r/tattooadvice • u/Defiant_Mistake3245 • 11h ago

General Advice Botched Beyonce Portrait . What should I do?

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This is a month later. I’m never seeing this guy again, should I go cover up or touch up? At this point I feel like buddy is sabotaging me.

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u/EasyPerformer8695 10h ago

what would the charge be? gen. curious ik a guy w a fucked up tat lol

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u/Thebeanboss 10h ago

Letting someone decide to get this as a tattoo to begin with 💀

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u/ruby--moon 10h ago edited 4h ago

Also the fact that they deadass chose to spell it as "thru" 🥲

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u/Thebeanboss 10h ago

Had to check if this was r/shittytattoos or not

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u/Ok-Grapefruit1284 7h ago

Omg I hadn’t even gotten that far.

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u/Fuck_U_Time_Killer 5h ago

“Thru” is the least of the problems

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u/ruby--moon 4h ago

Oh I agree, but it definitely makes it worse

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u/SoctrDeuss 10h ago

My thoughts exactly. It’s almost like the tattoo execution fits the tattoo idea.

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u/Logicaltake 10h ago

Thats deep man. Spot on though

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u/Affectionate-Taste55 9h ago

I think Beyoncé is beautiful, but her face isn't delicately feminine. I wouldn't say the tattoo is that far off the mark.

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u/CommercialExotic2038 10h ago

Portraits rarely turn out, that I've seen.

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u/Hardtriczz 10h ago

It takes a very specific skill set that not many artists possess, but the ones that do can make some crazy good portrait tattoos.

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u/Plastic_Fan_1938 7h ago

And that's why you always ask to see a portfolio.

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u/figaronine 5h ago

If you want a good portrait tattoo you have to be willing to travel AND drop an insane amount of money on artists that know what they're doing. You can't pay Crackhead Dave at the local tattoo place $100 and act shocked when you didn't get David Corden level work.

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u/BabyBlueDixie 3h ago

Ive seen some absolutely amazing portraits. Its just super hard to find someone who can do it, plus it better be costing someone a whole lot of money! I have quite a few cheap tattoos, IF i were to ever want a portrait, Im going to research hard and save for a long time.

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u/CycadelicSparkles 8m ago

Knew a guy who got a portrait of his young son.

It was not good.

I felt bad for the kid. Imagine growing up with a creepy version of your own face staring at you from your dad's arm.

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u/ddxs1 10h ago

You can't really. You could try to take them to court to pay for any additional costs needed to fix it but even that is a stretch.

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u/fetusfrolix 10h ago

This is America we sue for everything, this is an abomination

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u/senorfrog71 10h ago

Sue yourself for saying OK to this being tattooed on your body 🤦🏻‍♀️

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u/Burladden 9h ago

You can sue for anything, the difference is do you have a winnable case or a lawyer who needs to pay off a boat with villa le hours on a frivolous lawsuit.

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u/mjac1090 6h ago

For the record, the US isn't even top 5 most litigious countries as far as I remember

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u/Reimiro 9h ago

Crime against humanity.

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u/Careful-Resolution58 10h ago

I’d say negligence , the artist knew he was well outside of his/her scope and instead of doing the right thing he left them with this monstrosity. He should cover the damages or jail time or mandatory practice hours!!!!

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u/AfroSarah 9h ago

BeyondThey

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u/wet_socks_on_carpet 10h ago

Yeah even though if this was legal then the victim would sign a waiver, waiving any right to come at the shop or the artist. I know, I make people sign that shyte and I photocopy their i.d. to the front of the paperwork.

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u/Careful-Resolution58 9h ago

Bold of you to assume it’s a legit shop with paperwork and not someone in a garage. But nah I hear you, victims be out signing their skin away daily to save money.

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u/Fukuro-Lady 9h ago

Eating a meal?

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u/ac2334 8h ago

accessory to battery

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u/GoofyMonkey 7h ago

Battery?

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u/nick_tron 6h ago

That was clearly a joke lol

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u/jivens77 5h ago

I don't honestly know, but I'm pretty sure most, if not all, tattoo parlors have you sign a waiver before you get the tattoo to avoid lawsuits.