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Are These Tattoos Real or Fake?

Gallery Follows the Text Let’s play a little game, shall we? Here at Inked we see thousands of tattoos a day, but even we get a little struck by the…

Gallery Follows the Text

Let’s play a little game, shall we? Here at Inked we see thousands of tattoos a day, but even we get a little struck by the quality of some tattoos—so much so that we second guess their authenticity. We did some searching and found a few artists we think would make fine tattooists, though they tend to stick to Sharpies instead of needles. Certainly a more comfortable option. Think you can guess which tattoos are real or fake? Go ahead, you’ll be stunned.

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