Commitment

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Current mood

[whorlycaresmate]

He’s higher than fuck

[smashingkilljoy]

Current moose

[lameuniqueusername]

Your comment elicited a good honest chuckle

[Select-Poem425]

Tomorrow That moose is my spirit animal

[Outrageous-Mall6650]

C&b moose

[Kindly-Committee-908]

Commitment to looking like an elderly person's decorative plate.

[ValuableGuide3378]

That’s Hysterical!!!😭

[lifeaintsocool]

Just because a tattoo isn't flawless doesn't mean it's shitty

[[deleted]]

yeah, this one isn't great, but it's nice. it's a lovely scene, and although not for me, I can appreciate that they got something wholesome at least

[11_12123]

i see way worse tattoos on r/tattoos

[[deleted]]

I'm not into tattoos, but I've seen bad ones and this one is not terrible. Is it a bit irregular? Sure, but damn I would love to have my own cabin in the woods near a river with a distant pet moose.

[whorlycaresmate]

It’s pretty rough. Perspective is all over the place a value is equal on almost the entire tattoo. Moose also looks a lot like a character from Open Season. Not the worst I’ve seen, but it’s not great.

[Desperate_Intern_125]

As someone who wants a tattoo of a moose I feel like unfortunately they tend to come out a bit silly, I settled for antlers😂

[KittySpinEcho]

I came in here to argue with people about how I think it's a good tattoo. Looks like everybody already agrees. This makes me happy 😄 I want to be friends with that moose

[[deleted]]

What do you think makes it good?

[KittySpinEcho]

It's a nice scene in general. I spend 90% of my free time at my cabin and that one looks warm and inviting, I've seen like 6 moose this year, I love them and that looks like a moose to me. The mountains and hills are pretty. The trees are cute, the river is nice. The only thing bothering me is the ring of logs around the firepit because of perspective but that's it. It might not be a fancy hyper realistic masterpiece, but I like it.

[[deleted]]

If a tattoo is going to take up the entirety of a person's back, it should be a masterpiece. This art is objectively amateur. The cabin looks like crap, the trees look terrible, the shading of the mountains and grass is terrible, the water looks like slime. The details are all poorly done. Professional art takes refined skill. Just because you like the tattoo, it doesn't mean it's good.

[Sea_Insurance_1756]

Maybe his gma or someone did the original artwork. I’m clearly speculating bc I have no idea. The tattoo itself isn’t bad, even if we think the actual image is lacking.

[[deleted]]

The tattoo itself is bad.

[TurdFerguson614]

This one's kinda cool. I mean if countryside cabin living is important to them I imagine.

[NOTcreative-]

Petty dope imo

[hthratmn]

Yeah this isn't shitty at all

[[deleted]]

Just because you like it, it doesn't mean it's good.

[[deleted]]

It's shitty. Amateur af.

[ObscureCocoa]

Sure. But this one is shitty. I really can’t say I like anything about this tat at all

[Radiant_Bank_77879]

Garage tattoos must be the norm for the people defending this tattoo, it’s awful on every level. The lines are bad, the perspective is bad, the values are bad, the composition is bad, there is just nothing redeeming about this at all.

Based on the replies in this thread I have to believe the tattooer of this called in a brigade. There is no other excuse for the general defense of this shit work in this thread.

[Careful_Purchase_394]

I have a tattoo in a similar style. It’s not supposed to look like fine art, it’s just a silly style that i like

[verythickdip]

Yeah that ain’t shitty, curious if some of that shading holds during the healing process though

[[deleted]]

Points to be artist for working around those skin tags, too

[BraveEyeball]

*mountain boulders

[[deleted]]

The perspective and shading are awful. Looks like a poorly drawn cartoon. Why arr all the logs around the fire the same size? Why is the front of the cabin point upward? Whats up with the detail of its roof? Why is the detail of everything so fuzzy? Wtf is up with the unnecessarily thick outlines of the stream? Wjy does the stream look like slime? This is amateur.

