Imitation Isn’t Always Flattery: The Worst Tattoo Copies Ever | Tattoo Artists React

[@inked]

What would you do if you saw somebody with a copy of one of your tattoos?

[@johnbesignano5999]

The Inked KZbin channel posted a copy of my tattoo on their front page a while back.

[@EggGorlComics]

Been there. Hell raised.

[@krisztianfarkas3536]

I have been the other way around. I have a raven in my upper arm, and a watched ink master after i done it, and DJ Tamble and Bubba Irwin already done the exact same raven.

[@inked]

@@feezthedeal6704 Sounds like a cheese grater type situation. YIKES!

[@fallensway855]

@@inked lol that was going to be my exact. Me, them and a date with a cheese grater. That shit isn’t ok

[@kaylaa5430]

_Good_ personalities, _bad_ tattoos, and a *buff* producer *THIS IS WHAT I SIGNED UP FOR*

[@kdk9460]

Buff producer was a surprise for me. But very welcomed.

[@blankface.señoritq]

me: not into buff ones 🤣

[@ChillTheChilli]

The dudes "gods plan" ringtone while talking about a nun tattoo...nice timing

[@epoxyarts9344]

Laser Tattoo Removalkzbin.info/www/bejne/oYu7gmaCbrlspK8

[@danni3804]

I just commented the same thing 😂 and especially since he was talking about how sinner wasn’t the right way, I guess it was gods plan

[@ChillTheChilli]

@@danni3804 hahaha maybe it was!

[@epoxyarts9344]

Amazing Lion Tattoo

[@m_rastovic5152]

when? nvm found it.

[@googlyotterr]

They weren’t kidding, the producer behind the camera is BUFF.

[@inked]

You have NO idea...

[@googlyotterr]

@@inked you are filmed in NYC right? 👀😈

[@ravelgaming9510]

Really

[@slumberinggiant4030]

But people wanna know the instagram... Not me... Other people...

[@BenjiQ575]

lmao why you so buff, bro?

[@Vincenza8907]

What’s worse knowing your nipple is on someone’s arm or knowing you have someone else’s nipple on your arm?

[@xyz-jo4lq]

knowing i have someone else's nipple on my arm...

[@Vincenza8907]

@@xyz-jo4lq yeah that makes sense

[@genzuo]

definitely the latter, no question

[@sadem1045]

The second one

[@raccoon.pies.]

Artist: “I’m just gonna take off my shoe and lick it” Producers: “YEAAAAA”

[@dr.zombiex]

Does anyone know the name of that artist?

[@gloriie1]

I would too if I was wearing 10 thousand dollar nikes

[@metalheadfromslovakia]

@@dr.zombiex not name but his instagram is @superman_tattoos :)

[@dr.zombiex]

@@metalheadfromslovakia thanks!

[@monicabahena7443]

I like how you can barely see him in the intro too 😭😂

[@PuppiBlueSkies]

The editor deserves a raise 😭

[@huckpearl6415]

Totally

[@DeathTrapProductions]

Real talk. The production value of these videos is spectacular! I wonder if they need an assistant editor for qc 😂🤔

[@dinonugget7114]

You even know how much he's paid? He maybe has nice pay and you giving him a raise.

[@brad6555]

Why?

[@frogs1341]

@@dinonugget7114 and that’s fine lol

[@realpkchronicles]

That behind the scenes was my favorite part 😆

[@inked]

A glimpse into what really goes on when we film 😂😂

[@PHaak]

same here :D

[@realpkchronicles]

@@inked Love you guys, hands down my fav channel

[@RosyJeil]

@@inked would love to see more!!

[@MitchellWiggs]

for my outro I’d ask if I could sit on the producer’s lap

[@maruchancherub1180]

I'd rather sit in the camera mans lap

[@OoOoOo-we3dn]

@@maruchancherub1180 what about both

[@CoLoJePa]

Didnt even realise that first one was a tattoo. I thought the bad one on the right was copy of an actual sign.

