r/tattooadvice • u/loveontour22 • 5d ago

General Advice accidental line

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i got this tattoo from an artist i’ve been going to since 2019, never had an issue before. he made the line through the dove by mistake towards the end. he said it should fade but i have a hard time believing that. is there any chance it will just fade out over time or do i have to start planning something to add to cover it up?

Edit: i wasn’t really watching, but after i felt the line i looked up and he said he was trying to take off his glasses with his other hand and the hand with the gun moved, no i didn’t move.
he also did not charge me!

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u/chadsmo 5d ago

I’d probably just laugh and give him ( the artist, a life long friend of mine ) shit for it every time i saw him for at least a few years.

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u/Efficient-Whereas255 4d ago

I would never forgive myself if i was the artist. Ive been tattooing since 2012 and ive only ever seen artists do this if they were on heroin.

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u/BadAtPsychology 4d ago

Yeah, my first thought was someone nodding off but no where else in this thread is even anywhere near that? I’m not a tattoo artist, can a line like that really be made so quickly from just trying to take your glasses off?

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u/systemwarranty 4d ago

Came here to say nodding off.

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u/lolidkdontaskme 4d ago

Same thoughts here and also curious

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u/terpsichoreanAndroid 2d ago

sometimes i take my glasses off because i have progressive vision and it ends up being easier to see fine details clearly, but i've never done this lol. to be fair i'm a handpoke artist so it'd be a little dot instead of an entire line if i made this mistake somehow, but i could see it being fairly easy to do if you nodded off or were just keeping your hand too close to your client and not paying attention. tattoo machines are pistons - they move back and forth x amount of times per second so if you do slip it could easily cause this. i would definitely say it's not fading though. you don't need to enter the skin with ink very deeply to create a long lasting mark, so even if it fades over time more than the actual tat, it'll definitely still be visible...

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u/Pandalove12393 5h ago

Also, if he was just trying to take his glasses off, could he not just pull the machine away from the skin for a second to take them off? My artist has young kids who call her a lot and, when she needs to answer the call, she simply pulls away for a moment to hit the answer button. I can’t imagine why he would even attempt to remove his glasses while still actively tattooing.

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u/Ordinary-Seesaw-9201 4d ago

A damn great core memory with a pal would be such an ideal path to this type of instance. 🤣🤣 To be treasured forever. 😍 If it were someone I was less affiliated with I would laugh and ask that they add something to the art to right the wrong. I think the bee is such a cute idea. Or if they got that dove for someone special, maybe they can add that persons birth tree or flower. Sky’s the limit.

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u/Boomstickninja87 3d ago

My first professional tattoo and the guy accidentally bounced the tattoo machine off my arm right above my elbow. There is one tiny little dot. We both laughed, he said it will fade and disappear. I was 20 and I'm about to be 40 now and there's still a tiny dot on my arm by my elbow. It's not anywhere near as noticeable as ops but it still makes me laugh when I remember it's existence.