The tattoo "artist" immediately had me against her with how catty and shitty she came across in that tElL mE wHaT yOu WaNt obnoxious tik tok. The level headed response from the client and the evidence of the butchery done to her arm sealed the deal that the tattooist was in the wrong here.
And then the 'if she is respectful.' Like, you are not her momma or her teacher! Had a feeling she didn't say that to her face. Yea I am not getting lying from the second girl. She comes across much more genuine.
Tattooist here. That’s more of a pure skin dig than a blowout. Blowouts got into the fatty tissue and look blurry. The red irritation around the tattoo along with the loss of tissue in the lines tell me that it was done too fast, too shallow and essentially just dug out skin. Absolutely tragic.
Would you agree that it also looks like it's not just irritated, it's infected? Like, to me, that looks like when I've had a cut get infected. But I've never had a tattoo get infected so not sure exactly what that would look like. I'd be going to a doctor though, if it was me.
I’m also a tattoo artist, 100% agree with it being carved out skin rather than a blowout. It look like it’s infected at that centre scab but not from bad aftercare, the skins healing inwards and pinched by the scabbing rather than evenly, then considering the inflammation and discolouration around the scab it does really point to her skin being dug out, like when you get a nasty gash or cut and you need to avoid a bacterial cyst.
@@Alazuria d's ex-gf's brother probably either liked her which is concerning since she was 17, if he was a couple yrs older than her, or told him to do it more as a birthday joke. shit or maybe he lied and told the TA that they were together (another guess that kinda goes off the assumption that he liked her but a different assumption) so the TA just did it assuming the brother would appreciate it, if he didn't ask the TA to do it himself. we don't know tho as he could have told the replier a lie as to why he did it, but i have a strong feeling that he liked her, and told the TA that he was with the girl and did that for the brother since he got him a lot of canvases to work on and prolly got paid to. so he did it as a thanks (assuming they WERE dating) and for all we know, we don't know the 100% truth of the story as OP could be leaving whatever they want out of the story. only the TA can give us the guaranteed truth of why he did it, as he did it. but the brother fs lied to the TA and said they were together. all these reasons are pretty easy assumptions you can make using common sense, although the last one was something i assumed being a guy, knowing some weirdo ass guys lie about being with girls to their friends as they cant get puss so they do this instead.
The tattoo artist legit blew up her own career, nobody would’ve known anything about this tattoo if she hadn’t been making up sob stories for sympathy 😂
Her reaction was so over the top, and that's what caught my attention, and that made me suspicious of her motivation. Don't people sign waivers before they get inked? She struck me as suspicious in her video. The client on the other hand, I found her to be quite credible and believable.
@@louisejohnson6057 It's hard to know from such limited information, but I also found LaiBankss more credible. She just came across as someone who would probably be pissed but able to be reasonable about the situation, and I do tend to believe her that she wouldn't have gone to social media first.
@@louisejohnson6057we sign waivers for infections and saying if we don’t care for our tats it’s on us, if the place has a “touch up policy” that’s in the contract. None of mine included a “if the artist isn’t in the zone and messes up the spelling of your tattoo,” clause. Mostly because my artists we’re professionals and wouldn’t be caught dead showing off misspelled work. 😂😂😂 She’s a joke.
Oh for sure… who TF would Ever go to her when she can’t even do a BASIC simple writing tattoo?!?😂 idk how she can even show her face on here after that & how she’s not beyond embarrassed with herself & her work!
The tattoo itself was done beyond terribly and it looked as if she'd carved into the client skin. The tattoo is just terribly done overall. The artist blocked the client on tiktok before posting the video and was trying to mislead from the beginning.
yeah I think this is a result of this common misconception in the tattoo community that a lot of tattoo artists think they have to tattoo deeper into dark skin for it to show up
This looked worse than the crap tattoo I got in a basement for having traded... and she paid for this... this was someone who was either not that great normally, or she was Full-On having a breakdown with the ink on the needle and gun in hand and power on... like... wow
Well because she’s prob embarrassed herself! Who TF gets a writing tattoo without QUADRUPLE checking the spelling first & doesn’t even kno how tf to spell what they want done💀🤣
@@anabella4166 What "professional" tattoo artist doesnt know how to spell or utilize spell check? If it was my profession to permanently ink someone for life I would know how to use spell check.
