this was my 21st tattoo and it has by far been the most painful and worst healing process i have been through. it’s about 4-5 in and it took him about 3.5 hours. the whole time i was sitting there thinking “i feel like it shouldn’t hurt this much. why does he keep stabbing me this much”. i swear he worked on that top right paw for AN HOUR if not more
pics are from 3 hours after, then day 6, day 8, and day 10.
was this overworked and then probably got infected or am i crazy?
edit to add:
i’m friends with the shop owner. i got this from one of the other artists there. i’ve been REALLY wanting to talk to the owner about this. i also payed wayyy too much for this tattoo, especially with how it’s turning out. i’m honestly really frustrated with this whole thing. i’m afraid they’ll just tell me it was my fault and i got it infected but i feel like it’s obviously overworked and chewed up
editing again to say the red by the paw is blood, i had just taken off the saran wrap