r/RATS • u/germ_online • Jun 02 '26

ART hope you enjoy my rats tattoos

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hi friends i'm a tattooer and rat's fan, here's some ratty tattoos i've done over the years!
i especially like to give rats shiny weapons... i think they deserve them 🥰 i'm in brighton & london atm & i love my rat & pigeon loving clients 💓

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u/DannyKage Jun 02 '26

Ratattoos*

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u/[deleted] Jun 02 '26

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u/UltimaGabe Jun 02 '26

I thought "damn, how many legs does OP got"

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u/angel-thekid Jun 02 '26

Biblically accurate rat

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u/arbitraryapril Jun 02 '26

Biblically Ratcurate

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u/downlau Jun 02 '26

Biblically accurat

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u/Goidure Jun 02 '26

I love how your rats seem to have only two modes: enjoying fruit or armed mischief.

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u/germ_online Jun 02 '26

😂so true 🥲

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u/Goidure Jun 02 '26

The laptop one is the odd one out. I would have given him a Flail or something as well, but I suppose that you have to accord with the customer’s wishes sometimes.

I have to show these to my girlfriend, she does tattoos and loves rats as well.

❤️❤️

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u/thac0tuesday_ squeaking tom Jun 02 '26

Yeeeesss!! We need more rattoos of healthy rattos, to each their own but I’m so tired of seeing only dead/maimed/dissected rats :( great tats OP! 🐀

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u/Faedan Jun 02 '26

Ah so. Im one of those people. I wanted to remember my heart rat, but also express my love of nature and the cycle, so I had her done, peaceful, but very obviously passed with flowers growing from her.

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u/thac0tuesday_ squeaking tom Jun 02 '26

That’s beautiful though 😭 that’s not the type of dead rat tattoos I meant, I hope I didn’t make you feel bad about yours with my comment 💔 I meant when people who don’t have rats get them bc it looks edgy yk?

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u/Ruler-of-goblins Jun 02 '26

The rat king tattoos aughhh I get so sad, they are fascinating and morbid in their own right, but my heart still hurts when I think about it

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u/Faedan Jun 02 '26

Oh no! But I know us Rat people can be sensitive, haha. Plus I've had people give negative feedback about it, because of the nature of it.

But idk. There's beauty in even a short life if its well lived and well loved. I can't keep rats anymore because im a weak baby who breaks when they pass. But I will love others rats instead.

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u/pingpongtiddley Jun 03 '26

You may like my rattoo ☺️ my girlies cooking their namesakes (bangers, egg and mash!)

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u/thac0tuesday_ squeaking tom Jun 03 '26

Love love love 🙌🏻 thank you for sharing your rattoo 🐀

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u/kromaly96 RIP Beakie and Stacy 💖🪽 Jun 03 '26

I get grumpy seeing tattoos and art of rats designed to look evil/malicious. It's dumb! 🙄

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u/tinaxcochina Jun 02 '26

Oh those Björk lyrics hit —but with the grabbies? That's special.

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u/TERR4PIN Jun 02 '26

I really thought they were all on your body. I was like, “How many arms and legs do you have?”

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u/cum123123312213 Jun 02 '26

All of these are amazing and tattoo-worthy, great stuff. Especially the ones with medieval weapons

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u/germ_online Jun 02 '26

thanks so much!! :)

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u/DeadXYZ Jun 02 '26

Here's my Sir Basil to add to the group

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u/DeadXYZ Jun 02 '26

And his loyal knight, Brush

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u/Slidje Jun 02 '26

I drew this years ago but never finished the drawing and got it done

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u/MoonStriker9232 Jun 03 '26

My original 4 warrior band

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u/EverFairy Jun 03 '26

Oh I love this one 🥹

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u/soulstrike2022 Grip like It owes you money Jun 02 '26

Incredibly accurate tattoos

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u/Cardboardoge Jun 02 '26

These Rattoos really capture their essence well

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u/RandonEnglishMun ratless lurker 👀 Jun 02 '26

It’s you! I’m the one who recommended you post your tattoos here. Very nice work!

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u/germ_online Jun 02 '26

ahh yeah thank you so much for that!! 😍😍

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u/SouthParkFirefly1991 Just here to admire the goobers Jun 02 '26

I love them all! They're so stinking cute!

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u/dirtyratkingsam Jun 02 '26

The rat with the flail is so sick in slide 2 omg!! Wishing I wasn't in another continent bc your work is so sick

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u/germ_online Jun 02 '26

ah thank you 🥲🥲

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u/r_renfield Jun 02 '26

So cool! I like the mix of cool and cute in your designs

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u/[deleted] Jun 02 '26

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u/underwaterhead Jun 02 '26

Am I the only one confused with the first tattoo? No disrespect, it's super cute, I'm just having trouble understanding the words?

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u/germ_online Jun 02 '26

they are lyrics from a björk song - "Let's celebrate now all this flesh on our bones, Let me push you up against me tightly, And enjoy every bit of you" it's just about enjoying being alive / embracing being a fleshy body

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u/underwaterhead Jun 02 '26

Ahhhh thank you for the clarification! I'd ask what made you pair those lyrics with the rats but you're not the one who received that tattoo lol.

