Revealed: The Territory’s shittest tatt, as voted by you, our shit tatt experts

THE search for the Territory’s shittest tatt is finally over. Read on as we reveal our most glorious crap tatt as voted by you, our readers ... who obviously know a thing or two about shit tattoos

These are things of absolute awesomeness. The proud owners of these glorious tatts are Zac Philp, left, and Maisie Ashley, right

STOP the presses, the people of the Northern Territory have spoken.

The NT News is proud to announce that the shittest tattoo in the Territory officially belongs to 29-year old Woodroffe man Ben Erwin.

It’s a thing(s) of beauty

For those who are having a hard time deciphering the masterpiece pictured right, the artwork depicts a pelican (named Tom, apparently) taking a crap, while a turtle and gecko watch.

The inspiration for the self-done piece came about during a fateful night in Humpty Doo about three years ago.

“I had a mate draw it on my leg and I just stencilled over it,” Mr Erwin told the NT News.

“They said ‘you won’t draw whatever I put on your leg’, so I said ‘go for it’”.

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Mr Erwin wears it proud, he said his girlfriend is a fan although the reveal is always a little uncomfortable.

‘The reveal is always a little uncomfortable ... triumphant NT News shit tatt competition winner Ben Erwin points to its location on his inner thigh. Picture: Katrina Bridgeford

“Whenever I get it out I’m a bit unsure,” he said.

“My girlfriend loves it.”

Our poll was a close run thing with several hundred people casting their votes for their favourite shittest tatt.

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Ben received 28.3 per cent of the total vote and was a narrow winner over second place getter Lindsay Wright of Rapid Creek who received 22.6 per cent of the total vote for this ... ahem ... interesting tatt below.

Lindsay Wright, of Rapid Creek polled the second most votes with this, his first ever tattoo. Picture: Andy Kingsford

Rounding out the Top 3 was Daniel Gianoncelli of Marrakai with 18.9 percent of the vote for this beauty below.

Daniel Gianoncelli, of Marrakai, was born in Katherine. This is his patriotic ‘home job tatt’. Picture: Shae Abela

So, there you have it.

Click on our link here to check out all our Top 10 most shit tatt finalists’ offerings again.

And if you missed the full gallery of all of our submissions (well, those suitable for public consumption, at least) for the Territory’s Shittest Tatt, click here to check them out in all of their awesome glory.