“I would like a well-shaded tattoo!” Tattoo artist: don’t say anything else!

[u/PonyAnyS2]

[u/AnonymousDadNextDoor]

It’s the watercolor at the bottom that is the real head scratcher for me.

[u/DeadToBeginWith → u/AnonymousDadNextDoor]

This is so confusing, the likeness is actually good, thats not an easy expression to capture and it's bang on.

There must have been a point where they could have stopped and it was maybe not terrible... and then his brain went LEEEEEEERRRROOOOOOOOOYYYYYYYYYYY NNNNJJJEENNNKKKKKKIIIINNNNSSS...

[u/Few-Tour9826 → u/DeadToBeginWith]

I love that you added “NNNNN” to the beginning of “Jenkins”. Kudos.

[u/TommyAndTheFox → u/DeadToBeginWith]

I know who I am: “I’m the dude playin’ the dude, disguised as another dude

[u/im_a_stapler → u/DeadToBeginWith]

that's the crazy part is that minus the extreme shading, the base portrait is actually well done and even the hair could potentially work as is with a normal shaded face. it makes me think they overshaded an area, then tried to compensate in other areas and shit got out of control until she looked like Rachel Doziel's mom.

[u/Afraid_Ad_1536 → u/DeadToBeginWith]

Unexpected Leroy.

[u/TotalIngenuity6591 → u/DeadToBeginWith]

This is exactly what I came here to say....minus the Leroy part....that's all you friend!

[u/Jayyy_Teeeee → u/TotalIngenuity6591]

He even rendered the mole

[u/Abracadaniel0505 → u/AnonymousDadNextDoor]

Looks like a burned object from a house fire or something

[u/Ambitious-Island-123 → u/Abracadaniel0505]

Omg 💀

[u/im_a_stapler → u/Abracadaniel0505]

fell asleep under the broiler

[u/AThousandNeedles → u/AnonymousDadNextDoor]

The tattoo guy went for that negative look

[u/Nufonewhodis4 → u/AThousandNeedles]

mammy filter

[u/HoboArmyofOne → u/AnonymousDadNextDoor]

Thank God someone else said it. It's like someone chopped off her head and she's bleeding a rainbow

[u/Aromatic_Note8944 → u/AnonymousDadNextDoor]

At least it will look good in 40 years when the ink fades lmfao

[u/cmband254 → u/AnonymousDadNextDoor]

It looks like necrotic flesh from a beheading...

don't mind me

[u/Prestigious_Oil_4805 → u/AnonymousDadNextDoor]

They could not figure how to create skin color

[u/WoolshirtedWolf → u/AnonymousDadNextDoor]

I think the tattoo artist was trying to show un oxygenated blood pooling in the lower neck area which would make sense as some people are sensitive to Earths Gravitational Pool.

[u/Infamous_Bandicoot33]

blackface grandma!

[u/TarkovGuy1337 → u/Infamous_Bandicoot33]

just ol' granny coming from her shift at the coal mine

[u/Clarknt67 → u/TarkovGuy1337]

The punching in at her night gig at the minstrels show.

[u/Better_Indication830 → u/TarkovGuy1337]

I laughed entirely too hard at this lol

[u/scullys_alien_baby → u/Infamous_Bandicoot33]

to the tune of black betty

🎶black face grandma🎶

🎶 bam-ba-lam🎶

[u/FaceOfDay → u/scullys_alien_baby]

Shoulda left her a little more blank Betty, know what I mean?

[u/PogintheMachine → u/Infamous_Bandicoot33]

swiing low…

[u/budget-lampshade → u/PogintheMachine]

Wooooooah, was NOT expecting that! Damn.

[u/showraniy → u/budget-lampshade]

Your response is what made me click it, and what a fun ride that was!

[u/metal_honey → u/PogintheMachine]

whoa, i was expecting Blazing Saddles…but this is something i’ve never seen before!

[u/AdultMcGrownup → u/Infamous_Bandicoot33]

It’s Ella Fitzgerald.

[u/FrozenPineapple1 → u/AdultMcGrownup]

I’m going to hell for laughing, surely? 🫣😂

[u/Significant_Cry_8984 → u/FrozenPineapple1]

Laugh it off it will be okay !The tattoos really jacked up!

