That's good.
I had a hard time finding an artist whose work I liked that also had a great personality. My most artistic tattoo (my phoenix) I got from a freakin weird jerky dude. 3 hour session and he didn't say a word to me. :/
I found a cool artist who did 2 of mine, who let my little girls come in with me. They were 3 and like 6 months old at the time. It was pretty cool he allowed that. But, his tatts weren't the greatest.
Love the girl who did my last 2. My first female artist, and she's super cool and can do amazing things with color. She has a kinda heavy hand, but a little extra pain is worth good art and a friendship.
You're lucky to have had such a cool person your first time.