and u diffientaly want it done as realisim, not a likeness of but reaslisim so it looks just like ur cham, not vauge but a portrait of ur cham, express that u want it done in a realism style or ur just gonna get a likeness of.
look at any albums she has of her work, look at her portraits, if she doesnt do portraits then she will not do ur tattoo as realisim. It;s a thin line and u gotta speak like u know exactly what ur gonna get and accept nothing less. Remember she makes her living doing tattoos, she will try to talk u into her view point and even walk over ur dead body to make the sale, and really, a tattoo convention is always the best place to get tattooed, u have 100's of some of the nations best artists, u can look thru everyones portofiolo and chose whom u want to work on u. I'm not saying anything bad about the artist u mentioned, just tread carefully and stand ur ground about what exactly u want done, finding the artist to do ur piece can be the major part oof getting tatted, let us knoow how the counsultation goes, and speak ur mind about how u want it done