[u/ItsNotBigBrainTime → u/Infamous_Bandicoot33]

No that's the original Aunt Jemima. Can't believe there's already a generation that doesn't remember her smh

[u/Kalamoicthys → u/Infamous_Bandicoot33]

This tattoo is so bad, they took the episode off Hulu and made Ken Jeong apologize for it.

[u/Expensive-Course1667]

Maybe it's the sort of thing where you are supposed to stare at it for 30 seconds and then close your eyes and you'll see the reverse image appear correctly.

[u/JohnProof → u/Expensive-Course1667]

If you say her name three times fast the right-hand image appears in the mirror.

[u/model3113 → u/Expensive-Course1667]

I skipped ahead to just closing my eyes

[u/Wize-Turtle → u/Expensive-Course1667]

That's exactly what the artist did. They stared at the picture for a minute and then looked at the skin and made the whole piece really fast before the image faded

[u/biggestofbears → u/Expensive-Course1667]

I just tried this, it didn't work.

[u/Heavymetalmusak]

lol my wives aunt got a portrait of their very white Dad and it’s just like this. The piece looks just like fucking Bill Cosby and it’s the best. Yet to snag a pic tho. It’s the same as this deal.

[u/coldestclock → u/Heavymetalmusak]

Does she tell people it’s a tattoo of a bronze statue of her dad?

[u/Heavymetalmusak → u/coldestclock]

It’s on ongoing game to see how many times I can fit Uncle Ben into a conversation without anyone picking up on it

[u/Hathor-8 → u/Heavymetalmusak]

That’s hilarious!

[u/Frosti11icus → u/coldestclock]

Does she tell people it's a tattoo of Bill Cosby?

[u/AcanthocephalaMuted1 → u/Heavymetalmusak]

When I first read this I thought you had multiple wives who are sisters lol

[u/Heavymetalmusak → u/AcanthocephalaMuted1]

lol “My wiiiiiives” ::in Borat voice::

[u/FantasticExpert8800]

Artist was likely tired of seeing his work getting covered up, had to make sure that couldn’t happen again

[u/Naive_Interview_7703 → u/FantasticExpert8800]

Well a sick ass panther would still cover this.

[u/ElToroBlanco25 → u/Naive_Interview_7703]

A granny panther

[u/colcannon_addict → u/ElToroBlanco25]

A granther

[u/SparxxWarrior97 → u/ElToroBlanco25]

I'm pretty sure that's just called a cougar

[u/ApproximatelyApropos → u/Naive_Interview_7703]

“I can fix her.” - Sick Ass Panther

[u/PonyAnyS2 → u/FantasticExpert8800]

Genius

[u/crazytib]

Nanna always loved doing blackface

[u/JustNota-- → u/crazytib]

I mean is was a different time...

[u/MarkCrorigansOmnibus → u/JustNota--]

Yea 2008 was almost *20 years ago *

[u/PonyAnyS2 → u/crazytib]

💀

[u/pspsps-off]

I mean...sure, she looks like she's in a 19th century minstrel show, but I'll be damned if they didn't make sure to include that big mole on her neck. That's how you do a photorealistic tattoo!

[u/squatting_your_attic → u/pspsps-off]

Well it's a part of her, it's better than leaving it out as if that part wasn't okay.

[u/Clarknt67 → u/pspsps-off]

Another poster said it was a good capture of the expression, which is true, but is that really an expression to immortalize?

Some of the most profitable portrait artists know when to enhance.

[u/XBL_Tough]

Can you do a portrait of my grandma but make her black since my Ancestry DNA came back and I am 2.3% African American

[u/slightlycrookednose → u/XBL_Tough]

Me when my DNA came back 1.5% Nigerian

[u/CoeurDenvie]

During cremation.

[u/PonyAnyS2 → u/CoeurDenvie]

Oh My nooooo

[u/Ambitious-Island-123 → u/CoeurDenvie]

I just spit out my coffee 😂😭😂

[u/Typical-Distance-701]

Oh my goodness gracious!

