Avoid Making A Permanent Mistake And Take Your Time Planning Your Next Tattoo
Tattoos have been a popular form of self-expression for several decades. However, you would think that it’s common sense to take your time and plan a permanent tattoo on your body. Remembering that this will remain on your body for the rest of your life. Sadly, not too many people actually think about this when they go to the tattoo parlor, or so it would seem when considering some of the monumentally frightening tattoo designs out there. Hoping that you haven’t made this mistake yourself, here are photos to at least give you a chuckle and maybe shake your head once or twice in disbelief. Check these photos and hopefully, you learn a lesson from them. After seeing some of the absolutely shocking tattoos, there’s no doubt that you will definitely think carefully before making a permanent mistake. This lady’s tattoo design was the least of her problems. She blames the tattoo artist for how the tattoo came out but also claims that during her session she had fallen asleep, which we find somewhat difficult to believe. What is mind-boggling about her story is – how could you possibly fall asleep during what is supposed to be a painful experience? Or maybe this was just one of her ways of letting the world know that she was a star.
Order Of A Lifetime
Making a fast-food order for a large group of friends is no easy task, I mean how are you expected to remember who ordered what? This gent from Norway thought a tattoo of everyone’s order is just the way to remember, genius! No, nobody in their right mind would randomly tattoo a fast-food order on the forearm. Whatever it is, this guy must have had a really good reason to do this, or maybe this was just his favorite order of all time.
Close But Not Quite Accurate
Although Marilyn Monroe is no longer here to see this, I am sure the late actress is turning in her grave. Trying to honor her, it would have been worth it to visit a tattoo artist with more and much better talent.
Close But Not Quite Accurate
The only way we could make the connection to the attempted tattoo is the famous Marilyn pose. It is for such reasons they say, rather pay more for quality body art, and you will not be disappointed.
Ninja Turtle Nose
How much of a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle fan do you need to be, to even get a Michelangelo tattoo on your nose. While we all love the characters as much as the next person, having their tattoo anywhere on our face is just a bit too much.
Ninja Turtle Nose
With no care for his social life or dignity, clearly, this guy must really like this character. On the contrary, this picture could merely be face paint.
History Crib Notes
You have seen so many tattoos of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ, and this is just the opposite of that. I’m sure everybody has seen this image in the past before. As confusing as this is, why would anybody feel the need to permanently mark the evolution of man?
History Crib Notes
Could this be a personal reminder to this person that they are human? Maybe this person needed a reminder that humans are descendants of the apes.
Regret Nothing But This Tat
People tend to get tattoos intended to be ironic, though we will never understand why. Logic tells us this will only end in a bad way. It is fair to say that sometimes the point gets across and it may be cool.
Regret Nothing But This Tat
However, it is not wise to live all your life with people thinking you have a low IQ, nobody wants that. Whichever way you look at it, the person getting the tattoo will always revert the blame to the tattoo artist.
Did Not Plan Ahead
There is no doubt we can see what the idea of this tattoo was but also cannot deny that this was a bad execution. As silly as the idea, it is worse than it also looks ugly.
Did Not Plan Ahead
Was this another ironic tattoo? Maybe this guy could have opted for a temporary method rather. Everybody knows that we have ten fingers and this tattoo is meant to have nine letters, what happened here? Was this an intentional error?
Two-Faced Uncle
When you see this tattoo, all you think of is the scenes from Harry Potter; doesn’t it remind you of Professor Quirrell and Voldemort? Whatever the case may be, there is no doubt that this is a hideous tattoo, you would probably cringe just looking at it.
Two Faced Uncle
Imagine standing in the grocery store, and in front of you is this horrific tattoo staring down at you, it’s a no from me. Unfortunately, there is truly no going back for this brave and clearly thoughtless man.
If Only Face Tats Were Temporary
Some tattoos are not even ugly works of art, but rather where you put it is just as good or as bad. Mike Tyson, who’s a celebrity and well-known boxing champion made a bad tattoo choice here.
If Only Face Tats Were Temporary
A man also known for his eccentric habits, and biting off opponents’ ears, surely this face tattoo stunt did not come as a surprise. A tattoo on your face is by far the most visible and draws attention to you immediately, when you are already famous this does not make sense.