[@terra_the_nightingale135]

Same here. Took me way too long to realize it was a tattoo

[@saravg235]

Same

[@jcbpstr6]

I had to look hard for a minute too

[@eleftheriak.8889]

He's right about how the clients put pressure on the artists about what they want. Plus, you can't always know that what they brought you is a copy. There's only so much they can do if the client's asking for a nun smoking a cigarette and that's the only way they'll take it. It's important for the clients to understand that this art, and copying someone's work is copying someone's art, someone's own design and picture. They need to understand that and be more open with the artist they've gone to, talk to them to let the artist make the design their own in a way. I , honestly I don't know if there's a clear solution for this .

[@missmortem619]

Reverse image search generally gives you a clue on what’s a copy and what isn’t. Generally people who want copies don’t bother to change anything up.

[@queendiamond770]

Finally somebody that understand this instead of just saying "tattoo artists are such assholes, if I ask you to do a design I've seen on the internet you have to do it because I am the client". I personally can't redraw others' pictures because I've always been drawing anything that would come to my mind and if somebody ever asked me for someone else's piece I'd straight up refuse.

[@joskuoraa5643]

Sorry if this sounds stupid but I have hard time to understand why I can't get a specific picture. Why reinvent the wheel? If someone has designed an super awesome and cool tattoo, why can't I just take it? I am by no means saying that tattoo artists own version would be bad, I'm just saying that if there is alredy an awesome picture that I want on my skin, why would it be problem.

[@missmortem619]

@@joskuoraa5643 because someone has worked very hard to create that custom piece for someone else. Which could have a very distinct reason for it. Most people go to custom artists to pay more and get a tattoo no one has. Then someone steals it??? That sucks for them. It’s not just about the artist.

[@joskuoraa5643]

@@missmortem619 Oh yeah, true. But then, maybe that split joker one, how can you make something custom out of movie carachter whitch looks the way he looks. There isn't much you could change.

[@mayajacobson8222]

I rewatched the intro after the end and I could hear her say “it’s so cheesy I hate it” lol

[@epoxyarts9344]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/hHOXmIVmjZx1f5o

[@MirelaVogue]

same LOL

[@brooklynjay17]

would like but you're at 666

[@mayajacobson8222]

@@brooklynjay17 667 now so feel free

[@MarniCollier]

I was standing in an elevator staring at this guy's tattoo wondering why it looked so damn familiar. That afternoon I went to the gym and my trainer has the exact same tattoo in the exact same spot never had the heart to tell him

[@bladesandflannels4665]

Lolll💀 what was the tattoo?

[@MarniCollier]

@@bladesandflannels4665 a flashy arrow down the forearm

[@bladesandflannels4665]

@@MarniCollier 🤣

[@joseamador255]

Guys don't care to much that another person has the same anything - maybe except for same girlfriend

[@MarniCollier]

@@joseamador255 that's not really the point you've paid for a piece of art that art now belongs to you it's pretty poor practice to be re using the same art on different people.

[@starlingfett7446]

The people editing this should meet the people editing the wowpresents Trixie and Katya videos

[@irkengirl16]

Thinking the same thing! Haha imagine how great this would be with wowpresents editing

[@cerebralorbit]

true! I love your profile pic btw hahaa :D

[@Grace-mb8tb]

Yeh, I think they were def inspired by Trixie and katya’s show for sure

[@luca553]

I knew I wasn't the only one thinking the editing style is similar

[@nicholeflanagan5539]

Yep same I love that show

[@TheDylanLowden]

Love the editing. Love the artists. Aaaand can we get some more of the buff producer??? 👀

[@inked]

If you're lucky...

[@harleystired]

xD

[@randomperson1943]

7:13 when the “God’s Plan” ringtone plays while talking about a Nun tattoo

[@curtisrichards5133]

Tattoo artists are like ‘why have something another person has?’ Also like ‘ what we doing today? Koi fish? Clipper ship? Skull and snake? Dagger? Dragon?.......

