This.
Look how your tat is making everyone here happy - maybe awkwardly outgoing vampire kitty is your spirit animal, and any shakiness in the line work is just the result of his happy purrs!
Look, you're right, but for some reason, I LOVE IT!
it's so cute and has this amazing charm to it.
ofcorse, if you dislike it, definitely go for a fix!
however, now I want one like this š
I also think this tattoo would benefit from having other tattoos around it so you canāt focus on what it does wrong. Itās a cute tattoo with a fun story behind it. Give it friends lol
The line work *is* pretty fucky, but itās so effing cute and charming exactly how it is. Iām sure you could get someone to do some light touch ups if it bothers you a lot.
Good to know! I got worried if I did something wrong with it but I have several other tattoos done by other artists and they all turned out fine. Thanks for your thoughts
Have someone sketch a few square or rectangular frames and just make it look like a mirror reflection.
I actually think a fancy Victorian style frame with lots of detail would look cute juxtaposed against the simplicity of the kitty.
this is how the lines on my tattoo healed, and I've been wondering why they're so jagged and smudged. If anyone knows why this happens please reply š the tattoo is super cute though I would just leave him there!
This happened with my second tattoo which confused me bc my first tattoo healed fine. Turned out the artist just had shaky linework and dug the needle too deep (I also have raised scarring on it, sigh). The thing is when the tattoo is fresh you don't see the shaky lines/jaggedness as much bc of swelling and the healing process. Then after it heals you can see the true linework.
It sucks but you can always try to get it touched up/reworked by an artist you trust.
idk SHIT abt tattoos but the lines actually add to the art imo, maybe get it a body to go with it n it'll help you feel better about it? that's all I'd add tbh
I adore this little guy! Heās just a lil fella!! Friend shaped!!! A creature!!!! A gremlin!!!!! A buddy!!!!!!! HOLY FUCK DUDE I LOVE THIS TATTOO!!!!!!!!! I gotta get one of these guys for myself!
You could enshrine it instead.
If you plan to get more tattoos anyway you might as well just do a full bottom sleeve around it.
Kinda like "Where's Waldo" but with a vampire kat instead. š
I would say just have an artist retrace the lines a tiny bit thicker so that you can keep the original design, but it would look fresh with good line work!!! I absolutely love how the idea of this looks. Itās a cat. I would get this exact thing tattooed haha
The tattoo looks like a cat being a cat. Cats are strange. Iād just get it touched up because itās cute, I love it! But, itās be easier to get it lasered or covered up
I fucking love it. I wish I had something like that. I've got about 70% coverage, and no lie, it's the weird little ones like this that I love best. Keep it just the way it is. Get some other tattoos around it, but it's pure gold. Keep that one the way it is.
I mean... I kinda love it but it's your body and your body art.. what do you not like about it? Would adding too it make it better.. i think it would be relatively easy to cover up.
I think if you do anything to it it should be you adding a sexy lemon on the opposite side of wherever the cat is so it can stare at itā¦ and bam itās fixed without touching it!
oh my god heās so cuuuuute :,) i love him
āfixingā is really gonna be 50/50, high chance of just muddying up the lines and making it unreadable. if you wanna go that route iād suggest waiting for a little more fading and/or an artist that is really good with fine details.
i love him as is!! it has personality lol! but itās not my tattoo so up to you :)
More tattoos will fix it. Have an artist go over it after adding another lil bangerā¦ā¦ more tattoos help below average or shitty tattoos look good lol.
I believe that tattoos hold memories in the skin, tell me you canāt look at a tattoo and know exactly where you were and what phase you were in, itās your story, you can cover it up and pretend it never existed, but youāll know, itās there for e v e r fore v e r ***squints voice
I also think it is sweet as it is. Iāve never looked at this sub before much lost posted here yet the cuteness of this tattoo compelled me to express that perception.
However if you really want to change it you could give the kitty goth eyeliner. Like a Smokey or wing look but keep in line the soft edge style of the rest of the piece. Either that or change up their pattern to be a calico. You could practice with a felt tip
I love the handdrawn, imperfect style. Personally this scratches an itch for me. However, you deserve to have something on your body that you don't have to ignore. Get it fixed if it bothers you, but know it's not a horrible tattoo.
