Hi Jinny,
I’ve had a ton of people tell me I’m being overly critical of it, and that it is a wonderful tattoo. I’m sure that is true, I can be a bit OCD. So thank you for your opinion on it, I appreciate that.
I don’t have an actual example of what I wanted initially. I told the original artist I wanted a cartoonish mountain lion, kind of stepping down into a flower/vine type scene. He drew it up and I said it looked great. I did send him an idea for what I meant by “stepping down”, I’ll post that below.

I think maybe the difference for me was the face on a flat, paper surface… Vs my rounded arm. Everything but the face seems exactly as the image he drew.
I’d like an entire sleeve eventually, maybe as everything comes together I won’t focus so much on one little thing so much.
The artist I’m going to now is Brian Ulibarri in downtown Denver. He is amazing! But has a really long waiting list, I can usually only see him twice a year.
Thanks again for your feedback!

Howdy!