Lazy Boy Tattoo
Everybody has the freedom to choose and get whatever tattoo they desire. One thing is for certain, planning the design of your tattoo is key. Honestly, why would anybody want a tattoo of the chair on them?
Lazy Boy Tattoo
If anyone has any idea, put us out of our misery and kindly let us know, it’s hard for any of us to think of a reason. Until this tattoo can be justified, it deserves to be on our horrible tattoo list.
Burgers In The Caribbean
When you love fast food so much that you even draw your favorite meal on your body. Eating fast food occasionally is not so much of a bad thing, but you get people who love it more than the average person.
Burgers In The Caribbean
The thought of indulging in cheeseburgers every single day may just make you sick, but not everyone thinks that way. This person had a cheeseburger tattooed on them, with a confusing palm tree in the background.
Artist Background Check First
People get tattoos impulsively all the time, but it is recommended to at least do a background check on the work of the artist. This piece of art looks like this person said “do your thing, as long as it has my favorite band”.
Artist Background Check First
When doing a tattoo on your back, remember that we have no way of seeing the progress until it is done. Also, you should trust the artist working on your back, for this tattoo is for life.
Drake Is Mine!
If you have never heard of the old proverb that warns about getting something tattooed on your head? it was never meant to be taken literally. Sadly, some people who know about it took it literally. Although it is normal to tattoo your favorite musician’s name somewhere on your body, your forehead is not the best place for it.
Drake Is Mine
Apart from the placement, this tattoo of ‘DRAKE’ was badly designed. That said, face tattoos are generally not a great idea as pulling one off without looking like an imbecile is not the easiest thing.
Follow These Instructions Carefully
You may have seen such instructions on your computer at some point, but never for a second thought to permanently mark your arm with them. Generally, people get tattoos to remember or be sentimental to them.
Follow These Instructions Carefully
Despite the good aesthetic look of this tattoo, why must it be this? But then again it is possible that this guy is a robot and may need these instructions to troubleshoot any system errors. Perhaps this man works in IT and genuinely loves installing applications.
No Autocorrect
Something as small as a misspelling can ruin a wise quote tattooed on you. If I was this person, there is no way I would have forgiven the tattoo artist for such a huge error.
No Autocorrect
We live in an era of artificial intelligence, and spell check could have helped avoid a permanent spelling mistake. It is a no-brainer to proofread and check to spell when you are about to get a word tattoo, even for simple words like ‘courage’.
I Won’t Forget My Playlist
Is a list tattoo becoming a thing of today? Even so, one can almost bet that a music playlist as a tattoo is not a good idea, also tattoos like this don’t age very well.
I Wont Forget My Playlist
To have a constant reminder of your age in the future. Age also seems to be the least wrong about this tattoo, the combination of this person’s music choice is a bit off. Although it is important to have a variety of music in your playlist, Avril Lavigne and Nickelback are complete contrasts.
President For Life
Remember folks a tattoo is a permanent work of art, and its purpose is to stay on you for the rest of your life. You want to avoid errors at all costs.
President For Life
Neck tattoos are difficult to execute, and this dude decided to show his loyalty to a presidential candidate with a neck tattoo. Though it is honorable to see his dedication to Jeb Bush, surely there are various ways to show your support for such a temporary position.
Give Me My Mo-Vember Trophy
Some people clearly have a problem with a natural mustache look, so why not replace it with ink art. So you must have heard of No-Shave November, which many people prefer as Mo-Vember.
Give Me My Mo Vember Trophy
With many people taking part in it, this dude decided to cheat the competition with a ‘family tradition’ tattooed mustache. We can only imagine the sheer horror his family must have felt when they saw this. We doubt that face tattoos are anything of a family tradition for anyone.
Can’t Mistake Her For A Vegan
This woman might have a hard time dating a vegan or vegetarian. Like her, some people love meat more than the average person.
Cant Mistake Her For A Vegan
You can not mistake her for a vegan at all, she even has an exciting meat tattoo on her lower back. You must say that her bravery is commendable, but also fair to say this was not a great idea. However, we do hope she enjoys her meat even at her old age.
I’m Good, For Now, Thanks
Colored tattoos never last if the artist is not skilled and one should think twice before they get one, over time they tend to fade the color. No doubt at first they will look nice, but sadly never keep their shape and color in the future.
