the more i stare at my tattoo, the more i dislike it. i don’t understand why it looks so shit. i have had the design sketched for months, i’ve been contemplating this tattoo for over a year, and i helped design it. it was ALL correct on the stencil, the word ‘squeeze’, the line work for ‘seize the moment’, and the fact that he had to go back in and touch up means it looks even worse. i’m not 100% unhappy with it, just pretty pissed that the linework looks so shit and the fact the ‘squeeze’ is misspelled.

i think my biggest problem with it is the fact that he did work that i was so happy with on my leg, that’s why i went back to him. he was friendly, he did the work on my leg and i was so happy with it  -  unlike my first tattoo artist, who was a total dick about the tattoo and attempted to pressure me into getting something i didn’t want.

all in all, my artist was a professional who had a shop at one point in time (about 6 months ago) and i had my second and third tattoos done there and was very pleased with them. he stopped having a shop for personal reasons, but still had a clean and sanitary room in his home to do the tattoos. i am completely against home tattoos - but i was so happy with his previous work and all of his items were sterile and professional that i went back.

all in all, regardless of whether the artist used to be a professional or not, do not get home tattoos.

it was all correct on the stencil is honestly my biggest problem. the linework looked great, as well as all of the words being spelled correct, and it was all exactly as i wanted it.

now i’m stuck with this tattoo that will (hopefully) be fixed next week, or else i’m saving up for a while until i can have it removed. fuck.