Etiquette of taking someone's custom design to another

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Damo_Damo
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Tue Aug 25, 2015 8:41 pm

Bear with me - I know this sounds like BAD etiquette. But there's a relatively new tattooist working on me who has done a great design on paper, and even then reworked it to my specs. The execution on my skin is really shoddy though, so bad I could wind up on a Shit Tattoos website. Lines aren't straight or even in their depth, for instance. I don't want to post a pic or identify the artist. But I feel I should take their design to someone else for the remaining sessions. What do you think? He would keep my deposit and I have already paid for three sessions.
Damo_Damo
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Tue Aug 25, 2015 8:45 pm

Oh, I should add, my initial conversations with him about the problems have not been good. He's getting defensive and blaming my after care. I know aborting this is not going to go down well.
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buttwheat
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Tue Aug 25, 2015 11:15 pm

STOP don't let the hack fuck you up anymore than he has.(I'm going off your word as there is no pic)
Demand your money back and he will be lucky if you don't sue him.
Damo_Damo
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Tue Aug 25, 2015 11:38 pm

Thanks, Buckwheat. Okay, this is a section of it. I'd like to add that I've been getting tattooed for 20 years and the others are beautiful flowers and birds.

The tattooist is blaming too much blood for this, mixing with the ink. Fair comment?

http://www.everytattoo.com/shoulder-pro ... ture.shtml
Damo_Damo
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Tue Aug 25, 2015 11:42 pm

Here's another shot. It's next to an existing tattoo of a bird.

http://www.everytattoo.com/shoulder-pro ... ture.shtml
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buttwheat
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Tue Aug 25, 2015 11:49 pm

I'm sorry but that is horrible. Demand your money back then kick him in the junk

Oh and it's Buttwheat not buckwheat
Damo_Damo
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Tue Aug 25, 2015 11:54 pm

Ha ha! Deal.
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tattooDan
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Wed Aug 26, 2015 2:22 am

Damo_Damo wrote:Thanks, Buckwheat. Okay, this is a section of it. I'd like to add that I've been getting tattooed for 20 years and the others are beautiful flowers and birds.

The tattooist is blaming too much blood for this, mixing with the ink. Fair comment?

http://www.everytattoo.com/shoulder-pro ... ture.shtml
wait ! what ? that makes no sense,LOL I've never heard that one before.
Damo_Damo
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Wed Aug 26, 2015 3:38 am

Yeah, he said I bled really heavily (a first for me if that's true) and it was mixing with the ink and making it hard to see what he was doing.
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Wed Aug 26, 2015 12:42 pm

Damo_Damo wrote:Yeah, he said I bled really heavily (a first for me if that's true) and it was mixing with the ink and making it hard to see what he was doing.
Sounds like his problem, not yours. Sounds like he needs to learn better technique..
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Wed Aug 26, 2015 12:42 pm

BTW, that work is terrible...
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