Cool. That would work…let me know.

Well,

I appreciate everyone’s input and suggestions, but I ended up going with my gut feeling and having Shane Munce do my tattoo repair/cover up. I am absolutely THRILLED with his work- he was so very nice and professional and patient with me. He took his time and really laid in wonderful details. We spent 4.5 hours with a few brief breaks and I will be going back for a second session to lay more color in some of the cover parts, finish the snake’s body, and add in highlights to make the brain look wet and fresh. I almost cried with joy when I saw the piece at the end of my session- I’m amazed and how different it looks and it’s such a wonderful relief to look in the mirror and be happy again!!!

Yeah, he had electricity…..

Nothing was wrong with your link per se. Harrisburg is a bit of a drive for me is all, and I want to have multiple artists to choose from. I can go to Rob’s shop and meet him and discuss the piece with him and see what he says.
I liked Douglas’ work better than Olde City Tattoo’s stuff. Olde City is highly recommended, but the online portfolios didn’t really wow me.

I could also wait until I can take another vacation and come have Sausage fix it at Club Tattoo in Vegas, but that will cost at least twice what anything in PA would. He’s an excellent artist though.

He doesn’t have his portfolio online, but I saw a good selection in the shop, as well as his work on my friends. It all looked quite good, and my fiance wanted me to go to our friends’ artist. What really infuriates me is that I know he’s capable of far better than this. The shop is called “Hot Shots Tattooing” in Thorndale, PA. The artist was Charlie Morgan.

I went to several other shops yesterday and today, and found one that impressed me. It’s called High Rollers in West Chester, PA. The artist talked to me for a good 20 minutes on the phone, then I went in and showed him the piece and we discussed it for another half hour. He is sure he can fix it; it’s going to have to be color now though to mask the bad lines and pull the eye where he wants to. I’m going to check a few more places, but I really liked High Rollers. The shop was spotless, open and friendly. I’m really upset that I’m going to end up spending far more than I budgeted to fix this mess. I guess live and learn.

Anyone have any particular suggestions for shops in the Philadelphia, PA region?

I can’t figure out how to post pictures on here.
It’s not so much that the tattoo looks different, it’s that it’s time and a half the size of the stencil he put on my shoulder, and there are mistakes. The tattoo is a brain, made of snakes. I’m a neuroscientist who also breeds vipers. There are some blown out lines, and the eyes on snakes within are too big and in the wrong place. A few snakes’ heads are missing bottom jaws. If someone can show me how to post the pics, I’ll get up one of it right after it was done, and another as it is now. It’s a week and a half old, so it’s still healing.

I just don’t know whether to trust him to finish it when certain shapes and lines are not right, or if I should find someone else I can trust to finish it/ clean it up.