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While looking for tattoo ideas, I found some uh… questionable… things people have put on their bodies forever. And, well, I’ll let them speak for themselves
wall of shame
Oh and (dis) honourable mention to this one. The concept is fine enough, but it looks like slices. It was between this and the neck pips (which at least are easily covered - I mostly found the choice of rank hilarious)
wanna see something that drives me up the walls insane
the creation…………..of adam………………………..
[ID: a black and white picture of a trans man. He is holding his shirt up, exposing his chest and hiding his face. Where his top surgery scars would be visible, there is a tattoo of the hands in the creation of Adam, where they nearly touch but dont.]
I’ve been asked many times what someone should look for when trying to find a good artist. The best way you can do this is to look at their portfolio, whether it’s in a book at their shop or online. If they don’t have good work in their portfolio, they’re probably not good artists.
The shop may be clean, the people there might be nice, and the design they draw up for you might be exactly what you want, but if your artist doesn’t stand up to the points listed above, then you’re going to get a bad tattoo.
It’s okay to walk into a shop, talk with an artist for a while, and decide you don’t want a tattoo from them. Even if the artist has a bad attitude about it or tries to convince you to just let them do it, remember this is going to be on your body for the rest of your life.
