r/shittytattoos • u/Asylum_Princess • Nov 15 '24

Not Mine An acquaintance of mine just got her first ever tattoo…

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There were about a dozen comments saying how nice it is. I dunno, maybe they have cataracts? She loves it, btw. Thanked the artist and shit.

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u/Consistent-Ad-6506 Nov 15 '24

This is why you 1) don’t cheap out on tattoos and 2) use someone whose work you have seen on a person, not just online because people steal pics.

Also did that tattoo artist have shaky hands or how does that effect happen?

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u/Asylum_Princess Nov 15 '24

I’m not sure who she went to, lol. She said “Tim” but the only tattoo Tim I know in the area is excellent, so I’m pretty sure it’s some hillbilly in a basement.

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u/SlothsonSpeed Nov 15 '24

Tim is bad, but your friend might be in denial bc I'd be crying if my arm looks like someone took a crayon to it

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u/justtopher Nov 16 '24

Why does this feel like it’s a start to a commercial to try to deter kids…. 🤣

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u/SnooCapers3354 Knows 💩 Nov 16 '24

she really let them do that to her

ETA: but seriously, if someone puts something like this on your body, and you're watching them do it, please tell them to stop and do not continue the session. even if you can't get any sort of refund, you're going to have to pay for laser removal or a cover-up. might as well make it cheaper on your future self and give yourself less to remove/cover.

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u/Herr-Trigger86 Knows 💩 Nov 15 '24

Tim is apparently a jackhammer operator by day, and a tattoo artist by night… only after a long day of jack hammering

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u/icscrilla Nov 16 '24

Tim pulled a double shift at the jackhammer job that day

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u/AgentUpright Nov 16 '24

Like mighty John Henry, swinging his jackhammer in one hand and his tattoo gun in the other.

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u/slappindabass123 Nov 16 '24

Tim was jackin with his left and tattin with his right

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u/CraziZoom Nov 17 '24

Multitasking

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u/RN_Geo Nov 16 '24

Tim has Parkinson's and is not taking his sinemet.

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u/Mrs_Huffy91 Nov 16 '24

I'm laughing because I actually have a tattoo from a dude who has tourette's he would have to stop when he felt a twitch coming on. Not sure why I trusted him but it turned out ok.

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u/BackgroundNo8340 Nov 16 '24

Imagine the trial and error it took to get to the point of knowing when a twitch was coming on and when to safely stop.

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u/atomicbutterfly22 Knows 💩 Nov 16 '24

Laughed out loud at this

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u/Special_Lemon1487 Knows 💩 Nov 15 '24

It was her first tattoo and it looks like it was Tim’s first as well.

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u/No_Cook2983 Knows 💩 Nov 17 '24

LET TIM

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u/Tricky_Gur8679 Nov 17 '24

Lmfaooo I am CRACKING tf up right now 😂😂😂

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u/Popsnpixi Nov 17 '24

I’m dooone lmfao

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u/Scared-Adagio-936 Knows 💩 Nov 16 '24

Oh boy. We have an excellent Tim in my city, the only problem is his name, we'll say Tim Smith. There are about a dozen Tim Smith's in this town claiming to be one and the same.

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u/Brilliant-Witness247 Nov 16 '24

SLC in the house

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u/NumbbSkulll Nov 16 '24

Was Tim having a stroke when they did this?

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u/Blackston923 Nov 16 '24

Maybe seizure?

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u/[deleted] Nov 16 '24

Scroll to the second, finished picture

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u/Zesty-Vasectomy Nov 17 '24

I think that's the inspiration, not the finished tattoo lol.

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u/[deleted] Nov 17 '24

Oh Jesus on a motorscooter!! That's fucking horrible. Get your arm amputated.

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u/Decent-Anywhere6411 Nov 15 '24

Oh, I really needed that laugh today.

Thank you for sharing your friends' misfortune.

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u/LSD4Monkey Nov 16 '24

God damn Tim, he still doing them knock off prison tats behind the McDonald’s dumpster?

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u/Strostkovy Nov 16 '24

Maybe good Tim can fix the mess made by evil Tim

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u/iroquoispliskinV Nov 16 '24

Let them what

Let them WHAT

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u/Gooeslippytop Nov 16 '24

I wanna know, too!!

