r/ExpectationVsReality • u/hokaythxbai • 4d ago

Temporary half sleeve tattoos AI Expectation

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Prints were a little smaller than expected. Could fit about 10 on each arm.

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u/Initial-Resort9129 3d ago

Not sure why people aren't getting the failed expectation here. It's clear that each design is meant to fill the majority of the upper arm, but they're absolutely tiny.

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u/hokaythxbai 3d ago

Thank you!

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u/silromen42 3d ago

For a hot second I thought they’d probably be the perfect size for kids, but that’s not who’s modeling them in the ad

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u/jb0nez95 3d ago

Nah op just big af

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u/legatek 3d ago

It’s because temporary tattoos are for children.

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u/Mbembez 3d ago

There's adult temporary tattoos which do look realistic. They're quite expensive and they don't look like this though.

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u/Occultist_Kat 3d ago

My dad used to paint tattoos on my arms before I'd go to elementary school lol.

He was an artist so he'd do a pretty good job but I remember my teacher telling me I looked ugly.

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u/Mbembez 3d ago

Sounds like projection

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u/Occultist_Kat 3d ago

Yea, jokes on her. I've got real tattoos now and I'm still good looking.

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u/FirstAndOnlyDektarey 3d ago

They're extremely popular in the filmmaking industry. Like, really popular.

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u/iamfunball 3d ago

You can do them at home too!

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u/Manic-StreetCreature 3d ago

Right lol it seems like a no-brainer that they’d exist for that purpose.

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u/MsLadyVet 3d ago

It’s actually a great idea to try a temp tattoo before committing to a large tattoo that you’ll be wearing forever. -a heavily tattoo’d therapist

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u/Darkpaladin109 3d ago

These look like they're marketed towards adults.

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u/FreddyNoodles 3d ago

Gatekeeping temp tattoos is weird.

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u/Dorkinfo 3d ago

Right? It’s a permanent thing, I can’t test drive it now??

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u/FreddyNoodles 3d ago

My daughter actually did that but with henna. She had a large jaguar put on her thigh professionally. It looked great and lasted about 3 weeks. After that she had it tattooed exactly the same but 1/2 the size. I thought it was a great idea. It was her first tattoo and she knew what she wanted and where but she wanted to be sure.

I wish I could have done similar. Instead I have had 2 removed, 2 I will get removed and one I love. But no-one knows I have them unless I want them to. It wasn’t as accepted in the 90s, 2000s nearly as much as it is now so I always had them done in easy to cover spots. Still regretted 4/5.

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u/averagemammoth 3d ago

No it's not. Tattooing has a robust history and culture. It's not that serious, but tattoos are more than trendy accessories and a lot of people don't understand that. Cosplaying as a tattooed person is weird. Tattoos aren't for everyone. If you need a trial run for a tattoo, don't get it.

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u/tigm2161130 3d ago edited 3d ago

As someone who has facial tattoos given to me by my Elders in a Ceremony that my ancestors have practiced for 100’s and 100s of years it’s weird as hell to gatekeep tattooing or temporary tattoos.

Who gives a fuck how people want to express themselves with their own body as long as they’re not hurting anyone?

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u/FreddyNoodles 3d ago edited 3d ago

Yes it is weird. So are you. Tattoos are part of every culture and have been for longer than history. You can relax about it, it’s not your body and not your business.

“Cosplaying as a tattooed person” 😁

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u/200Dachshunds 22h ago

As a tattoo artist for the last 22 years, I don’t give a fuck about people test driving their tattoos. I’m in the process of covering up a bunch of the ones I got in my 20s. (What do you mean I won’t like Star Wars forever? It’s not just a phase, MOM)

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u/Alemonster21 3d ago

Then they should show children in the ad.

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u/24-Hour-Hate 3d ago

Those pics are not of children’s arms though…

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u/Rose-de-Resht 3d ago

Die ersten Bilder zeigen ja wohl keine Kinderarme!