[@flo6051]

I just sent an email asking about the pricing for a koi fish and I am feeling so attacked lmao

[@lesliesteele3926]

You could say the same thing about anything music or flowers or classic base idea... its in how the individual artist makes the topic personal. Honestly, don't feel attacked for a Koi. Just make it yours and love it! I have a variety of flowers and music notes and a broken pocket watch. But all are custom drawn.

[@epoxyarts9344]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/hHOXmIVmjZx1f5o

[@liliyurch2511]

Rose and a pocket watch?

[@superfluffers7142]

While the subject is popular, each artist does it their own way, so it's not exactly the same as every other tattoo

[@crocsinthewater4838]

i love how everyone was up in arms about the mambo tattoo

[@Ali093]

That part at the end was so wholesome!!!!

[@inked]

Glad you liked it :)

[@onestonedchick3186]

Favorite quotes: "Sometimes I know stuff." and "Oh, I didn't know we were being sassy." LMFAO!

[@kyliem5812]

"the skin is orange" "it's an oompa loompa"

[@alexdavies7112]

#donaldtrump

[@slipcaseslitpace]

I made a design that was for me and my “friend” who was supposed to do the tattoo didn’t do it, stole the idea, put it on a shirt, some guy liked her shirt, and then she did the idea on HIM.

[@michaelawode]

"I just birthed the chair" contemplates surrounding, realized she's on camera. "Fuck" walks away. It was such natural chaotic charisma, i love how lost she gets when she's having fun with her friend.

[@GastonSeep]

This channel it’s just great, the artists, the editor thx for making this year a little bit better 🤘🏻😎

[@inked]

Thank you so much! Glad we can bring a little bit of joy to the worst year ever

[@mretie]

Seriously, turning the joke into a sitcom set at @1:07 was peak editing

[@aettic]

This show is absolutely phenomenal, and I don't care if it's sponsored by some giant media company - you guys look like you're enjoying yourselves so much and you're being so real (talking about both the stars and the crew).

[@funnyferret6064]

“Oh I didn’t know we were being sassy!”

[@BlackacreDoe]

Absolutely love this channel. This was my first season watching all the way through and loved all the artists and their personalities. Can't wait for the next one.

[@epoxyarts9344]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/nH6lZoyFpKyJZ6M

[@inked]

Thanks!

[@EggGorlComics]

Dude I had art theft straight up in the shop I was at at the time: I did a tattoo on a celebrity, it stands out, very bright specific design I drew in my cartoon style yadda yadda. Then one day I go to work and the friggin OWNER said he got swindled into doing the same exact tattoo on some gypsy lady! Like whatttttt!!!!! Straight up same tattoo. Everything. Wow. All respect lost Edit: oh yeah and it was like the Great Value version of my design. Terrible.

[@inked]

UGH!

[@papaspaulding]

As an artist (painter) Ive had the same thing happen with myself. I once painted a large bright coloured canvas as a commission for a children's area in a public space. sometime after I'm contacted by an 'artist' asking me for colour technical advice on said piece as someone has commissioned him to paint a copy. Annoyingly as well I fond out what the person who commissioned the copy was paying a decent price. ie I could have done him something for that same price. instead he ended up getting a really poor imitation of the original, which was the only 'good' thing to come from the whole stupid thing in that he got a bad painting because he was trying to cheap out and pay someone to copy

[@xazz]

"I can tell things sometimes. I know stuff" is such a MOOD

[@ch0colatec0ff33]

I had a friend in highschool get a copycat tattoo. She showed it to me, and I couldn’t help but laugh. It was a bust shot Medusa, and the original she showed me was super delicate, but the one she had, it looked like some of the snakes were stepped on

[@es0strefis]

7:13 He was shocked that it was flipped but little did he knew it was god's plan. Even his phone knew that.

[@goldsplashl9992]

The "is anybody in there or what?" Followed by the little chuckle will never fail to make me smile

[@toinfinityandbeyond2082]

I just dont understand why you would want a copy, i think the great things about tattoos is to have them unique its a separate piece of art, i usually go out of my way with my artist to try to get something thats different than the normal

[@SexMusicPlants]

Same.

