Mia

No my budget was not 300-400 that was the price he quoted me on it. 

First I wasn’t going to haggle him down to an unfair price. I wanted to ask him if he could draw it up at the lower end of the appraisal. 

Second I never said I wanted the tattoo in advanced. I was saying to draw it up. I always give this guy at least half of what the tattoo costs before we even start. 

10 hours ago, oboogie said:

But you have to remember that you can't ask for a super-detailed/complicated tiny tattooed on a tiny budget because that can't happen for obvious reasons. If your design is simple, you have a spot in mind, and you have a certain budget, say that up front for sure. 😊

See I went into him to have him give a price. He told me between 300$-400$. I was just wondering if it would be rude to go to him and ask him to draw it up and make it 300$. He’s a very good artist and I know he wouldn’t take advantage. I was just unsure of how artists feel about complying to a budget. And if it was rude to ask him to draw up something that would be worth what my budget was and let him do it to we’re it would be worth that much to him. 

Is it disrespectful to an artist to give him a picture of what you want and ask him to make it under a certain amount? Like ask him to draw it and and size it to a specific price?