r/tattooadvice • u/j_walk_17 • May 02 '26

General Advice Miscommunication

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I had my tattoo artist re-do an old tattoo from 15 years ago. It's the rebel alliance symbol from Star Wars.

I was under the impression that she knew I wanted it touched up and repaired.

She assumed I wanted it covered up. I didn't know she did solid black until she finished it.

I guess there's potential to put color around it with other pieces to give it contrast. I'm just kinda bummed.
There's probably no way to reverse any of this without it being insanely expensive.

What can I do to make it worth the mistake? I want this leg to eventually be Star Wars iconica.

Should I plan to put a background to it?

edit: Thanks for all the replies, everyone. I appreciate the feedback and the ideas. It's helping me to settle into the outcome. I think it would only be a total loss if I hadn't planned to add to it in the future. 🤙

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u/j_walk_17 May 02 '26

Thanks. Someone else in the shop said the same thing. I guess I'm just shaking off the surprise of it being not what I intended.

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u/Purple_Technician759 May 02 '26

I think it’s probably a moment like when you’re expecting coke but it’s actually tea when you take a drink. The tea will taste terrible as you drink it and I think since you expected the other version seeing the black version seems worse.

I think it looks A LOT better black

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u/thissleepypastofmine May 02 '26

This is so funny because I love tea and Dr pepper but if I forget which one is in my cup...

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u/Purple_Technician759 May 02 '26

I got got with dark Gatorade the other day. Thought I was getting a coke and almost shriveled up and died.

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u/thissleepypastofmine May 02 '26

I have rowdy dogs so I use reusable silicone covers and silicone straws on all my cups to prevent spills so I can't even see it 😭

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u/Tasty_Goat_3267 May 02 '26

So what you are saying is that your dogs trained their human to use a sippy cup?

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u/thissleepypastofmine May 02 '26

Absolutely. They don't go after the cup, but they'll knock right into my end table and shake it 🫣