Redditor Gets Furious When He Finds Out That His Artist Hid Their Initials In The Tattoo He Got

"It’s 'pretty trad' for all artists who do that style to do it"

Maryjane

• Published in Interesting
• January 31, 2023

The best tattoo is ultimately the one you won't regret getting. But as it turns out, you can't always control everything.

Reddit user TattoodNoobAITA vented their frustration with other users of the AITA subreddit over a bad experience they had at their neighborhood tattoo parlor. According to the OP, the tattoo was one the dad had gotten to honor their late grandfather, whose father also had it.

"It was important to me that the tattoo looked EXACTLY as it did in the photo," the OP stated. But when they realized the tattoo artist had gone rogue, they decided to change the design on their own without bothering to inform their customer first.

As you may imagine, this infuriated the OP. The OP was not in the wrong in this circumstance, according to the AITA subreddit's moral philosophers, who reached this conclusion swiftly.

Within a few days, the thread had collected more than 40K upvotes and over 3K comments from angry redditors, demanding an explanation and even urging the OP to file a lawsuit. Some people expressed their displeasure with the artist's actions, claiming they lacked the authority to sign their creations because their canvas was a living entity.

Even more, commenters questioned why the artist would covertly add initials to a work that wasn't even theirs. Keep scrolling down to read the complete story.

The OP starts the story

It was important to the OP that the tattoo looked EXACTLY as it did in the photo

"She tries to assure me it’s no big deal if I hadn’t noticed it til now"

A contentious debate over the appropriate course of action for the OP followed this entire incident and here are some of the comments

This tattooist should be banned from working again

It used to be quite a common thing

This Redditor would take the artist to a small claims court

They should get consent from their clients

Tattoo artists shouldn't be signing a tat in any way

Your tattoo artist should not be a tattoo artist

This tattoo artist has to be so full of herself

She's trying to play victim over it

That is unbelievably unethical of that tattoo artist

She should be fired and unable to do tats again

This is something you never do

It was agreed in advance

They kind of branded you with their initials

What this artist did was definitely not okay

This is such a breach of trust

Get her name all over there local community

She is lucky she still has a job

It is a tattoo not a painting

The owner should be getting another artist

It may be challenging for the expert to completely remove some areas of your tattoo without removing other parts you might want if it is densely inked. Additionally, the complexity of the tattoo should be taken into account.

Homemade tattoos are typically easier to erase than ones that were created by a professional. Do share this post with others to get their views as well.

Maryjane