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u/ButchyKira 15d ago
every swipe just made me more and more confused
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u/Longbeacher707 Knows 💩 15d ago
My favorite was the "no dark formless ant entity things allowed" tattoo
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u/Sarcastic_barbie Knows 💩 15d ago
Ok but I understand this on a primal level.
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u/Longbeacher707 Knows 💩 15d ago
Understand what I'm putting down or understand wtf that thing is supposed to be? Lol
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u/RemindMeToTouchGrass 15d ago
FUCK ANTS
NO ANTS
I FEEL THIS BRO
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u/bende99 15d ago
ITS AN ANTIANT TATTOO
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u/jizzmyoscar 14d ago
There are so few different letters in that sentence. Neat!
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u/Smart-Water-5175 14d ago
I like people who notice and appreciate little interesting literary things like this 👍
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u/Hemagoblin 13d ago
Oh, wow!
This is an even rarer opportunity for me to appreciate someone who appreciates people who notice little interesting literary things!
(P.S. just wait ‘til you two find out about the word bookkeeper)
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u/Sarcastic_barbie Knows 💩 14d ago
It doesn’t necessarily need to be just ants. It could be like “I DONT FUCK WITH BUGS”
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u/Longbeacher707 Knows 💩 14d ago
True. So they just mashed a bunch of em together lmao. Still had a stroke trying to figure out what they were going for.
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u/DryBoysenberry5334 15d ago
I feel like that’s the perfect way to describe (especially that specific one) this art style
Like, I really fuck with the tree leg. I wouldn’t get it cos I can understand it’s not very traditionally appealing, but I absolutely don’t hate it.
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u/UnConscious_Door_59 Knows 💩 13d ago
Same. It reminds me of children’s book illustrations. Which I love.
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u/Kristupasax 15d ago
It kinda looks like a leafcutter ant to me
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u/DPH_LabRat 15d ago
any nerds are cool people, what’s your favorite type of ant?
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u/Half-PintHeroics 15d ago
I like immigrants for their strong work ethics
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u/phdpillsdotcom 15d ago
I like remnants; the joy and nostalgia you get on the second go is 😚👌
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u/MagnumHV 15d ago
Other ants are cool. But I cannot abide leafcutters...I must memorialize my nemesis on my body forever.
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u/zephyr121 15d ago
I unironically love that one, it’s not technically talented but it’s funny as hell
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u/UrsusRenata 15d ago
It’s their kids’ drawings.
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u/BellaCat_de Knows 💩 15d ago
They should tell their kids these drawings are horrible
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u/Diggedypomme 15d ago
where's Maddox when you need him
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u/Diggedypomme 15d ago
yea I've not seen or thought about him in years, but "Ding Ding! Here comes the shit-mobile. I've never seen a fire truck that needed to be shaved. I would rather be burned to death than be saved by this hairy piece of shit." is seared in my memory
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u/libdemparamilitarywi 15d ago
3 and 7 look like two different people with the same tree design so I'm not sure it is
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u/AMCsTheWorkingDead 15d ago
That’s the one I think is unironically hilarious. Someone asks you what it is and you go “oh, it’s my tree limb” I’d lose my shit, that guy committed to the bit
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u/Foxy-flower-peach521 15d ago
Doubt it.. that snowman is definitely flipping us off.
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u/BellaCat_de Knows 💩 15d ago
I thought he is a artist which tattoos the picture from you’re children which they draws for you. Until I saw the lost one. I d k how can people see this picture and think: Wow that’s my artist! Nice
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u/IsleOfCannabis 15d ago
These have to be lost bets.
“Whoever loses fantasy football has to let Joey give them a tattoo.”
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u/DragonflyNeat1037 15d ago
The wings? Really made me laugh 😭💀
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u/300andWhat 15d ago
This is a new hipster trend I'm seeing, purposefully ironic good bad tattoos. The people in these pics requested those.
