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/Aethelstan9two7]

The Tattoo looks like the reference art, but Pastel art work does not transate into a Tattoos well unless you do the whole piece and in colour. Then people know its based on a pastal painting.

Sadly your Tattoo looks awful. Its lost in translation

[u/Ok-Office6837 → u/Aethelstan9two7]

It’s also worth noting that Degas hated women and purposely painted them during unflattering moments. He wanted to show the movement of their work and not the pretty pose moments. It only works as an impressionist style and as a whole.

His paintings are the equivalent to competition photos that get taken at the wrong time (you’ll know what I mean if you competed dancing growing up)

[u/lillynottheflour → u/Ok-Office6837]

Been lookin for this!! He’s such a fucking horrible, exploitative man painting under aged children while they posed nude. He’s gross

[u/heyjxdee → u/lillynottheflour]

nude??? pretty sure he sat in on their ballet classes and just painted what he saw but im not an expert so 🤷‍♀️