[@dirtrider88]

why would you want a copy of a painting. people buy copies of art all the time and its not frowned upon at all. why should tattoos be any different

[@giovannamautone]

@@dirtrider88 because technically, when you buy a copy of a painting, the painter is (or should be) receiving money for his art. This does not happen with tattoos.

[@effytraveler6155]

I designed my tattoo idea, and incorporated elements from pop culture shows and movies from my childhood. There is a whole lot of meaning in my design. It’s fine if nobody knows what it is when they will see it, but like there is meaning. I’m getting it on my birthday much later this year. I don’t want to ever see it on google images ever. Might ask the tattoo artist to not post. Tattoos should no longer be copy and paste. It was a thing in the past. I don’t miss it.

[@cdh12345]

Why are we licking shoes out here

[@inked]

If I spend that much money on something, damn right I'm going to lick it! (Wait, is this weird?)

[@YoursTrulyMew]

Fat Joe started it

[@dylansmith5606]

@@inked you did him dirty! Why was he only a glimps in the intro!

[@ringsaround6961]

honestly one of my favorite channels, editing is always on point, and the artists are always a blast!

[@epoxyarts9344]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/nH6lZoyFpKyJZ6M

[@chomskyismyhomeboi3509]

The end was super fun. Shout out to the editor

[@johnbesignano5999]

I've seen at least 2 copies of one of my tattoos. Luckily they were well done and the artist was pretty flattered.

[@tonymcgrew2774]

The editing in this video is very reminiscent of UNHhhh, and I love it

[@loukmouk1652]

Great editor, great people, great content. (:

[@inked]

Thank you, we appreciate it :)

[@minxueeecaroon]

Adored this season editor’s and cast! Wish to see more of them too. Also, love it when you guys do videos on tattoo copies, rly interesting to compare n hear opinions on it!! MORE MORE!!

[@milkyshakes]

4:55 this is exactly what it seems like honestly, this is what i imagine happens especially if the client doesn’t trust their artist.

[@StCla1re]

Wouldn’t mind getting tattooed by any of them

[@yourmomssidepiece5872]

are we not gonna talk about how that one girl had a hisoka mask😈🙏

[@DivertingRose1]

Where? Timestamp?

[@ZombieGravitation]

@@DivertingRose1 1:10, it's on her knee

[@terra_the_nightingale135]

She has good taste in anime 😂

[@avaj8716]

YES I was looking to see if someone else noticed

[@dtown_demon]

What anime is Hisoks from? I wanna watch the series

[@nicolemaloney3387]

I was waiting for someone to say that half the "sinner" tattoos were backwards

[@calemitchell5764]

This is a great example of a semi mainstream program, that had had an awesome transition to youtube. Keep up the good work guys.

[@shotaaizawaeraserhead564]

I love that the woman with the thick tattoos on her arms and a pentagle on her arm has a Hisoka mask on her leg.😂

[@rhad333]

I'm new at tattoing, and I have to say this: clients are stupid. They google "cool tattoos" and they show some dude's warped forearm tat and they want it ont heir chest or some shit. And I'm like, brah, I can't copy that, I have to redo the whole project, would you like me to design something similar? Nah bruh, I like that one ! So, yeah, not always the artist's fault and it's hard letting them accept your own designs as they already have their mind set on a picture they found on the internet.

[@MoyBeats]

“Sweet and Sour Saturdays” is a great series of words in a New York accent

[@samliveshere88]

I remember when the guy whos tattoo got stolen with the watermark on it, he was more bummed out for the dude that now has his name on his tattoo than he was that someone copied him

[@GingerSmurfette]

Bring back Doty

[@kickflop21]

F O R E N S I C F I L E S

[@catherinesheffield8093]

I heard her voice when I read that😹

[@julianmesa4510]

I WAS LITERALLT JUST WONDERING HOW THEY FILMED THE INTROS WHAT A COINCIDENCE

[@mistaken_stranger8343]

ITS THE SAME PICTURE

[@Eriey3]

“Corporate needs you to find the difference between this picture and this picture” 🤣😅

[@kevinknuckles25]

Inked has been making episodes for years with just a one off sit down with these artists... years...

