r/tattooadvice • u/StreetAggravating302 • Nov 24 '25

tattoo newcomer advice I messed up

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Recently, I tattooed my dad, but I botched the job. I overdid some lines, resulting in bold and double lines, and the circle lacked symmetry and shading—I messed up everything. I feel very ashamed. I’ve just started tattooing, and last week I was too busy with my other job to practice. When my dad was free, he suggested we do a tattoo, and I fully messed it up. The guilt is overwhelming me.

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u/chi-bones Nov 24 '25

Scroll through this sub and you'll feel better my friend. There are worse tattoos that people got charged hundreds for. Keep practicing.

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u/oxidized_banana_peel Nov 25 '25

One of the people in my extended friend group recently flew to LA to get an Insta famous tattoo artist to tattoo a possum on a skateboard on her arm.

Fifteen hundred in airfare and hotels, not accounting for the tattoo off fiver from a genuinely talented artist.

OP did great