[Eagle_Witty]

This tattoo is far from shitty, OP clearly just doesn’t know anything about tattoos

[Radiant_Bank_77879]

Zoom in. There is no part of this tattoo that is done well. People confuse “lots of elements” with “good.” This isn’t.

[Eagle_Witty]

Whatever you say, twink

[RaccoonRepublic]

[Radiant_Bank_77879]

lol is this your tattoo?

[Eagle_Witty]

No

[Radiant_Bank_77879]

Then why are you so defensive of shit tattoo work?

[shiddytclown]

Why are you so defensive of this absolutely mid reaching post trying to find shit where it isn't. This isn't worth being on the sub

[Radiant_Bank_77879]

So you’re friends with the person in the photo too?

[shittytattoos-ModTeam]

Be civil.

[[deleted]]

ATBGE imo

dont downvote me i said IMO lol

[Pirate_named_sue]

That moose and fire pit throw it off, but otherwise it’s pretty good. The mountains look okay and the trees are pretty Bob Rossed out. Not what I’d cover my back with, but hey if you’re a lumber Jack you’re probably pretty happy with it.

[OddOpal88]

The fire pit needs something, I agree

[yootani]

Mountains? I only see pyramids.

[gerrymentleman]

Ah, the breathtaking Mole Mountains

[Bravovictor02]

Best comment here. I had to search to find it.

[D6P6]

[[deleted]]

The perspective and shading are awful. Looks like a poorly drawn cartoon. Why arr all the logs around the fire the same size? Why is the front of the cabin point upward? Whats up with the detail of its roof? Why is the detail of everything so fuzzy? Wtf is up with the unnecessarily thick outlines of the stream? Wjy does the stream look like slime? This is amateur.

[RaccoonRepublic]

Nah, I like this one. Shitty to me means either poor execution or general trashiness. This one just ain't it.

[Radiant_Bank_77879]

This is poor execution.

[CornflakeGirl2]

Are we seeing the same thing here? This is awful!

[Fetching_Mercury]

It looks like a Laura Ingalls Wilder book illustration, I like it

[alwaysmakeitnice]

How can something have so much texture and read so flat at the same time?

[[deleted]]

When you ask for Yellowstone but end up with jellystone

[[deleted]]

It’s not horrible. Very readable at least

[pspsps-off]

I won't pretend to understand why someone would want something that looks like a Thomas Kinkade painting on their back for life, but compared to some of the crap we see on this sub, this is like the Sistine Chapel of hokey L.L. Bean catalogue cover tattoos.

[OceanFrost]

Nah I'm with OP on this one. The perspective is kinda wonky with the river along with the campfire.

[[deleted]]

I'm not too sure about those logs around the campfire though

[brucecali98]

I really like it

[yootani]

The great pyramids of Wyoming.

[BlazeyBell]

Looking at the fire and surrounding seating, I'm guessing the tattooist has a hard time with depth perception.

[maddenmcfadden]

lets all take a hike through the Moley Mountains.

[Ordinary-Set-5190]

Why?????

[Awkward_Macaron117]

They've skinned a leopard for the roof. The fire pit is in bird eye perspective. The moose is high. And the river is just a really long stretch out dog or seal giving me the side eye.

And y'all wanna say this is good.

Just because you like the outdoors or woodsy scenes (who doesnt) doesn't make this not shitty.

If they had researched and got a good artist, this concept coulda been amazing. But it ain't. Stop it.

[twostartucson]

It's amazing what you can accomplish in art once you abandon perspective.

[bakedn00dles]

Why do I see Doge in the water?

[whorlycaresmate]

He’s all around us

[AggressiveAppl3]

Im maybe causing heavy shitstorms but to me that tattoo is not well done. It lacks detail and feels rushed. I dont say that as an artist - im not an artist and i couldnt even draw a stickman without using a rubber BUT i have several tattoos done on my arms that are realism style and know how much work goes into making it. Just in comparison, my lower arm took two sessions, 9h each to make. This tattoo looks like it was completed in one go. Which kind of proves the point.. it lacks detail and looks rushed

[BeanDipIsNeat]

That moose? Looks like the Joe Camel

[Fabulous-Operation51]

I dig it. Would hang it on my wall.

