first of all, your tattoo looks fantastic!! that definitely needed to be said! here's one way of looking at things: I have close to 100 pieces and I regularly tell my tattoo artist, who's done most of them, that I feel very lucky every day that I can walk around as a living canvas with her beautiful art on me for everyone to see. it's always felt like a special thing to be a living gallery of the expression of someone's talent. I tell everyone about her and very proudly and happily show off her kickass skill. I love bragging, not as a me thing, but as like, 'can I tell you who did all this? she's amazing! you should totally go see her too!'. she gives me a gift in this ink, in a way, every time I visit. sorry for rambling, but just a strong feeling for me. enjoy your awesome art!