I have 24+ tattoos on my body all of which can't be seen while I'm in my uniform since the Marine Corps has gotten more strict with the tattoo policy. But the worst spot I had in my opinion was my first tattoo and that was "Sacrifice" across my stomach. And that mainly hurt when the artist was doing the left side of my stomach. Everyone after that hasn't really been to bad. I have both sides, chest, stomach, below my waist line, collar, shoulder blades, lower back, pretty much my entire upper body. I have script, poems I've written, huge pictures etc. It all depends on your pain tolerance really. Some people get sore after, I did for only a few of mine, and they itched for a little bit nothing major. I also have a tattoo kinda like the one you're trying to get it is a huge rose (without stem) with falling petals with part of a poem I wrote encircling it on my right shoulder blade which says "If I were to spread wings and fly to love, then my wings would be made of these falling petals." And I barely felt them working on it. Actually I'm pretty sure I was txting my friends through it lol. Good luck and post some pics when its finish.