These Tattoo Cover Ups Are So Good Your Jaw Will Drop
There is no worse feeling than looking at a tattoo after the artist is finished and realizing it isn’t even close to what you asked for. What do you do? Do you yell at the artist until he calls the police? Do you demand your money back?
If you’re these people below you do the practical, albeit more expensive thing. You pay a real tattoo artist to cover the mistake. Here are some of the best tattoo cover-ups we have ever seen!
This first one is for the Pokemon obsessed:
As you can see, the original Pikachu came out more like a Pika-pee-yew. Luckily the human canvas had a good sense of humor about the situation. Turns out the real Pikachu is a pretty darn awful artist! He’s so proud of his work, though, and so cute, you’ll probably lie to him and tell him he’s the very best like no one ever was.
Next, we have the classic case of mistaken Chinese identity.
Sadly enough for this girl, she wanted to get the word “dancer” tattooed on her neck for everyone to see. What she ended up with was the word, “flat.” She can’t be mad at her tattoo artist for this one. She picked out the symbol and messed up the translation.
Good thing her next artist had the best idea ever. The lady who wanted dancer got exactly what the doctor prescribed: dance. Look at that detail work too! That flower dress is absolutely beautiful. That’s a fact you can’t deny.
Moving on, we have one that is confusing before and after, but the after is a massive, massive improvement.
First of all, what exactly is the original tattoo supposed to be? We have no idea. Maybe there is a flower in there somewhere. It’s really just impossible to tell. If we’re being honest, it looks like a lot of black ink was spilled on this guys arm.
The cover up is still confusing, but at least we can make out what is going on. And it’s hard not to be impressed with the details that went into it. There are so many blocks and circles, and really strong shading that we had to include this, even if it’s not a masterpiece.
Finally, we have another classic initialing mistake, this time involving broken relationships.
You guessed it, this sad guy got his ex-girlfriend’s initials. It always seems like a good idea at the time. Then she rips your heart and leaves you with nothing. You don’t even get the dog. Or cat if you’re that kind of person.
His problem was solved with this incredible cover-up, though. The initials are no longer anywhere to be seen. Now all that is visible is pine forest laying on top of expensive diamonds. Probably the ring he was going to give his girlfriend. Well done.
What do you think? Are you as impressed as we are about these incredible cover ups?
