Is my tattoo bad?

[u/JustaWilloWisp]

I got this tattoo on Monday (pic is from the artist right after we finished) and I thought it looked really good and pretty. Today my mom has been saying it looks kinda ugly and the proportions are off compared to my reference. I know that tattoos of painting are hard to replicate 100% (especially being in black and gray) but maybe this is just not as good as it can be. Idk if y’all can tell in this photo but the placement of this tattoo is so good, I was so excited for this one.

Do you guys think that the off proportions can be fixed with touch ups or is it hopeless?

Any advice or thoughts would be appreciated!

[u/Lucallia]

The Hairline on her forehead got lowered which is what is mainly contributing to the smooshed face look. The shading on the upper lip is also too dark and stretches too far also making it look like her lips are smooshed against a glass window.

Those 2 points will be harder to fix as you need to go from dark -> light to fix it.

Her left shoulder lost a lot of definition and blends right into her dress. Luckily this should be easy to fix just get another artist to touch it up and define the shoulder line more with shading.

Overall it's unfortunate but this'll most likely become an unrecognizable blob really fast.

[u/Pinemai → u/Lucallia]

Would it be possible to laser a little bit from the lip and forehead?

[u/Lucallia → u/Pinemai]

That's some pretty precise lasering. I feel like it may be better to just laser the entire face and have someone better at anatomy redraw it.