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When I walked into my local tattoo parlour today the last thing I was expecting the dood to say when I showed him what I wanted to have done was "Oh bloody hell...bloody hell....no. No. No. Not on your leg no. I'd have to have a back or a thigh." Now I may be wrong, I probably am but should he not at that point have discussed with me simpifying the piece if he found it "too detailed"? Now this guy comes highly recommended, has won many awards and has been in the business for decades (he tattooed my mum back in 1990) so yeah, I was a bit taken aback. I really wanted to get a sleeve for my lower leg started but I'm going to have to go back to the drawing board I guess. The piece in question is this btw. Anybody have any thoughts/ have encountered this reaction before?