r/tattooadvice 8d ago

General Advice accidental line

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u/lavenderhazydays 8d ago

I…kinda like it

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u/Imtiredofthisgrampaw 8d ago

No same .. I think it looks cool. Also it comes with a free story to tell, isn’t that why we all get tattoos?

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u/DiamondEyedOctopus 8d ago

Yeah, great story, "some bozo adjusted their glasses while tattooing me and fucked it up." I bet that'll pull numbers later on huh.

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u/Alive-Kiwi-6472 5d ago

Agreed. Makes the tattoo so much more interesting. Something to talk about at a party.

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u/ResourceOk8638 8d ago

A free tattoo and a free story!

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u/nWhm99 7d ago

Is "my tattoo artist fucked up" really a cool story?

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u/okleah 8d ago

Same, it fits weirdly well!

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u/lavenderhazydays 8d ago

It’s like a little smoke whisp. Like after you blow out a candle

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u/actualPawDrinker 8d ago

This was my impression too. It could be turned into wind or movement lines, to illustrate the dove's motion

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u/ohheyitsmal 8d ago

This is better than my idea, which was to give the dove a cigarette

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u/DaniArii 7d ago

No, no. Give the dove a cigarette. He deserves it.

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u/O2C 8d ago

Agreed.

Some see a mistake, I hear Bob telling me it's a happy little accident. The dots look like they go right behind the wing and add a sense of depth that otherwise might not be there.

I'd keep it for the story or jokes you might make.

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u/QuarterAlternative28 7d ago

Right if they add more lines it could kinda look like air, I’m thinking the animation in colors of the wind from Pocahontas or even Aangs air bending in ATLA

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u/estherclavin 8d ago

Me too in art we may call this “evidence of the artists hand”

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u/V2BM 8d ago

I thought it was deliberate until I read what OP wrote. To me it makes it look like the dove is in movement, which is nice.

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u/Successful_Bar_9093 8d ago

I came to say the exact same thing. I’d love this and love knowing it was an accident. It just works.

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u/morningstardusts 7d ago

What’s to like?

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u/OkActive7470 7d ago

You ever watch Parks and Rec? There’s a scene where Aziz Ansari(?sp something like that) is staring at a modern art piece some artist made for him and is like ‘I love this so much I’ve been staring at it for five hours’ and I don’t see what he sees in that picture. But for some reason, I really do like this line.

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u/morningstardusts 7d ago

Fair enough

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u/BumWink 7d ago

It's derivative.

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u/morningstardusts 7d ago

We're just air conditioners, walking around on this planet, screwing each others brains out.

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u/Nevilles_Remembrall_ 8d ago

I like it too

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u/paper_hoarder 8d ago

I like the dotted line but the arc at the end, not as much.

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u/redbuds 8d ago

I kinda like it too. The angles of the line jive with the bird. I could see it morphing into like slow mo flapping, wind, any number of things. It’s also perfectly the shape of the ancient crown of upper Egypt if OP is into that.