So… this girl is actually in my town, I’ve had my shop for 23 years in the same town and shops like this have been popping up for the last 10 years or so because there’s oil money here and next to none of them have any actual training. They’re all spawns of failed apprentices from terrible mentors and things like this are the result of this industry having its ‘rock star’ moment. She handled every bit of this situation terribly. I keep hoping the client will come to see me. 23 years of fixing wanna be shops work has given me a little edge on cover ups and redos. If anyone knows how to get ahold of the client, I don’t have tic toc, tell her to get ahold of Crystal at In the Flesh Tattoos.
@kayjayhay I appreciate it. I couldn’t believe when I realized this was someone from my town. It’s been so frustrating having all these shops pop up. I truly love tattooing and have great respect for the industry. I’m currently training my 3rd apprentice and it’s hard for her to see all these people that haven’t paid their dues making money but seeing stuff like this whole situation she’s said more than once she’s so happy she’s being taught everything the right way. A real apprenticeship isn’t just learning tattooing, it’s also business management and client relations. At least this is a good example of how not to handle screwing up. One thing I’ve always stood by is if I’m not feeling up for a tattoo that day I cancel, people get pissed sometimes but they get over a cancellation, it’s a lot harder to get over bad work.
Given how calmly the client is responding to this whole tiktok mess, it's hard to imagine she was as aggressive as the tattoo artist said. I don't know why you'd come to social media to tell people you can't do your job in the first place. Even if the client was mean about it, I wouldn't go to a tattoo artist that was both that careless and then that willing to call out a client. She just showed poor judgement all around.
yeah. Both are wrong in this situation, but the way the tattoo artist acts is so petty that even though she "admitted" being in the wrong, it just seems like she only said it to preserve her image, not bc she actually meant it. The client sounds more reasonable
I mean it's entirely possible to be calm, cool, and collected after the fact in a response video when you were an aggressive bitch on the spot initially. Personally I think at this point both these people are dumb and I don't care.
@@theredking2839you can tell from the way the artist goes from uncontrollable sobs to slowly placing more and more blame on client to doing little funny songs talking shit about client to acting like the client was so embarrassed by her behavior that she ran out of store to demanding the client show "respect" and *maybe* she'll get it fixed. Very dishonest and manipulative behavior.
Oh I believe they are real, they’re just from an Uber sensitive person who can’t take any constructive criticism and cries at even the smallest of complaints. They’re real, she’s just delusional.
it's like the tattoo artist rushed to make the video in case the client decided to expose her since people tend to believe the first version of a story a lot more. So even if she lied about certain details, we wouldn't be as inclined to believe the client's version
I've seen better prison tattoos. This tattoo "artist" needs more hours of practice on whatever the hell it is that people practice on BEFORE they're allowed to put needle(s) to actual flesh. My dominant hand has arthritis in the knuckles of 3 of my fingers, and my hand will sometimes start to shake quite dramatically when I'm doing something that requires my fine motor skills. This tattoo looks like I did it.
Right! I was thinking the same thing. If you're going to get words tattooed on you, at least use a nice font not something that looks like a 14 year old scribbled in her notebook.
