My first accessory/My Tattoo! Do you have any

[Colin]

I wouldn't worry about it too much. I have seen a ton of people with crest or badge tattoos. From my understanding a lot of the family crests are more guidelines. You can change the shield, the knight, etc,etc to suit your own tastes. The design looks good and it represents your family, not just the name. I would stick with it.

It will be very meaningful to have the experience with your brother. My only advice with a crest, it to make it as big as possible and to try and fill in the room on the arm (if that is where it is going). Crests that fill in the spaces just seem to look beeter than a smaller crest with lots of skin around it to me.

For example:

big http://www.bmeink.com/A40824/high/dsc009860.jpg

small http://www.bmeink.com/A50710/high/bmegl091800.jpg

Both good tattoos, but the more filled in it is the better it looks IMHO. With the smaller ones, you'll likely be thinking of something to add to fill it in within the year. I know I did with both arms.