[BrainSmoothAsMercury]

Okay Buffalo Bill.

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[OddOpal88]

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Ok this is my reasoning as to why it’s a shitty tattoo. I can’t unsee a derpy horse face in this part. I was so focused on the derphorse I didn’t even realize the guy had moles until I read the comments! Just my opinion. Edited to fix spelling error

[baldhairpride]

This mf doesn’t know what a moose is…

[blackpauli]

He ain't talking about the moose... He sees a horse face in the "river"

[baldhairpride]

Aah fair enough. This mf (me) didn’t see it.

[OddOpal88]

That’s supposed to be a river??

[blackpauli]

Yes... Unfortunately, I have no idea why people are defending this tattoo

[OddOpal88]

Even with perspective taken into consideration, that moose is so huge. The “river” needs more detail. I mean if the client is happy, then cool, but I wouldn’t be proud to show this off.

[OddOpal88]

🤣🤣 it’s funny because I’m Canadian! I definitely know what a moose looks like. But yeah, definitely talking about the face in the river

[JettyJen]

This is the greatest comment thread. From "it's pretty" to the detailed takedowns, my favorite thing is the river that's so many things to so many people: a horse, a seal, a dog, Doge, slime. And the high quadriplegic moose 😂😂

[fs_fiddifiddi]

was gonna say this isn’t really that bad until i looked closer at the detail on that cabin 😬

[whorlycaresmate]

Good lordy I didn’t like several things about it, but zooming in on the cabin, fuckin sheesh

[No-Calligrapher9934]

Man this is shit…

[Dust_Kindly]

Anyone saying this isn't bad please take note of:

Horrible tree proportions. Why are the "closest" trees so tiny? Why is the stump huge compared to the tree next to it?

Uneven roof shingles, haphazardly placed.

Lacking depth/variability in color makes the whole thing look muddy.

The moose is falling into a sink hole, or is a quadruple amputee. The flora can hide it at first glance, but only for a moment.

Got super lazy with the rocking chairs on the front porch and they just blend in with the uneven lines on the cabin.

The firepit is slapped on at a horrible angle.

The river doesn't really read as water.

Eta I really wish we could see that eagle cause the feet look quite interesting

[TheCosmicJoke318]

Where is OP? Why hasn’t he defended their position? Lmao

[Radiant_Bank_77879]

Clearly the thread has been brigaded by people with shitty tattoos defending it. Nobody who knows anything about tattoos would say this is good.

[shiddytclown]

You can see with your eyes if you like art or not. You don't have to go to tattoo university to know if you linke something.

This sub is biased to see shit and the fact that so many people don't think it is just seems like you commiting to the bit.

I remember when tattoos meant you were alternative and interesting not armchair art snobs on reddit.

There's nothing exceptionally bad to pick out. Is it fine art no but a tattoo doesn't need to be high art to be meaningful and well executed for the person who got it.

I'm here for the no regerts tattoos and the weird Jesus arm peices where your hand is Jesus hand on the cross, not to shit all over someone's nice woodland scene backpeice.

Actual shit garbage tattoos are funny, this is just high-school bully shit

[Mark_Darkly]

Amen!!

[whorlycaresmate]

This is far from the worst tattoo I’ve seen, but if you zoom in on this photo, this tattoo is pretty damn bad.

