i won 100 bucks towards a tattoo

[Arpikarhu]

i wanted a monkey but couldn't find any designs the interested me, but i thought the 12 monkeys monkey looked cool. however, i didn't want it to be that monkey because i wasn't getting it because "omg 12 monkeys roolz", i just liked the way it looked. so i brought it to the guy and said i want something like this but different enough so when people see it they won't think "12 monkeys!"
and thats what he drew and i liked it. obviously some parts are pretty different, like the face, but i liked the way he went with it. we went back and forth a few times on some little changes in the face. i have a picture of it earlier and the face is really jagged and more demonic looking, and i wanted more smooth lines. i guess it made it a little more berenstain bears like, but whatever.
i'll probably eventually get it shaded and stuff to give it some depth

i also didn't want it just all colored in like the 12 monkeys monkey, like this one
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if he did that with what he designed it probably would look more like an inkblot.

i like the tattoo but 12 monkeys was the first thing i thought of when i saw it.