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The case of Kelsy Karter: No client of mine

Kelsy Karter, Harry Styles, clients, tattooist, tattoo artist, professional, branding, reputation

I’d never heard of her until 6 hours ago, but according to her online presence, Kelsy Karter is a musical artist. I think this means ‘singer’, if, like me, you’re incredibly uncool.

Kelsy’s had a tattoo of better known but equally generic singer Harry Styles tattooed onto her face.

As a human with sense and eyes, I can think of a million reasons why this was a completely stupid idea, but if I lived in the world of celebrity, I’m sure I’d think little about the consequences and instead just watch the publicity roll on in.

None of this is actually my point – I just felt that the scene needed setting given the horrific image I’ve attached to the top of this post.

No, my point, or rather my question, is this. At any stage of his meeting with Kelsy Karter did the tattoo artist think to refuse the gig and tell his client it was a bad idea?

Rightly or wrongly, I talk myself out of business on many occasions, when I tell clients/potential clients that they don’t need me as much as they think they do, or I feel that the project won’t get them a good enough return on investment for what they’d need to pay me, or when I tell them outright that their idea is potentially a PR nightmare/career suicide.

You could argue that I should just shut up and take the money, but if I thought a project might be detrimental to me or my client in any way either during the process or at some point in the aftermath, I’d walk away.

I’d love to know if the tattoo artist tried to talk his client, Kelsy Karter, out of this decision. Let’s bear in mind that we know it’s as bad as it looks because not even her fans on social media think it was a particularly attractive stunt.

God only knows what her muse, Harry Styles, thinks of the tribute.

And don’t worry if you don’t know who Harry Styles is, because the tattoo looks bugger all like him anyway.

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