[u/Drunken_HR]

https://preview.redd.it/w22bgubg8smd1.png?width=2048&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=88bd6038c2a1a36259ef067738b7f83726770348

[u/Ncfetcho → u/Drunken_HR]

Who you callin ' You People?'

[u/daanishh → u/Ncfetcho]

Actual quote is him saying "what do you mean, you people?"

And Alpa Chino, the only black guy in the team goes, "what do you mean you people??"

[u/pumpkinhead9000k → u/Drunken_HR]

Nana doesn’t break character until she’s recorded the DVD commentary

[u/illumiknottyweave]

Violet, you’re turning.. violet 🫐

[u/ShionTheOne]

Grandma no!

[u/reznxrx]

This content would get removed from Hulu

[u/MiddleAgedPinapple]

I'm not an tattoo artist, but I paint portraits and this happens when you wanna add extra dept and end up drawing shades over shades over shades until... It's too dark

[u/Ambitious-Island-123 → u/MiddleAgedPinapple]

Same…shades upon shades upon SHADES

[u/Only_Battle_7459]

Just call me old melanoma head

[u/latemodelusedcar]

Look it was a different time grandma didn’t understand how offensive doing black face was

[u/Longjumping-Ant-77]

At no point did they think “maybe I’ve gone too far?”

[u/stonemason81 → u/Longjumping-Ant-77]

If that were on me, I'd either take a kebab slicer to my leg or take up motorcycle riding and "have an accident" - ensuring that hit the ground first!

[u/PonyAnyS2 → u/Longjumping-Ant-77]

I think he just accepted and didn’t want to complain, or it would be too late to say something, it may be that he is shy or in fact this was the client’s choice...

[u/Longjumping-Ant-77 → u/PonyAnyS2]

Well I also just wonder about the artist…

[u/trin2trin → u/Longjumping-Ant-77]

That's what I was thinking! At one point he needed to stop and check his work...and still felt it was good to continue 🥴

[u/TheBugSmith]

Man, imagine what that would look like if the lady was actually black

[u/Fantastic_Falcon_236 → u/TheBugSmith]

Blank patch of skin, perhaps?

[u/LordBritton]

https://preview.redd.it/37m5y5n7ctmd1.png?width=900&format=png&auto=webp&s=afbe8204f58a67f148b3f3e3fb5ff97e8743466b

[u/Heavy_Cherry_530]

Lol well I mean that's one way to get a portrait to stay around for a while

[u/PonyAnyS2 → u/Heavy_Cherry_530]

But after this starts to get blurred..what will become?

[u/Heavy_Cherry_530 → u/PonyAnyS2]

Oh it's definitely gonna be a black blob in like 20 years lol

[u/PonyAnyS2 → u/Heavy_Cherry_530]

Good luck to the person then lol

[u/Mediocre-Bedpan]

He had his “they live” glasses on again

[u/Professional_Dog2580]

It looks like a blackface severed head. The hell is that mess at the bottom of the neck.

[u/Zigglyjiggly]

"No man, it isn't terrible. The photo I showed the artist for a reference was a negative. It was a stylistic choice, man. Totally planned."

[u/PonyAnyS2 → u/Zigglyjiggly]

I have no doubt that it was the customer’s choice, we’ve seen everything in this sub...

[u/iChaseClouds]

They petty for including that big mole on her neck.

[u/Soggy_Customer_5067]

[u/cheshiregrins]

https://preview.redd.it/gdc32vcpdsmd1.jpeg?width=950&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=baec3e3e4725add2d0dbb3513ec9c0bc278c2df2

[u/MomIsLivingForever → u/cheshiregrins]

I have multiple follow-up questions

[u/PunkAssBitch2000]

That’s really unfortunate. Especially because the artist seems to have a good understanding of shapes as it does look a lot like the reference, except for the um…. how do I put this….

[u/surrealfeld]

My grandma has vitiligo and a giant neck mole and I want to remind her every day. Forever.

[u/lovable_asshole]

this artist should hang up their machine

[u/yusodumbboy]

This is diabolical 😂.

[u/Greeno2150]

Blackout tattoo meets portrait realism. Mad combo.

[u/Objective_Emu_1985]

Why do people get portraits? They rarely turn out well.

