Tattoo artist fixes misspelled inking with 'masterful' cover-up that blows people away
dailystar.co.ukReddit user u/j__all__day, from Chicago, who used a clever colour trick to correct the spelling on his customer’s arm. Sharing in the r/tattoo forum he said: “Tattoo misspelling fix.
Original NOT BY ME!”More than 2,500 people liked the post, which showed two side-by-side snaps of the ink.On one, cursive lettering sat atop shaded black-and-grey clouds spelling the word “Virgina”.Now, it seems the lettering was supposed to say “Virginia” – presumably the client’s home state in the US.Unfortunately, the previous tattoo artist had missed out the second “I” meaning the inked customer was left with what looked closer to a rude word than a patriotic one.Thankfully, the tattoo artist – who uses the Instagram handle @uwutattoo – was able to use a clever piece of artistry to add in a second “I” without messing up the ink.He explained: “I mixed some colours ’til i was able to match his skin tone somewhat and pretty much used that as kind of a eraser over parts of the 'a' at the end I wanted to drown out.“And with black ink I shaped part of that 'a' into a 'i', added the dot on top and added the last ‘a’.”Want all the biggest Lifestyle news straight to your inbox?
Sign up for our free Daily Star Hot Topics newsletterAnd, people in the comments were blown away by the work.One person wrote: “It me a loooong time looking at this and zooming in to figure out how you did it.
That's impressive.”While another said: “Tattoo artist here. F***ing masterful.”A third added: “That’s awesome. I didn’t think this was possible without a few laser sessions.”“Wow!
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