right. No vape is that powerful.
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38. Proofreader
Quick suggestion. Before you get your design inked permanently on your skin, run it through an editor or proofreader.
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39. Rock on!
He’s got his favorite guitarist inked on his skin. Hope he recognizes the face on the tattoo, though.
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40. Another proofreader needed
Okay, this would have been better if they had use spell check or a proofreader. And now it’s on their skin forever.
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41. Is he a doctor?
Maybe he’s a doctor who really loves his patients. That’s what it means, right?
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42. Benjamin Button
How can they be the same person? It’s like Benjamin Button on the tattoo.
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43. A $100 mistake
Was this a tattoo made by a tattoo artist? Did he pay hundreds of dollars to get this done? We hope not!
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44. The stars in the sky
This was a tattoo of the stars in the sky. Yeah, okay, if she says so.
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45. Test tattoo
It’s hard to ignore a tattoo. A tattoo’s permanent after all, even a test tattoo.
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46. Guess what this is.
Is it the phases of the moon? Is it a game of Othello? We’re confused. What is it?
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47. A cause gone wrong
It was an admirable thought. But what did it exactly do? Or did they just use this issue as an excuse to get this tattoo?
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48. It’s get better
This is a lesson for all the people who want to get tattoos. Get a proofreader!
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49. Every single detail
He wanted every detail on the left on his arm. It looked like he had to be more specific and told him not to include the nipple on his tattoo.
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50. How are God and fudge related?
How can God fudge him? What’s fudge?
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