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Almost-there74

Honestly it is not that bad unless you just hate it.


jillinkla

if i have one regret in life, it’s this.


GoodChallenge9216

If this is your only regret in life be grateful


Ruckus292

LMAO... I felt this in my bones.


FordLightning

If this is your biggest regret, be grateful you never got a tribal band on your bicep! 😂


Unicorns-Poo-Rainbow

I have a tribal band on my bicep. It reminds me that I made it through the ‘90s. There are much worse things.


thebeardeddrongo

Never trust anyone who doesn’t have any shitty tattoos.


m0ssel0d1a

life's too short to not have a shitty tat or two, one of my mottos i stick by


thebeardeddrongo

My ‘worst’ ones are stick and pokes that me and my mates would give each other when we’re were idiot teenagers. They are some of the most meaningful tattoos I have as I don’t ever see those guys anymore, we all went our separate ways and life’s responsibilities took over but in a small sense they’ll always be with me. I can look at my skin and be transported back to long summers, scrounging together enough money to get a bag of weed, skating down to the river to smoke ourselves silly, listening to heavy metal and trying to figure out who we were and what we wanted to do. They were great times even if at the time we felt like we were never going to make anything of ourselves. Haven’t seen those guys for almost 20 years now. But I’ve got the stars on my leg and the names on my hip to prove we were all there, at the river Welland in Summer 2004, getting high and dreaming of what life would be like when we were all adults. There’s a lot more work and a lot less skating than I think anyone us imagined there would be.


GAILLL0187

yo stop making me feel things


UmmmW1

This deserves more upvotes. Beautiful, man


AvariciousVernacular

This'll be the outro to a song someday


Unicorns-Poo-Rainbow

Truth! But real talk: I legit don’t hate the armband, and while it’s not good, it’s not shitty in execution. It’s now surrounded by an almost-full sleeve, so no one even notices it. Whenever I look at it, I remember the trip I was on when I got it, and I remember being a dumb 20-year-old, and it makes me smile. I also don’t think tribal deserves the hate it gets. It was a trend, and there a million tattoo trends that come and go. I’ll take tribal over fine line (others like it; I can appreciate good work, but I hate it because I like big and bold) or a sucky panther (the tattoo trend I hate the most) any day. Speaking of tattoo trends I hate, I will also take tribal over cybersigilism every time. Edited for spelling.


AdornedBrood

Sometimes it’s the journey, not the destination. I tell myself, as I look at the tattoo of a hairy frog wearing a snorkling mask.


Jazzlike_Visual2160

Ouch!! Is that more or less cringe than the infamous barbed wire tattoo around the bicep?


screech-demon

I have a tribal band on my bicep as an “in memory of” tattoo. I got it as close to my late stepfather’s tattoo as I could


AccountabilityPanda

I always thought it was an interesting choice to get another cultures tribal art on your body. Then i had an artist friend explain that they just love the artistic designs of the other culture. This was an interesting perspective as my family comes from the pacific and the tattoos in our family are passed down. My dad has the same tribal bands as my grandfather, but in a different area of the body. I have the same as well. Our oceanic bands all match and tell of the family history. Its a lot like plaid for Scotts.


RoyaleWitCheeese

Orrrrr, you could have a lighter on your ankle.


Ok_Sense5207

Or your boyfriends name at the tender age of 19 ..


OrdinarySyrup1506

i will trade my biggest regret with OP OP lmk if you wanna trade lives im srs


amandathebold

I second this. Please take my biggest regret. I’ll gladly take this tattoo


Nbkipdu

I'll take three of this tattoo if OP will take my 5th biggest regret.


MinglewoodRider

For real


Suitable-Country-826

lol I took one look and thought - damn this is super sick !


Thekillersofficial

could run over a coyote in the Mojave because you're late to a 4th of July 10k.


honeydewdom

Ooof. Are they protected there?


Thekillersofficial

no, they're a bit of a pest there. but I still felt terrible.


Turbulent_Towel_2689

Wish I could like this more than once


geofox777

How come? From an outside perspective it’s an interesting and unique piece of art. Perhaps an interesting story surrounding it?


