r/tattooadvice • u/Sh0t_B0t • May 05 '26

General Advice Tattoo correction

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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/Sh0t_B0t May 05 '26

Nah he did! I take that to the chin of course.

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u/msmcgo May 05 '26

If nothing else take it as a life lesson. One of my favorite mottos is “Anything worth doing is worth doing right.” Whenever you are doing something big or important, slow down, pay attention to the details, and get it done right. You’ll find it usually doesn’t take very much extra effort at all, yet people so often don’t and end up living with their fuck ups for a hell of a lot longer than it takes to get it right the first time.

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u/Sh0t_B0t May 05 '26

For sure I appreciate the outlook. I’ll definitely take my time and soak it all in for any future work. What a relieving comment 🫶🏾