Yeah I mean the client clearly didn’t do any research into the shop/artists.. barely had a game plan for the tattoos she wanted. She impulsively got a second one JUST BC she felt that the first one was too expensive? lol. Which was pretty standard. I don’t think she knows that most shops have a minimum price. No matter if you’re getting a dot or a portrait you’ll never pay less than the shop minimum. But it just seems like both of these ppl don’t know wtf they’re doing. I blame the client more than the artist though. Why would you choose a shop w/out doing research? Why would you impulsively get tattooed by someone w/out seeing their previous work? Why wouldn’t you quadruple check the tattoo that’s going on to your body? Idk.. tbc I don’t thing spriggs is a good artist at all. But there’s tons of shitty artists in this industry… & 99% of them post their shitty work on their shitty instagrams/tiktoks… so there’s no reason for you to be surprised when your tattoo comes out shitty when you didn’t care enough to actually do the work & find a good shop, a good artist, know the prices, know what you wanted all before even stepping in to the place. Everyone sucks tbh
The tattoo shop I go to makes you write it out yourself on their forms and basically go "if it's spelt wrong that's your problem" and you sign the consent form
That second video that she posted basically saying 'if your respectful' and what not gave me a shiver up my spine. It felt so disrespectful and snarky after the first one where she was apologizing and crying. Something didn't feel right even without the customer talking about it.
It also feels oddly racist saying something like that as a white tattoo artist to a black client. Like there’s a power dynamic to begin with that’s always going to be imbalanced because one person is marking the other’s skin permanently and if they just decide they’re not going to put their full effort in then the client is the one who has to deal with that for the rest of their life. The fact that spriggs wanted to “get ahead” of the story by posting what basically amounted to a lie about the client’s reaction being aggressive then BLOCKING her, it just feels like another level of disrespect. She could’ve handled it offline by recognizing her mistake, humbling herself, and offering a cover-up & refund WITHOUT taking it to tiktok.
@@MintyMoni I wouldn't jump to racism without knowing the full story on that. It's not always about race. I especially don't think it was about race when the very first video she posted I don't think had her talking about what race the woman was too.
@@angelsinthewindow nah mate, this feels like that subconscious bullshit. that kinda "I don't like this person's tone. they're all big and aggressive [and black] and I'm a lil baby victim [white and skinny and some vague kind of femme]. maybe if this [black] person weren't so uppity, I'd [treat them like literally anyone in that situation regardless of skin colour would deserve to be treated, especially given that I'm being fucking paid for this]."
It really seems like that tattoo artist was afraid that she was going to take it to social media so she wanted to post "her side" of events first and it seems like it blew up in her face.
@@deedeedussard exactly, and she seemed like she was very level-headed about the whole situation! Of course she was upset, but it doesn't seem like she blew anything out of proportion. She didn't even ask for any money back the lady offered it to her!
25 yr Tattoo artist * 5 yrs retired*..... It should have not been fixed until it healed to see how it heales and the best way to approach fixing. Also it looks possibly infected wich could be partially on both parts, 1. tattooing over a fresh tattoo 2 client care....... Now this is just me but I had a few mess ups in my early years, nothing major and all fixable either by myself or a more experienced artist...with that said I never blamed my client, it is ultimately my work = my responsibility. You don't take your car to get fixed, it doesn't get done right and you blame yourself? The mechanic takes the responsibility. This tattoo artist has been doing this long enough to know if your not 100 that day, you have no business picking up your machines and throwing ink. That is 1 of the first things I was taught over 30yrs ago! Unacceptable!
No really the fact that this guy is going "you get the stencil, you get as long as you need to look at it" Ok but it's the tattooer's job to make the tattoo. If it's spelt wrong, the onus is on the person that made the tattoo. Especially since many tattoos are in hard to see places.
Yes exactly, you cannot just half ass your job when your job is to alter people's bodies. When your accountant messed up your documents, does he say no its your fault for not checking even though i didn't ask you to check??
@jadecoolness101 no, things are spelled differently, some people don't know certain words, some are names. If you are familar enough with the words then YOU check. Like you are responsible as well,sure, but the spelling is one of the only parts where the client does have more responsibility.