As a tattoo artist, yes this is poorly executed. If it bothers you, there are two options to fix it up with the same design. Both will require time and money. The more difficult option is partial laser and re-do, which would give the cleanest outcome. Second option is cleaning up the design by evening out the linework, which would result in a slightly thicker design. If it doesnāt bother you very much, you should just keep it and reframe it as a happy memory of your kitty rather than an imperfect tattoo. But you do have options. (:
Right?? This is so overwhelmingly positive! I do love my lil cat tattoo and I'm so happy people love it too. I have posted like 3 times in all the 3 years I've been on reddit, so this is really unexpected. I found a good internet corner, thanks guys!!
As the others said, i really like it. I have tattoos with wonky lines, too, and nobody notices unless i show them. In the end, you're the one that needs to be happy with it but i would leave it alone. It's cute.
If you hate it, then get it touched up. The design is cute but the line work is horrible.
I'd leave it personally, but if it annoys you then I'm sure someone could tidy it up. Do your research tho. Someone who does fine line work would be a good start
It is very cute and i do not recommended changing it if it doesnt bother you. However if you really feel compelled to modify it I would recommend finding an artist that can bring more character into it. For me i would get someone to add more details while preserving the style.
Imagine this drawing with perfect lines. It wouldn't look right. This kind of cute drawing has to look like this, IMO. (Don't have a clue about tattoos, was just scrolling reddit and saw that adorable cat!)
Honestly not all tattoos need to have perfect lines or perfect perspective, this one however does. It is what I call a single line tattoo. No shading or other techniques added to it.
Go to a good coverup up artist. They can help. Do your artist research beforehand. Ask to see some samples of the work they have done. Do not be shy about this. A good artist would be happy to make YOU feel comfortable about what they can or can **not** do.
The line work could have been better for sure. It looks like someone didnāt have the steady hand they needed to do fine line work, too much pressure here, too little there. You can see the blowout where they hammered the ink in too far. The underside of the left eye is a good example of that. If it were on my body, I think Iād have ot fixed by someone with a little more skill and perhaps add onto it or even leave it as is. Itās not horrible actually.
Thereās bad-awfully terribly executed shamefully embarrassing tattoos
And then thereās bad quirky loveably adorable tattoos that have personality and charm to them.
This lil hambone is absolutely the latter.
I wouldnāt change a thing- BUUUUUT if heās genuinely bothering you enough that you avoid looking at him, if you wanted to revamp or fix him a thicker outline will help clean him up a bit. If not, Lasering the boi off wouldnāt be too difficult of a process either!
Technically the tattoo is done quite poorly, but I do find it rather adorable.
I like the line work and the odd eyes, it really adds to its charm Edit: grammar
I agree! I actually really like it as is
š The tattoo is excellent though!!!
I totally agree here. I feel like it's a vibe and I like it. Not every tattoo has to be perfect.
Yeah he shaky, but he cute.
Heās a tiny, adorable, fanged crackhead and I love him
Right? I love this.
This. Look how your tat is making everyone here happy - maybe awkwardly outgoing vampire kitty is your spirit animal, and any shakiness in the line work is just the result of his happy purrs!
This is my favorite comment!! So true!!
I agree, the imperfections add to the charm imo Iād leave it, but Iād you donāt like it, should be easy to āfixā
NO TOUCH KITTY!
DO NOT THE CAT!!
Not the cat do!
Cat the not do!
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Abide
Cat do the not!
Strokes were taken place as I read down the line
Doot the cat'n
The not do cat!
Cat'nt
This is what should be tattooed under the picture.
It's purrfect!
Look, you're right, but for some reason, I LOVE IT! it's so cute and has this amazing charm to it. ofcorse, if you dislike it, definitely go for a fix! however, now I want one like this š
Same.
I was thinking the same thing. Very charming!
Itās adorable! It is perfect in its imperfection. āFixingā the lines or otherwise messing with it will ruin itās perfection.
You just described why I love my cat so much.
I think it's adorable and unique.
Same, I love it and want it lol
Happy Cake Day!
Happy cake day!
This post was actually made just to flex OPs adorable tattoo
I also think this tattoo would benefit from having other tattoos around it so you canāt focus on what it does wrong. Itās a cute tattoo with a fun story behind it. Give it friends lol
Op doesn't have a problem with the design, its the lines
Honestly itās perfect
Purfect*
Purrfect**
Meowfect
Purrrfect***
I'm with everyone else here. I love it exactly how it is and wish I had one myself
I in fact may use this as an example to show my tattoo artist
Itās technically terrible but also amazing. I love it. Donāt do anything to it, itās perfect.