[u/Pulp_Ficti0n]

https://preview.redd.it/266qwh9wrsmd1.jpeg?width=750&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8808b9571268817a2d8ae32e4df1c0b440450663

[u/Sajr666]

any Ink Master fans? Kyle Dunbar did a portrait of an older woman and it ended up looking like Leatherface. he overly detailed every wrinkle in her face. 💀

https://preview.redd.it/ng5s6ggzztmd1.jpeg?width=1200&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5c1c4bb4626d767d21a7c32ef5f7cb055afc3492

[u/YNotZoidberg2020 → u/Sajr666]

This is exactly where my mind went when this post came up on my feed.

[u/Afraid_Ad_1536]

Dude blackfaced Nana.

[u/Afraid-Sir5851]

[u/diescheide]

https://preview.redd.it/6yjpsiop7tmd1.jpeg?width=1079&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6a63f98a3c8cf2446437ecb0315546f1abb9010b

[u/Inevitable-Set3621]

How TF are you gonna blackface a tattoo. That's diabolical, especially if the person didn't ask for it.

[u/derfunknoid]

https://preview.redd.it/036x9lp80umd1.jpeg?width=468&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e0776ea7c6e73c2f5783b31c02c02eb5ce229032

[u/Parabolic_Penguin]

So it’s not black Carol Burnett?

[u/space_driiip]

whew lawdy yall gave granny blackface 💀

[u/SnooChipmunks8330]

That's so sad

[u/CarterLincoln96]

You know black face isn’t allowed. The artist did a good job but geeze l.

[u/spungie]

They live.

[u/Alarming-Seaweed-550]

Damn this should be on a jump scare compilation. They did that lady dirty (no pun intended).

[u/Afraid_Example]

Woah, how in the fuck? 😳🤦🏽‍♀️

[u/Independent-Cow-3795]

Was your grandma racist?

[u/pukewedgie]

This is so strange, the likeness is really good, the proportions and expression are excellent, but the shading… the shading

[u/TheDarkChunk7]

Only RDJ is allowed to do black face and get away with it!

[u/Martin_OH_01]

This is one of those rare cases where it actually might just look better after a couple of years

[u/SarraSimFan]

Gramma after she escaped the coal mines.

[u/bam1007]

And they say photograph negatives don’t exist anymore…

[u/fuckyogiboys]

Whoooa black Betty bam ba lam

[u/al_135]

Any chance it would heal paler, like this one? https://imgur.com/tDihvrj

[u/flippermode → u/al_135]

Finally, an answer that makes sense. God, I hope this is the case.

[u/chairmanghost → u/al_135]

That looks amazing in the after

[u/selleckduster]

INVERT

[u/Kroomtheender]

Looks like this lady is remembering back to black face

[u/rawhidebone]

When you turn off the lights, you still see her teeth

[u/ThePrevailer]

"My mother's favorite D&D race was Drow" "Say no more, fam"

[u/Aj2W0rK]

Black face 💀

[u/FnckIt_WeBall]

Nan before and after the cremation

[u/Fool_In_Flow]

It looks like one of those reverse-negative photos

[u/smallbatchb]

As an artist I'm just trying to figure out how they went this wrong when they actually did a decent job with the hair... they seem to understand how light/shadow and shading works but had a stroke while doing the face??

[u/Fit_Cucumber_709]

[u/Sour_Choas]

If it’s a new tattoo, it may look really good after it fully heals. There was an artist on ink master that did a Bill Clinton tattoo and looked as bad as this. They got kicked from the show for it, but it healed PERFECTLY. Link: https://x.com/valkyriesbard/status/735287520292962305

[u/flameodude]

From Jenny to Jaquanda

[u/dollartreehorcrux]

Gram gram went hollow

[u/loosegravyy]

Why does it look like the professor from Gilligansisland with Mr. Ed’s teeth

[u/Iwuvvwuu]

wtf how did this person think this was the way to do it LOL

[u/CreeepyUncle]

We begged Nana not to smoke in bed.

[u/cornstalker188]

Hair looks great

[u/PressureSouthern9233]

Nailed it 😊

[u/xpatientx]

Yikes!