YUP. I was going to say she likely wasn’t being aggressive but was perceived as aggressive after a normal and reasonable response because she is a black woman. And that is that artist’s bias…not this woman’s fault.
Markie we love you but be for reals, that tattoo artist is lying. The reason? We don't know but it looks like she just wanted pity for a shitty job she did. She probably felt so guilty and scared that decided to make a tik tok before her client did.
@@irisuchiha5218 Being "in the middle" when not all the facts are available is the best way to stay out of trouble and not start witch hunts. Nothing to be mad over, Markie is just more responsible than most drama channels.
@@irisuchiha5218I personally am side eying a lot of his takes here. From the picture, this was done in a hard to see place. Meaning the only way the person getting it can even properly see the tattoo is with a mirror or with someone taking a picture and showing. Which then, the tattoo artist could quick flash you the picture to try to get the okay. "Eh, but you're the customer, you should be able to tell the person something is off/wrong" Okay.... But a lot of people who get their hair done also do not do that. They try to stay quiet as not to seem like they are complaining or being a Karen. The walk out the salon with fucked up hair. He has takes that aren't truly 50/50.
@@KettleBlacktheBatyeah I appreciate that Markie regularly covers these tiktok dramas I get invested in because it helps when I don't understand the time line or missed something and he's one of the only youtubers who picks them up BUT his tendency to stay absolutely in the middle can get frustrating. Especially when it dosent fully represent the situation.
at 3:20 there's a couple issues, as an artist of 3 decades will point out. 1: You don't charge the client to fix the mistake, you fix it again if need be. Now i do agree that there needs to be some courtesy from the client, but you don't need to tell the world. Get the client in, fix it and touch it up after it heals. 2: she used "skin tone" ink to cover the mistakes. This will not work. Black over powers all colors of ink. Nothing but black will cover it unless its a piece designed to cover up a tattoo. Putting flesh color ink on the tattoo will do nothing. It WILL come thru. Ill make a video on this for further in depth details. For now, at this point of the video, shes in the wrong 2 ways. I digress as i watch the rest. Also, real quick. She wouldn't be working in my studio with this drama. And as the owner, id fix it myself free of charge. Shoot, ill fix this free of charge and I didn't do it.. Email me if the client sees this.
I just subscribed. I'll also subscribe on my channel in a min. I think that is an amazing thing you're offering! I've had a tattoo in mind for awhile but I wanted to lose weight first(not going well lmao) and there's the fact I have sensitive skin so idk if I could get tattooed.
It looks like a scratcher tattoo, the artist is simply not good at her job. And then to cry about it like it was some huge issue when Lai is genuinely just chill, no. Lai was 100% when she called those crocodile tears. The “artist” (I say that very loosely) should find a different line of work.
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She assumed people would believe the client was rude because she was black. Absolutely disgusting. This is that insidious racism that really irks me.
Disagree its 50/50. The artist wrote the tattoo and the client showed her what she wanted and she showed it how its spelled. If you dont know basic grammar you should tattoo. Im dyslexic and english is my 3 language. I have a quote tattooed on me that i designed, i used google to be 100% sure that it was spelled correctly.
@@Iceicebaby0117the client also agreed that it’s partly her fault . The issue is the tattoo artist coming online telling half the story then blocking the client before she could even get her tattoo fixed .
@@WhateverRandomness I reckoned that was what they meant, but it was funny to have it "misspelled" because of the topic of the video so decided that's what I thought.
@@lexyruse603 Plus this tattoo artist literally carved into her skin, scarring her for life. If anything the client is the one who got assaulted here. It's really, really bad. Like 'someone with a needle in their hand wanted to harm you and they did' type bad.
