It’s rare, but it happens. Sometimes it’s the tattooist’s fault, and sometimes it’s the client’s fault. Either way, both parties need to think before they ink. These six cautionary anecdotes from tattoo artists on a Reddit thread are more than enough proof of that. — Reddit user RagnarOnTheDashboard “Well, one day when I was in my first year, I was tattooing a yellow sunflower with a blue background and some script. Seems pretty simple, right? I was so excited to start right away into the sunflower that I ignored my training and did all of my light colors, yellows, white highlights etc first. I finish that and move on to the dark/medium/light blues for the background, and it only took one misguided wipe of the excess dark blue into the yellows of the sunflower to permanently stain what was once a pastel yellow sunflower into a lime green mess. “TL;DR: That day I learned to do your dark colors first and wipe away from the tattoo. “At first I quietly freaked out and just tried to scrub it with green soap, but it wasn’t budging. I then told her (bullshittingly) that it would go back to normal and if she needed a touch up, those were free. I don’t remember how much I’d charged her but it was a ridiculously cheap ‘Hey I’m still learning’ price. “I mean, she knew what she had signed up for. But I wasn’t like a first week tattooer apprentice at that point, so it was still totally embarrassing and shameful. I saw her again months later and while it wasn’t fluorescent green, it was still pretty obviously greenish. She showed me and then we didn’t talk about it further. Cringetacular.” — Reddit user omgfaglolz — Reddit user refridgerage “Back when I got started in 2002 this girl wanted a tat of some ‘flames’ between her boobs. What she ended up with was something I’ll be ashamed of for the rest of my life. I’ll think about her from time to time when I open my tattoo bag and it makes me think I should just throw this shit away. I’ve fucked up other tattoos before but this early one is definitely my worst. Don’t have a photo, never want to see it again. “Then again, I was doing tats at a party recently and someone asked to use some gear to put a tattoo of a ‘plastic bag’ (Katy Perry reference) on someone else’s leg that kind of really sucked… So I’m not so bad.” — Reddit user bendd — Reddit user TrustN — Reddit user RichEgypt

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title: “Tattoo Artists Describe The Worst Tattoo Mistakes They Ve Made” ShowToc: true date: “2024-09-26” author: “Jerry Pierson”


It’s rare, but it happens. Sometimes it’s the tattooist’s fault, and sometimes it’s the client’s fault. Either way, both parties need to think before they ink. These six cautionary anecdotes from tattoo artists on a Reddit thread are more than enough proof of that. — Reddit user RagnarOnTheDashboard “Well, one day when I was in my first year, I was tattooing a yellow sunflower with a blue background and some script. Seems pretty simple, right? I was so excited to start right away into the sunflower that I ignored my training and did all of my light colors, yellows, white highlights etc first. I finish that and move on to the dark/medium/light blues for the background, and it only took one misguided wipe of the excess dark blue into the yellows of the sunflower to permanently stain what was once a pastel yellow sunflower into a lime green mess. “TL;DR: That day I learned to do your dark colors first and wipe away from the tattoo. “At first I quietly freaked out and just tried to scrub it with green soap, but it wasn’t budging. I then told her (bullshittingly) that it would go back to normal and if she needed a touch up, those were free. I don’t remember how much I’d charged her but it was a ridiculously cheap ‘Hey I’m still learning’ price. “I mean, she knew what she had signed up for. But I wasn’t like a first week tattooer apprentice at that point, so it was still totally embarrassing and shameful. I saw her again months later and while it wasn’t fluorescent green, it was still pretty obviously greenish. She showed me and then we didn’t talk about it further. Cringetacular.” — Reddit user omgfaglolz — Reddit user refridgerage “Back when I got started in 2002 this girl wanted a tat of some ‘flames’ between her boobs. What she ended up with was something I’ll be ashamed of for the rest of my life. I’ll think about her from time to time when I open my tattoo bag and it makes me think I should just throw this shit away. I’ve fucked up other tattoos before but this early one is definitely my worst. Don’t have a photo, never want to see it again. “Then again, I was doing tats at a party recently and someone asked to use some gear to put a tattoo of a ‘plastic bag’ (Katy Perry reference) on someone else’s leg that kind of really sucked… So I’m not so bad.” — Reddit user bendd — Reddit user TrustN — Reddit user RichEgypt

