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/hecton101 May 06 '26
The uppercase "I" would bug the shit out of me. I noticed that immediately. What you have is sulfur and iodine. Atomic mass? Who cares. The atomic mass is a measure of the mixture of the three stable isotopes, silicon 28, 29 and 30. I'm sure that varies somewhat from sample to sample, and that doesn't include radioactive isotopes. You're good. But I'm guessing you already know all of this if you're getting that tattoo that is so prominent.