Lai is something else (in a good way), saying it "Wasn't a big deal" about something so permanent. I overthink clothing options and regret past fashion choices. And here she is, shrugging off a botched tattoo. Incredible. I want that kind of zen and fortitude 🙏😂
I want to point out that as a black person, I’m not accusing her of anything, but I know from firsthand experience that there are definitely tattoo artists who have preconceived notions about black people. Now I’m light skinned so I know I have some privelage in that area, but even then, there are some artists who genuinely view black people as more inherently aggressive, or having thicker skin that needs harder pressing as well. I’ve had experiences with negotiating a price for a tattoo (calmly) and having the artist treating me as if I’m on edge or teetering on the edge of aggressiveness. I hope that didn’t factor into it.
As a non-black person, that was the impression that I got. For her, a black person standing up for themselves was an attack on her. Reminds me of all the other times we’ve seen this same thing, like the birdwatcher in the park with the lady & her off leash dog.
I picked up that vibe too… and it really feels like she was banking on everyone would believe that the big aggressive black woman made the petite white woman cry.
As a white woman with a black son, I'm afraid you are right about her attitude. I never realized how bad racism is until my son. The same people who rant about them not being at all racist treat him so differently. If you point out how racist their comments or actions are they absolutely refuse to accept that they are racist. I hope she is not one of those people, but her attitude comes across as being one. His dad used to tell me he preferred the people who knew they were racist over the liberals who couldn't accept they thought they were better than everyone with a darker complection. I learned to agree with him.
The crocodile tears were extremely painful to watch. I wouldn't trust someone that's posting a video on tiktok with that kind of attempt at garnering sympathy
this whole thing seems to have incredibly racist undertones. a lot of people in the community have mentioned how some uneducated artists mistakenly believe that you have to press deeper into more melanated skin. this is untrue, you don't need to use any more pressure tattooing a black person than you would a white person. the tattoo community has had a very unsavory history with skin tone inclusivity. it also seems like she's trying to perpetuate the "angry black woman" stereotype by making the client out to be angry and aggressive when in reality she seems like a very levelheaded person. this entire situation is so weird.
It goes along with the medical community widely having the false belief that black people have a higher pain tolerance than white people. There are lots of drs that still believe that and it's disgusting.
@@mumsspaghetti6649 how lucky you are to have that perspective. judging by your username, i'm assuming you're white. that means you were born with an inherent advantage in many parts of the world. you will never have to worry about these things, so they sound absurd to you. that doesn't mean they don't happen to others. it's honestly very sad how unaware you choose to be.
She went too deep. The spot you were talking about possibly being a scar is the blowout. I can't believe that Spriggs actually has the nerve to call herself an artist scarring people like that.
i mean client admitted it was her fault that she didnt catch the misspelling but the tattoo artist was wrong on even more levels. the artist came out with a tiktok first to garner the initial pity party she wanted and then that called for the client to come out with her side. just the way the artist was responding and speaking about the client gave me the ick now seeing how the tattoo is "healing" the artist definitely dug into her skin
Thank god you're covering this updated stuff! It was all over my twitter feed and the images of that butchered tattoo will literally haunt me. ETA: It was also really weird of a white tattoo artist to accuse a Black woman of being aggressive when she literally... Wasn't... And handled it fairly well considering the artist practically sliced her arm open on top of screwing up the spelling.
The tattoo was awful to start with. The penmanship was so bad it is almost illegible. But the tattoo artist screwed up the tattoo. Full Stop. And she has the nerve to continue to charge this client for correcting it? The client deserved a full refund and I would never even consider allowing her to do the correction. Absolutely not, no way.
My experience with text based tattoos, is the client chooses the font, and it's typed out. We don't have enough details to say it was handwritten, but I'd assume the client chose the type of text.
It looks like someone cut her arm open and then tried to close it up with a tattoo stitch. Also I smell a defamation lawsuit ending that tattooist's business. Don't block your clients and slander them pre-emptively or at all, it will just bite your ass harder, you have no idea who has money and you don't know if your client is an attorney or not, or has retained an attorney. Just do the job correctly and you won't get flack for it. If you're bad at what you do, train yourself to be better, or quit, no one is forcing you to stay and give bad tattoos.
