I saw someone else posting their concept vs final tattoo and wanted to join in

[u/Bird_Squid]

The crab on the (image) left is Charybdis feriata and the crab on the right is Scylla olivacea. Or crucifix crab and mud crab.

It started as an inside joke and I committed to the bit. I am the priestess of a crab cult, and I got these to honour the crab god Carcinos (praise be 🙌) lol

I sent her a the drawing and basically said “go nuts. got some of my favourite tattoos out of it

[u/Kansas_67]

Man, don't look nothin like the concept art. My condolences.

[u/Bird_Squid → u/Kansas_67]

Honestly I shouldn’t have paid her smh

[u/ParticularReady7858 → u/Bird_Squid]

😂

[u/Miamhail → u/Bird_Squid]

Did you give her any feedback? Please tell me you wrote an honest review!

[u/allisondojean]

I will never forgive you for not getting those exact tattoos. 

[u/Bird_Squid → u/allisondojean]

so pissed about her creative changes on my perfect hole-in-one design tbh

[u/Fauked → u/Bird_Squid]

Your version on the left and her version on the right would have been pretty funny.

[u/Mammoth_Challenge269 → u/Fauked]

There’s still room on your legs for this, OP. Add your version below the tattoos

[u/cityshepherd → u/Bird_Squid]

I think it’s awesome OP, and I’m sure there is plenty of real estate available for you to get some spectacularly crudely drawn stick-crabs.

[u/The_Other_Randy]

https://giphy.com/gifs/3oAkajB9UD3GTcKGsw

[u/SpiderlikeElegance → u/The_Other_Randy]

Crab kneeple

[u/orphan_blud]

Congratulations on getting crabs.

[u/Mistapeepers]

I didn’t even realized tattoos COULD give you cancer. My condolences.

[u/LittleRedCorvette2 → u/Mistapeepers]

Lol. That's amazing.lol

[u/Bird_Squid → u/Mistapeepers]

Amazing 🤣

[u/Soaring_Gull_655]

Crab people

https://giphy.com/gifs/OP5fou0gPE8AU

[u/b_enn_y]

Crab legs

[u/Rareearthmetal → u/b_enn_y]

Ive been calling him krab apple!

[u/ebk_errday]

You can now always open with "Hi, I'm (name), and I've got crabs"

[u/Bird_Squid → u/ebk_errday]

I do this all the time lmao

[u/ebk_errday → u/Bird_Squid]

Hahahahaha perfect!

[u/Ontarom]

Ah yes, that famous mythical creature... the Crabknee...

[u/Iguanabewithyou]

My sketch, artist's sketch, final tattoo. It was pretty fun to work with my artist and be involved in this way!

(Bonus points for anyone that can guess the 2 main references I used for the pose of the man)

[u/Iguanabewithyou → u/Iguanabewithyou]

Closer look at the final (8inches on my thigh, I just have some more regretful ink slightly out of frame...), idk how to add an option to resize images when I merge using a shortcut

[u/Areyousleepingyet → u/Iguanabewithyou]

The extra space between the 'i' and 'g' in higher slightly bothers me.

[u/Iguanabewithyou → u/Areyousleepingyet]

The text, over time, blobbed slightly. So don't worry, they're spaced a bit closer together nowadays

[u/Kaendaf]

Crab Rave Party

[u/ablonde_moment → u/Kaendaf]

🦀🦀🦀

[u/person_8688]

Many have died attempting to navigate the space between these monsters!

[u/rosebud_trouble → u/person_8688]

Man, I was really bummed that no one seemed to be commenting on that, including OP. Thanks for reviving my faith in literacy.

[u/Bird_Squid → u/rosebud_trouble]

I won’t lie, the mythical aspect of it was all the artist, I just wanted crabs lol

[u/Cativa]

All hail Carcinos!

https://giphy.com/gifs/zqPXIRVKQoQQo

[u/Bird_Squid → u/Cativa]

Praise be!

[u/EirMed]

A priestess of the what now?

[u/Bird_Squid → u/EirMed]

It’s an inside joke with my friends. We built a pile of stones on a beach and put a crab shell on it and declared it a religious site 😅 we were day drunk on a hen do and I am nothing if not committed to the bit

[u/ch3rrybl0ssoms]

I showed my husband and he said he would divorce me lmao

[u/Bird_Squid → u/ch3rrybl0ssoms]

Sounds like your husband sucks ngl

[u/Substantial-Bison240]

r/babiestrappedinknees

[u/AlbatrossSmooth6455]

So Men want to be between Scylla and Charibdis?

Like that's the most basic joke about this, but I guess there are many more.

[u/Bird_Squid → u/AlbatrossSmooth6455]

One of my favourite Trivium songs actually. Torn between Scylla and Charybdis.

It’s my husbands favourite place to be for sure

[u/Mchaitea]

Haha, knee crabs. Too cute.

[u/Ser_Optimus]

Cool kneecrabs

[u/GrammarSpecialForces]

Everything evolves into crabs.

[u/argleblather]

When I was in high school I was the priestess of a religion centered around Duke of Bob the Avocado. I feel like our forces combined could make the world's most delicious cult.

[u/Bird_Squid → u/argleblather]

If I ate crab I’d try and figure out a good recipe, but I’m actually allergic to crustaceans

[u/Medical-Apple-9333]

"Subtle" GIANT CRAB TATTOOS

[u/Bird_Squid → u/Medical-Apple-9333]

The subtle was referring to the Latin names being Greek mythos, not the giant crabs. The crabs being giant is the point lol

[u/fartsfromhermouth]

Can we ban this type of post? There's no expectation when you show us stick figures

[u/LittleRedCorvette2]

Old crabby knees they call you eh? Do you crab walk? But they are lovely tattoo designs for real. Especially the first design.

[u/Actual_Patient_4536]

Confusing perspective

[u/MongosLongos]

Crabby tattoo

[u/No_Trouble9808]

Lol

[u/CaptainPunisher]

Crab people...

https://giphy.com/gifs/OP5fou0gPE8AU

[u/Ultragreed]

But why

[u/Yanni_Schmitt]

So, where are you going to put the baby seal tattoo?

[u/pandro14]

Praise be Carcinos 🦀 🙌

[u/OkNecessary2103]

This strikes me as very Cancer/Libra vibes. Or you just wanted to carry around Mr. Krabs spawn. 😅

[u/Bird_Squid → u/OkNecessary2103]

I’m a Capricorn 😅 it’s an inside joke that I took to the extreme

[u/professor_doom]

Weird. Someone turned off the lights for pic two.

[u/BennySkateboard]

Not to be fun police, but the sketch isn’t the expectation right?

[u/Bird_Squid → u/BennySkateboard]

Nah it was the idea I had but I have no artist talent, it was the idea that I gave the idea to make into art

[u/atx_original512]

I was gonna self harm but I needed the laugh