Would you get a free touch up from the artist?

I got this tattoo in August 2024 from an artist I hadn't been too before.

I had a pretty normal tattoo experience except that the tattoo took 4.5 hours which felt long to me (this tattoo is 5 inches on my outer shin).

The healing process was pretty normal, however, now that it's healed it looks very patchy and the line work is not clean.

The artist offers free touch ups - I want to know what others would do. Would you go back to the artist and get them to touch it up or find another artist to make it less patchy? Is there anything that can be done for the wonky line work in places? Also, does this look blown out to you?

I appreciate everyone's advice 😭 not my first tattoo but maybe my first bad tattoo. I still love the design but the execution wasn't the best imo