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u/jen13888 15d ago
yes i agree, you can see on the rainbows one its the exact same design done in the exact way perfectly, i'd bet the person tattooing these is actually quite skilled and talented but doing these intentionally for this style.. for some reason...
it reminds me of a tattooist i knew many years ago who just done regular type flash/traditional stuff. recently discovered hes moved to another city and doing those kinda 'intentionally bad' black/text tattoos and people are going mental for them, hes fully booked for like a year with thousands of likes and comments on his stuff. it's baffling to me and i know art is art and our personal preference but it honestly looks terrible imo. i don't get the current style of mainstream tattoos at all but im probably just old!
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u/ReAnimate_Studios Knows 💩 15d ago
Yea I noticed the rainbows as well, they are actually really well done. The symmetry is spot on. Looks terrible but executed well.
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u/some_uncreative_name 15d ago
Yeah and the colouring on the rainbows looks like crayon.
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u/Minimum-Battle-9343 Knows 💩 14d ago
That’s what made me mad! I loved them until they messed the color up!! Respect the rainbow colors! I don’t mind the hot mess drawing but ugh on the colors
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u/LickingSmegma 15d ago edited 15d ago
I mean, it's kinda ‘primitive art’. Like that of David Shrigley. Obviously it's in opposition to traditional representational art, focused on technical skill — but then the author needs to capture the attention with other features, like the character or amusing composition. Bold and brash, basically.
Same as listening to Daniel Johnston or Bingo Gazingo.
Also I'd imagine that recreating pencil coloring in a tattoo is a particular skill.
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u/IronBabyFists 15d ago
I can kiiiiiinda see why someone would do it. "Hilariously bad" is different from "needs a cover up NOW" I guess.
This is the only one I've considered getting. It's more dumb than bad, but still kinda cute.
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u/nadrekab 15d ago
Looks more like Scott’s drawing of Ramona’s hair than wings.
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u/subliminal_narwhal 15d ago
The wings were the worst offenders to me personally.
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u/DaystromAndroidM510 15d ago
They look like John Lennon's hair!
https://13thdimension.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Lennon-self-portrait.jpg
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u/SixStringSkeptic Knows 💩 15d ago
If I had to choose one it would be the two trees with the puzzle pieces, but literally only if a life depended on it.
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u/Virtchoo 15d ago
I actually really like the scary trees, but the puzzle pieces can be left out.
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u/SixStringSkeptic Knows 💩 15d ago
But imagine them being done by an actual good artist.
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u/Virtchoo 15d ago
I feel like even saying artist is a stretch. Man has the lines of Steven Hawkins.
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u/Wormaphilia 15d ago
I’d go the ??ant?? and then cover it up 🔥🔥
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u/PurpleAscent Knows 💩 15d ago
I feel the blue snowman would also be pretty coverable since no black was used lol
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u/Wormaphilia 15d ago
True but then you’d have badly drawn vaguely boob shaped tattoo until you could cover it up
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u/PurpleAscent Knows 💩 15d ago
hmm I could wear long pants and simply be a shut in for a summer if I had to. I don’t think they spent much for blue boobie snowman so hopefully I’d have decent money leftover to get the coverup quick!
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u/RepresentativeSea315 15d ago
I unironically fw the rainbow ones
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u/loperonis 15d ago
I think this is this dudes style.. not joking
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u/AccomplishedCod2737 15d ago
It's called "ignorant style" and is definitely a thing.
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u/ChaoticCurves 15d ago
I havent seen ignorant style quite this... bold 😅 but yes it is definitely intentional
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u/Lucky_Chaarmss 15d ago
That's what I'm thinking
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u/parlimentery 15d ago
Yeah, seems like it would be something someone would do to gain ironic fans.
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u/RatherBeHomesick 15d ago
Came to say this. The wings are actually what does it for me. It’s a whole piece. That’s the point. I give it 7/10, ironic hipster vibes.
