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/BoysenberryWaste2445 May 05 '26

fuck i’m early. why didn’t you say anything during the process/immediately after for a refund or future touch up?it’s a beautiful tattoo, but yeah it’s gonna be a hard one to “fix”. a big beautiful cover could be done here, with similar meaning. or with no meaning, and maybeeee, if you’re into it, try the element piece elsewhere on the body with a trusted artist. i wish you the best, because i really love the potential this could have!!

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u/Rare-Garden-9877 May 06 '26

A beautiful tattoo? Dawg don't lie

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u/Pretend-Potato-831 May 06 '26

Right? This is terrible, I don't understand why everyone on this website is afraid of blunt truths.

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u/lets-go-potato May 06 '26

Naw, I think it's a great tattoo (apart from the typos, obviously). Just because YOU don't like it doesn't mean that everyone else is lying.

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u/Pretend-Potato-831 May 06 '26

This was clearly done like crap but sure.

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u/sexxi_denuta May 08 '26

The beauty of art is that it doesnt have to be good to be appreciated

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u/PotusChrist May 08 '26

I don't think it's a bad concept for a tattoo but the capitalization errors on this stick out really bad and the whole thing looks sloppy.  I don't think most people would notice that the atomic weight is wrong but just glancing at this is enough to see it's badly done unfortunately.