Between the trees and the moon - if you were me what would you do??

if you were me what would you do??

Jun. 14th, 2009 at 10:20 AM

okay so say you're me and you got a tattoo when you were 22. you got this tattoo from a kid that lived in the neighborhood that you did, he was around 16 years old and still lived with his parents. you actually went to his parents' house and he did that tattoo in his bedroom!!! it was one of his first tattoos and it came out a little crooked... most people wouldn't say it was a great tatoo. (i loved it anyway and always thought it looked sweet and innocent, like one of the illustrations from the book the little prince)

the tattoo kid moves to new york and greatly improves his skill. at one point several years later you end up talking to him on the phone and he says " hey you know, I will fix up that tattoo for you for free. " you mentally file it away for the next time you find yourself in nyc, but you never actually find yourself there.

anyway!!! now you are 41 and the tattoo is fading and could use a touchup! you also wouldn't mind it being straightened out a bit and maybe embellished. you think of the tattoo artist and look him up to find out he is now considered to be one of the best tattoo artists in the world!!! he has a show on cable television and a waiting list of celebrities who want his services.

do you try to contact him and see if the offer he made 13 years ago still stands? do you keep the crappy tattoo and say this is one of so-and-so's very first tattoos!? (nobody believes that the tattoo you have was actually done by the famous guy!!) or do you just forget the whole thing and go have some other non famous tatoo artist fix it up for you (which you really can't afford).

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scentedwoods wrote:

Jun. 14th, 2009 03:10 pm (UTC)

Tough call!! I definitely wouldn't have anyone but him touch up the tattoo.

Email? Make fun? Say you were going to look him up about the offer but now that he's all famous you're going to turn it into a shrine!

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otterblossom wrote:

Jun. 14th, 2009 03:52 pm (UTC)

Never hurts to ask. Though I agree with

scentedwoods, I don't think I'd let anyone else mess with it.

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simbel_myne wrote:

Jun. 14th, 2009 04:09 pm (UTC)

call him up, it sure wouldn't hurt. and you might end up on the TV? who knows! I bet he could do something unspeakably cool!

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mina_kat9 wrote:

Jun. 14th, 2009 05:15 pm (UTC)

Yeah, what the hell, go for it!

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vyviane wrote:

Jun. 14th, 2009 06:17 pm (UTC)

You should post pictures of the tat so we have a full version of the story ;)

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lexpendragon wrote:

Jun. 14th, 2009 10:32 pm (UTC)

Exactly what I was going to say.

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crowheart wrote:

Jun. 15th, 2009 02:57 pm (UTC)

my digital camera is broken =-( !!!!

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firewitchsparx wrote:

Jun. 15th, 2009 04:15 am (UTC)

Well, my perspective is a little different, but maybe similar. If I were the original artist, I would *want* you to contact me to fix it. I wouldn't want anyone else touching up my work. (thinking of this from a hair prespective, but I have a feeling the same would apply.) I *definitely* think you should contact him and ask. You might be able to preface the money question by starting out with "how much would you charge me to..." so you don't have to feel like you're putting it out there that you expect him to do it for free. OTOH, it wouldn't hurt to ask if the offer still stands either.

The thing is, if he's all famous now and there's an early piece of his running around that isn't the best representation of his work, he will most likely want to get together with you to make any changes you want. Whether he will want to do that for free or not is another question, but I think you should definitely start by asking him.

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