1/10A stunning exploration of Freud’s psychoanalytic theory the Oedipus complex - where you wanna root ya mum as Freud himself put it - which is a crucial stage in the normal developmental process. It was Lindsay Wright first ever tattoo and no matter how many he ever gets will remain his best. This makes us believe in humanity again. Picture: Andrew Kingsford
The Territory’s Shittest Tatt: We reveal our Top 10
THE NT News is looking for the Territory’s Shittest Tatt. The entries have been flooding in and our panel of experts has chosen our Top 10. Enjoy!
2/10Chris (Junior) Davies says his kids call his tattoo the “Swiss Cheese Dragon”. It’s supposed to be like Arnold Schwarzenegger in Terminator. We we think it is more like the bastard offspring between a Pizza Shape and a dragon. Or just a sketch of a Mitchell St grog spew.
3/10Upside down, back to front. Jason Goodwin was at a mate’s house, when after a few magic sodas, his mate pulled out his tattoo gun. He said he wasn’t keen on his mate tattooing him but of course thought he could tattoo himself. He said when he woke up the next morning he felt a pain on his leg, looked down and saw the Territoy’s third shittest tatt - a Batman tattoo upside down and back to front but also backwards like it is in a mirror, so the letters are the wrong way too. He says he will never cover it up. We don’t think he will, even when he becomes chief minister.
4/10If ya can’t fight on rum ya can’t fight. And if you don’t do it yourself is it really a shit tattoo? The genius of this is it is not just that . Zac Philp did an absolute shit job on the Bundy Bear but it is the hair on his Hobbit toes that gives this tatt the je ne sais quoi. No Mount Gay rum for us, we have real class.
5/10Benjamin Cations said he lost a bet. He lost a whole lot more really. His dignity. His job prospects. The chance to have a loving partner. It is supposed to a drunk smiley face but will always be tribute to another shit decision riding the Grog Monster. We bow to this tatt’s shit factor.
6/10Tony Simpson has some advice that may change your life. Don’t tattoo yourself when you’re drunk. We would put one amendment to that rule, it is okay if it is on your face. That it says ‘one life, one choice’ makes it one of the most haunting pieces of art we have ever seen. We hope he is willing to cut his foot off so this can be hung in the Louvre.
7/10Maisie Ashley reckons she has the worst tatt after losing a bet in Bali. She said her mate chose it and she didn’t know what it was until it was getting done. It’s a VB can with a mullet with her mates initials on it and the words ‘What’s a girth’ on the side. More scientific evidence that methanol helps brain function. But we think it is a magic eye trick because if you look closely you can see an even shitter turtle inside it
8/10This very specifically tatt is titled “Pelican named Tom in repose taking a crap while a turtle and a gecko offer insights”. Or something like that. But it is supposed to be a Pelican named Tom taking a shit. Ben Erwin said it happened at home after a big night. You don’t have to be a Pelican named Tom taking a shit to work that out Ben.
9/10Much like the origins of the universe and how something can come from nothing, even nuclear physicists would have trouble explaining this to a shit tattoo lay person. The only explanation Liam Dark, its owner, gave was that his missus did it. Well, even the God of the Old Testament is not wrathful enough to be responsible for this.
10/10This tattoo is so bloody shit it even loses this competition. It is a home tattoo job on Daniel Gianoncelli’s foot. As he says, he was made in Katherine. No shit Einstein. The K-TOWN bit in this instance really is a tautology because the absolutely 100 per cent single origin, biodymanic, hand crafted, gluten free shitness of it tells you it is tattooed on someone hailing from K-town. Picture: Shae Abela