Tough one. The thing about this all is that I'm not "an artist," in that I design art that was meant for others to appreciate. This is a deeply spiritual and personal design that was created by me specifically for me. I'd hoped that if people liked the design, they would use elements from it in the creation of their own, which would be theirs– created by them, for them. Remember, we're talking about a custom designed, one-of-a-kind tattoo here, that won't be one-of-a-kind anymore.

Of course, I don't know you, and can't know what you do. So you could, quite possibly just download it from my website and use it without knowing. I do have an open attribution license on my site, so I guess if you took the design without me knowing it and tattooed "Design by John Metta" it would be perfectly legal. Of course, that's pretty crazy.

I guess I'd at least ask that, if you did use it anyway, you would send me details on who you are, since I've no idea, and details on the tattoo studio that does the work, as well as pictures of it. I'd at least like to know that much about the person who ends up being my "tattoo twin."