Angela's Ambivalence About a Rose

Angela, a video editor, wanted a rose tattoo that would match her eyes and serve as a "permanent necklace". This was the result:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5bhbVLfCxdfr0cYfE4ZNhcqzMGRj5L98VrkGQT0p9FFjHAptdSRQtzRCIXkCFx4JMBnBmrdJ1metIogCrfQE9oai8VaUwchuDZ-TJ-wSjY2gqhUB82zLqj2ERtXzcTqDn8deO1Tsd/s1600-h/Rose+2.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449752779390502866" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5bhbVLfCxdfr0cYfE4ZNhcqzMGRj5L98VrkGQT0p9FFjHAptdSRQtzRCIXkCFx4JMBnBmrdJ1metIogCrfQE9oai8VaUwchuDZ-TJ-wSjY2gqhUB82zLqj2ERtXzcTqDn8deO1Tsd/s400/Rose+2.jpg" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 388px;" /></a><br />Looks pretty good, right? Not so fast. It is not often that I get someone sharing a tattoo with which they're not completely happy. This is one of those cases.<br /><br />Angela had an issue with the artist, <a href="http://www.myspace.com/tat2jon">Jon Comstock</a> at <a href="http://www.manta.com/coms2/dnbcompany_75skfs">Skin City Tattoos</a>, in New Windsor, New York, and felt that his vision, ultimately, differed from hers. Too much neon-like color, less realism in matching her eyes, Angela said. The end result, a fairly visible tattoo that has an ambivalent host. "I wouldn't go back to him," Angela said.<br /><br />I have decided to include his credit, however, as I don't think it's so bad. Of course, I don't have to live with the end result, Angela does. In a slight reversal, however, when I showed her one of the pictures I took,<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCE7Z5jZwbI4seIWGBe_-T6ZRQwdY-V1cAgH1Jh-BhUFuOiFVKz7HIo_wM0zHRU3zf8Bv2pus23fCO2Di6HoA5nvOIttt3gxNvsvBGabVW65-s-UCElo0R02w8gJkDaGIJSHS9NPqk/s1600-h/Rose+3.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449754830662091906" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCE7Z5jZwbI4seIWGBe_-T6ZRQwdY-V1cAgH1Jh-BhUFuOiFVKz7HIo_wM0zHRU3zf8Bv2pus23fCO2Di6HoA5nvOIttt3gxNvsvBGabVW65-s-UCElo0R02w8gJkDaGIJSHS9NPqk/s320/Rose+3.jpg" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" /></a><br />she admitted it looked better than she remembered.<br /><br />Despite the mixed feelings about the piece, I would like to thank Angela for sharing her tattoo with us here on Tattoosday!

Angela's Ambivalence About a Rose

Angela, a video editor, wanted a rose tattoo that would match her eyes and serve as a "permanent necklace". This was the result: ...

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