hello!

I am actually going through similar feelings right now – I got a very large owl portrait on my left shoulder. it’s a beautiful tattoo but it truthfully didn’t come out exactly as I had envisioned, so I’m freaking out a little bit. to another person’s eye however, its a beautiful piece of art and I’m sure yours is too. i can tell you also however, that i felt similarly with my very first tattoo, which is actually just a very small symbol on my wrist. is your tat healed completely yet? i think the healing process can cause some anxiety as well, because you’re looking at something on your body that still isn’t even in the very final stages of what it will look like forever, as it is still healing/scabby/peeling/whatever. once my first tattoo was totally healed, the anxiety disappeared because it became flush with my skin and felt more like “a part of me” if that makes sense. half the time now i forget i even have it – and honestly the same goes for another huge forearm tattoo that i have as well. very visible but i don’t honestly notice it most of the time lol. and when i do i think wow this is literally just part of my skin now. cool feeling. hang in there!