20 Portrait Tattoos That Went Hilariously Wrong

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20 Portrait Tattoos That Went Hilariously Wrong

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So you want to get a nice portrait tattoo to memorialize a loved one? That's great; go nuts! Just remember two teensy but rather important facts: 

1. Ink is forever, and 2. You get what you pay for.

When it comes to permanent tattoos, maybe it's not a great opportunity to bargain-shop. The folks in this gallery just wanted to get a sweet portrait of their loved one tattooed onto their bodies, but clearly they didn't do enough research (or something!), because they wound up with some truly regrettable tattoos. We're talking terrible tattoos that turned people's faces into terrifying ogre versions of themselves. There's nothing like living with someone else's awful artwork on your skin for life, is there?

The good news for us is that these scary portrait tats are totally hilarious! #SorryNotSorry

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20 Portrait Tattoos That Went Hilariously Wrong

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"I want a portrait of my baby, but can you make him look more like a California Raisin? That would be great, thanks."

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20 Portrait Tattoos That Went Hilariously Wrong

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I'm not even sure what they were going for here, but regardless, they done messed it up.

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20 Portrait Tattoos That Went Hilariously Wrong

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Why am I hearing circus music in my head? This clownish face looks like it belongs under a big top somewhere.

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20 Portrait Tattoos That Went Hilariously Wrong

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Honestly, the tattoo is executed alright... it's the subject that stinks! It's one thing to take a terrible selfie of yourself doing "duckface," but why in the world would you ever want to put that terrible selfie onto one's skin for all time?

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20 Portrait Tattoos That Went Hilariously Wrong

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These poor children seem to have a touch of the Benjamin Button syndrome.

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20 Portrait Tattoos That Went Hilariously Wrong

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Oh yeah... I loved her in The Exorcist!

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20 Portrait Tattoos That Went Hilariously Wrong

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Nailed it! Okay, not really. Those vague line drawings could be anybody.

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20 Portrait Tattoos That Went Hilariously Wrong

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This one looks like Freddy Krueger from A Nightmare on Elm Street, if Freddy also had a nose made out of uncooked hamburger.

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20 Portrait Tattoos That Went Hilariously Wrong

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Sooo, can we assume that this tattoo "artist" has never seen an actual human baby before? I'm going to go ahead and assume that. This thing looks like it came from Whoville.

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20 Portrait Tattoos That Went Hilariously Wrong

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Amazingly, a talented tattoo artist was able to fix this one. Thank goodness, because looking at those gnarly teeth every day for the rest of your life would be a real bummer. What did that poor lady do to deserve that?

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20 Portrait Tattoos That Went Hilariously Wrong

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As if poor Marilyn Monroe didn't have enough problems! 

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20 Portrait Tattoos That Went Hilariously Wrong

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Christopher Walken has never looked better! The green reptile skin really brings out the pink bags around his eyes.

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20 Portrait Tattoos That Went Hilariously Wrong

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Who looks at this and thinks, "Yeah, that's pretty good. We're done here. That'll be $200 please?"

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20 Portrait Tattoos That Went Hilariously Wrong

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WAT?!

No, seriously. What is this? Is this real life?

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20 Portrait Tattoos That Went Hilariously Wrong

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This poor kid looks like he's been exposed to toxic chemicals. Dat forehead bulge. Yikes.

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20 Portrait Tattoos That Went Hilariously Wrong

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What the actual f*ck?

Let's start with the fact that someone wanted a tattoo of a baby with a damn rat in his mouth, and end with the fact that it looks like someone tattooed this thing on with their toes.

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20 Portrait Tattoos That Went Hilariously Wrong

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That's beautiful. Not creepy and seemingly unfinished at all. No really, it's great. 

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20 Portrait Tattoos That Went Hilariously Wrong

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I'm sure that this bizarre cherub tattoo is exactly how a proud military man such as this wants to be remembered. Bare-assed and cherubic. Very dignified.

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20 Portrait Tattoos That Went Hilariously Wrong

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This one is definitely my favorite! Why have normal looking kids when you could make one look like Sloth from The Goonies, and one look like he's been run over by a truck?

Want more hilariously bad tattoos? Of course you do! Click here to check out our funny Gallery of Regrettable Tattoos or enjoy 20 Funny Misspelled Tattoos: Can You Spell Regret?