Im Good For Now Thanks
Though we love pastry and ice cream, this certainly does not appetize. Generally, food tattoos never look appealing. We have seen Alice In Wonderland tattoos that are absolutely amazing. Unfortunately, this ‘eat me, drink me’ creation does not nearly make the list.
Freehand Gone Wrong
Freehand tattoos are generally artistic and look remarkable, unfortunately, this tattoo artist may need to undergo some more training. It is advisable to try simpler styles whenever in doubt.
Freehand Gone Wrong
There are a few features in this tattoo like the seat that could be improved, after all, rather be safe than sorry in such cases. There is simply so much wrong with this design, and we can only imagine why anyone would want a bicycle inked on them forever.
Why Though?
Although we cannot completely deny the creative idea, we may never understand the reason behind some tattoos. Well, this chap does not seem to regret his, but we think he should be ashamed.
Why Though
Sometimes we need to keep in mind that skin wrinkles with age, now imagine how this tattoo will turn out in the future. The tattoo itself might not be all that bad, although the placement is extremely questionable. Perhaps this man has a sensible reason, even though we doubt it.
Going Natural Today
To an extent we understand the obsession, we all know the iconic sneaker brand, Chuck Taylors, which you may have in your shoe rack. However, it is inexcusable, this chap could have come up with a different idea and placement or his tattoo.
Going Natural Today
Since you have gone with a bad idea, why not go all the way? His tattooed sneaker is missing the entire sole. The real concern here is that the tattoo artist has truly done a good job, although he probably should have recommended against this extreme foot tattoo.
This Is Not My Mother!!
It’s tattooed like this, that you hope it’s just a black marker drawing. Look at this tattoo, absolutely no one can make out what it is, but a large eye circle. We all know that children are honest, and this newborn baby looked at mom with confusion and judgment.
This Is Not My Mother
Nothing more can be said about this mess. There is genuinely no saying just what this young mm had in mind when getting this face tattoo done. Once again, face tattoos are not the best idea.
Land Down Under
‘Plastered’ is a word used to describe many things, but in this case, it has nothing to do with alcohol. When you get tired of being asked the same old question, ‘where are you from?’, do what this guy did.
Land Down Under
Plastered with stars all over his chest and a fading boxing kangaroo tattoo, he is clearly from the Land Down Under. We could all agree that this tattoo idea could have been pulled off, but unfortunately, the artist clearly lacked artistic skill.
Some Tats Are Just Inappropriate
I don’t think anybody needs to be asked how they feel about nipple tattoos, without a doubt they are almost always inappropriate. It would be no surprise that this guy is friends with the bull tattoo guy.
Some Tats Are Just Inappropriate
This may come across as an offense to anyone handicapped, and surely there are better ways to make people aware. Even if this man is handicapped himself, he could have had the tattoo inked on a more appropriate spot.
Loyal To Britney At Her Lowest
Surely we have all made some bad decisions once upon a time in our lives. Unfortunately for celebrities, the memory of their mishaps lives longer than most. With the constant media coverage, their stories never seem to die.
Loyal To Britney At Her Lowest
This loyal fan did not make it any easier and tattooed Britney Spears at her lowest point. While we all love Britney, it would make more logical sense to have a better memory of the star tattooed on yourself as a die-hard fan.
Hold On Tight Maybe?
Nothing speaks trash louder than this tattoo. You may have seen many tramp stamps, but without a doubt, this one takes the cake. Not bothered, but rather impressed with herself.
Hold On Tight Maybe
One can’t help but wonder how she takes it when people ask her if anyone has taken the bike out for the spin, even though it may be taking things too far. What makes this tattoo even more horrifying is that the artwork is actually done quite well, suggesting this proud lady must have paid quite a bit to have this suggestive design permanently inked on her body.
Dad Is An Avatar
You will understand that people get tattoos of their favorite art, and there are various and appealing ways to achieve this. Leaving him looking like an avatar character, this brave guy is clearly a big fan of impressionism and far from subtle.
Dad Is An Avatar
This may very well be the reason he went to such extremes but his face tattoo. Perhaps his life’s ambition is to become the color blue. We can only really speculate about this man’s intentions.
What Do You Tell Your Grandchildren Now?
