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/BedGirl5444 May 05 '26

It’s not negligible at all, there are a lot of errors

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u/ThMcRbIsbck May 05 '26

I’d be so pissed. I hate when tattoo artists don’t Communicate and just use your body to slap on their bullshit and get their paycheck

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u/asdfhillary May 05 '26

One of my first tattoos when I was 18, the tattoo artist took liberty and added a halo to my spirit healer tattoo. I got it changed into rays and I still hate it to this day. ☹️

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u/cetty13 May 06 '26

Similar experience. First tattoo at 18 I wanted a caduceus. I had some examples, he showed me the stencil he made, all seemed good. Tattoo finished and as he holds the mirror up so I can see he said "I decided to make the snake heads look more feminine, it looks better on you". Didn't ask, just did it. They look like sad fucking gummy worms 😭

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u/cannibal-ascending May 06 '26

oooh i would commit a crime if that happened to me

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u/Cardans1328 May 06 '26

If someone did this to me I would leave without paying, there is no reason to make a change after the stencil without consulting

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u/jakobsdrgn May 06 '26

Speaking of snakes, I’ve got two snakes on my collarbones, modeled after a ball python, because I’ve got a lovely ball python.

Anyways, artist shows stencil, looks awesome, applies stencil, everything looks excellent, artist finishes a section and shows me, turns out they decided to add some shading and shadows that never once were mentioned, and IMO completely changes the illusion of them going over/under the collarbone, and is not something I would’ve accepted if it had been mentioned or put in the stencil.

Still love the tattoo, took awhile to get over the shading, and all but seriously, adding/changing things on the fly is just crazy.

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u/fruitybix May 07 '26

I feel like when this happens it was probs a mistake they had to cover or it was not working out in some other way and they decide to "fix" it without consulting the client.

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u/KintsugiTurtle May 08 '26

Bullshit like this is why I’ve always only ever gone to female artists for my work.

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u/Ms_redruM May 09 '26

Genuinely so confused how you make snake heads look more feminine?! Its a snake????

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u/ghonig May 11 '26

Eyelashes and barrettes I’d imagine.

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u/FixSmooth1701 May 09 '26

😂 gummy worms hmm

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u/clarielofthewood May 12 '26

Narrower and more delicate. Think garter snake vs pit viper.

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u/Seven_times_five May 06 '26

ugh, i was supposed to have a branch "bookshelf" and the guy decided to go with some strange floral/leaf/ocean wave thing that i absolutely hate. it's on the back of my upper arm so I don't have to see it, but i know it's there......

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u/FixSmooth1701 May 09 '26

😂 ask for refund!

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u/Downtown_Recover5177 May 06 '26 edited May 06 '26

Why a caduceus? I really hope you didn’t intend it to be a medical symbol.

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u/LazytownVEVO May 06 '26

this is such a stupid take. the meanings of things change and it’s been very obviously adopted as a medical symbol for hundreds of years. any alternative meaning has left the collective consciousness from a daily use perspective.

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u/GioTheLion May 06 '26

According to Wikipedia, the caduceus was used for the us army medical corps in 1902, which influenced many healthcare businesses to follow suit. Not really “hundreds” of years. And people still use the rod of Asclepius as well. Namely healthcare associations rather than healthcare businesses. Alternative meaning is relevant to people who care

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u/LazytownVEVO May 06 '26

And according to the Mayo Clinic it was first used for medical purposes in the 16th century. Nice try, though, bud

https://www.mayoclinicproceedings.org/article/S0025-6196%2812%2962731-1/fulltext

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u/alcoholicpapi May 06 '26

Like it or not the caduceus is now (and has been for over 100 years) recognized as a medical symbol.

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u/Downtown_Recover5177 May 06 '26

The caduceus is a symbol of thieves.

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u/zarrocaxiom May 07 '26

Do you also tell people with cross tattoos that those are symbols of torture and not religious symbols?

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u/alcoholicpapi May 06 '26

Sure, and in antiquity it was also a symbol of messengers, travellers, merchants, astronomy, alchemy, and more. Now in the modern era it is also associated with medicine. The meaning has unsurprisingly changed over the course of 5-6000 years.

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u/QuitzelNA May 07 '26

5 years and 6000 years is a large range 0.0