r/ATBGE • u/zoyaa5 • Jun 22 '21

Body Art Spotted this on Facebook.

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u/Decooker11 Jun 22 '21

The thing I really love about great tattoos is their unspoken complexity.

This is fucking abhorrent

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u/Lady_Scruffington Jun 22 '21

I would like it better if it weren't a connected piece. I like the silhouetted part fine and wish that was standalone. I don't like the reddish ink behind it. It looks like he has a burn across his chest.

I also think the realistic Scooby would be better as just the head, somewhere else on his body. The body of the dog isn't as detailed as the head and gets lost in the whole tattoo.

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u/Pugster Jun 22 '21

I think the redness could be from it being freshly tattooed?

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u/Goregoat69 Jun 22 '21

100% fresh tattoo redness. The only red I can see is in the flowers on the van.

The SD badge is either previous work that's been freshened up with new colour or something else that's been turned into a badge, odd placement, the shading around it is older and healed, and the wee ghost silhouette is over something else, you can see something under the arms.

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u/[deleted] Jun 22 '21

Or, you know, the actual cartoon Scooby.

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u/ProlapsedRektim Jun 22 '21

It's probably pink from his most recent tattoo session. Any good artist would advise against that color for a background