Unfortunately I’m unable to log in to my tumblr so I have to ask this in a submission, hopefully you guys will answer. I have recently acquired some tattoo flash art sheets and I wanted to know how I would go about selling these since I have no use for them. Do you think that a local tattoo shop would buy them?

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MODERATOR’S COMMENT:

People come by our shop all the time trying to sell flash. It doesn’t hurt to try.

- Hayley

So I was just going through facebook and I stumble across this… I don’t know what exactly it is but it’s weird… and it looks nasty.

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MODERATOR COMMENT:

1. i totally thought that was a penis.

2. that is someone trying very hard to keep an obviously irritated finger surface piercing in place.

3. what’s wrong: wrong jewelry, clearly annoyed piercing, low quality jewelry

4. how to fix it: seriously just take that out.

(SOURCE) SUBMITTER’S COMMENT: This girl is 16 or 17 and lives in my town. She got this tattoo for her son, and she had it done by some guy who lives on her road. (For anyone from Tallahassee, she lives on highway 20 which says a lot in the first place.) At first she said it looks bad because it’s not done healing, and then changed her mind and told us it looks bad because she was “really messed up on alot of stuff” when she had it done and couldn’t hold still. Either way, no good. WHAT’S AWFUL:The lines are wonky and sloppy, it was done at home by someone who has little experience, poor workmanship, in general a very bad tattoo. HOW IT CAN BE FIXED: I think it would have to be covered up, or modified to look better. but i’m not sure. HELP?
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SUBMITTER’S COMMENT: This girl is 16 or 17 and lives in my town. She got this tattoo for her son, and she had it done by some guy who lives on her road. (For anyone from Tallahassee, she lives on highway 20 which says a lot in the first place.) At first she said it looks bad because it’s not done healing, and then changed her mind and told us it looks bad because she was “really messed up on alot of stuff” when she had it done and couldn’t hold still. Either way, no good.

WHAT’S AWFUL:The lines are wonky and sloppy, it was done at home by someone who has little experience, poor workmanship, in general a very bad tattoo.

HOW IT CAN BE FIXED: I think it would have to be covered up, or modified to look better. but i’m not sure. HELP?

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SUBMITTER’S COMMENT: I found this scrolling through my newsfeed. I don’t even know this girl but obviously she’s dumb enough to pierce her nose herself.

What’s Awful: It looks like she’s piercing herself with a sewing needle, and it looks terribly gross.

How it can be fixed: She should take out the needle and let it heal, also get it professionally done.

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Be cautious around Diversified Ink in Bangor, ME. I went in a few months ago to talk to “B” about deep dydoes and various other genital piercings. I’ve had normal, 14g dydoes (10 and 2 position) in the past, but snagged one of them on my jeans which jumpstarted the rejection process. I took them both out because leaving just one in wouldn’t be symmetrical. Anywho, I loved the dydoes but wanted something sturdier, hence the interest in a deep dydoe that goes in behind the ridge and out next to the urethra. She told me she couldn’t do it, but she could give me 16g dydoes with a curved barbell. 16g and curved seemed totally fucked up, so I politely said I’d think about it and possibly come back.

I just came across her portfolio online. Even if 16g curved barbells are suitable for dydoes, I’m glad I didn’t get them. I would hate to support the “pro” who does things like:

The other piercer may very well be competent, so I don’t want to say avoid Diversified Ink altogether..

How it can be fixed: Learning the fundamentals of piercing

SOURCE Submitter’s comment: I found this while scrolling on Facebook. This girl has 16 tattoos that she all gets for free from one of her friends. He tattoos in his home, sometimes in the kitchen or in his bedroom. He’ll wear gloves if he feels like it. What’s awful: That shading is pretty ugly. It’s almost like he got lazy and didn’t feel like doing it completely. The line work on everything is awfully squiggly, too. The other tattoos (that he has done) on her back aren’t that great either.  How it can be fixed: 
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Submitter’s comment: I found this while scrolling on Facebook. This girl has 16 tattoos that she all gets for free from one of her friends. He tattoos in his home, sometimes in the kitchen or in his bedroom. He’ll wear gloves if he feels like it.

What’s awful: That shading is pretty ugly. It’s almost like he got lazy and didn’t feel like doing it completely. The line work on everything is awfully squiggly, too. The other tattoos (that he has done) on her back aren’t that great either. 

How it can be fixed: 

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Submitters comment: This is a kid i went to high school with. He loves his tat and shows it to everyone. He claims its meaning has something to do with the beauty of death and says its a tribute but wont say to who. Got this from facebook.

Whats Awful: Look at it. It looks like a middle school art student drew it.

How it can be fixed: Go to an artist that isn’t terrible, if he even went to an artist. Get this  covered or redone. something. ack.

SOURCE: My mouth, my picture. SUBMITTER COMMENT: So, this lovely little piercing was something I did back when I thought I was a hardcore 15 year old. I pierced it in my bathroom with a sewing needle that I soaked with rubbing alcohol, and then put in a cheap, flaky, painted black, externally threaded barbell. I should also mention that I didn’t clean the jewelry first, because I thought it was already sanitized in the VARIETY store I bought it in. After posting it on my deviantART account, it is now the 8th picture that comes up if you google search ‘Tongue Web Piercing’. Ughh. What’s awful: Home piercing, cheap jewelry, promoting this to others! How it can be fixed: Go to a professional, buy high quality jewelry.
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SOURCE: My mouth, my picture.

SUBMITTER COMMENT:

So, this lovely little piercing was something I did back when I thought I was a hardcore 15 year old. I pierced it in my bathroom with a sewing needle that I soaked with rubbing alcohol, and then put in a cheap, flaky, painted black, externally threaded barbell. I should also mention that I didn’t clean the jewelry first, because I thought it was already sanitized in the VARIETY store I bought it in.

After posting it on my deviantART account, it is now the 8th picture that comes up if you google search ‘Tongue Web Piercing’. Ughh.

What’s awful: Home piercing, cheap jewelry, promoting this to others!

How it can be fixed: Go to a professional, buy high quality jewelry.

Submitting myself here. When I was seventeen, I had my eyebrow pierced twice unprofessionally with a reused needle

Oh yeah, fun stuff. Placement ended up being really bad so I took them out.

 

and now almost three years later I still have really bad scarring from them! I’ve had this eyebrow pierced five times professionally and it recovered perfectly from those, but never healed the original home done ones. Unprofessional piercings can have long term consequences, so keep that in mind next time you think you don’t want to pay for someone to do it.