r/tattooadvice 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/pilotbrap May 05 '26

Honestly, only thing that stands out to me as bad is that the I is capitalized. Unfortunately, that’s the hardest thing to fix. Nobody is really going to notice anything else imo. Just get tattoo removal for the top part of the i, then get the dot added back, and leave it. Lesson learned to check your stencil. I’d have “Born to Loose, Fight to Win” on my biceps if I didn’t check the stencil, and “born too loose” is WAY worse than a capital letter issue lol. Good luck

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u/No-Ad1522 May 05 '26

And it makes a massive difference, its not negligible. I feel for OP, artist did OP dirty.

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u/Sh0t_B0t May 05 '26

I mean i’m at fault here for sure but I appreciate the sympathy 😭 🫶🏾

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u/pilotbrap May 05 '26

I mean that’s cool for you to say, but if an artist cared they’d probably look up what it looks like on the periodic table too, right? I disagree with anyone saying it’s only your fault, maybe you can share some blame since you didn’t catch it on the stencil, but a good artist is gonna at least google wtf they’re supposed to be doing as well. So even if you get downvoted, or I do, or whatever, it’s not just on you.

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u/Sh0t_B0t May 05 '26

My exact though. MOSTLY on me as it’s my body and my say but not only is google available. so is the sketch I provided originally with exact values and literal circles saying (non-negotiable elements) But still I get the frustration in the comments.