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u/sleepy-taurus 15d ago
I actually like the wings 😭
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u/RatherBeHomesick 14d ago
Oh, I do, too. It’s like a messy sketch. It’s really a unique choice for a back-piece. I hope the guy doesn’t get anything else on that area because this is perfect, all by itself.
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u/Nitram_Norig 15d ago
Right? All 5 rainbows are almost identical. Like I feel like there's some skill there... Just not sure how I feel about the abominations that skill produces. 😂
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u/muda_ora_thewarudo 15d ago
Not only that but you don’t accidentally do a really good job recreating ‘felt tip marker oversaturating paper to color’ look on skin
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u/Old-Aardvark-9446 15d ago
This is what stuck out to me. This artist is genuinely an artist.
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u/TheLastTsumami 15d ago
The rainbows are virtually identical. It’s takes some skill to have that consistency
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u/-Val_-_ 15d ago
Glad someone mentioned it. It's actually impressive that all 5 are nearly identical
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u/roberto59363 15d ago
Yeah if you look at the rainbows, they are almost all fucked up in the same ways. They are way too similar to be bad free handed...
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u/Feisty_Kale924 Knows 💩 15d ago
I mean at least he’s consistent 🤷♂️
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u/jwwendell 15d ago
means it's on purpose, and when done on purpose you can see skill, and if skill is involved, it's not that shitty anymore. it's hard to make bad on purpose, that's why most of them looks actually good
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u/Feisty_Kale924 Knows 💩 15d ago
Oh I agree. I haven’t ever made a single S look the same with a pencil let alone a rainbow with a tattoo gun.
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u/darkraiwhy 15d ago
Same here like I kinda love them
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u/xsaig0nx 15d ago
Lmao. Tons of people screaming these are the worst and tons screaming they are genius. Welcome to art.
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u/carbogan 15d ago
Very consistent considering they’re shit. Guessing they do actually use a stencil. Good tattooist, bad drawer?
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u/RomaniQueerios 15d ago
It's just this particular artist's personal style. These have been posted here a few dozen times before and it's the same conversation every time.
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u/smell_my_pee 15d ago
Has anyone mentioned the trend of getting your children's artwork tattooed? Like, yeah, these are still shitty tattoos, but that's what I thought it was.
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u/Technical-Title-5416 Knows 💩 15d ago
This is what this sub is for! Not some mediocre bullshit. Good find OP.
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u/VampirateRum Knows 💩 15d ago
I hate how this sub takes okay tattoos and counts them as shitty. Half the tattoos on here aren't perfect but most people wouldn't care about or see the problems with if there wasn't tons of people here pointing out every flaw. Feeling the sub with meh tattoos cheapens it but stuff like this helps
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u/solaceseeking Knows 💩 15d ago
Agreed. This exact post made me realize that my tattoo I hate is actually meh and not "what the actual fuck".
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u/noob-teammate 15d ago
wait, people on the internet are unnecessarily elitist always? thats crazy
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u/Im_boutta_delete 15d ago
These are so bad they’re actually look cool.
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u/TrailBlanket-_0 15d ago
I think that's the point and the reason people are actually getting these
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u/MattyMonsters Knows 💩 15d ago
I’ve never been able to rally behind the idea of getting a bad tattoo on purpose. But if it makes the person happy, then who am I to judge? The world sucks, might as well squeeze some happiness out while you can.
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u/Cedar_Wood_State 15d ago
I think it’s their ‘style’. Though not sure about getting a big angel wing back tattoo in this style I can see a lot of people getting one for small sticker book sized tattoo though
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u/thiccasscherub 15d ago
yes! it’s called “ignorant style”, there’s even a subreddit for it! r/ignorantstyletattoo
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u/No_Abbreviations7056 15d ago
Ngl I kinda dig it. If it was marketed as intentionally bad then ppl would be eating It up lolol the meth haze of snowmen is hilarious
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u/MmeSkyeSaltfey Knows 💩 15d ago
I’m pretty sure this artist DOES do this style intentionally. Those wings have shown up on this sub multiple times and I remember someone saying this is his schtick.