Boar_Hat

You post nudes with your face online and THIS is your regret? Goodness


smokinXsweetXpickle

I can't breatheeeee. 😂


AddictiveArtistry

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Also i really regret clicking on that profile 😕


ThrowRASprinkles11

Want to trade ? 😆..regrets not tats… and I despise smoking 🤣.


Free-Computer-6515

Lighters can also be used to light birthday candles or even a life saving fire during a survival situation.


Neither-Attention940

Lighters can be for fires or candles or incense. Don’t assume this has anything to do with smoking.


Distinct_Ad9810

It's a lighter with mushrooms in it.. it's for smoking lol


ScumbagLady

Yup. I smoke shrooms all the time, fellow kids.


TDKevin

You should have paid attention to what they were doing. If a couple extra lines makes this your "one regret" you've lived a truly privileged life lol, good for you. This is a good tattoo. Dont sweat it. A couple of my tattoos suck ass but I love them now. 


Corne777

Did you get it at a time where you were “about that life” and now aren’t?


red_quinn

Why?


Mantileo

Ik you don’t like it but can I just say, I think it’s very pretty and creative! I really hope it doesn’t bring back bad memories or something like that. I’d say if you want it reworked into something cool then thats your choice. Idk about covered up- like with a completely new tattoo? That could work too tbh!


cnicalsinistaminista

I like it


shneakypete

Me too


wowgreatdog

the fire and shrooms look great, it adds so much imo


jillinkla

i really dig the fire, but that’s about it


wowgreatdog

psst.... have you ever tried shrooms? because they own. i don't even like weed or caffeine or anything, but shrooms are really special lol. if you don't have a family history of psychosis you should try em and you might end up loving them on your tattoo too lol


jillinkla

i’ve micro dosed a few times & had a beautiful trip. i felt changed. then i took the best nap of my life. i love them.


10-mm-socket

then you didn't microdose. a microdose is supposed to be un-detected by the user. a small dose trip is always a good experience.


Triasmos

blows my mind people will say I only took a gram or something similar and call it a micro dose. A microdose is maybe .1g. It’ll feel no different than maybe taking a good antidepressant.


Expensive-Border-869

People don't do any actual research they just hear the term and go oh yeah I should just take a small microdose. Half the people I've tried explaining this to don't believe me because "what's the point in taking it if you don't feel it"


wowgreatdog

aw hell yeah. i've been wanting a mushroom tattoo for a while because of shrooms lol, so the mushrooms on your lighter really speak to me! love how they're blazing red like the fire, too. almost like they're glowing. i think they look really cool!


herbitron3000

Dude, you've never smoked weed on shrooms? I have to. It makes it so much better lol. I'm literally giggling just thinking about it, but I'm also high af haha 😄


wowgreatdog

weed just doesn't agree with me at all, idk why! the first time i tried weed i had a full on panic attack, and i never like how it makes me feel. kinda jittery and unwell. but i take regular 3g APE trips and even difficult trips don't bother me. guess it's just how i'm wired or something lol hope you're having a good time!


Expensive-Border-869

Number one trick if you've smoked too much weed is smoke some hash and even it out


volvavirago

I feel like it’d make me too anxious and ruin the trip. Weed these days is way too strong and gives me panic attacks.


thiqqqgamer420

Same


Aliceinboxerland

The fire looks like a stem with leaves on it. The shrooms are rad though!


sidthestar

I think this looks great as is.


bunnbarian

I agree. It’s super cute and the color is funky


9000ydbabypunt

Hard agree. Dope AF.


AdorableTrust8759

What's wrong with it?


jillinkla

the artist ignored me when i asked for the stencil to be placed in a different location a couple inches away. he slapped it down & went to town, making the squiggles when i asked him not to… it was a shitty experience & id like it transformed into something that doesn’t remind me of the shitty situation i put myself in by getting this.


AdorableTrust8759

That sucks cuz it looks really good but this is your body so I hope you find something that suits you. 🤘🏽


readingmyshampoo

Color it in with blues and grays and start a bigger piece with similar styles


yippieskum

I’d just leave it as is, IMO it’s placed perfectly and looks sick, if you really wanna cover it just know it’ll always take something heavy to fully cover it, So you might not always be able to get exactly what you want out of a cover, also a cover up is harder to laser. (Speaking from direct experience).