[@dmcgee3]

Pretty sure this is sometime in 2020, hence the masks and somebody mentioning quarantine.

[@inked]

@@dmcgee3 Normally, we film these at tattoo conventions. This year, we had to get clever, and this series is made up mostly of people who are based in NYC or who happened to be guesting at Inked NYC.

[@Shinigamij66]

As a tattoo artist myself I do get those clients who come in and absolutely refuse to change the tattoo they show me. They will show me a pic and I always say “i like the theme/idea, but lemme out my own spin on it”. Most of the time the clients are cool with that but you do get those certain people every now and then who want the exact same tattoo spot for spot and at that point that’s when you just gotta turn them away if they aren’t willing to work with you

[@Longlivedolphnigga]

Well yeah, if I come in and I want a Chicano style tattoo Im not gonna let the artist put his own twist in it. Lmao

[@romario4art]

The editing is just *chef kiss*

[@Mannyswack]

That ending was so wholesome, I’ve never smiled so hard at an inked vid 😁

[@olgak4446]

“Sometimes I know stuff” quote of my life

[@franknstein5376]

Big ups for all the people working on this channel, these videos are being the highlight of this period for me and a lot of other viewers!

[@mazzyg6186]

“Omg at least be original 🙄🙄” Mama all the tattoos I’m seein on y’all are roses and skulls and compasses and birds dont talk to me about originality 😂

[@susu959]

Mean if that's what the client wantsss

[@shaibtm7556]

😂 facts

[@Nappa9000]

Whoever the production/editing crew are for these recent videos (at least in the past few months), keep them forever.

[@Zarte4eva]

Loved the ending 😂

[@AtLiberty]

super fun to watch and very interesting. The Intro is great.

[@fishpony1211]

U guys are fukin amazing!!! Thanks for a great season Inked!!

[@igmaster28]

Thank YOU guys and gals for an awesome and better than ever production, editing and personality wise season, happy holidays and see you next year!!

[@jasminevelasco3506]

“I didn’t know we were being sassy” 😂😂😂😂😂

[@DarkRubberDucky]

Daww, the ending montage with the little kissy kiss was cute!

[@parkjimin-standkb-62]

I didn't even know that tattoo artists should do their own sketch and are not allowed to copy others. I thought they have templates and they only draw their own sketch when there is a special order and you have to pay more. Sorry for my English.

[@reilly4678]

typically artists create custom pieces for people or they have a set book of different tattoos they have drawn up that they will tattoo on multiple people (called flash tattoos, a little less pricey) but they don't usually do designs they haven't created themselves

[@Mango-topia]

10:46 that whole exchange was my FAVORITE

[@leonjourney8334]

So annoying, almost everyone shows their tattoo artist what tattoo they want. Whether it’s flash, an art piece, another tattoo. How often can people go to a tattoo artist and trust them to put their original style and piece on them for the rest of their lives. Most of my tattoos are original unpopular artworks I liked. One of them the artist put his own twist on it rather than what I wanted. I met one dude with one of my tattoos and we instantly became friends cause of how rare it was. The tattoos I have, that I hate the most are the ones the artist tried to add their own style to what I requested, cause now I got a style some dude I barely know likes and not what I like.

[@effytraveler6155]

Love this point of view. I mean no harm and need the tattoo artist for sure to put some of their style in it. My artistic skills drop at a point. The tattoos I saw online are few and nothing of what I want to show as inspiration. So I designed it myself.

[@julesss666]

the editing of this is immaculate!! i was laughing the whole time

[@allenstone9170]

I love how a lot of these videos are people criticizing other tattoos like they dont have fluffed up ones too.. "No my Captain America shield has perfect lines and aged perfect" "Do you know how artistic it is to have them paint my whole arm black?"

[@syckles]

I didn't want to say it, but the chick who has the black arms and lines on her face is in no position to criticize other canvases... 😅

[@TheOneTrueErica]

These vids have been so entertaining and the editing is amazing. Thanks for the season and I can't wait to see the next one!