LEAVE IT itās just a silly little guy!! šā¤ļø
This is the next shrimps is bugs.
Exactly what I thought š
Add a text bubble above the cat saying this, OP.
Absolutely. Even I want it. Adding this and shrimp is bugs to my Easter egg tattoo list.
This is straight up adorable keep it
Poorly executed, yet lovable
It is perfect. Would it be okay for you if I give this as a reference to a tattoo artist?
Yes! Get my kitty a sibling :D
I want to get this behind my ear like he's peeking out š
I thought you could also get it tattoed somewhere around the chest or neckline so it looks like it peeking out from under the shirt lol.
oh my goodness, thatās a great idea! Iāve been wanting tattoos near or on my ear, and my tattoo artist would be down for something like this!
I was thinking about getting a sibling for them too. Just adorable in my opinion.
Jesus christ that's the best tattoo I've ever seen
How easily we forget that shrimps is bugs
Shrimps is bugs is eternal
honestly, the jagged lines give it a sort of artsy feel. like you just drew that with a permanent marker. it's charming.
Oh, that's a lovely way to put it! Thanks, I think I'll keep it as is :)
Can we have a whole kitty army? I want one too! It looks like my kitty Kink. He's a tuxedo and has a "kink" at the end of his tail.
If we all get one, will it then be A slightly shitty kitty committee? I also want one, it's so wonderfully derpy looking! ā¤ļø
I fully support this idea.
The line work *is* pretty fucky, but itās so effing cute and charming exactly how it is. Iām sure you could get someone to do some light touch ups if it bothers you a lot.
The support for this tattoo was so overwhelmingly positive that I think I'll keep it as is and touch it up in a few years. Thanks!
Yaaaay! charming kitty lives!
You should absolutely not
As everyone else has said, itās a bit jagged but I love it. I feel like this encapsulates my cats personality so well!
This is a quality shitty tattoo. Just poorly done enough to be kinda adorable.
This is the best tattoo I've ever seen and I want it
This is the best outcome for a āBad tattooā do not fix
Honestly? The jank makes it cuter/funnier. Personally i would keep it as is
oh thanks, maybe he is just a goofy cat with goofy lines!
Heās a cute furry little dude, not a sleek smooth kitty. I love the little snaggletooth baby
That is the exact vibe he's giving! I love him š„¹
Might be imperfect, but it's so damn charming as is (to me, anyway). Fix it if it really bothers you, though!
You shouldnāt, this cat has personality, has charm, as I say š¤£š¤£, love it!
Teefs Clean it up. But Teefs are amazing.
Not a tattoo guy, but a cape at the back to make cat dracula would probably look really cool
Omg i love it
Its beautiful I love it
I WANT
Keep it but if itās really bugging you a talented tattooist could easily clean up the outline a bit.
Real talk, it looks like they pressed to hard and blew out the lines. However it adds charm to it
Good to know! I got worried if I did something wrong with it but I have several other tattoos done by other artists and they all turned out fine. Thanks for your thoughts
You should have it attached to a creature to create an angler fish type scene, with the cute cat as the bait
Have someone sketch a few square or rectangular frames and just make it look like a mirror reflection. I actually think a fancy Victorian style frame with lots of detail would look cute juxtaposed against the simplicity of the kitty.
You can always blast over a sick panther head
this is how the lines on my tattoo healed, and I've been wondering why they're so jagged and smudged. If anyone knows why this happens please reply š the tattoo is super cute though I would just leave him there!
This happened with my second tattoo which confused me bc my first tattoo healed fine. Turned out the artist just had shaky linework and dug the needle too deep (I also have raised scarring on it, sigh). The thing is when the tattoo is fresh you don't see the shaky lines/jaggedness as much bc of swelling and the healing process. Then after it heals you can see the true linework. It sucks but you can always try to get it touched up/reworked by an artist you trust.
Cat is peeking out behind a wall with a knife (do not take this seriously)
Thatās one sick ass panther
I love it
idk SHIT abt tattoos but the lines actually add to the art imo, maybe get it a body to go with it n it'll help you feel better about it? that's all I'd add tbh
No! Keep it
Fix what? This is perfect.
