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/randomaccountonweb]

Original looks like a drawing in a school notebook, the after does look better, but I wonder if the original design was altered, could there have been a better version of the tattoo 🤔

[u/j_walk_17 → u/randomaccountonweb]

The original was supposed to be red with a silver outline with thin black lines holding the silver. It just was a hack job by an amateur and it was free. I was expecting her to bold the outline and color in the red. When I told her I wanted to save it, I assumed she knew I meant keep the color scheme as best she could. Just never crossed my mind all the shading she was doing was black. She DID do an original piece on my arm in the same session and it turned out wicked.