Tattoo Fails: Body Modding Gone Wrong

Tattoos are the ultimate in customization… customizing your own body. It’s something we have been doing for centuries and it seems people have this constant fascination with putting something personal on themselves to set them apart.

The thing is, tattoos aren’t always…well… good. Whether it’s a drunken visit to the tattoo parlour, a dare, or just pure bad taste, some tattoos are cringeworthy. The good thing about this though – it provides us with a little laugh when we go searching for examples of failures in the field of tattoo artistry! So here begins our rundown of ten examples of misguided inking

Rabid Google Fangirl

Why this person thought this would be a good idea I don’t know, but then a woman’s love of a search engine is a deep and complicated affair… At least the shadowing under the letters is good I suppose. No, sorry, it's no good. I just can’t think of any positives.

Now love is a strange thing, and it seems this next man has taken that statement to the extreme:

Dear Brenda...

He really likes the name Brenda apparently… I wonder whether he thought it was such a good idea after having the name written on his back for four hours straight with a needle and realising he was only half way through. I’d like to take this opportunity however to congratulate his tattooist… my God that man has the patience of the Saints, rumor has it he was dreaming the word Brenda for weeks after that. Also congratulations to the man’s wife, Mandy.

Now we must remember that tattoos can be bad in other ways, apart from bad taste. Number three on our list was done in the best taste possible, it’s the tattooist who let things down.

Ink and Incompetence

Now I’m pretty sure it’s a prerequisite of being a tattoo artist to be a good artist…it’s in the title. This tattooist needs sacking, I mean he can’t even write neatly let alone draw a good picture. I think the moral of this story is to check out the work of your tattooist before letting him permanently disfigure your body!

Terrible tattoos can just be plain funny too, and number four on our list is one of those.

Hands-On Tattooing

And to think women always moan about the way men treat them; talking to their chest, wolf-whistling at them, slapping their arse… Why this girl wanted this we will never know but let’s be honest: it looks terrible.

Standing up for what you believe in is an honourable thing to do, some of the greatest people in history are ones who have done just that. Perhaps this guy can join their ranks with this offering:

Bringing Home the Bacon

Yes, this guy believes in bacon. I mean what’s not to love about that? It’s nutritious, filling, and cures even the worst of hangovers… Given our unified love for bacon, you’d have thought this tattoo would be a guaranteed hit. However, it makes it onto our list of tattoo fails because, one day soon, the ‘Ha-ha I have a tattoo of bacon’ joke is going to get boring, and this person is going to realize he is permanently scarred for a day or two of laughter.

Now on to a terrible tattoo dedicated to a terrible film. Having a tattoo of your favorite film is permissible… unless your favorite film is this:

Bad Tattoo on an Arm

Yes that’s right, this guy loves that complete waste of Samuel L. Jackson so much he got it tattooed on his arm. I’m not even going to start on that one, I’m sure you all understand.

Now, in our hunt for bad tattoos, we’ve found that a fair number of offerings are just plain weird as opposed to outright badly drawn or conceived, and I think this next one qualifies for that category…

We're Going to Need a Bigger Needle

Looking at that one can’t help but wonder two things: ‘what the hell is that’ and ‘why would you have a tattoo on your armpit?’ In answer to the first, it seems to be some sort of bloodied shark opening its mouth to reveal a freakishly large child’s head. In answer to the second, I’m going to offer three arguments against the idea, just in case you can’t think of any: First, Jesus Christ it would hurt! Second, as a woman, you would be shaving a shark’s mouth every other day and that seems a little bit weird to me. Finally, it looks rubbish. End.

Some of the funniest tattoos are those you get as a dare, and I would put good money on this next one being just that:

A Moment to Conceive, A Lifetime to Regret

Now I used the word funny there, and no doubt it was funny for this person at the time but let’s be honest it probably isn’t now, I mean it doesn’t even look realistic. It is however funny for us and that’s what matters, so take a second to have a little giggle to yourself about that one.

Well, we’re nearly at the end of our countdown now and it was certainly hard work to whittle down these top ten, at least it was entertaining though! At number two is a tattoo you may well have seen before, especially if you are a lover of the MTV show Jackass.

Watch Your Back

What can I say, it’s definitely a funny one, but can I just say it’s actually really good! The legendary Steve-O has always been a bit of a joker but he does also have a very good tattooist!

And finally some people just take it one step too far don’t they:

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This bloke has taken tattooing to the extreme, with not one part of his body not inked. No holds barred in the quest for uniqueness here. There's always one!

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