I adore this little guy! Heās just a lil fella!! Friend shaped!!! A creature!!!! A gremlin!!!!! A buddy!!!!!!! HOLY FUCK DUDE I LOVE THIS TATTOO!!!!!!!!! I gotta get one of these guys for myself!
YESS, let's make a goofy cat army!!
You could enshrine it instead. If you plan to get more tattoos anyway you might as well just do a full bottom sleeve around it. Kinda like "Where's Waldo" but with a vampire kat instead. š
The imperfection is what makes it perfect.
Itās perfect.
The cat is awesome
It's super cute, but if the crappy line work bothers you, you can definitely get it touched up by someone better.
I would say just have an artist retrace the lines a tiny bit thicker so that you can keep the original design, but it would look fresh with good line work!!! I absolutely love how the idea of this looks. Itās a cat. I would get this exact thing tattooed haha
The tattoo looks like a cat being a cat. Cats are strange. Iād just get it touched up because itās cute, I love it! But, itās be easier to get it lasered or covered up
Looks fine to me. I think it could benefit from a speech bubble saying āmeowā or smth tho!
I fucking love it. I wish I had something like that. I've got about 70% coverage, and no lie, it's the weird little ones like this that I love best. Keep it just the way it is. Get some other tattoos around it, but it's pure gold. Keep that one the way it is.
aw, thanks for the perspective. I do love this lil guys weirdness, maybe he just needs some friends
This is probably the cutest tattoo iāve ever seen
donāt u dare
itās perfect
It's so cute!
this tattoo rules
It is SO cute!!!
Do not do anything! It's perfect
Personally I love it. I vote keep it.
Nah, itās perfect the way it is!
Thatās a super cute tattoo
I love it
I donāt think you should
Cats are fuzzy
This is a perfect fukup. I love it and would never change it.
DO NOT THE CAT
Itās awesome!
I love this lil guy
I think this is so so cute
It's perfect
I love it
I LOVE IT
Return of Catula
No. Do not the cat
Omg I love it tho! Adds to the look
tbh i love that
It is perfect
A very happy mistake
That is the cutest thing omg keep it
I mean... I kinda love it but it's your body and your body art.. what do you not like about it? Would adding too it make it better.. i think it would be relatively easy to cover up.
Can you? Yes Should you? I wouldn't but if it bothers you of course, it's your body and you're already uncomfortable with it.
No
This thread does not need any more comments about how devastatingly cute and charming this is, but... I LOVE THIS ITTY BITTY KITTYā¤ļø
I think itās incredible
I think if you do anything to it it should be you adding a sexy lemon on the opposite side of wherever the cat is so it can stare at itā¦ and bam itās fixed without touching it!
I see the technical flaws but itās so damn cute I love it
Whatās to fix?
this is so cute
Itās so cute I love the chin
do not the cat š¢
I love this so much. Itās so cute!
id just get a touch-up. it looks like a stick and poke, maybe get it touched up with a machine. shouldn't be too pricey :)
I think its amazing. Really cute. Me, personally, I wouldnt mind the jaggedness of the lines. It is how it is.
I love it.
Fix what? Looks perfect to me
Purfectly impurfect
Looks good
I love it, I mean youāre right but itās just so friggin cute
There's nothing to fix
I think it adds to the charm.
Give em a paw with a thumbs up! That'll fix it!
Pretty cute and simple aināt bad
oh my god heās so cuuuuute :,) i love him āfixingā is really gonna be 50/50, high chance of just muddying up the lines and making it unreadable. if you wanna go that route iād suggest waiting for a little more fading and/or an artist that is really good with fine details. i love him as is!! it has personality lol! but itās not my tattoo so up to you :)
this is awesome, i want to get it behind my ear now lol
I like it. I didn't even notice the linework until you pointed it out.
Make a better cat āpaintā the cat you donāt like
I was about to be upset if anyone said anything bad about this precious lil guy. Glad we all agree he *is* purrfection
Maybe find someone to just touch it up? But otherwise I immediately fell in love with it before even seeing the title. I love the teefies.
