Some people insist that every tattoo should tell a story or should hold some meaning, but sometimes, that story sounds like it was written during a power outage, with a blindfold on.

These images of permanent ink prove that confidence and creativity don’t always go hand in hand and that the people who risked getting these have definitely seen better days.

Sometimes words get lost in translation, and others just look like they survived an apocalypse. One thing’s for sure, these wannabe masterpieces were born at times when no one was thinking.

This is the proof that not all artsy ideas should leave the sketchbook.