[u/elephantgif]

She got Dozalled!

[u/cucoblanco]

I mean… the mole is included. Signs of genius

[u/Holiday_Resort2858]

Aunt Jemima?

[u/6thBornSOB]

I need a portrait of Moms, but like Applebees blackened Cajun style!

I got you!

[u/LordChauncyDeschamps]

That's a pretty cool Drow tattoo

[u/elopedthought]

„And suddenly she turned black!“ ™

[u/Firm_Negotiation_853]

I know it makes no sense to randomly hope somebody is a racist, but I kind of hope the person who got this is a racist.

[u/xX609s-hartXx]

Judging from the thumb I thought it was an alien from They live.

[u/CastlesofDoom]

That’s Aunt Jemima 😭

[u/Good-Jello-1105]

ATROCIOUS.

[u/No_Asparagus9826]

Oh no. That's pretty bad

[u/wonderloss]

It's Professor Chang playing DnD.

[u/o101012]

[u/just_jokes_2020]

Good lord, no.

[u/DedicatedDuck]

Well... It's shaded

[u/sybban]

Yeesh

[u/VoodooSweet]

Ya I think I want a nice tattoo of my Grandma, and you know what?? Let’s do her like an old lady, playing another old lady who’s dressed as another old lady! Catch my drift? It should be cool!!!

[u/Hoth_Base]

They’re all in on INTEL stocks.

[u/lehtolapsi]

Aww, they even incorporated her love of Al Jolson.

[u/raptraven]

Omfg

[u/NoEntertainment483]

The whole idea of tattooing someone's face on you is weird. Like can't you just get a locket? I've even seen them for men where they just look like a dog tag but with a photo or engraved image on it. Like tattoos of people rarely look like them but also what if you find out in 10 years they had some terrible secret. And it's usually of old people and I'm like ... would the old person even like that you had a tattoo at all much less of their face?

[u/thomasp1962]

Oh god!

[u/Kenneth_Lay]

Nailed it. Even tastefully downplayed the neck nipple.

[u/tbwdtw]

Now do chinese version on the other arm

[u/SharkWahlbergx]

Paula Deen to Mrs Butterworth in 1.2 seconds....

[u/nickle-and-dime]

I don’t know somehow I was racist to both white and black people

[u/Professional_Pop_671]

I'm laughing so hard FMe

[u/WetMilf1369]

Fingers crossed, it's not done. The light layer goes on top

[u/Drunkfaucet]

Well I don't hate the hair.

[u/awesomedan24]

She looks like Major Payne 

[u/dedokta]

Well how else are you going to get a reasonable skin colour?

[u/netfatality]

What a shame, because the portrait isn’t terrible. Then the artist applied blackface.

[u/bug_0331]

it’s crazy bc the features and proportions are actually good,, why did they have to ruin it 😭

[u/Kykyeptyn]

They live

[u/dumakey5]

Omg

[u/Idafaboutthem1bit]

I actually chuckled like a mad man like I did it when I looked at it. I don’t know why

[u/2_Pints_Of_Rasa]

https://preview.redd.it/97kqmogicumd1.jpeg?width=894&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f13d1564640b96c681deb9c2f85407239a106b10

Looks like Madge from Benidorm.

[u/Fearless-Comb7673]

I kind of hope the subject never has to see this mess.

[u/dbk1ng]

Ebony and Ivory

[u/psyclembs]

Copy machine musta had brand new toner and turned up all the way

[u/elsquattro]

Just take a picture with a film camera and enjoy the negative

[u/skiddadle32]

Grammy always did like to play with dynamite.

[u/MrDingDong49]

Other than black face it looks pretty good

[u/Invariable-Muse]

Was the customer sedated during this nonsense?! At some point you've got to look down 20 minutes into shading like "Yo... cut that sh*t out".

[u/HandsomeCompton73]

[u/BillyBillings50Filln]

[u/Siren-Lady]

Granny got the n word pass

[u/Bitter-Inflation5843]

The artist can draw because the likeness is really good but he obviously can’t shade.

[u/obijesskenobi]

Looking like one of those “see why you need sunscreen UV light comparison” omg

[u/CrewLate5262]

Intentional, I like it