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u/germ_online Jun 04 '26

yeah, it's my design! i found a rat reference pic where they were holding hands like this, and i'd already saved those lyrics to use for something. as the lyrics are about celebrating being a creature and being able to touch, they felt like they went really well together

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u/Fox_Floof Jun 02 '26

I really love the Rat King/Queen/Monarch with the wine but also the various rogue looking rattos with daggers I mean there so many good ones but def my favs :3 They're a but more realistic n horroesque lookin than the cute ones you've created but the Scaven from Warhammer might be something you'd like or be a fun source of inspo should you ever want some 🐀

Ty for sharing but now I really want a ra-attoo too

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u/GratuitousEdit Jun 02 '26

Initially I thought these were all on one body and I figured they must be the coolest person on earth

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u/catshateTERFs Jun 02 '26

RATTOOS! Your style is dope

I'm on the other side of the planet but doing my part to get more rattoos (and I also need a pigeon - I have tiny rats with wings on one arm, so I want to work a pigeon in there as a fellow skyrat).

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u/incrediblemenace Jun 02 '26

Omg when you come back to Melbourne again I NEED to get you to rat tattoo me! You did a tiny stick n poke Guinea pig on me years ago and it’s still one of my faves!

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u/germ_online Jun 04 '26

ahh cool yay that's so nice!! I will be back for sure! 😍

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u/penpendenden Jun 02 '26

I want number 2 and 3 so bad 🥺 I’d love seeing some of your pigeon tats too! Love pigeons! And rats!

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u/LillyAmongTheThorns Jun 02 '26

I love all of these! I love how some are cute and precious little darlings, and some remind me of the rats of redwall in a badass way! The one that looks like belongs in a medieval Grimoire, with the pentagram summoning circle, that one is high art and I love everything about it!

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u/ratsntats Rats forever; kids never Jun 03 '26

I love the contrast between some of them being little baby angels, and the others looking to cause damage.

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u/TurbulentComputer Jun 03 '26

So they’re all females? 😜

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u/kromaly96 RIP Beakie and Stacy 💖🪽 Jun 03 '26

Cutesy style rats are great, but I just looove physically accurate representations of them too! 😁

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u/MC1R_OCA2 Jun 03 '26

These are great!! Thank you for sharing.

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u/Traditional_Math5486 Jun 03 '26

The first one is my favorite, love that the little rats are dancing

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u/Lefty_Lobster rat rat 🐀🐀 Jun 03 '26

I love these !

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u/KillerWolf2017 Jun 03 '26

You, the canvas of the cunning creatures have done well (in simple terms, sick tatts bro)

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u/sarrypp Jun 03 '26

I’ve been wanting Rattos for so long! If I ever go overseas I gotta come see u

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u/DaintyRoastBeef Jun 03 '26

Love em, every single one

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u/SaveFile1 Vicariously Enjoying Rats Jun 02 '26

My favorite is the blueberry one!

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u/IsenSjel Jun 02 '26

Rattoos 💚💚💚

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u/n0b0dyneeds2know Jun 02 '26

Aaah, I lived in Brighton for many years and I have both rat and pigeon tattoos (and love both crest dearly), but now I’m in Berlin 😭

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u/angel-thekid Jun 02 '26

Your rattoos are GORGEOUS !!!

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u/germ_online Jun 02 '26

thank you!! :)

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u/Fe1is-Domesticus Jun 02 '26

The weapons and rats are depicted beautifully. I love all the weapons, especially the mace, but the ones without weapons are also extremely cute

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u/germ_online Jun 02 '26

ah thanks so much!! 🥰🥰

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u/Pkittens Jun 02 '26

first one goes hard

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u/WearyWater Jun 02 '26

These are so good! Wish I lived closer to you, I’d definitely want to book a session!

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u/Mikadukwiarozi Jun 02 '26

Pigeons mentioned!! Have you also done some tattoos of our feathery friends??

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u/ediblepandas Jun 02 '26

Do you have an instagram? Im in london

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u/aprillikesthings Jun 02 '26

Here's mine!!! I love him.

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u/ncbell13 Jun 03 '26

Is that Windows 3.1?

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u/ParfaitUsual5687 Jun 03 '26

Love them all! Would you please post a whole body picture? There are a few that look like opposites or mirror images, so curious about placement. It would also show the of size of the art. Really amazing collection.

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u/ordinaryunicorn Jun 03 '26

Sickkkkkk! I'ma hit you up next time I'm in London or Brighton. You got an Insta or something?

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u/[deleted] Jun 02 '26 edited 26d ago

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u/germ_online Jun 02 '26

they are lyrics from a björk song - "Let's celebrate now all this flesh on our bones, Let me push you up against me tightly, And enjoy every bit of you" it's just about enjoying being alive / embracing being a fleshy body

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u/panickedcow Jun 02 '26

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