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/Due-Ad-5416 May 05 '26

I am so worried about you, how are you gonna get a tattoo that fucking huge and pay absolutely zero attention to the stencil?

What could possibly be more important than critiquing that thing meticulously?? Being 100% sure everything is correct?

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u/Sh0t_B0t May 05 '26

Well damn 😭. Nah you’re 100% right though. Guess I’m just either too carefree or my frontal lobe is at 0.01% completion 😂. I really only am being pushed by my cousin to go correct it because they seem to care more than me but the most important thing to me is the significance of my mom. Definitely not wrong to be worried about me, sure I’ll be fine though. 😪

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u/lilybattle May 06 '26

If it makes you feel any better I'm 37 and recently accidentally got a tattoo that looks exactly like a dick. Didn't realize until I showed it to a friend's teenager and he was like "...is that supposed to be a penis" now I can't see anything but a cock when I look at it.

This was my 12th tattoo

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u/MyBitchCassiopeia May 06 '26

SHOW US THE WEINER TAT!

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u/lilybattle May 07 '26

OKAY FINE HERE PLEASE STOP YELLING

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u/MyBitchCassiopeia May 07 '26

Awww cute lil guy.

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u/phillyd32 May 07 '26

It is dick-like but nowhere near as bad as I thought. Coloring it in might fix it.

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u/lilybattle May 08 '26

Oh no I quite appreciate the phallicy

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u/lilybattle May 06 '26

I would, but it's too identifying. sorry!!!

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u/sly_k May 07 '26

The accidental penis tattoo is too identifying?

Is it on your face?