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94 Times People Thought They Were Getting A Cool Tattoo, But Ended Up With A Mistake (New Pics)

Your body isn't just a tool, it's also a canvas, and tattoos are one of the most personal forms of expression. But if there's one thing people love to do with art, it's critique it.

Ink Shaming — All Bad Tattoos is a Facebook group where that becomes especially clear. From terrible designs to bizarre subject matter and questionable placements, nothing escapes the judgment of its 397K members.

However, since the group also sees a lot of discussions (mainly over who's to blame for these pieces), some of them even get acquitted. So continue scrolling, upvote the ones you dislike, and downvote those you believe are actually alright.

#1 I Think They Got His Hair All Wrong

Image credits: Ricky Ricardo

#2 Why They Gotta Do 40 Like That, Man

Image credits: Joe Dobrzensky

#3 This Is The Absolute Worst Thing I've Seen

Image credits: Akira Tyler Polk

#4 Oh No... I Think I'd Cry

Image credits: Kitty Nymph

#5 Found In Www

Image credits: Bart Berke

#6 I’m Not Too Sure About This One

Image credits: Austin Bramlett

#7 I Truly Don’t Know What I’m Looking At

Image credits: Anonymous participant

#8 This Marilyn Monroe Tattoo By Some Local Tattoo Artist

Image credits: Anonymous participant

#9 Been There

Image credits: Rebecca Baldwin

#10 Local Artist In A Shop. One Of The Worst I’ve Seen From A Shop Artist In My Area

Image credits: Anonymous participant

#11 It's So Sad To See A Once Reputable Company (Which Got Sued And Is No Longer Star Brite) Share Something So Bad From Their Shop

Image credits: Anonymous participant

#12 Found This In A Group Dedicated To The Crow

Image credits: Anonymous participant

#13 I'm A Linkin Park Fan, But Oof

Image credits: Laura King

#14 That Face..omg

Image credits: Anonymous participant

#15 Harley Quinn Had A Daughter With Sloth From The Goonies

Image credits: Cameron Beyer

#16 From My Feed

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#17 Ran Into This On Another Page And Wow..i Think It’s Supposed To Be Adam Sandler?

Image credits: Marcos Rodriguez-Toro

#18 Probably The Worst Work I’ve Ever Seen

Image credits: Anonymous participant

#19 I Just Wanted To Share My Cool Tattoo, It's Actually One Of My Favorite Tattoos That I Have

Image credits: Carlee June Robbins

#20 Oooof

Image credits: Anonymous participant

#21 Georgia Tie Fighter LOL

Image credits: Amanda Falzon

#22 I Did Not Know She Had A Gap

Image credits: Cellar pet

#23 Found This In The Wild LOL

Image credits: Anonymous participant

#24 No Vibes At All Allowed

Image credits: Baylee McConnell

#25 This Is Frightening Af To Me

Image credits: Anonymous participant

#26 If I Was This Guy I Wouldn’t Be “Walken” Away From This Session A Happy Customer! Lmao

Image credits: Anonymous participant

#27 Dude I Work With Got This

Image credits: Jonas Benson

#28 I Can't Get Over The Hands

Image credits: Anonymous participant

#29 All That Wasted Canvas

Image credits: Baylee McConnell

#30 Well It’s Easy To See She Has Crabs

Image credits: David Stockland

#31 Is This Real Love

Image credits: Anonymous participant

#32 The Person That Tattooed This Owns Their Shop. The Fact That They Went Ahead And Did This On A Large Scale To, Blows My Mind

Image credits: Anonymous participant

#33 Is The Strawberry Good

Image credits: Anonymous participant

#34 Saw This Beauty On TikTok… Said It Took 7 Hours

Image credits: Anonymous participant

#35 Done By A Local "Artist" Who Owns Their Own Shop. Thoughts??

Image credits: Anonymous participant

#36 Found In The Wild At The Water Park Yesterday

Image credits: Anonymous participant

#37 What’s Up Yall

Image credits: Andrew McGiboney

#38 Not Mine

Image credits: Anonymous participant

#39 Kind Of A Cross Between Butterbean And Uncle Fester

Image credits: Taylor Sanders

#40 Oh My God, That’s Truly Just Awful

Image credits: Taylor Sanders

#41 One Of Picasso's Finer Works

Image credits: Audrianna Bader Nichols

#42 Looks Like They Asked For Every Mother In Law In History And Combined Them All Into One

Image credits: Scott Brandon

#43 Heyy!! You Guys!!!

Image credits: Marcos Rodriguez-Toro

#44 I'm Begging You To Play Another RPG

Image credits: Jack Barker

#45 It Says "This Tattoo Bites"

Image credits: Kristopher Hubbard

#46 No Shame Love This Artist But This One Got My Jaw Dropped

Image credits: Shayla Christine

#47 Truly Speechless

Image credits: Cherry Sarita

#48 Nicolas Cage?