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title: “Tattoo Artists Describe The Worst Tattoo Mistakes They Ve Made” ShowToc: true date: “2024-10-12” author: “Clayton Mcgibney”


It’s rare, but it happens. Sometimes it’s the tattooist’s fault, and sometimes it’s the client’s fault. Either way, both parties need to think before they ink. These six cautionary anecdotes from tattoo artists on a Reddit thread are more than enough proof of that. — Reddit user RagnarOnTheDashboard “Well, one day when I was in my first year, I was tattooing a yellow sunflower with a blue background and some script. Seems pretty simple, right? I was so excited to start right away into the sunflower that I ignored my training and did all of my light colors, yellows, white highlights etc first. I finish that and move on to the dark/medium/light blues for the background, and it only took one misguided wipe of the excess dark blue into the yellows of the sunflower to permanently stain what was once a pastel yellow sunflower into a lime green mess. “TL;DR: That day I learned to do your dark colors first and wipe away from the tattoo. “At first I quietly freaked out and just tried to scrub it with green soap, but it wasn’t budging. I then told her (bullshittingly) that it would go back to normal and if she needed a touch up, those were free. I don’t remember how much I’d charged her but it was a ridiculously cheap ‘Hey I’m still learning’ price. “I mean, she knew what she had signed up for. But I wasn’t like a first week tattooer apprentice at that point, so it was still totally embarrassing and shameful. I saw her again months later and while it wasn’t fluorescent green, it was still pretty obviously greenish. She showed me and then we didn’t talk about it further. Cringetacular.” — Reddit user omgfaglolz — Reddit user refridgerage “Back when I got started in 2002 this girl wanted a tat of some ‘flames’ between her boobs. What she ended up with was something I’ll be ashamed of for the rest of my life. I’ll think about her from time to time when I open my tattoo bag and it makes me think I should just throw this shit away. I’ve fucked up other tattoos before but this early one is definitely my worst. Don’t have a photo, never want to see it again. “Then again, I was doing tats at a party recently and someone asked to use some gear to put a tattoo of a ‘plastic bag’ (Katy Perry reference) on someone else’s leg that kind of really sucked… So I’m not so bad.” — Reddit user bendd — Reddit user TrustN — Reddit user RichEgypt

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title: “Tattoo Artists Describe The Worst Tattoo Mistakes They Ve Made” ShowToc: true date: “2024-10-01” author: “Paul Fink”


It’s rare, but it happens. Sometimes it’s the tattooist’s fault, and sometimes it’s the client’s fault. Either way, both parties need to think before they ink. These six cautionary anecdotes from tattoo artists on a Reddit thread are more than enough proof of that. — Reddit user RagnarOnTheDashboard “Well, one day when I was in my first year, I was tattooing a yellow sunflower with a blue background and some script. Seems pretty simple, right? I was so excited to start right away into the sunflower that I ignored my training and did all of my light colors, yellows, white highlights etc first. I finish that and move on to the dark/medium/light blues for the background, and it only took one misguided wipe of the excess dark blue into the yellows of the sunflower to permanently stain what was once a pastel yellow sunflower into a lime green mess. “TL;DR: That day I learned to do your dark colors first and wipe away from the tattoo. “At first I quietly freaked out and just tried to scrub it with green soap, but it wasn’t budging. I then told her (bullshittingly) that it would go back to normal and if she needed a touch up, those were free. I don’t remember how much I’d charged her but it was a ridiculously cheap ‘Hey I’m still learning’ price. “I mean, she knew what she had signed up for. But I wasn’t like a first week tattooer apprentice at that point, so it was still totally embarrassing and shameful. I saw her again months later and while it wasn’t fluorescent green, it was still pretty obviously greenish. She showed me and then we didn’t talk about it further. Cringetacular.” — Reddit user omgfaglolz — Reddit user refridgerage “Back when I got started in 2002 this girl wanted a tat of some ‘flames’ between her boobs. What she ended up with was something I’ll be ashamed of for the rest of my life. I’ll think about her from time to time when I open my tattoo bag and it makes me think I should just throw this shit away. I’ve fucked up other tattoos before but this early one is definitely my worst. Don’t have a photo, never want to see it again. “Then again, I was doing tats at a party recently and someone asked to use some gear to put a tattoo of a ‘plastic bag’ (Katy Perry reference) on someone else’s leg that kind of really sucked… So I’m not so bad.” — Reddit user bendd — Reddit user TrustN — Reddit user RichEgypt

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