When you think of a guy with tattoos, you immediately think of a youthful spunky person with an alternative fashion sense. Not this uncle, instead he looks creepy and absolutely terrifying, to say the least.
What Do You Tell Your Grandchildren Now
Judging by the look in his mugshot, one can only wonder what he was in for. We can almost tell by the look on his face that this man was fearless. We can only imagine the kind of grandfather this sketchy-looking man must be.
We All Scream For Ice Cream
Clearly, this is a new discovery, nobody got the memo of ice cream tattoos becoming a trend. Although we never really saw the cupcake tattoo trend coming either, so maybe he is on to something.
We All Scream For Ice Cream
What’s fascinating about this guy’s tattoo, is the fact that his ice cream cone has a lightning bolt, electrifying. What made it worse was the placement of the tattoo, how odd is it to have this kind of tattoo on your cheek?
See What You Smell
Just in case you thought you were seeing things, this lady had an onion tattooed on her armpit; an extremely strange place to have anything tattooed. One can only imagine what her message is behind this piece.
See What You Smell
We all know that onions make you cry, could she be telling us the same thing about her armpits? Or perhaps this may not have been her intention; what else can you think of such a bad tat choice?
Hotdog: Literally
If you are a good Happy Days fan, first you will recognize this Fonz tattoo, but you will be both confused and amused with its combination.
Hotdog Literally
I don’t know why this guy would think of mixing his love for food and this character is a great idea. One can only hope that he only owns long sleeves to cover this bad piece. However, despite how strange this tattoo is, we can all agree that the artwork is exceptional. This tattoo is not as bad as what it is strange and confusing.
Another One
Another nipple tattoo: we are sure like many you’re wondering how many more of these horrific nipple tats are we going to suffer through? Some people have such tattoos with the intention to make people laugh.
Another One
It’s all good and well the intention was executed, but people may be laughing at him rather than with him. Although the fact that this tattoo is of a lobster is even more intriguing. This man will have to walk the rest of his days with this sea creature hanging on by his nipple.
Ran Out Of Art Juice
When looking at this tattoo you can see something went wrong during this tattoo session. Maybe she had second thoughts and decided to back out mid-session. Maybe the artist was upset about something and decided to ruin it all. Or perhaps the ink ran out.
Ran Out Of Art Juice
This art is unlike any other pictures we’ve shown, but no doubt something went down. Luckily for this lady, there is hope yet for the tattoo as a skilled tattoo artist would know exactly what needs to be done.
Ironic Smokes
Despite the racial irony of the text in this tattoo, there is absolutely no excuse for anybody to have such a drawing on them. Although we have seen many questionable tattoos here, this one takes the cake as one of the absolute worst and unacceptable on all fronts.
Ironic Smokes
Something must be wrong with you, to have a symbol of oppression and hate permanently marked on your arm. When considering just how racially absurd this symbol is, we can only hope this man will have his tattoo covered up with something less offensive.
“Mayday Mayday”
The things we do for love, we can only guess that she is probably dating or involved with a pilot. She probably got the ink in an attempt to surprise her own ‘Captain Sully’.
Mayday Mayday
On some, “Baby, look at what I got for you,” as extreme as the tattoo is, she can be glad it’s not his name because we all know how those end. While this strange choice does look quite odd, we could agree that this is definitely not the worst tattoo on this list of horrific creations.
Real Friends
If your friends don’t have my name tattooed on their arms, then we are not really your best friends. For the record, that is a joke. Unfortunately, we cannot confirm if this guy was serious or joking at all.
Real Friends
For his sake, we hope that his friends pulled a prank on him during his blackout on some special night, otherwise, this is a horrible piece. Perhaps he was trying to save a bit and went to a sketchy artist. The idea is not bad, but the art is atrocious.
Fairy Wants To Go Home
Not that it was the fairy’s fault, but the fairy in this picture looked far from sweet. Fairy tattoos are a common trend in the world of skin ink, but never have we seen anyone so sad.
Fairy Wants To Go Home
Fairies are generally a symbol of love and magic. But then again who knows, this could have been this person’s intention, maybe she wanted her fairy to look vicious to represent who she really is, or a remembrance of what might have transpired.
