Posted this everywhere but I'm so flippin excited by it I can't even.
The guy at Manchester Tattoo Emporium was amazing. This is nothing like what I envisioned, but I love it. He took my fragmented ideas and made them brilliant and like this. He didn't push me into it at all, and at one point was worried I was agreeing with him too much! But I just loved it.
I started re-reading
Azoth sitting on the chair, as I arranged the appointment when no one could've joined me (clever), so I needed the distraction (esp. for the wrist bits - painful! And the guy kept going back to add more just when I thought he'd finished. Like, I appreciate the perfectionism dude, but owwwww).
The whole experience was brilliant and I'll definitely be going back to them when/if I get more ink :D :D