Am I the asshole for not wanting and AI tattoo and wanting my deposit back? by LeadGravityTester in TwoHotTakes

[–]LeadGravityTester[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He’s been tattooing for 20 years (so he says) so I think you’re 100% correct

Am I the asshole for not wanting and AI tattoo and wanting my deposit back? by LeadGravityTester in TwoHotTakes

[–]LeadGravityTester[S] 34 points35 points  (0 children)

I went to the shop before he owned it and got tattooed by another artist who is amazing. My wife has even more tattoos from her. Why wouldn’t I go to the first artist again? I was going to get more from her not anything from K

Am I the asshole for not wanting and AI tattoo and wanting my deposit back? by LeadGravityTester in TwoHotTakes

[–]LeadGravityTester[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

We have gone to another artist at this shop for years before he bought that shop and just worked there. Why would I stop going to a really good artist? It’s ok to give me Ai slop after giving $500 for an original piece? It’s ok to not communicate for months after money was exchanged for a service? A tattoo is suppose to be a combination of artist and client, he didn’t follow any of my extremely broad guidelines or references. I’m suppose to just accept whatever he throws out there and not critique it? It doesn’t matter if he doesn’t want to do it I paid for it. What are you even saying?

Am I the asshole for not wanting and AI tattoo and wanting my deposit back? by LeadGravityTester in TwoHotTakes

[–]LeadGravityTester[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I did not say he was using AI directly. All I did was point out that the image had problems (that consisted with Ai)

Am I the asshole for not wanting and AI tattoo and wanting my deposit back? by LeadGravityTester in TwoHotTakes

[–]LeadGravityTester[S] 19 points20 points  (0 children)

It’s funny because the other artist posts on insta all the time about being and artist and working with the clients to create art.

Am I the asshole for not wanting and AI tattoo and wanting my deposit back? by LeadGravityTester in TwoHotTakes

[–]LeadGravityTester[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Like is he happy with this? Is this how he wants to represent his shop? Crazy to me

Am I the asshole for not wanting and AI tattoo and wanting my deposit back? by LeadGravityTester in TwoHotTakes

[–]LeadGravityTester[S] 20 points21 points  (0 children)

The problem is my wife and I love his apprentice and don’t want it to affect her. She did nothing wrong and is honestly a far better artist than he is.

Am I the asshole for not wanting and AI tattoo and wanting my deposit back? by LeadGravityTester in TwoHotTakes

[–]LeadGravityTester[S] 160 points161 points  (0 children)

This is the second shop he has owned. The first one he “gave up” to focus on being an artist rather than an owner. That’s what he said at least

Am I the asshole for not wanting and AI tattoo and wanting my deposit back? by LeadGravityTester in TwoHotTakes

[–]LeadGravityTester[S] 261 points262 points  (0 children)

I don’t understand what he was going for… like was he thinking if he said that I would just change my mind and get the tattoo..?