“You Have Quite A Shitty Back Sarah”
Emojis are a useful tool for communication and when text messaging, and therefore should not be used for anything other than texting. This lady has one of the brown and smelly emojis tattooed all over her back, with what looks like flies hovering over it.
You Have Quite A Shitty Back Sarah
If emojis were to trend as tattoos, I’m sure there are hundreds to choose from but this one. We can only hope this lady has relevant reasons for having this horrible tattoo.
Merry Christmas Nina
Yes, it is true, sometimes the thought does really count. But then again in some cases are just not an exception. One can only hope that grammar and spelling are not one of Nina’s strengths too.
Merry Christmas Nina
Despite the notable wrong tattoo choice and misspelling, this is a sweet gesture, and it would be a permanent tragedy if Nina denied this proposal. As far as misspelled tattoos go, we guess it could be a lot worse.
Joker Smile
Generally, we all like to smile when we are happy. Keeping in mind that doing so baring your teeth may come across as a little intimidating.
Joker Smile
Despite the look on his face, the stretched out smile tattoo with bared teeth across his chest looks threatening. There’s nothing he can do about it now, but you can’t help but wonder why he did this. Perhaps this tribute to the iconic comic Joker looked a bit different in mind.
Beach Football Shoes
One has to be incredibly in love with a brand to even consider getting a tattoo of its logo. It’s hard not to notice that this guy truly loves the athletic apparel line, Nike. However, there are many different ways to show your support other than a permanent tattoo.
Beach Football Shoes
After all, this guy will be wearing covered shoes, if not, he has a weird tattoo to flaunt. Although this tattoo is not as bland as the last foot tattoo on this list, it is still quite questionable.
Any Other Quote But This
Some quotes just make you cringe, and this tattoo does just that. Again there are various ways to appreciate or show your love for a place. This woman may have intended her quote as a joke, but her choice of words and graphics are rather too sensitive.
Any Other Quote But This
What makes this tattoo worse, is that it is exoticizing and racist, to say the least. As far as bad tattoos go, this one is quite bad for several reasons; the quote is appalling, the design is terrible, and the placing is awful.
Not As Cool As You Think
After seeing this tattoo, the onion tattoo on the armpit is almost forgivable. Even though it was a terrible tattoo, this one is a bit more extreme, in fact, a terrible idea for an X-rated design.
Not As Cool As You Think
This dude certainly took it one step further and placed his crass tat somewhere unpleasant and a bit insensitive towards women. We can only imagine what kind of fresh hell this man’s dating life must be. Dating with this tattoo cannot be easy.
Spoiled Sentiment
The artist that does your tattoo will determine the quality of art you get. What’s more, we can never stress enough how important a tattoo placement is. This guy decided to go with a sentimental portrait design tattoo and placed it on his face.
Spoiled Sentiment
As much as parents love their children, there are better places to do something like this. Such a bad decision can only be expected from villains in horror movies. Even if the artist was able to pull off this portrait design, the placement is still undeniably wrong.
Its An Old Joke Now
It’s about time this joke took a knee now. How many times have you heard the joke about having a six-pack of beer instead of a six-pack of abs? We can be glad to see this dude enjoys the look of his tattoo.
Its An Old Joke Now
However, like many tattoos we’ve seen here, a different and more accurate design could have worked better. What makes this tattoo extra bad is that it is quite confusing at first. The design lacks shading, depth, and tone, making it difficult to understand.
May Need Extra Classes
Who are we to say that this dude was not too cool for school, it just might be true he was. However, if he had taken school seriously enough he could have spelled his tattoo accurately.
May Need Extra Classes
Such a spelling error makes you wonder when the cool dude dropped out of school, some may suggest very early since he can’t spell a word as simple as ‘school.’ Perhaps this tattoo is intentionally spelled wrong to emphasize the importance of school. Unlikely, but we can hope.
Is That A Smurf, Or A Marble?
In all honesty, we have no idea what this tattoo is meant to be. We can only imagine that this person’s toddler sketched a smurf in the drawing.
Is That A Smurf Or A Marble
Because we have no idea what the design of the tattoo really is, we only hope our suspicion is correct, making this gesture cute and possibly our favorite out of them all. However, there is one instance in which this tattoo could be extremely adorable; perhaps it s the recreation of a child’s drawing?
