QUOTE(Lynette)
Man, I'm feeling a little discouraged. The thought of having it re-touched from time to time doesn't necessaily bother me, but there seems to be a very wide variety of opinions. And as for "Oh come on, there's got to be something better"... it's what I like. I'm sure there are people whoonly like a small percentage of tattoo designs they see. My feeling is that the design itself has to have meaning to the wearer or else... why do it at all? I'm not really concerned about what other people think of the mermaid. It's a picture of my mom. She passed away while diving in the south pacific when I was little. I DO want to thank all of you for taking the time to answer my question. I'm still not sure wheather to do it or not. The smallest it could be and still maintain good detail is about 7"X5". I've been told that all the shading will really hurt.
if you're going to do it...i'm partial to "pettles" or "the princess" but not sure what the significance of "the princess" is. and why not put it somewhere you can see it (ie hip) and not make it the fantasy target of all of us guys.