I booked myself and my sister a tattoo at the end of December. I wanted a tree with the branches morphing into a pirate lady sitting in the moon. Once I got to the shop an artist suggested I just put a pirate head in the moon instead of the lady and I agreed. He drew up the stencil and Brandon put it on my arm and did the tattoo.
When it was done I said, “The moon looks wobbly” He said, “There are craters in the moon and this is what the stencil was which you agreed too.” He charged me $220 for my one hour tattoo. That evening when I got home, I sent Brandon a message and let him know I was really disappointed with how the tattoo turned out and wondered if he would consider fixing it. He said he will not fix it for free because I seen the stencil.
It just makes me wonder, if someone went in and said, I want 1,2,3 tattooed on my arm. The stencil says 1,2,4 and the artist goes ahead and does the tattoo instead of saying, “hey buddy, this says 1,2,4 are you sure you want to go ahead?”
My tattoo looks like crap which I have to now deal with. N one can tell it's a pirate lady head but they have guessed witch, dog and grimreaper. I have a crescent moon with a wobbly outline.
My sister got a tattoo at the same time and was charged $120 for 20 mins. Hers was supposed to be a moon and sun to represent our zodiac signs. She only has a sun, somehow the moon was lost in the process.
If I were an artist, I would want my clients to be happy and I would be proud of what art I permanently put on people’s bodies.