25 Tattoo Cover-Ups That Are Quite Impressive

Tattoos are powerful forms of self-expression, but not every inked journey is without its bumps. Whether due to changing tastes, a regrettable decision, or simply evolving preferences, individuals often find themselves seeking the artistry of tattoo cover-ups to transform their old ink into new masterpieces.

The Fixed Tattoos subreddit has become a digital gallery showcasing remarkable transformations, where talented artists breathe fresh life into faded or unwanted tattoos. Check out some of their best posts in the gallery below.

#1 From A Spur-Of-The-Moment Tattoo At 18 That I Had Often Forgotten About To A Beautiful Tattoo That I’m Proud Of

Session 1 of cover-up completed by Dora Billmyer at Higher Ground Tattoo in Las Vegas, NV

#2 Large Scale Blackwork Cover Up Client Was Relieved To Have This Old Image Gone

AtMostTheFabulist : “Wow, that is amazing. Great job!”

#3 Absolute Witchcraft By Ange Pele At Cloak And Daggers Tattoo In London

Matthews : “Whoa! Magical!”

Foxglove🇮🇪 : “I can’t even tell what the original was meant to be”

#4 Finally Got Part Of My Coverup Done

Robert Beveridge : “Somewhere in Sweden, Ville Valo is weeping”

#5 Chaos Wheel Before And After (Same Artist ~20yrs Apart)

fionna live your bi truth : “Wow! They really improved!”

#6 Got This Coverup Today

Hello it Smee : “What is the original supposed to be?”

#7 Process Of Covering Up A Tattoo That I Wasn’t Happy With

Cecilia Herrera : “Beautiful work! You would never know that this a cover-up.”

Robin DJW : “Excellent design choice and flawless execution. Congrats.”

#8 How Good Will Cover Up Tattoo Like This Look After It’s Healed Up?

AtMostTheFabulist : “That purple is beautiful”

Linda Gilliam : “The artist is very talented. Beautiful cover-up. 🦄”

#9 My Space Sleeve Was Just Finished

GoGoPDX : “That is out of this world! I mean it totally eclipses the originals and the artist has astronomical talent!”

Persephone : “Freaking awesome!!!”

#10 First Session Cover Up!

Cecilia Herrera : “I love the colors on that bird. The heart is a good touch.”

#11 Cover Up After 5yrs Of Regret

AtMostTheFabulist : “The colors I am seeing are really amazing.”

Cecilia Herrera : “Wow!”

One Voice : “Those little penis nipples are distracting. LOL!!”

#13 Coverup In Progress

GoGoPDX : “Wow! I am not big into flower tattoos for myself, but I would love to have this one so much!”

Auntriarch : “Really like a botanical illustration”

#14 Love The Beautiful Mandala Work My Artist Used To Revamp My Old Ink @jerkydoo On Ig

GoGoPDX : “Oh my god the boldness of those light colors is a hard thing to get! This is amazing!”

#15 Off Center Cross Coverup

AtMostTheFabulist : “I have seen that moth before. Is there something significant about it?”

#16 Cover Up Is Now Completed And I Couldn’t Be Happier

PFD : “Happy for him but it looks ghastly to me. Though so did the original.”

Courtney Christelle : “I love how it goes down into the top of his foot.”

Jcusack : “OOOmph… Dudes leg looking like Mr. Deeds Frostbite foot..”

#17 We Did A Little Cover Up. Done By Andrew Edlin In Spokane Washington

Aussie Atheist : “Hours of work and pain plus thousands of dollars”

#18 I Couldn’t Be More Stoked With The Results! Wonky Lines Cleaned Up, Added Some Dimension And A Sun To Cover The Multiple Blow Outs

Corrected by Thomas Yosenick at Fine Line Tattoo (Garland, TX)

#19 Turned My Spermy Clouds Into Some Pretty Peonies

#20 Anubis Was In Desperate Need Of A Makeover

#21 2 Months Apart. On The Left, Done For Very Cheap Price – Took 2 Sessions, 10 Hours Total

Fixed by the artist who created the design originally, who was quoting double the price. He did it in under 2 hours. Good tattoos aren’t cheap and cheap tattoos aren’t good

#22 Before And After

#23 My Fixed Tattoo

#24 Before And After

#25 Black It Out But Make It Pretty

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Botanical Tattoos Made By Imprinting Real Leaves On The Skin

This is to the guys who are on a constant quest to find that one-of-a-kind tattoo. Ukrainian tattoo artist Rita “Rit Kit” Zolotukhina has found a way to make every tattoo unique with the helping hand of Mother Nature.

She calls them “botanical fingerprint” tattoos. “I’m a nature lover. So most of my sketches are related to flora. But the more I drew, the more I wanted something fresh and native, to feel the plants without any steps in between,” said Rita to Illusion Magazine . She dips real leaves and flowers into stencil ink before placing them onto the skin. As no two leaves are the same, each permanent imprints they leave on the skin is unique.

Finally your quest to get that unique tattoo is over… when you manage to find your way to Ukraine that is.

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