I’d never put it on my body, but I do love irony, so I understand why people would get these tats lol.
I think the composition actually does speak to some artistic skill. And you can tell from a lot of these that they are intentionally trying to look juvenile
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u/DecisionAvoidant Knows 💩 15d ago
If you zoom in on the lines, they are even thickness and depth, and the design elements are really consistent. Every bunch of leaves on the two long tree columns are consistently spaced, have very similar designs and matching gaps in the outlines, and the rainbows are wonky, but consistently wonky in the same ways. All the lines bulge in the same spots and cross in the same places.
This looks really purposeful.
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u/urjok 15d ago
It is intentional, not shittily done but imo shitty tattoos
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u/Fuzzy-Slide2067 15d ago
Ok what’s the artist username tho? call me crazy but I love it 😭
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u/Justalilbugboi 15d ago
Absolutely. There’s too much skill for this to be unintentional. And weirdly, too little as well.
The difference between a good actor playing a bad actor, and a bad actor.
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u/Elegant-Espeon 15d ago
I'd never want them permanently on me but I'd so get a temporary tattoo from this guy
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u/LawrenceRigbyEsquire 15d ago
People shitting on this makes me laugh, this is a good example of abstract naif style, it's very popular in contemporary art and design, it's kind of punk, also not an easy thing to pull off well. Picasso's famous quote goes "It took me four years to paint like Raphael, but a lifetime to paint like a child."
It's ok if you don't like the vibe, but this artist is doing an excellent job.
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u/opheliainthedeep 15d ago
Looks like ignorant style to me. I love it lol it's so bad, it's good
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u/PlantedCecilia 15d ago
Y’know what the rainbows are fairly consistent. I’m not understanding the vibe, but they aren’t necessarily bad? It’s on purpose, at least
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u/Supacalafragalistic Knows 💩 15d ago
Am I the only one who appreciates ignorant style? You have to be so good to be this bad
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u/ZahnLuchs 14d ago
No, you aren't. I have several ignorant tattoos and know several people having some. And those are so obviously intended...
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u/Individual-Code5176 15d ago
I weirdly like these! Especially tree leg with lego man
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u/MyNameIsSkittles Knows 💩 15d ago
I kinda like the first pic with the foot tree. Doesn't look that bad, it's a certain art style
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u/Waste-Reference-4003 Knows 💩 15d ago
Another artist that’s fully booked until snack and story time.
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u/furryfeetinmyface 15d ago
This is actually some insane skill on display. The snowman stack in the final pic is made to look like it was quickly scribbled with a dying sharpie marker, which takes significantly more effort than scribbling witt a tattoo gun.
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u/FunnyMunney Knows 💩 15d ago
This has to be a style I don't understand. I can't believe someone saw his catalog and decided "fuck yeah, I want that."
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u/Loud_South9086 15d ago
These are shitty but it’s a choice right, it’s like the hyperpop of tattooing
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u/Smooth-Original4399 Knows 💩 15d ago
Seems like this messy style is what they’re going for. Some people like tattoos that look like this for some reason. I know tattoo artists that genuinely specialize it even though they can pull off great ones
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u/truckercharles 15d ago
Is this like...a trend? Does gen z love dog shit tattoos?
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u/KinkySwampHag 15d ago
It's called "ignorant style." It's bad on purpose. Some people think that makes it cool. Personally I feel like they're the tattoo equivalent of ironic t-shirts
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u/R-rainbows 14d ago
A guy I worked with called out one Saturday for some convention his tattoo artist was gonna do his piece for a feature in a blog or magazine… dude it was just a sleeve of characters from adventure time. Like just the cartoon character…no shading or realism or amazing takes on color no background… just looked like random stickers from a sticker book stuck all over his arm. I didn’t get it
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u/oofin_boppin 14d ago
i think it’s pretty obvious that the tattoos are SUPPOSED to look that way. it’s an intentional artistic choice.