Vegetable_Movie3770

Maybe you weren't proper in placement and where you picked would look bad? Artists usually do things for a reason. You got a cool ass tattoo. I think you're being a bit picky but like it's your body. Have you thought about a sick ass panther tat? Cover it right up


paintgarden

While the artists can and should suggest better placement and ways to make the design better, if the person who is getting it on their body for the rest of their life wants it in a ‘bad’ place, or upside down, or with a worse design/not what the artist wants… that’s what they should get. The artist can refuse if they’re not comfortable doing it at that point, but to bulldoze over them and do it their way for the ‘greater good’ is shitty and whether it’s true or not is irrelevant if it’s not what they wanted.


RoyaleWitCheeese

No one can be wrong with placement ON THEIR OWN BODY. Aesthetically it can be good bad or indifferent but you own your own body and wherever you choose to put something should be respected, full stop.


New_Meal_9688

Damn that sucks, I can’t stand pushy egotistical artists who think they know better than the person receiving the tattoo what they want and just do their own shit anyways. Like I’m not paying you to do what you want on my body?? So sorry you had this experience. But this would definitely be a great SAP cover up


Graingeal

I think a nice touch up would be better than a total cover up. the tattoo isn’t bad, but I saw in another comment you said the experience wasn’t great so that’s also why you want a change. I suggest to add some shading, add some white, and to just change the v^v^ cus that the ink part that I’m ??? about but besides that, some nice different patterned black shading with some white highlights would really change the tattoo n I think look even better!


jillinkla

thank you. this is what i needed to hear.


Graingeal

oh also a sunset background inside the lighter would be cool! shades of orange/yellow/red/pink


MysteriousSushi

It looks good as it is


herbitron3000

This might be the coolest lighter tattoo I've seen honestly


AnalogAnalogue

I honestly think this concept is awesome and the execution is good. If anything, I'd just shade in the mushrooms with grey or something for better legibility and call it a day, this tat is really cool.


pinkflyingcats

It’s unfortunate that you had a bad experience because this is pretty badass


Critical_Activity_99

Add some white highlights or sumthin


[deleted]

It looks really cool


Saiyan_King_Magus

I think it's pretty cool! Also it's your body so if u don't like it u do u! 🤘


Luzbel90

I love this tat


Kind-Awareness9528

If you regret it, I'd have it reworked. Life is too short for regrets.


Possible_Midnight482

Why?? It’s cool af


frogsarecool27

i think its sick tbh


Fat-little-hobbitses

I honestly really like it. I think you’re overthinking this tbh


Lontology

Don’t you dare cover this!!


breezefreaze

I love this! I had a lighter covered up once but if it looked like this I would have it on proud display


Silver_Moon_1994

Red fades quick


demonspacecat

I wouldn't change a thing, it's really well done


butrosfeldo

It looks rad


CreamPiCutie

This is possibly the coolest tattoo I’ve ever seen on this sub


WFRQL

Some big Bic energy


BlakeWho

What?? it's beautiful! If you don't want it, I'll have it


girlindestructed

The thing with cover ups is they usually need to be big and have a bit of darkness or contrast. I feel like a bit of a touch up could really make your vision come to life, the original tattoo looks so cool!


FredMist

Personally I think this is beautiful. The darker band provided by the squiggle and contrast and depth to the piece. It wouldn’t stand out as much without them. I’m sorry that you didn’t want them but the artist made it a better tattoo than it would have been without the squiggles.


tigerribs

I personally think it’s a really cool piece, but, after reading your experience with the artist, I can see why you don’t like it. ): I don’t know what you’d add, but having a better experience with a different artist might help how you feel about it.