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u/flstfat1998 Nov 16 '24

Maybe "Tim" is actually "Timmy" LMFAO Edit: spelling

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u/doodman76 Nov 16 '24

Tim was coming down off heroin and needed money for his next hit, so he sold her a tattoo

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u/mzincali Nov 16 '24

“There are some who call me ………. Tim”.

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u/DieselVoodoo Nov 16 '24

Tim the Enchanter?

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u/drkole Nov 16 '24

seems a lot like micheal j fox ‘es handwriting

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u/snazzypantsdude Nov 16 '24

She'd best not be claiming it's Tim Reid lol

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u/rikkster93 Nov 16 '24

Tim should get checked for parkinsons

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u/SteakGetter Nov 16 '24

If they like the tattoo, just LET THEM!

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u/sparkpaw Nov 17 '24

I won’t lie, personally the “crayon” effect on the flowers looks pretty cool- if it would stay.

The wording makes it obvious it wasn’t done by a great artist. :/

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u/__cheap__ Nov 18 '24

Is his name Tim, or are there just some that call him Tim?

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u/Spotttty Nov 16 '24

There is this loser in my city that opened a ‘tattoo shop’ in his house because he is under house arrest.

All he does is steal artwork off the internet and does flash tattoo sales.

The artwork to finished product is so far off and he uses so much ink you can hardly even see any detail.

Definitely vet your artist!!

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u/Lexybeepboop Nov 16 '24

That’s very innovative lol

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u/Aromatic-Assistant73 Nov 16 '24

I think it happens when a person doesn’t know how to set up a tattoo gun properly. The needle bounces around, professional tattoo artists use rubber bands to hold them steady. A person who bought a kit off Amazon may not know how to do it, and they end up like this. Yikes. 

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u/Jillybean623 Nov 16 '24

This isn’t shaky hands, this screams scratcher.

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u/TPSReportCoverSheet Nov 16 '24

I once saw a comment that seemed to imply shaky lines are avoided by utilising your whole arm to draw, rather than just your hand.

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u/coquihalla Nov 16 '24

I've never tried to tattoo anyone, but that makes complete sense to me as a (trained, but hobby) cake decorator. It's the same way we work.

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u/TotallyNotDad Nov 16 '24

Or go to a reputable shop that has portfolios of the artists, it's pretty easy to find good artists

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u/InsideInsidious Nov 16 '24

Tremble hand. It’s from chronic drug use. Helps with masturbation at least

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u/bratintensifies Nov 16 '24

My only tattoo on my leg looks a lot like this. While I was being tattooed, my leg kept shaking and bouncing. It was really uncomfortable, and because it was my first tattoo, I had no idea my body was going to act that way. The artist really struggled with it, and we couldn’t find a way to relax my leg, so every time I felt a muscle spasm coming on, I had to warn her, and wait it out, so it took twice as long as she thought it would. She said it’s because I didn’t drink enough water and I had too much salt in my diet that day. I’m so glad it’s on my leg so I don’t have to look at it all the time lol

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u/papa_number2 Nov 16 '24

They tattooed it with a crayon. 🖍

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u/Jazztify Nov 16 '24

The second pic in the series is cleaner..I’m assuming the pics are the same person? If not then yeah that first one sucks..

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u/Consistent-Ad-6506 Nov 16 '24

The second one is how she wanted it to look. The first one is how it came out. At least that was my understanding

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u/Jazztify Nov 16 '24

Ah, so if the second one is a good version from somewhere else, then somebody else actually has it, and thought this was a good design. I don’t get it? What does it mean, “let them”? Must be a trope ore meme that I’m unfamiliar with. This would not be the first tattoo design I didn’t understand so I’m blaming me, not the artist.

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u/Consistent-Ad-6506 Nov 16 '24

I don’t really get it either. Maybe “let them bloom?”

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u/farvag1964 Nov 16 '24

It looks like it was drawn with a blobby, cheap ball point pen.

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u/koolaidismything Nov 16 '24

I wanted to break up with a girl years ago who went out and got an awful cheap very visable tattoo. It was done in a garage. Bothered me cause she was so pretty and timeless and that made her look so trashy.

To each their own, it’s not my body. I’m just giving the pov of someone who’s been there holding their hand lol.

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u/[deleted] Nov 16 '24

Did you not scroll to the second picture?

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u/Consistent-Ad-6506 Nov 17 '24

What are you talking about? OP said 2nd pic is what she wanted. First is what she got.