57 Overly Requested Tattoo Designs That Tattoo Artists Are Sick And Tired Of

Imagine the curse of being a musician who produced one hit but wasn't able to write another song that would be nearly as successful. No matter how many albums you'd release, people at your concerts would constantly request that one song. And you'd probably have to give it to them -- a substantial portion of your ticket sales may have depended on it. So you'd be performing the same tune over and over, and over again...

Reddit user Dexley decided to find out whether tattoo artists suffer from repetitive work as well. He made a post on the r/AskReddit subreddit, asking "Tattoo artists, what pieces are you tired of doing?" The short answer is yes. The long answer is the post went viral and has received nearly 16K comments, painting a pretty vivid list of overdone tattoos. Continue scrolling and check it out.

#1

No regerts

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#2

"Its an anchor to symbolize I can't be held down"

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#3

Mine told me he is refusing to do anymore forests around someone's arm.

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#4

Shadow birds and infinity symbols with children’s names within them. Never again.

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#5

Those two f**king birds on the shoulders...

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#6

Not a tattoo artist, but so many people I've seen get the mustache on the inside of your pointer finger. I feel like that fad has to have gotten old with a few artists.

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#7

Friend of a friend got so tired of doing barcodes on people's necks that he made a game of using the silliest products as references. Were the customers to scan the tatoo they'd read sanitary products, a bag of nuts, mashed potatoes, spotted d*ck and so on.

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#8

Little sun/moon combos.

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#9

Basically anything from Pinterest. Bird silhouettes, live laugh love, infinity symbols, etc

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#10

Infinity knots. Infinity knots with hearts. Infinity knots with names too long to be in the infinity knots.

Please infinity not.

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#11

My friend who's a tattoo artist said he's done the Deathly Hallows symbol probably 15 times in his career.

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#12

Astrological signs.

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#13

If I have to tattoo the entire declaration of independence on one more fat dude's back, I'm going to scream.

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#14

I worked as a shop manager for a little bit. My boss/the head artist was getting super burnt out on big cats (specifically lions) wearing crowns. In about a month, he'd done 5 realistic lions (and a panther) wearing crowns on dudes who wanted to feel like kings. I had to start politely turning them down when people called to inquire about them.

"Sorry, Ian's not really interested in doing more big cats this month."

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#15

Not an artist, but as I was setting up my last appointment, my artist and I were talking at the front desk and the person at the reception at the desk took a call, said "just a minute" and asks my artist;

"Hey Kev, do you have time for a walk in today?"

He looks over and says "maybe, what do they want?"

"An infinity loop"

"Are they on hold?"

"Yes."

"F**k that, I'm so f**king sick of infinity loops. Tell em I'm busy."

So I think infinity loops for Kev.

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#16

Idk but 20 years from now there's gonna be a lotta old people with mandala tattoos and tree silhouettes.

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#17

Crowns. Do I f**king hate crowns... With that being said... I did one tonight.

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#18

I hate when couples get each others names tattooed on each others arm and crap because then like 2 weeks later the dude will come back for a cover up becuase they broke up, it drives me up the wall.

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#19

My grandpa is an artist and so I showed him this post , and immediately he said “butterflies on a obese persons lower back, I can’t tell you how many of those f**kers I drawn over stretch marks” yikes.

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#20

Sugar skulls.

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#21

Tattoo artist from Alabama here. I am not religious at all but I think I've ascribed the entire bible on human flesh at this point.

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#22

Asked my buddy. He said, "if I have to do another goddamn Latin paragraph on a chick's ribs, I'm gonna shoot my brains out!" Ironically, he was doing one on his GF at the time he told me...

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#23

From my tattoo artist friend: pocket watches surrounded by roses.

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#24

Not an artist, but the tattoo shop I go to back home in the Caribbean has a running tally of how many times they have to tattoo palm trees on girls ankles

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#25

Srom my 2 artists (from a tattood gal) infinity symbols, tramp stamps and anchors with the words "dont sink".

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#26

Snakes. Skulls. Snakes coming out of skulls.

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#27

My artist said he was sick of Longitude Latitude coordinates of their home towns

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#28

Tiny cactuses.

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#29

Tiny Roman numerals.