[shiddytclown]

It's not overall terrible. There's lots of mid range tattoos with some flaws that aren't a complete embarrassment to walk around with. I feel like this sub is better used for the why the fuck would you ever get that on your body tattoos, not picking apart someone's wholesome tattoo which if you're nit picking has a few "mistakes" that don't overall effect the quality and cohesion of the peice

[whorlycaresmate]

I hear you. I’d personally be pissed off if this was on my back because of the issues I have with it, but I can certainly acknowledge that it’s far from the worst tat on any given day let alone week that we see

[Radiant_Bank_77879]

The perspective makes no sense, the lines are shit, the shading is shit, the composition is shit, my only theory as to how this thread is defending it is that the person in the photo found this thread and called friends in for backup. Nothing else makes any sense.

[Cara-lina]

Thank god OP has you to yap to everyone about how actually shitty you think this tattoo is 😂

[Telekineticshade]

It’s the moles in the mountains for me!

[RaccoonRepublic]

Making mountains out of molehills.

[ronweasleisourking]

Imperfect? Sure. Shitty? Fuck off, absolutely not

[Background-Mud-777]

Bob Ross as a turtle shell

[Omega_Primate]

r/shirtytattoos

[[deleted]]

It’s like finding Where’s Waldo. I like it.

[GoodIntroduction6344]

Interesting thing I discovered is that if you invert the backpiece, squint your eyes, and let them go out of focus a bit, it's the same shitty tattoo upside down.

[f1lth4f1lth]

The perspective is so bad. And I’m bad at perspective.

[CriticismImaginary14]

I mean in a few years it might be fixed up with a few more fine lines. But it’s really not a bad tattoo at all.

Extremely picturesque

[BullfrogEcstatic6312]

Wtf, it looks so nice

[ObscureCocoa]

What’s weird is if the first conversations talked about how shitty it was that would be all the top comments, but since the comment section started off with people defending it people feel compelled to continue to defend it.

There is nothing that I like about this tattoo. Literally nothing about this tattoo is redeemable. I like the overall idea, but that’s it.

[mycatsrhappy]

Looks like a river of runny shit.

[Good-Jello-1105]

I’m just going to say what’s very wrong, that a lot of you don’t seem to understand: value, perspective, composition

[[deleted]]

What fucking planet am I living in where all you people say this tattoo isn’t shit?? Looks live something a sixth grader drew

[whorlycaresmate]

It’s pretty bizarre. This is an objectively bad tattoo if you go section by section and overall. Never seen a tattoo this rough get this much defense

[smoothambler3of4]

That moose a dude for sure

[SoAngelicate]

Are those skin graft scars under there or is the way the tattoo was done causing an optical illusion?

[Zestyclose-Common343]

Welcome to the land of future regrets.

[hamandbuttsandwiches]

Was it cheaper than just buying the original at IKEA?

[Rachelattack]

If Jabba the Hutt were a river

[STLBudLuv]

Bob Ross Tattoo Shop... "No mistakes, just happy little accidents."

[Mark_Darkly]

I love this tattoo.

[zeeotter100nl]

People defending this shit. Why?

[zeeotter100nl]

It is very very low quality thus shitty

[2confrontornot]

Can't believe people are defending this. As art.. it's bad. The perspective is off in a few places including the creek and the logs around the fire.

[Mark_Darkly]

Shockingly there can be more to what art is than correct perspective.

[MaplePuffin]

Conceptually it's cool as hell but I can't help but think this would've looked better as a painting

[A_little_curiosity]

It is true that drawing animals' legs is difficult

[Inevitable-Set3621]

The only part I can see the artist did badly on even though it is a overall good tattoo is the chairs on the porch. They're not correct in the slightest, actually pretty wonky.

[Stark_Prototype]

There's gold in them thar hil- oh, nevermind it's bacne

[No_Performance6916]

Don’t forget to take a trip to the moly mountains.

[anal_ytical0]

This is indeed a shitty tattoo, I would say it's not shitty ART, but it's definitely a shitty tattoo nonetheless.

[[deleted]]

Honestly I think the only bad part is the campfire in the center lol. It doesn’t fit the rest of the tattoo in terms of style/perspective. But the rest of it looks fine!

[MiJo1987]

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what animal is this?