You can tell by the clients calm demeanor on the tik tok she probably doesn’t often get aggressive at all. I definitely believe her that she didn’t freak out like that.
Im a tattoo artist. If i ever dug that deep into someone’s skin… no. I would never. Thus is absolutely horrible. That poor girl should get on preventative antibiotics and file a complaint with whatever county that artist is working in
Client is chill asf. Her parents did a great job. Seems like a nice young lady, should be proud of how she spoke for herself. Took accountability and was still cool.
@@afriendorfoe yeah, and then she said her client was being aggressive when that seems to not be the case, which happens to be a racist stereotype about black women. Certainly that's just a coincidence 🙄
Imagine having to ask anyone performing a service “Are you feeling up to it today?” That’s ridiculous and an insult to any professional who takes their profession seriously.
As as client it is 10000% NOT on you to make sure the tattoo artist is in the right head space to tattoo. If I walk in there and you ar there taking clients that means YOU are ready to work. That's like saying that as a customer you should make sure the cashier is in the right head space to ring you out. No. You are there to take my money, if you arent' "in the right head space" you need to go home or decline the service, period.
Artist said in original video "i told her she needs to tell me how to fix it or it won't be fixed"... no what she should have did is take a pic of the tattoo and show options for correcting it, if nothing can be agreed at that time, sleep on it and let the customer come back later... idc if she is crying in the first video, thats not how u deescalate a situation with a client.
I think the tattoo artist is lying personally. I think the reason she got on camera crying about it in the first place was because she thought the girl who got the tattoo might end up posting something about it and it could go viral so she kinda wanted to get ahead of the situation if that did happen so she could be like, we’ll look I also posted a video and you can see how cut up I am about it. Etc etc and said a few lies in the video to make herself come out looking better as people will always take sides. Soo I think it was all done maliciously myself. (The video that is) I just don’t get the feeling that the girl that got the tattoo is lying her in the TA videos after the crying one I don’t get that same feeling. But that’s just what I think really happened.
Not the same tattooist in North Dakota that was blasted on FB less than a year ago because she had an appointment and when the client showed up she was high AF and was still trying to push doing the tattoo telling the client "Some people can work better drunk but I work better when I'm feelin good" and kept pressing, to the point the client walked out and went somewhere else and got on FB to warn people. The artist that did his tattoo said they had done multiple fixes and coverups for her tattoos and she helped keep him in business.
Omg! 😱 but honestly I am not surprised given how the tattooist spoke and looked? Idk she just didn't ever seem professional when she gave that whole sob story about how she didn't feel like working but did any way. Like ma'am, many of us have days where we don't feel like working and don't have the luxury of a job where we can choose our own hours. We either suck it up and do it or take the day off.
yeah no. That tattoo is super blown out. It’s in a sensetive area so the artist went in too heavy, with delicate letters like that you cannot go too deep because it will get blown out and muddy. There’s another term called “hamburger meat” which is when a tattoo artist goes over the same area too many times and basically create an open wound. This looks like it’s almost an open wound.
I was really weirded out by SPRIGGS suddenly singing the Spice Girls. I, uh, thought she was super upset about messing up? And then she's singing and dropping shade on the client "if you're respectful"? I guess folks buying into her version of the story really gassed her up.
maybe she's trying to recover from embarrasment at being an oversensitive asshat at a non-confrontational situation that was *HER FAULT* by, like, going the other way; being playful and sassy with it, etc etc. idk I don't like her at all by this point, rancid vibes - have met a few people like that who did nastier crazier stuff not much further down the line in time.
As someone with MANY tattoos and 21 years experience receiving them- don’t ask a client HOW they want a word fixed! They wanted it spelled correctly from the beginning, its not up to a client to figure out how to fix a tattoo once the “artist” messes it up. Also, if you can permanently scar people’s bodies, and you’re not in the right mindset that day, maybe DON’T?!
