Kevin Paul, the tattoo artist who has worked on One Direction's Harry Styles along with inking the likes of Ed Sheeran and JLS, has admitted that one of Styles' tattoos (shown left) isn't that good.

Speaking to Sugarscape, the talented artist explained that Styles often gets pieces done while he's on tour or on a whim and that one of his recent additions, which is a ship, doesn't look very well done:

"Harry’s ship – from what I’ve seen it didn’t look like it was done very well, but I’ve not seen a close up photo of it. Apparently it was done in a professional shop."

"I know he goes to Shamrock Tattoo in LA - they’re a good professional studio, so I assume the ones he’s had done there are gonna be professional and well done. I generally don’t like what else he’s had, because it’s little bits around the arms. I think when he gets older he’ll want to get them covered up."

Paul added that 'What Makes You Beautiful' singer Zayn Malik has some great ink and it looks professional: "From what I’ve seen, I think Zayn’s got that best tattoos. All of Zayn’s tattoos seem to be professionally done – they might be odd images that he’s had, but they seem to be professionally done."

When asked about Styles' supposed home-tattooing attempts, he said: "I think the Harry-home-tattoo’s been overdone. I think his mate’s got a tattoo machine and he tattooed him in the past – but he seems to be going to professional shops now. If you tattoo without all the sterilising equipment there obviously is a risk."

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