Your body isn't just a tool; it's also a canvas, and tattoos are one of the most personal forms of expression. But if there's one thing people love to do with art, it's critiquing it.
Ink Shaming — All Bad Tattoos is a Facebook group where that becomes clear. From terrible designs to bizarre subject matter and questionable placement, nothing escapes the 397K members' judgment. The group also sees a lot of discussions over who's to blame for these designs, and some of them even get acquitted.
So keep scrolling, upvote the ones you agree with, and join the debate!
#1 This Is The Absolute Worst Thing I've Seen
Image credits: Akira Tyler Polk
#2 Found In Www
Image credits: Bart Berke
#3 I’m Not Too Sure About This One
Image credits: Austin Bramlett
#4 I Think They Got His Hair All Wrong
Image credits: Ricky Ricardo
#5 Why They Gotta Do 40 Like That, Man
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#6 I Truly Don’t Know What I’m Looking At
Image credits: Anonymous participant
#7 Been There
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#8 Local Artist In A Shop. One Of The Worst I’ve Seen From A Shop Artist In My Area
Image credits: Anonymous participant
#9 It's So Sad To See A Once Reputable Company (Which Got Sued And Is No Longer Star Brite) Share Something So Bad From Their Shop
Image credits: Anonymous participant
#10 Georgia Tie Fighter LOL
Image credits: Amanda Falzon
#11 I Just Wanted To Share My Cool Tattoo, It's Actually One Of My Favorite Tattoos That I Have
Image credits: Carlee June Robbins
#12 The Person That Tattooed This Owns Their Shop. The Fact That They Went Ahead And Did This On A Large Scale To, Blows My Mind
Image credits: Anonymous participant
#13 Is The Strawberry Good
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#14 This Marilyn Monroe Tattoo By Some Local Tattoo Artist
Image credits: Anonymous participant
#15 I Can't Get Over The Hands
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#16 Found This In A Group Dedicated To The Crow
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#17 Probably The Worst Work I’ve Ever Seen
Image credits: Anonymous participant
#18 I'm Begging You To Play Another RPG
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#19 Found On Marketplace, Not What I Would Use As Portfolio Work And Especially Not At That Price LOL!!!
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#20 Found In The Wild At The Water Park Yesterday
Image credits: Anonymous participant
#21 I'm A Linkin Park Fan, But Oof
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#22 Oooof
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#23 Oh No... I Think I'd Cry
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#24 Not Mine
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#25 I Did Not Know She Had A Gap
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#26 All That Wasted Canvas
Image credits: Baylee McConnell
#27 No Vibes At All Allowed
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#28 Harley Quinn Had A Daughter With Sloth From The Goonies
Image credits: Cameron Beyer
#29 Well It’s Easy To See She Has Crabs
Image credits: David Stockland
#30 From My Feed
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#31 Is This Real Love
Image credits: Anonymous participant
#32 Ran Into This On Another Page And Wow..i Think It’s Supposed To Be Adam Sandler?
Image credits: Marcos Rodriguez-Toro
#33 Dude I Work With Got This
Image credits: Jonas Benson
#34 It Says "This Tattoo Bites"
Image credits: Kristopher Hubbard
#35 Saw This Beauty On TikTok… Said It Took 7 Hours
Image credits: Anonymous participant
#36 Done By A Local "Artist" Who Owns Their Own Shop. Thoughts??
Image credits: Anonymous participant
#37 Dark Crystal Podling Getting There Essence Sucked Out
Image credits: Anonymous participant
#38 Finally Found One. LOL Yikes
Image credits: Tiaja Mcshane
#39 What’s Up Yall
Image credits: Andrew McGiboney
#40 No Shame Love This Artist But This One Got My Jaw Dropped
Image credits: Shayla Christine
#41 Found In The Wild. Temu Elvis
Image credits: Bob Schwartz
#42 Not Mine. Some Girl On My Facebook Keeps Posting The "Tattoos" That She's Been Doing. Totally Oblivious Of How Bad They Are
Image credits: Gavin Patrick
#43 Truly Speechless
Image credits: Cherry Sarita
#44 This Crazy Guy Is 30 Years Old, I Think It Might Be Time For A Cover Up
Image credits: Rick Walsh
#45 Thought This Belonged Here
Image credits: Anonymous participant
#46 Nicolas Cage?