The way my draw dropped seeing that tattoo. 😭 Like...girl. This is why I hate social media. Someone messes up and they want to run and spin the story before the truth comes out so they get sympathy points. If I was the woman who got the tattoo, I'd be livid. She handled it better than I would have.
What's wild is that if she just said "guys I feel so awful I misspelled a client's tattoo and neither of us noticed until it was too late, she was so sweet about it and we're going to see what we can do to fix it but I still feel sick rn" she would have gotten SO much sympathy and support. Everyone makes mistakes and everyone knows the feeling of messing up at work and having that horrible pit in your stomach afterwards. She would have had so much engagement from people commenting their own stories of work disasters, but instead she decided to lie and tank her business for no reason.
To say this is the clients fault is WILD. The tattoo is on the back of her arm. I’m sure she trusted the artist to do it right. I can’t think of any service where it’s the clients fault if the person providing the service screws up.
What a fantastic case of "you dont ever know all the details" cause last video i was on the tattooers side... Now im definitely on the customers. Dont need to see anything other than how terrible that tattoo looks. It looks like an injury! Even if the customer was angry i think she had a pretty good reason to be!! Only thing i could at all think the customer may be at fault for is the spelling but thats so small compared to the rest of this...
They resort to weaponized tears every single time. Smh. First of all one look at that "artist" should have told the client everything she needed to know. The tattoos on herself as the artist looks like jailhouse tattoos. Let's be real.
The client came with receipts, and it's clear the tattoo artist lied from the beginning regarding not giving a refund . It's safe to assume she also lied about the rest.
The tattoo artist is using quite a lot of micro aggressive terms when talking about the client in tiktoks. I have noticed. Such as calling her black client aggressive or demanding her client to be respectful. Very white woman tears from the artist imo…
Like I saw the first video and felt bad, but it like quickly became clear there's something malicious about this tattoo artist. No one with darker skin should have to deal with this type of mistreatment when getting body mods. I've seen some amazing tattoos on darker skin, bright colorful glitter tattoo, cute whimsy line art tats, amazing black and white tattoos, etc. Insane for an artist to act like this, just super ignorant and rasict.
yeah at first i was like "oh well that sucks" because people can be nasty to customer service type jobs. then she showed the tattoo and I changed my mind completely and now think the artist is full on lying because of the terms she used on purpose.
I don’t buy into the artist tears. I think it was a calculated decision to get on the internet and cry like she was so hurt by the clients calling her a dumb itch. She was afraid this girl was going to tell people on the internet and ruin her. She jumped on it first. Gaining support in a fight where there was none was all she was after. I believe the girl that got the messed up tattoo. I’m with her.
Gaslighting your client after leaving them with a botched tattoo is a new level of low. Those tears should've been tears of remorse and sympathy for the damage, pain, humiliation, debt, and lost time she caused her client. The tattoo artist is a evil and conniving person with a vindictive spirit. The client should be angry, upset, and pissed off, yet that young lady was so angelic and relative and she didn't look as if she spent any time stressing or dwelling over it at all. The client needs to sue the tattoo artist for the botched tattoo, slander, and cyberbullying.
oh my *GOD* that is a horribly done tattoo. As someone who has many, that is just *not* okay. Her skin is literally damaged, horribly, split open by the needles. On top of it, thanks for showing the stencil...because it showed you didn't even follow it. TBH, spelling is the least of it. The lines are terrible, she can't pull a curved line to save her life...even the "L" was fucked up. That is an *awful* tattoo in every way, the spelling is literally the least of it....
