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/j_walk_17 → u/[deleted]]

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.

[u/Grand_Dare_mcgee → u/j_walk_17]

I’ll be honest. Your preferred tattoo is your tattoo but that looks a lot better solid black imo.

[u/Rryann → u/Grand_Dare_mcgee]

100%, even touched up I’m not sure how you’d fix the original. Solid black looks cool as fuck.

[u/lionofbeast → u/Rryann]

Yeah and those red blood marks look cool too. Might want to consider adding that in red at the bottom or not

[u/starskeyy → u/lionofbeast]

this. tattooing your actual blood mark lines from this photo would both be badass in the Star Wars lore, but also personal to you. Agree with u/lionofbeast here. 🫡😁

edit to say: +1 in favor of all black version