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Not many (or any) artists are going to spend an hour's time (or multiple hours) coming up with a no reference drawing in the hopes of luring her in as a paying customer. Alternatively start researching the instagram pages of local artists and find ones that do the style she is leaning towards. That might lead to references for the subject matter, too - but those references can come from anywhere. Not just local artists and not necessarily tattoo references, either.

She want's pinup style...I guess I'll start my search!

Especially not GOOD artists. Would you go into a restaurant and ask the chef to cook you up something and if you like it maybe you'll buy it? Good artists are busy making money.

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From the thorns, right? 😉

No, I got your point. You're not getting mine - the general public doesn't know crap tattoos from great tattoos. I doubt 1 in 100 people would notice what you're talking about.

I peel on certain places on my body a lot,some places I don't.

Oh, it was nice and bloody...

It's not a big deal. I have work from different artists at the same shop. Go for it!

If the first artist says anything about it, reply, "screw you". Your money, spend it how and where you like. If the first is the shop owner or co-owner he's getting a cut anyway. I have a lot of respect for artists, but they're not the end all, be all.

Thank you! I guess I was more worried about the discoloration than the scab. The scab is peeling like it should be, but then again, it's in a totally different spot than my others. I never experienced discoloration because I had never scabbed or peeled before!