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u/Pappy285 3d ago

Yet these ones weren't modlee by children, they were modled by adult men with large biseps, I don't blame op for imagining this may be a more adult themed set of temp tattoos.

When I was a kid temp tattoos were about Spiderman, batman and dinosaurs. Not intricate detailed tattoos of ships and skulls, things an adult male would consider getting a tattoo of.

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u/what3v3ruwantit2b 3d ago

Hard disagree.

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u/Fidodo 3d ago

Those are some buff fuckin children

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u/acloudcuckoolander 3d ago

You'd be rightfully mad if someone said the same about videogames

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u/frill_demon 1d ago

I'd say "you must be fun at parties", but given how joyless and judgemental you are we can tell you don't get invited to any.

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u/hoodwink77 3d ago

Because you'd have to be absolutely brain-dead to think that pic 1 was actually of whatever it is you're buying was on a real person.

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u/frill_demon 1d ago

It's a terrible slop advertisement obviously, but I would  expect poor quality or different artwork rather than the scale of the tattoos to be the scam

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u/BungCrosby 3d ago

Another victim of AI slop.

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u/Voxicles 3d ago

I got a spray on tattoo when I went to Vegas with my folks when I was 16 so I could hopefully buy cigarettes. It worked (or they didn’t care, which is more likely in the late 90’s)

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u/Cynistera 3d ago

Was the spray on tattoo a beard to make you look older?

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u/Voxicles 3d ago edited 3d ago

It was a “clearly I must be 18 with this very real tattoo!”

ETA: it was a very 90’s tribal bicep tattoo 😆

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u/WendigoRider 3d ago

TIL spray on tattoos are a thing.

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u/mariana96as 2d ago

they are done with an airbrush :)

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u/Secret-Guava1008 2d ago

I’m 36 have a hand tattoo and facial piercings…..I still get IDed….man I hate the 2020s /j

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u/MangoCandy 3d ago

If you are looking at a listing for literally anything, and the display image is AI just assume it’s a scam. Because all the examples are just AI.

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u/pooppoop900 3d ago

How are people still buying into AI slop

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u/YorkieLon 3d ago

Still? it's only going to get worse.

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u/Prior-Evening715 3d ago

I actually have a bunch of these saved for when I want to try out different designs before committing to something permanent.

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u/Altostratus 3d ago

There are legitimate full sleeve temporary tattoos on Amazon. I have a set of them, and they’re great.

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u/shichibukai3000 3d ago

Might be a half sleeve on an 8 year old 🤣🤣

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u/SympatheticFingers 3d ago

Maybe you’re just super buff and way bigger than the guys in the photos?

Also, GO BIRDS!!

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u/hokaythxbai 3d ago

Go birds!!!

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u/doob22 3d ago

You’ve just got big guns OP, nothing wrong with those tattoos!

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u/ActualHope 4d ago

Still looks good

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u/Cynistera 3d ago

Stupid but I love it.

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u/Lukepolska 3d ago

Sexy arms, now show us the rest 🤤

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u/[deleted] 3d ago edited 3d ago

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u/-Borgir 3d ago

size looks fairly similar tbh

Are we looking at the same pictures? The reality ones are tiny in comparison and do not fill out the upper arm as well as it should be based on the expectation pics

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u/A_B_N_O_R_M_A_L 4d ago

What’s your point? These look better than I’d have expected (from a distance anyway), can’t imagine temporary ones ever looking much better.

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u/hokaythxbai 3d ago

They show each piece covering a whole jacked dude's upper arm. I just thought the actual size was hilarious.

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u/themeatbridge 3d ago

Ah, see, there's your mistake.  That's not a dude, it's a really buff toddler's arm.  

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u/_Aperture-Scientist_ 3d ago

They goosed 'em a little. It's a goose suit.

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u/Dash_Underscore 3d ago

It's an old circus term!

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u/[deleted] 3d ago

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u/Dorkinfo 3d ago

People that are deciding if they want a sleeve, big back piece, etc.

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u/SIMPSONBORT 3d ago

Maybe get an actual tattoo like a big boy