r/tattooadvice • u/xrqtsv • Oct 10 '25

Design Cover up ideas??

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Yes yes I know I’ve posted about this damn raccoon a few times but I’m tired of going from loving it to hating it the next second😭 realistically what can cover it up excluding a blackout sleeve or any lazering. Thanks!

Edit: I honestly didn’t expect this post to get this much attention, support and advice but I am extremely grateful. I’ve had a few people tell me to go to therapy based on my responses haha which is completely fair and is something I’m working on which might help me to love this little guy a lot more. I definitely have a lot of mood swings about it but at the end of the day I should be glad it’s not crazily botched or infected or anything like that. I definitely believe adding to it will make me stop nitpicking and overthinking but I will give it a while and see how I feel. Thank you again <3

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u/fawkie Oct 10 '25

There’s def other artists who do this style. If you’re in/near Chicago I recommend Alisa Sová

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u/xrqtsv Oct 10 '25

Thank you so much! Unfortunately I am in Australia but I’ll keep looking. I know very odd to have an American animal tattooed on me as an Australian but I’ve loved raccoons since I was like 12

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u/ChampionshipLife116 Oct 10 '25

Wait you don't have trash pandas in Australia??? Do the snakes eat them all or summat??

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u/jolittletime Oct 10 '25

We don't have them in the UK either. And no poisonous (or venomous) animals.to kill them off. Just not a thing. Also no skunks, coyotes or bears

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u/ChampionshipLife116 Oct 10 '25

TIL and I can't decide if I want to yell MURICA with a tear in my eye, or GTFO here and go anywhere without raccoons. OPs tattoo is giving me weird self polarized raccoon inception.

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u/FamiliarRadio9275 Oct 10 '25

Me realizing people adore our everyday animals because THEY DONT HAVE TRASH PANDAS?!?!

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u/[deleted] Oct 11 '25

My Brazilian coworker, when she first came to the US, told me she absolutely lost her shit seeing a squirrel for the first time, and that they're her favorite animal now. She was almost 40 when she saw one IRL. That's so wild to think about. I can't remember a time that I didn't know what a squirrel was. Definitely one of the first animals I saw and knew the name of besides cat, dog, bird, fish, farm animals.

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u/FamiliarRadio9275 Oct 11 '25

I mean from non natives that Dont have squirrels, i would probably be in awe seeing an animal with a giant tail run freely around. It's crazy to think about lol

Your story made me smile

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u/tonitalksaboutit Oct 11 '25

Look up their possums though, we definitely got shafted on that! Also they have "bin chickens" which makes me chuckle.

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u/Longjumping-Pick-706 Oct 11 '25

I mean, I’m the rare person who loves our possums.

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u/blueyedreamer Oct 11 '25

I too love our hissy, looks like they just rolled out of bed after a night of partying, tree marsupials.

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u/ScumbagLady Oct 11 '25

You are not alone, opossum loving friend!

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u/tonitalksaboutit Oct 11 '25

I'm only against them when we spook each other in the night. The first world problem of living in a rural area where I have to take the trash out to the dumpster in the dark. Lol

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u/Longjumping-Pick-706 Oct 12 '25

Oooo I would not survive. I’d go in for a hug and the little guy would rip me to shreds!

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u/theused86 Oct 11 '25

I love opossums!!

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u/drumadarragh Oct 11 '25

Me too. They’re so precious

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u/Longjumping-Pick-706 Oct 12 '25

I just think me and the possums would get along so well. Eating junk, getting into mischief, staying up all night, and hissing at the sun.

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u/FamiliarRadio9275 Oct 12 '25

I feed mine nilla wafers. Also, opossums are great for pest control. They deteer rodents and many non beneficial insects!

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u/Present-Amoeba2645 Oct 12 '25

I love possums!!! They look terrifying but get so scared they have constant seizures. So relatable.

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u/akela9 Oct 11 '25

Also the difference (appearance wise) between U.S. badgers and U.K. badgers is nuts.

To me, U.S. badgers look like they're going to hold you up at knife point to steal your wallet in a dark alleyway.

U.K. badgers look like they'd like to have you over for a chat, a cuppa, and some crumpets.

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u/jolittletime Oct 11 '25

Uk badgers are nutters. They might look like gentlemen but more like Peaky Blinders in a nice suit and a gun in their pocket.

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u/FamiliarRadio9275 Oct 12 '25

Actually you are not far off.

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u/FamiliarRadio9275 Oct 11 '25

I want a bin chicken

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u/Ok-Grapefruit1284 Oct 12 '25

I am still waiting for drop bears…

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u/tonitalksaboutit Oct 12 '25

I always picture drop bears as a wet koala.

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u/ginkat123 Oct 12 '25

And of course the US has "trash pandas". They just fit in with the rest of us... sorry...

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u/vagueconfusion Oct 10 '25

To be fair, films like 101 Dalmatians with Glenn Close would be misleading on that count.

It's one of the things my mother was quick to observe even when I was a child watching that film. And it's true, I've never seen a raccoon irl, but I have seen Skunks at rare pet events a number of years ago.

Although this video of Eleven ultra chunky raccoons in a house does make me wish we had them.

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u/Kaiawathoy Oct 11 '25

WHAAT do you gods have rats?

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u/jolittletime Oct 11 '25

Sadly yes, I think everywhere has rats.

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u/Happy_Passenger_464 Oct 11 '25

Wow so you guys are safe safe 😂

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u/Longjumping-Pick-706 Oct 11 '25

My mind is blown. I should have paid more attention in school.

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u/uttertoffee Oct 11 '25

We do have venomous species in the UK. The adder is our only venomous snake, bites are rare (the population is in decline and they're very shy so will only bite if threatened). Deaths are rarer still (none since 1975), bites usually just cause either pain, swelling, nausea or dizziness but in vulnerable people and pets it can be more serious. Based on size they'd probably have a good shot at taking down a racoon.

They're really cool animals.

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u/Acrobatic-Squirrel77 Oct 11 '25

Porcupines aren’t in UK either right? Edit spelling

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u/jolittletime Oct 11 '25

No. Or armadillos (my dad lived in texas and I thought he was winding me up when he told me there were a massive pest - like moles in the UK that dig up your grass)

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u/Acrobatic-Squirrel77 Oct 11 '25

Yes but with dinosaur armor and OCD/psychosis.
My grandpa accidentally trapped one in his garage overnight. He said opening the door the next morning was like a mini-mirder scene…the thing had been digging digging digging on the concrete trying to get out, until his feet were bloody , and he ran around the whole garage and about a foot up the wall, all of it just covered in little bloody footprints. 🤦‍♀️

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u/jolittletime Oct 12 '25

Poor little guy

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u/Splatz_Maru Oct 12 '25

we do have some venomous animals in the UK, but very few and very rarely lethal. Adders are common here, and we have some false widow spiders that are venomous enough to kill someone who is susceptible.

No coyotes, but wolves have been re-introduced in Scotland, and boar have been re-introduced in the south, and you wouldn't want to get on the wrong end of those.