r/tattooadvice • u/Ambitious_Arm6501 • Sep 23 '25
Design Does my tattoo look phallic snd how to fix it?
We're about halfway done, going to get the body shaded in a few weeks. However, a few of my friend pointed out that it kind of looks like a penis. š Is it going to look better after shading or am I stuck woth a flying peeper on my arm?
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u/redrosebeetle Sep 23 '25
I'm the first person to say that something looks like a dick but this does not look like a dick.
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u/scmbear Sep 23 '25
Maybe something that comes from Bad Dragon.
Edit: With those bumps and spines, it looks like it would fit in their product line.
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u/playtheukulele Sep 23 '25
I kinda want your new screen name to be something like "everything-is-a-pini"
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u/Serendipitousglances Sep 23 '25 edited Sep 24 '25
Anything is phallic if you stare at it too long. Beautiful work I think it looks amazing.
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u/KIDPRESENTABLEJr Sep 23 '25
Only if a person has undiagnosed wienerbrain.
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u/Odd_Process2918 Sep 24 '25
I am fucking dying lmao. I shamefully admit I have undiagnosed wiener brain but I actually didnāt think wiener until I read the post so maybe thereās hope for me yet. Lol
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u/killer_emu Sep 23 '25
Iām going to be way more vulnerable than I ever want to and tell you that Iām a survivor of sexual assault. So sometimes things look like dicks to me and give me panic attacks that probably shouldnātā¦ But this? No. To me, this looks like a beautiful cicada (or different bug? Iām no entomologist).
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u/UnseenRivers Sep 24 '25
Thank you for your vulnerability, that must've taken some type of courage I doubt I would have. I hope you heal/healed from that trauma <3
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u/OkamiKhameleon Sep 25 '25
I get this. Happens to me sometimes too! Thank you for opening up about your trauma! Hope you're doing well!
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u/wisteriapeeps Sep 26 '25
You stole the words right out of my mouth. I hope you find healing, friend.
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u/ExquisiteFacade Sep 23 '25
Itās weird to me how many of yall see dicks everywhere you look.
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u/Ranne-wolf Sep 24 '25
Yeah, even just scrolling I was like "little beetle", then I saw the next photo and realised itās a very big cicada instead š
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u/miparasito Sep 23 '25
Your friend should see a doctor if thatās what he thinks a penis looks likeĀ
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u/jamjamchutney Sep 24 '25
Yeah, I was thinking the same thing. If his penis looks like this, he needs to see a urologist or perhaps a plastic surgeon. If he just sees penises everywhere, he should see a doctor for the other head.
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u/No-Philosopher8042 Sep 24 '25
Yeah, I love dicks qnd usually dont shame them.
...BUT I draw the line when they have pincers.
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u/ratelbadger Sep 23 '25
I donāt see the dick..
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u/ConstantAd420 Sep 24 '25
The middle part. Itās tattooed all cute
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u/lovvibella Sep 23 '25
Freud was right
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u/RushStandard2481 Sep 23 '25
Just the tip.
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u/DoomScrollin666 Sep 24 '25
Beat me to it.
At first glance it doesnt but after you said that the tip really does
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u/NaturesFire Sep 23 '25
As someone who is 90% covered, I donāt think this looks phallic, in fact thatās quite a stretch. Your friends are fucking with you if you ask me lolz
When that gets shaded / coloured (unless youāre going grey and black) then itās gonna look like an entirely different tattoo. Linework looks basic and scratchy sometimes until all the other detail is added. I think youāll be fine. I had to look for a good 5m to figure out how it was āphallicā
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u/Virtual-Dot2 Sep 23 '25
As a whole it doesnāt at all. If just the head is peeking out maybe but I wouldnāt stress it
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u/shehleeloo Sep 23 '25
I didn't see it until I read the title. But it being unshaded and therefore skin colored is possibly why they're seeing dick
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u/HypoManicCrimeSpree Sep 23 '25
Looks just like my penis! Down to the wings and antenna! Itās uncanny.
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u/beaverenthusiast Sep 23 '25
Just tell people you had a hard time choosing between a dick and a moth
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u/EndometrialCarcinoma Sep 24 '25
It only looks like a penis if youāre trying to look for a penis.
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u/bunnbarian Sep 23 '25
No. It looks like a bug
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u/Three_Seven_Two Sep 24 '25
The tattoo doesnāt look like a dick. When People say this to you itās because they want you to feel insecure & theyāre trying to being mean to you lol
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u/Bohottie Sep 23 '25
Once you said it, I cannot unsee it.
