(Metro UK)
"Are these the worst tattoos in the world?"
They must have seemed a good idea at the time - well, maybe.
But while beauty may be in the eye of the beholder, most people would agree that the tattoos photographed by curious collecter Aviva Yael are instead simply ugly, bizarre or plain bamboozling.
Copulating unicorns, Judge Judy, a bong-smoking dolphin and a bald Britney Spears, “Snakes on a Plane” logo are among the designs enshrined in ink on some people's bodies.
They look, as the word tattooed across one 19-year-old's forehead puts it, "STUPID".
Aviva got the idea for the book after a discussion with friends about worst dates - and one told of going out with a woman with a body covered in hideous tattoos.
New Yorker Aviva travelled to tattoo conventions and parlours across the US, snapping some of the more elaborate, eye-catching and ill-conceived illustrations.
Her book, No Regrets: The Best, Worst & Most £$%*ing Ridiculous Tattoos Ever, brings together hundreds of her favourites.
She said: "They had to make me either laugh or gag."