Self-Proclaimed Idiot
Not another forehead tattoo! If you’re thinking of getting one yourself, try and make it creative and not-so-obvious; delicate designs usually work best.
Self Proclaimed Idiot
We certainly cannot take away this man’s ridiculous bravery, considering the pain of sitting through a forehead tattoo session. His biggest courage was telling people who he was in his forehead tat. We can only hope this man lost a bet and will be having this intelligence label removed in the near future.
Link On My Forehead
This woman in this photo had only one intention, and that is to make money without having to work hard, think of it as passive income. This was the only reason to justify getting the URL tattoo on her forehead to promote a brand.
Link On My Forehead
One can only wonder how much she charged to do such ridiculous marketing. This lady surely does take marketing madness to a whole new level. Hopefully, she is enjoying a large passive income.
Beauty Spelling Error
The spelling bee was certainly not one of her activities in her youth. However, they could be a spin and another side to this error. This could have been an intentional misspelling in pursuit of making these words her reality.
Beauty Spelling Error
No one can guess her reason, so clearly there are less vague ways to go about this. Props to her if she really became famous as she wanted. Both the tattoo artist and this lady overlooked a simple mistake that will last a lifetime.
Crack The Code, Gamer
This girl could be every geeky gamers’ dream girl. It is clear to see that this girl is a gamer, or maybe has a crush on one, thanks to the clue of a video game tattooed on her belly. Dreamgirl for any gamer or not, she is definitely not the best decision-maker.
Crack The Code Gamer
Despite the idea, she could have at least used a better-skilled artist. As previously mentioned, it is best to always opt for a highly skilled tattoo artist instead of anyone that has a tattoo machine and some ink. Anyway, good luck unlocking the code boys!
Scary McDonald
We all know Ronald McDonald as a fun children’s clown, after seeing this, as an adult I am now terrified of clowns. I’m sure parents would protect their kids from setting their eyes on this guy, let alone meeting him.
Scary McDonald
Such a sight would scar the kids for life. Have a look at this photo once more, you are certainly brave if you do not get goosebumps. This man must really love McDonald’s more than anyone else.
Justice For The Avocado
We are big fans of avocados, and somehow over time, it has turned into a millennial phenomenon. Avo and toast have become the snack choice of the younger generations. With various ways to show your appreciation for the deliciously creamy superfood, one can eat as many toasts and smoothies as possible.
Justice For The Avocado
Showing bad results, the guy in this photo decided to draw it on his skin; so unpleasant to see. What’s more, the center design is quite strange too.
Don’t Do This To Yourself
It would be an understatement to say this clinched tattoo is the sole reason why we do not vibe with it. This tat is misplaced, misspelled, and not a great font either.
Dont Do This To Yourself
Though it may not be the biggest problem, the misspelling of the word ‘too’, completely takes away the meaning of the quote and its intention. Once again, we cannot stress enough just how important spelling, design, and placement is when getting a tattoo.
She Said It First
Like many people can agree, tattoos are generally about something we are most proud of. The woman seen in this photo decided to flaunt her white trash status. It is quite commendable, to say the least.
She Said It First
It takes quite a bit of courage to own and admit who you believe you are, even when most people look down on your identity. This lady must definitely be best of friends with the handlebar tramp stamp lady.
Enough With The Sensitive Drawings
We must say that we have done our best to justify some of the horrible tattoos we had on our list, this particular one, we can’t. If this was an attempt at making a feminist statement, it is a bad one at that. No matter what reason lies behind this tattoo, it is inexcusable.
Enough With The Sensitive Drawings
Such a tattoo can only make people cringe and shy away from the movement altogether. Perhaps this tattoo is nothing more than a really bad joke and we can only hope it will be removed or covered with a more appealing tattoo design.
What’s Going On Here?
Here’s to the most confusing tattoo on our list, with no sense whatsoever. This tattoo cannot be described in any positive light. We can only say this tattoo is disrespectful, rude, ugly, and gross. A bad combination of meat, broken windows, and cobwebs all in one.
Whats Going On Here
This tattoo leaves us all stunned and appalled. Although the meat curtains are somewhat creative, here we can see that bad creativity is a thing. Be sure to gather opinions about your tattoo idea before having it permanently inked on your skin.