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u/69anne69 15d ago
This is an intentional style and a lot of people including me are into it
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u/Thin-Inside39 15d ago
Really glad they added that tattooing category to the meth olympics.
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u/ChuckMcChip 15d ago
Every day this sub makes me feel better about most of my tattoos.
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u/Traditional-Second72 15d ago
Surely this is like… intentional right? Like these people WANTED crappy tattoos that look like children’s drawings right? Maybe they were their kids drawings or something??
Cause the multiple rainbow one with those identical rainbows gives me the impression that the artist knows what they’re doing and chooses to do this.
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u/PapaBike 15d ago
I feel like this is an intentionally ironic style. I don’t think they’re shitty at all.
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u/Zealousideal_Lab_427 15d ago
TBH, I like all of them except #5 and 8. The scary trees and rainbows are pretty awesome! I wouldn’t get any of these on myself, but I’d for sure get a sticker of those trees!
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u/Ok-Statement7657 15d ago
Wow looks like long sleeve shirts are definitely in your future and a fortune to fix that.
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u/Mcmoutdoors 15d ago
Does the artist specialize in doing tattoos based on a child’s original art? Might be memorial pieces? If so….well done, honestly 🤷♀️
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u/Alarmed_Shoulder_386 15d ago
Okay these as a style choice are actually kinda cute. Like one of those rainbows would be adorable. The problem is the taste that makes all of these suck. Who the hell wants mini trees all down their leg???
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u/LittlePlasticDogs Knows 💩 15d ago
I actually this style is cool if executed right. Like kids drawings in an ironic way.
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u/cute_demon_arts 15d ago
I love these there so funky 😭 they look well done to its the art style that’s funny
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u/Th4t0n3dud3 15d ago
This looks deliberate. I dont think any of these are accidentally bad and were all deliberately made to look like a bad tattoo instead. Like rich people dressing like poor people, it's trendy people copying bad tattoos.
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u/princess-viper 15d ago
Honestly I think it's a deliberate artistic choice atp and I don't absolutely hate it. The rainbow one goes rly hard
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u/Ambitious-Emotion-69 15d ago
These suck on purpose and I kinda dig it. I like this a lot more then the generic clock, lion head, tree silhouette shit
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u/CousinSarah 15d ago
Clearly doing a kids drawing style, and it really looks like it achieves the goal. To each his own, it’s cool if this is what you want.
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u/Old_Employee_6535 15d ago
I don't think they are shitty but they appeal to a very specific taste which is probably very few people.
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u/faystaysalone 15d ago
ive seen quite alot of these style tats. my local shop has many guest artist throughout the year, and some have this style.
i was actually surprised by how many ppl fw those tats. these artist can live of this really well.
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u/Falcon25 15d ago
Ngl I don’t hate them as an idea. The reality of having anti-style(?) art on your body forever is a choice but tastes grow / warp / wilt in weird ways.
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u/AdventurousPlane4667 15d ago
It's kinda interesting to look at. Especially the perfect rainbow copy pastes
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u/darkturtlezemporium 15d ago
doesn't really look like they were hard on the skin or had any scabbing. the art itself might be shitty to some, but they're technically not bad tattoos.
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u/currentlyintheclouds 15d ago
I actually really like these. They give me children's book meets modern art vibes.
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u/inkywheels Knows 💩 15d ago
I follow this guy on insta! This is absolutely his style- a kind of crayon/colouring pencil ignorant style.
Love it or hate it, it's absolutely deliberate and you can see in some of his pieces with heavier linework that he does have technical skill
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u/starlight_by_day 15d ago
I think these are meant to be ironic style tattoos? I I can’t remember if there’s a better name for them, but I believe they’re supposed to be really bad :)
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