Need Advice, First Tattoo and Deep Regret
Got my first tattoo-- big chest fractal. Went to an artist who seemed well known in the area, socials looked good, his tattoos in sacred geometry looked good. I should have seen the multiple red flags in his practice (wont go into them here as Im not sure if it's against the rules to do so) but I was an idiot who decided to 'trust the process' as he'd say. End tattoo looks nothing like the design that we agreed on and now I'm out of 1.8k with a tattoo that looks like he gave up on halfway and Im equal parts devastated and just numb from the whole experience.
Is it worth it to reach out to him and ask for at least a partial refund? How should I go about asking for that? Should I just accept that's 1.8k gone on a big, sharply painful something I'm going to have to get worked on AGAIN to get it somewhere close to what I wanted or get covered up? If someone was deeply disappointed in a tattoo you did that looked nothing like the design you agreed on, how would you want them to approach you asking for a refund on it?