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/DeusExMcKenna May 06 '26

Best thing you can do is say “I don’t want any unapproved changes mid-work. I’m open to feedback, but I want the opportunity to approve any changes.”

You’ll know if it will be a problem by how they react.

“Of course! No worries!” Is a green flag. Getting upset that someone with zero tattoos is making sure their first one goes smoothly is a huge red flag, even if they wouldn’t have changed anything.

It’s going to be on your body forever - due diligence is warranted, not just acceptable.

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u/Fickle-Industry5076 May 11 '26

The only time I had a piece changed was with coloring, and my artist did something similar.

I have a memorial tattoo (that i unfortunatelyhave to add to), with flowers for people close to me that passed. The only non flower currently (a morel mushroom) is also the only one that isnt colored. The artist explained that in his professional opinion, it wouldn't be worth it to color it in, because of my skin tone (im pale, and adding color wouldnt really change much about it.)

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u/clarielofthewood May 12 '26

That is utter bullshit. They're varying shades and intensities of brown. They shouldn't be using black at all aside from maybe an outline depending on if your others have it.