So I saw a design by a tattoo artist that I immediately fell in love with - it's a micro realistic tattoo of a monstera leaf. I contacted the artist and they said that the design is still available and booked me in for a session in April.

After my initial excitement, my brain went into panic mode and now I have a dilemma. I'm getting anxious about getting tattooed by this artist because I don't know them, I haven't seen their work on anyone, only on Instagram and even there they don't have have a lot of pictures of their work. They only started posting their work about 6 months ago. Honestly, I do like what I see, they seem to be doing a good job and their designs are really nice, plus they're booked 2 months in advance, but I'm still not so sure 😅

The second thing that is a red flag for me is the size of the tattoo. They initially said that it's going to be a 1.5x1.5 inch tattoo, but now they're saying it should be 2.5x2.5 inch, because the design is very detailed and it might not heal well if it's a smaller size than that 🤷🏻‍♀️ considering the place where I want to put this tattoo (above my heel), I'd really like it to be as small as possible and honestly, 2.5x.2.5 inch sound like a lot. Maybe I'm just overreacting, but I really wanted a small, cute tattoo. Plus it's gonna be my most visible yet, so I really don't want it to be a huge mess 🙈

So now I'm actually thinking about telling them I want to give up on the whole tattoo idea and that they should cancel my appointment, and going to my regular artist, who I know and trust very much. Of course I wouldn't take their design, I'd tell my artist to draw me up something inspired by monstera leaves. But I don't know what to do - should I give this new artist a fair chance, maybe get to know them a little better, see if they can share a bit more about their work (would that be rude?)?

Or should I just go to my usual artist and get the tattoo done by her? I don't even know how I would tell them I'm giving up on the tattoo and that I don't want it anymore 😅💀 please help 🙈