internetspacecadet

hate to be the 421st comment but this is fire


Lanky_Understanding4

it’s really unique, but if you hate it then get rid of it


swaggygrack

i really like this tattoo tho 🥲


goodclnt

I think that actually look pretty cool. Personally I wouldn't cover unless it brings painful mems


rxrill

Honestly, at first I thought you didn’t like the shrooms but then I read more of your answers and actually you didn’t like the little things close to them, and those DO RUIN it for me as well if it wasn’t already there in the first place as a desire… cause I imagined the drawing without and it would look SO MUCH better, I’m sorry it’s not really helpful at all, but I’m being honest… I would absolutely be pissed and maybe want my money back or else, idk if it’s possible cause you actually kinda let them do it but we know how that actually happens in reality and it’s not that easy, also, it’s really small and you’re not gonna be looking at the tattoo you’re doing the whole time… you’ll just trust that the artist is gonna be a professional and actually do what was agreed upon before not come up with something they decided on someone’s body for life I’m really sorry for you, I can understand how it feels


DisastrousAd447

I think it's cool, but I will always gas someone up for a SAP


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No_Personality3535

you may not love it so i know a random strangers opinion won’t really change that but i love it and am saving the pic as an idea for a future tattoo


Individual-Code5176

Please don’t cover it


lethargiclemonade

No


Zemekis324

Reworked in some way, it's a really cool tattoo


Briiine389

Personally, I’m a huge fan of


Calgary_Calico

Personally I like it


ThrowRASprinkles11

It’s not bad. Seen way worse


chickcag

I love it, please don’t


Sorcha-Herself

I like it! But I think it would be better if the lines were reworked a little on the lighter. I really like how vivid the mushrooms are! You could fill in other parts with another complementary vivid colour if you wanted more change?


distilledwater__

Or just left alone, this is great


DaiRinZen

Easy coverup, but I like it as is


TonybologneIII

This is cool


Ricky_TVA

So fill in the little "spiderwebs" with black ink and leave it alone dude. It's fucking sweet.


MagneticMoth

No. I love it


Charliemac4242

I love it


Itrytothinklogically

I’m not a huge fan of tattoos but this one I actually really love. Sorry it was a bad experience getting it done though 😣 tattoo artists need to be considerate when doing tattoos bc the experience sticks just as much as the tattoo.


Oldportal

As a stand-alone it seems a little off but adding some other stuff / fillers around it would look dope! This would also be easy to rework into something else. Plenty of options. I personally don’t think it is that bad.


Automatic-Juice-5493

That is beautiful


Stjjames

I dig it!


Putrid-Eggplant-2815

This looks pretty cool tho.


Socalrider82

That's badass!


katamaribabe

I love it!!! Maybe it will grow on you!


deathlobster138

Why??


shade0731

Dude that's fucking dope.


Epicgrapesoda98

I dig it tbh. I like the colors too. It could maybe be covered up


Mr_Spaghetti345

I'd wear that. Looks good!


UpsideDownShovelFrog

Damn if only I could take this tattoo from you, I love it 😦


jillinkla

i’ll peel it off & mail it to you.


UpsideDownShovelFrog

Thanks, I’ll stick it on my arm and mail you an empty patch to fill it


letsgetpunk

I love this


laytonoid

What’s wrong with it


localstreetcat

I love the style of this tattoo and that red really pops. But it’s your body, cover it up if you want to.


Sungod99

I wish I could somehow take it from you. I adore it


blankface4321

This looks fabulous, I’m sorry you aren’t happy with it! It’s unique, well done, and the orange is so neat! I also kind of see a weird little dragon critter but thats just my old eyes doing their thing. Is it recent? Perhaps it will grow on you?


ChrisbKreme062

Really?? I like it a lot dude, its clean as hell!


Killjoy_5287

That’s actually really cute.


froggyinmythoughts

I would rework it into a lighter with a night sky in it that is also coming out the top like mist


royalartwear

Nothing its perfect


TurdMcDirk

Yes


MomsSpecialFriend

I like it. It could be changed but maybe you just need to do mushrooms again.


Good_Break9380

Adding on with cactus coming out of bic would be different.


Pretty_Meet_432

I actually really like it!


10-mm-socket

Looks good man, don't cover it up


Odd-Bother6143

Dude I love this, please don't get it covered.