Image credits: Anonymous participant

#49 This Was On A Local Shop Owners Page, He Usually Does Good Work. Just Don’t Understand What Went Wrong Here

Image credits: Anonymous participant

#50 This Is Tomie, From Junji Ito Artwork, The Sad Thing Is Someone Was Actually Happy With This

Image credits: Ryan Hayward

#51 Feel Like This Belongs Here

Image credits: Anonymous participant

#52 Done In Potsdam NY Around 2004ish At A Shop That's Long Gone

Dude thought he was THE S**T because his shop stayed busy. His shop stayed busy because he was the only place for an hour in either direction.....and those places weren't great either.

Image credits: Errol J. Cathcart

#53 Not My Forehead Not My Problem, But Holy Hell

Image credits: Sean Bellavich

#54 Close Enough

Image credits: Krista Houghton

#55 Another Big Fish I Pulled Out Of The Vast Sea We Call The Internet..i Don’t Even Have Words

Image credits: Marcos Rodriguez-Toro

#56 Found This Gem Today

Image credits: Guido Clynn

#57 Found On Marketplace, Not What I Would Use As Portfolio Work And Especially Not At That Price LOL!!!

Image credits: HyPnoTiK

#58 Dark Crystal Podling Getting There Essence Sucked Out

Image credits: Anonymous participant

#59 Not Mine. Some Girl On My Facebook Keeps Posting The "Tattoos" That She's Been Doing. Totally Oblivious Of How Bad They Are

Image credits: Gavin Patrick

#60 This Crazy Guy Is 30 Years Old, I Think It Might Be Time For A Cover Up

Image credits: Rick Walsh

#61 Thought This Belonged Here

Image credits: Anonymous participant

#62 Talk About Give You Nightmares

Image credits: Anonymous participant

#63 That’s Butthead Under There

Image credits: Ashley Ann

#64 He’s Just The Salt Of The Earth

Image credits: Rick Copeland

#65 The Little Tumbleweed

Image credits: Blicky Goth

#66 No Concept Of Facial Anatomy

Image credits: Anonymous participant

#67 Taste The Ratchet Rainbow

Image credits: Sheri Urbanek

#68 Bro This Is A Brazilian Guy. He Call Himself Of "The King Off Tattoos"

Image credits: Leo Ferreira

#69 Found This Online And Wow This Is So Atrocious That I Immediately Thought Of Sharing To You Guys. It’s Supposed To Be Michael Jackson

Image credits: Anonymous participant

#70 Tom Cruise As A Clown???

Image credits: Anonymous participant

#71 I Imagine He’s Saving The Weird Space For When He Has More Kids?!

Image credits: Emma M Artin

#72 Memorial Piece

Image credits: Anonymous participant

#73 Imagine Sloth Holding Your New Born Bruhhh

Image credits: Anonymous participant

#74 Why Did They Make Jesus Look Like A Sea Otter?!

Image credits: Marcos Rodriguez-Toro

#75 Found In The Wild

Image credits: Anonymous participant

#76 Think Fight Club. I Know The Tattooer

Image credits: Anonymous participant

#77 Wolly Winka

Image credits: Tia Chandler

#78 Found This Beauty Online A Few Days Ago. All I Gotta Say Is Nailed It!

Image credits: Marcos Rodriguez-Toro

#79 LOL Saw This On My Feed Thought It Was Funny

Image credits: Logan McDougall

#80 I Saw This In Another Group…

Image credits: Anonymous participant

#81 Oh Ok

Image credits: Anonymous participant

#82 For Any Tool Fans In The House. Besides Maynards’s Deformed Potato Shaped Head In The Tat It’s Not Bad

Image credits: Sean Clark

#83 Don’t Know How To Feel About This

Image credits: Nick Sneed

#84 Dolphins I Guess

Image credits: Shell Armstrong

#85 She’s Got The Morning After Pic So U Know What To Expect

Image credits: Billy Knight

#86 Close Enough

Image credits: Derick N Jossalyn

#87 Professional Tattoo Not Ordered From Temu

Image credits: Emma White

#88 Help

Image credits: Anonymous participant

#89 Finally Found One. LOL Yikes

Image credits: Tiaja Mcshane

#90 Found In The Wild. Temu Elvis

Image credits: Bob Schwartz

#91 Yikes

Image credits: Anonymous participant

#92 Saw That On A Profile Picture Of My Friends Suggestions. So Many Things Wrong With That, I Can't Even Begin To Make A List

Image credits: Anonymous participant

#93 Bad Lines, Bad Anatomy, And Why?

Image credits: Ärae Gonzależ

#94 Why

Image credits: Laureen DM

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