Bottom line it was a disappointing experience and that feeling was "stuck" to this tattoo the way it was. I fixed it though...in no way thanks to this artist of course. I found one with IMAGINATION....Maybe if you had a few more tats you'd get it.
I wouldn't really blame the artist.
The line work is rather good and its a decent tattoo job. You can't expect the artist to be the one to provide the "imagination," that's up to you.