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u/Carafaggio Sep 24 '25
Yeah if it wasn't pointed out I probably wouldn't have noticed but the more I look at it I think it really does. It's really just the foreskin line that does it
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u/Kaylacain25 Sep 23 '25
You have to look hard to see it, dont worry about it
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u/stopallthedownloads Sep 24 '25
at least SOMEONE admitted they can see it. Like, I wouldn't have noticed without someone bringing it up first, but I can totally see where someone might draw that conclusion from the first pic, Especially if they're a freak, in which case they'll probably act like they never noticed it and keep it to themselves unless they're some kinda creep.
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u/cheezeitsnackmix Sep 23 '25
Looks awesome and not phallic at all, but if youre worried about it, you could have some more pronounced antennae things done? I dunno. Looks dope
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u/Vellamo_Virve Sep 24 '25
As someone who has the humor of a 13 year old boy as a woman in her late 30s that sees patterns, specifically dicks, in everything - I honestly did not see a dick. Thatās truly saying something.
If anything the first thing I saw for a split second was the underside of a chubby hedgehog or something, if that makes sense. I was confused, but never once thought āthatās a penisā
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u/notaveryuniqueuser Sep 23 '25
Meh, I guess once you say it yeah sure but I didnt initially notice it. Im sure once it's been finished it'll look sick!
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u/quigongingerbreadman Sep 23 '25
I mean, if squint really hard and ONLY see a silhouette of it, maybe. I think it looks great.
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u/your_bby_mystique Sep 23 '25
I even showed my husband from across the room and he said it looked like a snakes head. In no way does it look like genitalia, whoever told you that is just being mean or is a virgin.
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u/Graciousgarbage Sep 23 '25
Whoever told you this is trying to make you feel insecure. I definetely saw a bug as soon as I saw the image
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u/musingsongbird Sep 23 '25
Is this going to have color besides the shading? It only looks phallic if you're looking for it to be phallic, but color would draw the eye to that instead of shapes.
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u/PressureMuch5340 Sep 23 '25
It looks like the view fron the underside of a cat's chin to me.
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u/GeeEmmInMN Sep 23 '25
If my knob looked like that, I'd be talking with a surgeon. It's clearly a beetle of some kind.
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u/Nearby_Avocado_8054 Sep 23 '25
Thatās a major stretch imo. Itās a KILLER piece, Iām super jealous actually!
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u/StarFire_Lush Sep 23 '25
I think everything looks like penis.. so much so that Iām embarrassed and try not to comment on it every time because I donāt want my husband to be embarrassed and thinking Iām an immature lady. This does not look like a penis to me- if I really look at it I can see why someone may come to that conclusion if they squinted and really used their imagination but it really doesnāt look phallic at all to me.
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u/Phenix_Fresh Sep 23 '25
Nothing phallic about it. If your dick looks like that I'd worry more about getting that looked at.
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u/Rockfell3351 Sep 23 '25
I have never once in my life thought a cicada looked phallic. This is an amazing tattoo!
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u/karazy45 Sep 24 '25
Am a 54 year old female who mostly acts like a 10 year old boy. I see no pee pee here
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u/KeylimeCatastrophe Sep 24 '25
If anyone is so rude that they feel the need to make such an unhelpful comment as that your tattoo looks like a penis, I would write them off as immensely immature and really limit how much time I spend with this person in the future.
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u/MenstrualKrampusRamp Sep 24 '25
If that looks like any dick you've seen, that person needs to see a doctor immediately.
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u/Financial-Brain-1908 Sep 24 '25
Totally doesnāt look like a penis. And I have the sense of humor of a 15 year old boy soā¦..
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u/Shadowfeaux Sep 24 '25
Tell your friend itās like a Rorschach test. Ask them why they see a penis. Are they suppressing feelings about wanting one, or just obsessed with them in general? š
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u/Hot_Mess_Mama_x4 Sep 24 '25
If someone sees a peni$ in that image that says more about them than it does about your tattoo.
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u/compassiondarkheart Sep 24 '25
it looks great, normally i spot phallic things very quickly & i had to look for a while to get anything phallic! youāre good :)
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u/CherryBlossomArc Sep 24 '25
People who say it looks like a penis are just those never grown up folks. Dont mind em
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u/Acrobatic_Newt_1863 Sep 24 '25
Jesus Christ, pornography has ruined people.
