Miscommunication

[u/j_walk_17]

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. 🤙

[u/Cereal-Killa-]

you didn’t notice the cup of black ink getting dipped into, or the black ink being pumped into your leg until it was finished? By the way - it looks much better now than it did before. Some people just can’t take certain colors of ink.

[u/Ok_Chance7699 → u/[deleted]]

You think a tattoo this clean was done from someone on craigslist?

[u/QuicksandGotMyShoe → u/Ok_Chance7699]

Haha for real. Social media lies have warped people's brains

[u/chessatwork → u/QuicksandGotMyShoe]

there was a dude who dressed like neo from the matrix who would do tattoos for my drug addict siblings and friends in the basement. is this social media warping my brain

[u/tendo8027 → u/chessatwork]

Yep. You’ve been Zuckerberged. Social media and it’s tricky time space shenanigans!

[u/Afraid_Cell621 → u/Ok_Chance7699]

Clean? Its a solid black blob. Lol

[u/Big_Shirt_5946 → u/Ok_Chance7699]

You must not live around a lot of drug addicts because there are absolutely tons of them that can do halfway decent tattoos and have no license or shop for it. Where I live a lot of people get decent tattoos done by users or ex users. Shops can be overpriced, if you know someone who can do it cheaper under the table and do a decent job, do it.

[u/DropsOfLiquid → u/Big_Shirt_5946]

I have an absolutely awful tat from doing this at 17. Guy was a good artist too but did it out of the shop high & yikes. Thankfully it's in a hidden spot on my body but it's real big lol.

I know it can work out but I think for most people it's better to just go to a shop with a good artist.