Your Tattoo Sucks

This one was sent in by Your Tattoo Sucks fan Jessi.  I think Jessi’s comment with her submission says it all and I have nothing further to add:  “Paid in full…for poop”.  I don’t know why the word poop always makes me giggle. It just does. Thanks Jessi!

So a while back I posted up a picture of Mike Tyson with his new face tattoo. Now that I look back at that link it was one of the first tattoos I posted, but that’s not important right now.  As if the Mike Tyson face tattoo wasn’t bad enough…someone went out and got a tattoo of Tyson face…with his face tattoo.  Sure it’s funny for a second or two…but you do realize this is permanent right? Random side note…I can’t see a picture of Tyson any more and not start singing In the Air Tonight by Phil Collins (thanks Hangover).

Today is the birthday of one of the greatest civil rights leaders in American history and to mark his birthday it is also a national holiday.  That being the case, I figured I would celebrate the day with a few MLK tattoos.  Enjoy!

Up first is an excellent example of a very well done portrait tattoo.  I know I feature a lot of really sucky examples, but this is a good one (at least I think it is).

Next up is a portrait style tattoo with a different twist…he’s blue. I’m not really quite sure what’s up with this one.  My guess is the artist was going for what MLK Jr would look like if he was in James Cameron’s movie Avatar.

Finally, let’s look at a real example of Martin Luther King tattoo suckage…I mean I had to throw one in right? To me nothing says tribute to a civil rights leader than dressing him up like the Virgin Mary and having him stand on top of a little white baby.  Not only is the concept bad…the artwork is terrible.

Now I do like the concept of getting a tattoo of one of those mindless crane worshipping aliens from the Disney movie Toy Story and don’t see a problem with that. I will say the artwork here is pretty sloppy and the lines are wobbly. Yeah, go ahead and call me a perfectionist ass if you want to…oh and speaking of ass…did I mention that is exactly where the guy got this little green guy tattooed. Classy.

Thanks Sterling for the submission.

I’m pretty sure at night while this guy is sleeping this tattoo comes to life and jumps off his arm and feeds on neighborhood children. I may have nightmares about this visual. Lock your doors if you live near this tattoo. Please. Think of the children. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: Only get portrait style tattoos by tattoo artists who are actually good and specifically skilled in doing them. Way too often they end up like this.

Step right on up ladies. What you are looking at on display here is a grade A slab of prime southern hospitality beef.  Now don’t all you ladies get too worked up and start fighting over him…at least don’t start the hair pulling until I get my video camera and pudding ring ready.  BTW, it should also be noted that not everyone in the South is like this guy.