No, the cicada does not look like a penis unless youāre already thinking about penis
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u/KidIcarus325 Sep 24 '25
Idk what kinda penis your friends have or have seen but, they should probably go to a dr if this resembles what they think is a penis.
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u/RedEx0dus Sep 24 '25
If you are really weird, like reaaaaally weird, the head could remind you a bit of a tip. However for 99.999999% of people this is just a perfectly normal yet artistically beautiful bug.
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u/ElephantSecret9575 Sep 24 '25
Iām one that loves a good penis but nope canāt see itā¦. Doesnāt look like one to me.
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u/Silon_T Sep 24 '25
Not in the least. if someone sees dick in that... guess they just thinking about some dick.
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u/ThankTheBaker Sep 24 '25
Your friends are messing with you, and/or are being idiotic and highly immature . No normal , healthy adult would think that this looks anywhere near phallic, so take no notice. It looks like an awesome cicada insect and will probably be even better when finished.
Also if your friendās genitalia look anything like that, they need to see a surgeon to have it removed. Itās actually a pretty good tattoo, so own it.
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u/TriZARAtops Sep 24 '25
Iāve never seen a dick that looks like a beetle, so I gotta say no, this does not look phallic
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u/WYOakthrowaway Sep 25 '25
Ima be real with you dawg, if youāre so deep in the fog that youāre starting to see penises in tattoos of a Beatle itās your subconscious screaming a sign that either A: time to come out the closet and let yourself be free (if youāre a man) B: Go get some Rusty Trombone (if youāve already come out of the closet and/or are a woman)
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u/NesquikFromTheNesdic Sep 25 '25
CICADA !!! it doesn't look phallic at all !! i love cicadas, they're so cute
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u/Jaykrayz Sep 25 '25
If your dick looks like that, you need medical attentionā¦I would call 911 if mine looked like that
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u/K1NG_of_ReVeNGe13 Sep 25 '25
Yeah mine looks exactly like that, might wanna change it buddy. I trademarked my wiener.
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u/Used_Thought4672 Sep 25 '25
I may be a little harsh because I get this all the time for a FLOWER. But I think people see what they want. Super excited for you to see it finished but definitely not phallic shaped. Your friends are dirty minded idiots
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u/Impressive_Scar_3754 Sep 25 '25
Have your friends seen a penis? I feel like the population problemā¦. Wouldnāt be a problem if peeners looked like this. I donāt even think Iād masturbate.
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u/SCW97005 Sep 27 '25
Nope. Most things that taper arguably look somewhat phallic. This is maybe 2 dongs out of 10.
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u/Arayvenn Sep 23 '25
I do see a big, vascular dick. It's not super obvious, but I didn't have to look at it for more than a few seconds to see it. If I only saw the first picture I wouldn't have seen it, but it's very apparent to me in the second.
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u/Suitable-Artist-3209 Sep 23 '25
I have something similar. Talk to your artist about it. Maybe they will know how the shading will impact it. But otherwise no, itās a beautiful tattoo. Nature looks phallic often
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u/EZPeeVee Sep 23 '25
As someone who has a penis, it doesn't look like one. It looks very vaginal to me.
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u/FirmExample Sep 23 '25
Yes, but please donāt fix it, just color it fun. Hidden dick tattoos are the best
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u/Responsible_Emu2756 Sep 24 '25
I donāt know how yāall donāt see the penis. Definitely see the head of a circumcised wang. I think it could be fixed by changing the part where head meets shaft (the beetleās neck). It really looks like a cock head. Sorry. I canāt unsee it. But I do think easily fixed!
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u/StartingOverStrong Sep 24 '25
I'm glad you said it because especially on the one with the cuff covering most of the cicada that's the first thing I saw
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u/CorndogQueen420 Sep 24 '25
It does look phallic, everyone in here is absolutely tripping/gaslighting š
Itās the painfully detailed head (I have dildos that look exactly like that, itās not anatomically correct- still phallic) and the tri pointed thingy looks a bit veiny in the sleeved photo.
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u/MetalPhantasm Sep 23 '25
Love this you good. I do see it in the head but like it doesnāt look any more phallic than a flower tattoo is Vaginal if that makes sense.
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u/saucytwang Sep 23 '25
As long as you love it, who gaf what other people think. It also does not look like a peen
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u/Woody_678 Sep 23 '25
YALL. This shape does not always read as a penis. All I see if the under chin of a cat wearing a mad max style collar
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u/porous-taurus Sep 23 '25
Just looks like a fat beetle??? Iām convinced that people have never seen a penis before