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I'm not sure she's ever looked that great in real life. 😂 Nice tattoo.

Just got this crazy watercolor portrait of Courtney Love done by Smel Wink @ Requiem Tattoo in Victoria Australia. Sat around 6 hours, pretty bloody stoked with how it turned out.

Brain tumor follow-up yesterday. The net is that it’s bigger which could either mean the radiation is working (yea) or that it’s still growing (boo). I’m doing the PMA thing and going with the radiation is working. The concern is around my facial nerve and balance issues. I’m already walking like a drunk sometimes but the facial paralysis shit freaks me out. The funny part of today went like this: Dr. Neurosurgeon: How’s your hearing in your left ear? Me: It’s shot. Dr. Neurosurgeon: How’s your balance? Me: F*cked. Dr. Neurosurgeon smiles at me, looks at my leg and says: Is that a ray gun tattoo? Me: Yes, Dr. it is indeed a ray gun to commemorate my radiation. Dr. Neurosurgeon: That is the most brilliant thing I’ve ever seen. (Note: the barrel isn't crooked...straight lines on curvy body parts, ya know) Grez at Pagoda

Finished. Artist insist I come back for a touch up in a couple weeks. It was worth the wait and sticking with a good Artist.

All comments above have helped me get a different perspective and I thank you all. I have now come to see it not as I had envisioned but as it is and this is helping quite a bit. As with each tattoo I have gotten, I need a break in and adjustment phase. Right around the time it has healed and doesn’t look shiny, plastic, I start getting a perspective that most closely resembles how I will feel going forward. I guess no different than most things in life, it’s better than a lot of other possibilities, not what I expected, and if I focus on the things I like about it, I will feel good about it. Thanks!

It doesn't look like the artist went too deep to me. It's still peeling. As everyone has said, you won't know anything until it's done healing. There is nothing you can do at this point. Take @SStu advice and don't look at it for a month. I had a purple in that took forever to settle in. It didn't look completely normal for about a year. Here's what I did - NOTHING.

Try not looking at it for a month.

@Gingerninja HERO.

Also posted in the Pagoda City thread, but he's my one-shot Pharoah's Cats from Scott Sylvia.

Got this today by Nathan Blankenship,Exile Tattoo.

Another souvenir from my trip to Spider Murphys last month by Laurent Trelaun.

Got this sexy wolf done on friday by Line Marielle in Denmark! It's a continuation to my existing work from her on my forearm, so now Im the proud owner of a halfsleeve 😁 Will end up with a full sleeve eventually, I bet! Theres also another raven, a Valknut symbol and a verse from Håvamål in old norse, so all of the new stuff isnt visible here. Maybe Ill upload another pic later. Im so stoked, cant wait for it to heal.

The Dobleman enhancement. ❤️