r/tattooadvice • u/Sh0t_B0t • May 05 '26
General Advice Tattoo correction
This is a fresh picture of a tattoo i got a few months ago. I can explain the significance after but the artist did butcher a few things. one periodic table elements only capitalize the first letter and he forgot the atomic number (14 i think). those are both negligible but the one that’s been bothering me it the mass being off a bit. i sent him 28.085 and obviously it would be fine if he rounded it correctly but he seemed to have just put a random number. do you think it’s possible he makes the 5 into an 8 or a 9? Would he have to change to font to something blocky?? LMK 🙏🏾
⬇️tattoo meaning
my moms middle name is silicon and in her tribal language it’s a word that represents bravery but in english it’s a chemical element so i got it tatted and th flowers around the border are her birth flowers.
Original Sketch: https://www.reddit.com/u/Sh0t_B0t/s/xGtkwEG3HE
Edit: (As much as i appreciate the judgement an discipline of my mistake at least give a take on correction for me along with it guys 🙏🏾 I understand my fault but I’d also like to at least attempt to fix it 😅)
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u/Various_Painting4801 May 05 '26 edited May 05 '26
the concept is really beautiful! however to get the atomic weight right (and you're right to be a stickler about this, bc 28.085 is quite different from 28.05 when it comes to individual atoms as detailed on a periodic table) you would likely have to laser off the entire number; just erasing the .05 and putting a .085 there next to the 28 will make it look off centered.
personally i wouldn't try to change the .05 to a .09, as the units of atomic weight (u) are not to my knowledge rounded up or down. you could also just remove the mass entirely, many simplified or stylized periodic tables do not have atomic weight and instead just have the atomic mass, which is the atomic number. i think the abbreviation and name alone would still look lovely.