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#47 Talk About Give You Nightmares
Image credits: Anonymous participant
#48 This Was On A Local Shop Owners Page, He Usually Does Good Work. Just Don’t Understand What Went Wrong Here
Image credits: Anonymous participant
#49 That’s Butthead Under There
Image credits: Ashley Ann
#50 Kind Of A Cross Between Butterbean And Uncle Fester
Image credits: Taylor Sanders
#51 Oh My God, That’s Truly Just Awful
Image credits: Taylor Sanders
#52 He’s Just The Salt Of The Earth
Image credits: Rick Copeland
#53 One Of Picasso's Finer Works
Image credits: Audrianna Bader Nichols
#54 Found This In The Wild LOL
Image credits: Anonymous participant
#55 The Little Tumbleweed
Image credits: Blicky Goth
#56 This Is Tomie, From Junji Ito Artwork, The Sad Thing Is Someone Was Actually Happy With This
Image credits: Ryan Hayward
#57 Feel Like This Belongs Here
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#58 Done In Potsdam NY Around 2004ish At A Shop That's Long Gone
Dude thought he was THE S**T because his shop stayed busy. His shop stayed busy because he was the only place for an hour in either direction.....and those places weren't great either.
Image credits: Errol J. Cathcart
#59 That Face..omg
Image credits: Anonymous participant
#60 Looks Like They Asked For Every Mother In Law In History And Combined Them All Into One
Image credits: Scott Brandon
#61 No Concept Of Facial Anatomy
Image credits: Anonymous participant
#62 Yikes
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#63 Taste The Ratchet Rainbow
Image credits: Sheri Urbanek
#64 Bro This Is A Brazilian Guy. He Call Himself Of "The King Off Tattoos"
Image credits: Leo Ferreira
#65 Found This Online And Wow This Is So Atrocious That I Immediately Thought Of Sharing To You Guys. It’s Supposed To Be Michael Jackson
Image credits: Anonymous participant
#66 This Is Frightening Af To Me
Image credits: Anonymous participant
#67 Tom Cruise As A Clown???
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#68 I Imagine He’s Saving The Weird Space For When He Has More Kids?!
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#69 Memorial Piece
Image credits: Anonymous participant
#70 If I Was This Guy I Wouldn’t Be “Walken” Away From This Session A Happy Customer! Lmao
Image credits: Anonymous participant
#71 Not My Forehead Not My Problem, But Holy Hell
Image credits: Sean Bellavich
#72 Heyy!! You Guys!!!
Image credits: Marcos Rodriguez-Toro
#73 Imagine Sloth Holding Your New Born Bruhhh
Image credits: Anonymous participant
#74 Why Did They Make Jesus Look Like A Sea Otter?!
Image credits: Marcos Rodriguez-Toro
#75 Close Enough
Image credits: Krista Houghton
#76 Found In The Wild
Image credits: Anonymous participant
#77 Another Big Fish I Pulled Out Of The Vast Sea We Call The Internet..i Don’t Even Have Words
Image credits: Marcos Rodriguez-Toro
#78 Think Fight Club. I Know The Tattooer
Image credits: Anonymous participant
#79 Wolly Winka
Image credits: Tia Chandler
#80 LOL Saw This On My Feed Thought It Was Funny
Image credits: Logan McDougall
#81 I Saw This In Another Group…
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#82 Oh Ok
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#83 For Any Tool Fans In The House. Besides Maynards’s Deformed Potato Shaped Head In The Tat It’s Not Bad
Image credits: Sean Clark
#84 Don’t Know How To Feel About This
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#85 Dolphins I Guess
Image credits: Shell Armstrong
#86 She’s Got The Morning After Pic So U Know What To Expect
Image credits: Billy Knight
#87 Found This Gem Today
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#88 Why
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#89 Close Enough
Image credits: Derick N Jossalyn
#90 Professional Tattoo Not Ordered From Temu
Image credits: Emma White
#91 Help
Image credits: Anonymous participant
#92 Found This Beauty Online A Few Days Ago. All I Gotta Say Is Nailed It!
Image credits: Marcos Rodriguez-Toro
#93 Saw That On A Profile Picture Of My Friends Suggestions. So Many Things Wrong With That, I Can't Even Begin To Make A List
Image credits: Anonymous participant
#94 Bad Lines, Bad Anatomy, And Why?
Image credits: Ärae Gonzależ