20 Shocking Tattoo Spelling Blunders Clients Failed to Spot for Months

20 Shocking Tattoo Spelling Blunders Clients Failed to Spot for Months

The tattooist tried to blame the customer for not noticing beforehand, but there were 3 of us who could and should have noticed. He ended up turning the “p” into a capital “R” and putting the rest of the letters after to make the spelling correct. It was the best fix he could have done on the spot, but it honestly looked awful and I was ashamed for my part in it

He wasn’t a good tattooist. I’m glad that I left him, and that he left town.

anon , Getty Images/Unsplash (not the actual photo) Report

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A tattoo artist creating new tattoos for a client, showing the detailed process of tattoo art and potential spelling errors. I was into my first 3 month as a full time artist at a shop, and we just got a new thermal imager (what makes stencils) and I was the first to break it in.

I was in a hurry so I wrote the image out, traced it and placed it on the guys arm. We both looked in the mirror to see if the spelling was correct and started the tattoo.

What I didn’t realize was that the images was printed backwards and he was about to get his tattooed spelled correctly, just entirely backwards. So in the mirror it looked perfect and on skin…. well, not so much.

So I’m finishing up the image he wanted and am about to start the lettering and he yells, “HEY, YOU’RE ABOUT TO TATTOO ME BACKWARDS!” I look and sure enough he’s right.

It was a close call, I decided not to charge him and we reprinted the lettering but this time not backwards.

ImFromIndiana , Getty Images/Unsplash (not the actual photo) Report

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A client observing as a tattoo artist works on a large arm tattoo, illustrating the client-artist interaction. I’m one of the dumb ones. Came into tattoo shop with a scripture I wanted tattooed on. Just the reference, not the whole sentence. Guy triple asks me if I’m sure it’s correct as he’s about to start working. I was slightly annoyed the third time he asked but I pulled out my phone to check. I was wrong.

NurseyMcNurseface , Lesia/Unsplash (not the actual photo) Report

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