Sixteen 3D Tattoos That Will Make Your Skin Crawl

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Getting a tattoo is an important decision, because it's more or less permanent. If you're going to get one, you better make it count (well, or don't—we're not telling you what to do). Either way, one way to ensure complete badassery in your skin ink is to do lots of research into your chosen tattoo artist to make sure they're safe and ink in a style you like. Another is to go HAM on a 3D tattoo that defies logic, reason, and your eyeballs with straight-up optical illusion magic. Check out a few of the best 3D tattoos the internet has to offer below:

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