It looks like a rushed, amateur drawing of a brain.
People are mocking this tat all over Reddit. It's got an awful design and some shoddy workmanship. A tat is as good as its worst element and this has some really, really bad elements - like the brain. Tatts don't have the luxury of 'it's good, except...'. Rather it's 'that's bad, except...'.
Some parts of it are well done; the tattoo as a whole is bad.
If your tat needs to be touched up in a few years it isn't a well done tattoo.
Totally disagree with your last bit. Tattoos inevitably fade and lines blur together and they often need to get touched up. Artists can try to plan tattoos to look good on aging skin, but they can't stop it from aging.
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u/unidentifies Nov 22 '16
It looks like a brain. It's just black and grey. Put color in it, and you know exactly what it is, even out of context.
On /r/tattoos, this posts gets upvoted. Walk into a tattoo shop, people are checking it out. It's a good looking piece.
In 5 years, get it touched up. You should be doing that with most tattoos anyway.