[@PutriHaki-k4f]

People can buy knockoff brand but please DO NOT BUY KNOCKOFF TATTOO this is so bad 😂😂😂

[@jameslin3458]

Love the work editor!! I enjoy it everytime sad is ending but see you next season

[@inked]

Next season is coming soon!

[@jameslin3458]

@@inked cheers!!!

[@kruelkarla3470]

The original artists for the nun tattoo is @ccyle and she's amazing!

[@dianadailyn7497]

I ACTUALLY jumped at that explosion🤣🤣🤣

[@RiahYannaBeans]

I always worry I’ll see my tattoo on here than I realize I haven’t taken pictures of my 2 tattoos

[@MrJspookz]

Love the production value of these videos. You guys kill it !

[@hmohmoTe]

wow this was like the end of a season with the ending part LMAO

[@epoxyarts9344]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/nH6lZoyFpKyJZ6M

[@kobrilakkuma]

the video editing has definitely leveled up!!! loving everything about it

[@jacqulineball2284]

Shit that explosion made me jump 😂😂😂😂😂😂 Gotta love that art theft though. They only cheat themselves.

[@KaciHazaCoolPhone]

I LOVED watching the "behind-the-scenes" bit for that last bit there lol So good

[@Kitanaii]

You better keep the editor for the next season!

[@claratchaikovsky134]

we love you editors!!!!

[@beans1447]

Guy: I can tell things sometimes.... sometimes I know stuff... me: ha

[@hanniemarie]

The personality of these people, just wow! Thanks for an amazing quality video, hilarious!

[@punkrockmaniac]

Inked i volunteer to be tattooed by someone for a video

[@chicodaboi174]

Don’t be one of those canvases that tap out 20 minutes in leaving the artist in a bad spot so they have to tattoo themselves to move foreword

[@PunkyIggy]

PLEASE- THE EDITING IS TOP TIER

[@elizabethkensinger6880]

The phrase "imitation is the sincerest form of flattery" is actually "imitation is the sincerest form of flattery that mediocrity can pay to greatness" and all the copies in this video are definitely that

[@babsabroad2205]

I had no idea Elijah Wood was a tattooer. You learn something new every day.

[@bakari3604]

i think everyone with the nun tattoo should meet up and become friends and tell everyone they got matching ones

[@davidedevincenzo6351]

"Thanks for a great season"....I felt the nostalgia. THANK YOU for this great content!

[@emiquintana509]

"How close can I get to the lens" *rolls up sleeve*

[@SH-wk6po]

Wow Inked's has really come into its own this year!! This channel has gotten so good!! 🤘🤩 My man didn't like watching Inked with me previously, but the editing has gotten really good, and all of these personalities are shining through... he loves it now!! 🖤🖤 He would like to see some more Kelly Doty though lol (he specifically requested).

[@inked]

Thanks so much!!

[@caroo5869]

I was really exciting when I noticed the Hisoka mask of that one woman

[@tendousatori8582]

Same dude

[@Bunny-ch2ul]

Alternative title: People with cliched tattoos critiquing other cliched tattoos.

[@Caeljharden]

Oh shit... the producer IS buff.... hey daddy 😉

[@KagomeMorino]

As an artist “not a tattoo artist “ I’ve had people literally just hand me something and tell me to straight up copy it. I try to tell them no and convince them to change it up just even a little bit and they basically get all angry and scream about they are paying for it so it doesn’t matter. The one I straight up walked away from was a smoke shop that wanted to basically steal another stores exact layout and even name in another state. I reached out to the original shop and they were not associated at all. I straight up refused and walked away. $5,000 job. Was not worth the crap. They hired someone else and the store ended up getting closed and in a legal battle. It was hella messy. The artist that did it got black listed. They moved to a different state to try again. Just up and crazy.

[@-droid-j7-225]

I didn’t know we were gonna get sassy...man those two are great

[@bensond32]

Thanks for a great season y'all! The ending was awesome!

[@inked]

Glad you enjoyed it!