162 guides

Placement

Where it goes - visibility, pain and healing all follow from this.

Style

The visual language - line, colour, shading and tradition.

Animals

Predators, birds and creatures - the most requested motifs there are.

Symbols

Objects and marks that carry a meaning beyond the picture.

Faith & memorial

Belief, remembrance and the pieces people carry for someone else.

People & words

Names, family, lettering and the pieces made for two.

Culture

Comics, film, music and heritage worn as ink.

Zodiac

One guide per sign.

Before you go

Choosing, paying for, living with and removing a tattoo.

More

Everything else.

Tattoos From Hell. The Biggest Tattoo Fails

#1 Green Monster Tattoo - We think that this tattoo is supposed to resemble John Voight who is an American actor, also known for being Angelina Jolie's dad. Unfortunately, this tattoo looks like a combination of John Voight and the Incredible Hulk! In fact, we don't think John Voight is half as ugly as this very bad design. The eyes are marked red and pink all around, his skin is an ugly putrid green, and his lips protrude like an ugly monster! This frankenstein style tattoo will surely make anyone look away as quickly as possible!

Fails tattoo design for men, idea 1

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#2 Never Don't Give What? - This failed design must have been a translation into English from another language because this poor chap is wearing a tattoo that is using very poor grammar. Not only that, but he/she has to wear it for the rest of his/her life! This design is an epic fail! The tattoo says "Never Don't Give Up". The poor person is now wearing a very large dark engraved tattoo with poor grammar all over his arm.

Fails tattoo design for men, idea 2

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#3 Teenage Mutant Ninja Nose - We feel so sorry for this poor chap who has most likely fallen asleep or gotten drunk, and had the tattoo done by his friends or some story like that. When he wakes up, he is in for a major surprise. It must be that he really likes the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, but certainly no one can like it that much that they would deliberately and soberly tattoo it on their now! We think this tattoo is an epic fail and we feel sorry for this guy.

Fails tattoo design for men, idea 3

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#4 It's Get Better - It's supposed to be an uplifting message but instead it just shows poor form. What reads as 'It's Get Better' was supposed to probably read as 'Everything Will Get Better' or some sort of motivational speech like that. Instead, it doesn't really communicate anything except for a failed tattoo engraving, and very poor command of the English language!

Fails tattoo design for men, idea 4

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#5 Poor Dog Drawing - This is a very poor drawing of a dog. Maybe it was supposed to be a fox, or a wolf, but from the drawing, all we can see is a photo of a very poorly drawn dog. The worst part of this tattoo is that there are parts of it printed in words that are misspelled as a part of the tattoo. The ink on the tattoo is poorly drawn on. This is a very fine example of a tattoo idea gone wrong!

Fails tattoo design for men, idea 5

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#6 Unicorn and Dolphin - This is one of those tattoos that at first one might think is a good idea, until they actually look at it in the mirror and realize what they have done! This is a tattoo of a unicorn having sex with a dolphin. This is not a pretty site. It can also be particularly offensive to some people, and it must be kept hidden in some contexts. We believe that this is the worst tattoo idea we have seen so far, and we have seen some pretty bad ideas out there already!

Fails tattoo design for men, idea 6

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#7 No Dream Is Too Big - This is another example of a tattoo that is just poorly engraved by someone who can't spell, read, or write English properly. The tattoo itself is inspiring and the words are nicely etched on, however, the spelling mistake just takes away from the intensity of the message. Another bad tattoo design that has had misspelled words on it! This person will be wearing that for a long time before they realize that they don't make any sense in English!

Fails tattoo design for men, idea 7

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#8 Cupcake on Toilet - This is just about the strangest tattoo out there. Another failed tattoo design. Why would anybody want to see every morning in the mirror someone else on the toilet, let alone a happy smiling cupcake? How do you even show your body to the world with this design visible on your arm or leg? We are embarrassed for this poor person.

Fails tattoo design for men, idea 8

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#9 Guilty Hotdog - This tattoo is basically just distasteful. This tattoo mentions 'Guilty of Being Delicious'. While this may be funny in the beginning, we are sure that this person at some point in life will think that it was the worst tattoo idea ever!

Fails tattoo design for men, idea 9

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#10 Back of Head Face - This is a tattoo of someone's face, at the back of someone's head. While this is super creative, we think it's going to be an epic fail both for viewers and the tattoo wearer in the long run. It seems like it comes right out of a horror movie!

Fails tattoo design for men, idea 10

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#11 Made in China - This made in China tattoo is definitely a bad tattoo idea! It basically just links this person up with poorly made goods of low quality!

Fails tattoo design for men, idea 11

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#12 Funny Looking Football Player - This is a poorly designed photo of a football player who looks very angry. There are so many other designs out there that look so nice. Unfortunately, this person just chose the absolute worst design they could have!

Fails tattoo design for men, idea 12

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#13 McDonalds Tattoo - I don't know who would want to be a walking, talking advertisement for McDonalds, but it seems like this person does! This is a good sample of a failed tattoo. It means they will need to always advertise McDonalds wherever they go, for a very long time!

Fails tattoo design for men, idea 13

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#14 It's My Life Tattoo - This would have been a pretty cool tattoo except that the tattoo designer completely blotched it up! Instead of writing 'It's My Life - Bon Jovi' they wrote 'It's My Life - Jon Bovi'! What a nightmare and an epic design flaw!

Fails tattoo design for men, idea 14

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#15 Bloody Mouth Tattoo - Okay this is just a weird tattoo that starts at a person's elbow where their sleeve is, and ends at the wrist with blood dripping down the mouth of this strange looking face tattooed on someone's arm. What a disaster of a tattoo!!!

Fails tattoo design for men, idea 15

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#16 I Love Poo Tattoo - This is a very significant design flaw. This tattoo was supposed to say I love you, but instead says very delicately engraved onto the wrist - I love poo! This poor person will have to wear this in a visible place for who knows how long!

Fails tattoo design for men, idea 16

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#17 Black Eye Tattoo - We are not sure why someone would want a photo of someone with a black eye on their body, but this tattoo is exactly that design. It not only looks like a scruffy drawing, but it just is a terrible tattoo design.

Fails tattoo design for men, idea 17

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#18 - Baby Tattoo - This person wanted to tattoo a photo of their child on their arm. It just looks funny and weird though, and it is also very big. The child was probably quite cute in real life, but on their arm, it just looks like a mess!

Fails tattoo design for men, idea 18

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#19 - Lawnmower Tattoo - Most people who are balding don't want to draw too much attention to their head, however, this tattoo is colourful and just draws tons of attention to the head area. We feel so bad for this person who already does not have an attractive shiny bald head who is wearing a bad lawnmower tattoo on top of that!

Fails tattoo design for men, idea 19

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#20 - DVD Tattoo - This tattoo is just distasteful because not only are DVD's going out of style, and out of time considering technology nowadays, but that is just an ugly overpowering design.

Fails tattoo design for men, idea 20

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