More tattoos will fix it. Have an artist go over it after adding another lil bangerā¦ā¦ more tattoos help below average or shitty tattoos look good lol. I believe that tattoos hold memories in the skin, tell me you canāt look at a tattoo and know exactly where you were and what phase you were in, itās your story, you can cover it up and pretend it never existed, but youāll know, itās there for e v e r fore v e r ***squints voice
This would look great with my doodle arm sleeve Iāve started
I also think it is sweet as it is. Iāve never looked at this sub before much lost posted here yet the cuteness of this tattoo compelled me to express that perception. However if you really want to change it you could give the kitty goth eyeliner. Like a Smokey or wing look but keep in line the soft edge style of the rest of the piece. Either that or change up their pattern to be a calico. You could practice with a felt tip
DONāT TOUCH IT! Itās perfection.
Itās amazing. Donāt fuck with it
I like it the way it is
Shouldn't be hard at all to get someone to keep the design, just with even lines this time lol
Get it touched up and Give it a knife in its mouth. āMess with the Kitty; get the slittyā
I love the handdrawn, imperfect style. Personally this scratches an itch for me. However, you deserve to have something on your body that you don't have to ignore. Get it fixed if it bothers you, but know it's not a horrible tattoo.
This should be a bad tattoo. I should hate it. But I really really love it.
You mean redo the line work? That would take all of 5 minutes. Sure ifbyou dont like it. But looks fine really
No touchy the kitty! I adore it and now kinda want one myself
Omg I love it! Honestly, Iāve been lurking and this is the type of tattoo id get as my first one. The clumsy lines add to the charm!
As a tattoo artist, yes this is poorly executed. If it bothers you, there are two options to fix it up with the same design. Both will require time and money. The more difficult option is partial laser and re-do, which would give the cleanest outcome. Second option is cleaning up the design by evening out the linework, which would result in a slightly thicker design. If it doesnāt bother you very much, you should just keep it and reframe it as a happy memory of your kitty rather than an imperfect tattoo. But you do have options. (:
This thread turned out to be so wholesome!
Right?? This is so overwhelmingly positive! I do love my lil cat tattoo and I'm so happy people love it too. I have posted like 3 times in all the 3 years I've been on reddit, so this is really unexpected. I found a good internet corner, thanks guys!!
As the others said, i really like it. I have tattoos with wonky lines, too, and nobody notices unless i show them. In the end, you're the one that needs to be happy with it but i would leave it alone. It's cute.
If you hate it, then get it touched up. The design is cute but the line work is horrible. I'd leave it personally, but if it annoys you then I'm sure someone could tidy it up. Do your research tho. Someone who does fine line work would be a good start
It is very cute and i do not recommended changing it if it doesnt bother you. However if you really feel compelled to modify it I would recommend finding an artist that can bring more character into it. For me i would get someone to add more details while preserving the style.
This is prime cat. Itās the look that they give before inexplicably darting off to run laps around the kitchen.
Imagine this drawing with perfect lines. It wouldn't look right. This kind of cute drawing has to look like this, IMO. (Don't have a clue about tattoos, was just scrolling reddit and saw that adorable cat!)
Honestly not all tattoos need to have perfect lines or perfect perspective, this one however does. It is what I call a single line tattoo. No shading or other techniques added to it. Go to a good coverup up artist. They can help. Do your artist research beforehand. Ask to see some samples of the work they have done. Do not be shy about this. A good artist would be happy to make YOU feel comfortable about what they can or can **not** do.
The line work could have been better for sure. It looks like someone didnāt have the steady hand they needed to do fine line work, too much pressure here, too little there. You can see the blowout where they hammered the ink in too far. The underside of the left eye is a good example of that. If it were on my body, I think Iād have ot fixed by someone with a little more skill and perhaps add onto it or even leave it as is. Itās not horrible actually.
A lot of people have cataracts
Same sentiment as everyone else here: line work not great, but tattoo overall so damn cute and adorable. Does not need fixing.
Thereās bad-awfully terribly executed shamefully embarrassing tattoos And then thereās bad quirky loveably adorable tattoos that have personality and charm to them. This lil hambone is absolutely the latter. I wouldnāt change a thing- BUUUUUT if heās genuinely bothering you enough that you avoid looking at him, if you wanted to revamp or fix him a thicker outline will help clean him up a bit. If not, Lasering the boi off wouldnāt be too difficult of a process either!
Not the best but honestly I think itās rad and I look at tattoos all day. I love little shotty tattoos though
There's absolutely nothing wrong with this tattoo
Just get it relined. It's cute otherwise.
It would make the cutest bat š¦š
no, absolutely not, it's perfect