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#30

Went to a tattoo artist in NoCo once. He asked what I was thinking of doing, I said "I want an outline of-" and he just sighed and said "listen dude, I'm sorry but if I have to tattoo Pikes Peak one more time I'm gonna lose it."

For the record, I was asking for a rat, and he apologized profusely, but I thought it was hilarious. I know three different Coloradans with Pikes Peak tattoos.

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#31

I’d imagine crosses. Damn near every one with tattoos have a cross somewhere lol.

#32

crescent moon.

Its easy, but can you at least try to think

#33

The chinese word for "water" or "hope" or whatever else cliche term.

#34

Clocks.

#35

I have a couple chemistry tattoos and my artist made a comment about girls getting dopamine, serotonin, & oxytocin with the word happiness. Seemed like he might have done a few too many.

#36

I’m not against face tattoos, I have friends and peers that wear them quite well. My issue is 18 year olds who want to get them because they want a certain look. Pop culture has made them seem a lot more acceptable then they actually are. At the end of the day in the majority of careers they will hinder employment.

#37

UK tattoo artist. Okay, pocket watches with roses surrounding them have started to die out bit one or two years ago,, my god they were f**kin rife. The worst part is when the customer says they want one they follow with, I've got an idea to make it special and unique to me. And I'd say ..."you want the time your baby was born don't you?". ..."omg how did you know" -_-. This year it has definitely moved on to lions, tigers etc wearing crowns, it's always the guys that have to check with their lass if the design is ok before they start too. Like mentioned before however, I'll take a pocket watch with a lions face in the centre, birds flying off it merging into an infinity symbol with each bird having its own individual birthstone of the families lost cats over the years, than a smelly person.

#38

I was with a friend who was getting a tattoo and the artist mentioned he was sick of tattooing “This Too Shall Pass.”

Made sure to pull down my sleeve after he said that.

But f**k it, I got it as a reminder when it comes to my bad anxiety, so whatever.

#39

I was told arrows and crosses. Confederate flags. Hmm...

#40

My cousin said : - infinity sign - carpe diem lettering - feathers

#41

Mine told me he is no longer doing matching M’s on each butcheek, spelling out MOM when someone is bent over. The jokes been played out.

#42

Barb wire on guys arms.

#43

Bridges from the local city.

#44

I'm completely sick of octopus tattoos. Everyone who has one thinks they're insanely unique and doesn’t realize it’s a ridiculously popular tattoo.

#45

Snake coming out of the eye of a skull and why does the guy who wants this tattoo always have a perfectly groomed goatee.

#46

I've heard people say they've stopped doing "your name" on people's butts

#47

I see a lot of people with the Harry Potter Deathly Hallows symbol. Overdone yet?

#48

My first tattoo was “I love you forever and always” in my mom’s handwriting on my foot. While my tattoo artist was doing it another artist came in the room to ask what I was getting, when he found out it was script on my foot he asked, “let me guess, ‘live, laugh, love’?” He awkwardly left after we explained it wasn’t that and in fact my mom’s handwriting. So. I’d say he’s sick of that.

#49

Those anchors, why.

#50

My guy spent the entire time he was doing my last tatt raging against the people coming in for Harry Potter tatts; He's got a big sign up on the entrance stating not to even ask

#51

Swastikas. Every day man.

#52

When I got my tattoo of a juggling bear, I was making small talk with the tattoo artist. She said she was tired of doing nothing but tribal designs and dragons all the time. She said the whole shop talked about my Bear juggling a club, a ball, and a machete, and that they were so thrilled by the originality that they were thinking about doing it for free.

They didn't. Cost me $300. Great tattoo though. Still my only one.

#53

F**king. Nautical. Stars.

Gross. Stop it. That dumbass f**king red and black or purple and black stars are so over done and trashy. Literally never had a good experience with a girl who’s had that tattoo and I’ve been with 8.

#54

From the artist I work with: "Literally anything from Pintrest. F**k Pintrest."

#55

The new age tramp stamp: Under Boob Mandala

#56

I hope it’s not the script to Bee Movie

#57

Butterflies... I f**king hate butterflies. They are part of the reason I quit tattooing. But the main reason were pain-in-the-ass customers who thought they were experts because they watched a couple of episodes of Miami ink. "What!?! You can't do an entire back piece in one session?"

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