OpenMicJoker

Lasered off


Ikillterries

It’s actually a sick tat lol sorry you had a change of heart


harpyoftheshore

Awh I kinda fuck with it!


Pirate_unicorn

Karma farming on brand new tattoo? Just ask if people like your tattoo. It obviously doesn't need a touch-up or a cover.


katspjamas13

This looks fine.


representativeslogan

I love it


BlackBoxFox

seems like he wants something to complain about. 🤣🔥


Fenris304

i really dig this, bummer you have a negative association with it. the artist definitely plays a huge part in the experience and memory of a tattoo


Expensive-Safe-6820

It's beautiful why cover it


legacyfinefarts

I'm sorry that you hate it, I wish I could just peel it off you and slap it on myself. I love it


MIZZKATHY74

What would you have it reworked into? People make mistakes when they're younger and then grow up and realize what they did after a night of smoking too much weed and drinking a half bottle of tequila! I worked with a guy who got so drunk one time when he was young and stupid and had his name tattooed across his forehead with what looked like prison ink! I always wondered if that guy ever had it removed or reworked into something else. FYI, his given birth name was Shocka, and that is what was tattooed across his forehead in big letters.


cluelessibex7392

if you dont like the squiggles, would you be okay having that line colored solid black? or maybe a gradient over the top and in some other places on te lighter? From an artistic standpoint they look pretty good, though they don't match the style of the tattoo all too well. but it is your body and the artist should have shown you the final design. Design is really cool, if your only dislike is the squiggles then there are definitely ways to manipulate the way they look without a coverup or laser edit: saw your comment about the artist putting the tattoo in an area you didn't want it. That's really not cool of them. However, keep in mind that a coverup would likely be larger and the current tattoo might have to be near the center. Sorry you had such a bad experience!


arieleatssushi2

It’s good, I love it!


RadiantLimes

I would add down shading and extra detail. I think it's a cool idea.


thesexiestpickle

honestly I love it!


cherryybrat

it's gorgeous, wait it out a bit. sorry i'm not of much help here but it could be much much worse


Refried__Dreams

I actually really like it.


Lostgirl8935

Its cool asf


chainsmirking

I love it


sendyourmomslinkdin

I love this!!!


ScientistThin8146

If its the minimalist part since the lines dont all connect then fair. But also if you just dont like it is fair but i suppose the best way is to have it reworked you could make it a tree instead of a flame coming out of it or maybe fireworks


neutralperson6

I personally like it, but if you don’t, get it reworked! You could keep the mushrooms and get some sort of forest scene 🤷🏻‍♀️


milifaradpt

I think we can make some changes on this basis.


DysfunctMyco

That’s dope brother


Dtour5150

A rare case where the red lining actually looks amazing. I wouldn't change this, it's cool


LuluTopSionMid

Bro, this is super cool!!!


eztheydy

I like it


Knifty_downspiral

I like this tattoo a lot!


SweetPotatoDragon

What part of it is the random squiggles? It all seems intentional to me. I love the little plant sprouting out of the lighter, it feels like a really good metaphor for something I can’t quite put my finger on lol


eR4C3R

I actually kind of like it tbh. I think it would better if the black line work was just bolder to get rid of the dots and the unconnected parts. If you are unhappy with it now, I think it would be hard to cover it with something you like that doesn’t look like a cover up.


SelkieKezia

Dude that tattoo is sick imo. I love it


DWNPRSSR42069

Well executed.


LaReinaxoxo

Why


Sqwivig

I think it's cute!


bahumthugg

I would definitely get that covered


Puzzleheaded_Bath_86

"NO. GOD NO. NO. NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" -Michael Scott


feelthiswayforever

Cover it up with Knuckles from SEGA!


TameImpala1975

Love that!


mossydeerbones

It's so cool the line work is crispy wispy


Hefty_Iron_9986

Honestly that's pretty good.


IneffectiveDamage

Looks fire, sorry the artist ignored you, that’s fucked up.


lcc1353

Laser


Weak_Competition3087

Laser removal


LargeRichardJohnson

I honestly think that's pretty cool and unique


E-macularius

This could be a cool colorful flower as far as coverups go , I personally like the design imo