11:01 By too deep... ugh... no, worse... The needle was too fine a point and run way way Too too tight into the loops of the letters to the point it carved her skin like a Sawzall tipped with a needle... just... that's nothing the client could have done to prevent... that's all on the artist for not respecting human flesh as her canvass. I'm honestly thinking she had the right to sue for the costs of the cosmetic surgery that kind of wound will take to fix. I saw wound as that's all she got, a wound with ink slipped in... 14:48 The character after the fixed Q and before the R is only fair to call a scar... that's at rather strong proof that the artist butchered that woman's arm.
Honestly that girl Lai is the hero of this story. I know I would not have been so relaxed and able to smile after a bad tattoo experience and then seeing my artist rallying for sympathy on social media over it. So much respect for her
Haven't even heard the rest of the story but i did get an icky feeling hearing the artist cry and cry and trying too hard for us to pity her...i feel there's more to the story... Yep... Seeing her smile and make fun of customer...hum, something's fishy
I am of the opinion that the artist was worried that the client might blast her on social media because it’s so common these days and rushed to make a “pity me” video preemptively to get her narrative out first. I’m also of the opinion that her work was beyond terrible and that she is crazy overpriced. I have many many tattoos and on one I mistakenly gave a backward date. It was totally my fault but because my artist is a professional he didn’t hesitate to offer to correct it for me. It took two trips to effectively fix MY mistake and he still only charged me for the supplies used. That’s a professional who cares about his clients and reputation. And of course I blasted my satisfaction and gratitude with him and sent even more business his way. Regardless of who’s more at fault, this artist publicly shaming and disrespecting clients is ridiculously unprofessional. It’s sad that so many feel the need to take what should be handled privately whenever possible to social media and actively seek to hurt or destroy others these days. It sure seems as if this is exactly the case in this situation to me. 🤷♀️
If you’re a tattoo artist and you’re in the shop- be ready to work or GO HOME! Don’t mess up people’s bodies because you’re in the wrong headspace. As someone with MULTIPLE tattoos, I’ll go to someone else, you’re not the only tattoo artist around! I love how the client took responsibility. ❤ Adulting in 2024. Let’s make it a trend!
Ive been a tattoo artist since 2015 and from my perspective with nearly a decade of experience, a few things: 1. If you are an artist with a day off and you know you need that time to recharge, its a detrimental business practice to "push through" and work when you dont feel up to it. You are doing what is essentially a blood ritual with a human that will carry that art for their entire life, some people might be flippant about that but its pretty serious stuff and i dont think it should be taken lightly. 2. Trying to fix a tattoo immediately after finishing and not letting it heal 1st is insane. Any person who had been tattooing for any significant amount of time would know that going over a fresh tattoo (particularly with a machine) basically makes the skin like ground beef. The machine eats away at the area and sends ink too deep into the skin layers, thus having more ink bleed around the tattoo in the future. This tattoo artist butchered her because she was embarrassed and that drives me crazy. She should have taken the L, told her to let it heal for a couple weeks, worked on a new drawing and seen IF this client even wanted to come back. Cant believe how poorly a trained artist handled this, maybe she wasnt trained who knows?
The minute I saw the original video I knew the artist was in the wrong. The crocodile tears were too much. It’s the ultimate white woman uno reverse: not take accountability by crying and making a scene. It takes away from the client who was truly impacted by the artist’s mistake and manipulates the situation so the client looks like the aggressor. The way she was playing victim was sooo overt. My thoughts and prayers to the client she shouldn’t deal w this mess lol
@@horvathsogranfume658did you not see the updated photo?? it looks like the tattoo artist CARVED into her skin so yea maim is a pretty good word for it
Ya i had a bad feeling about that artist from the first vid. She saw an opportunity to try and get some clout and took it. Glad she deleted her tik tok😂
Holy crap… I don’t think it’s a blow out, looks like she’s gone over the lines too many times and carved out the skin💀 ow… and what’s with the lying? Why do people think they won’t get called out? She didn’t take an after photo cuz it looks like poo
@@deedeedussardEspecially because the tattoo artist said she didn't have time to take an after pic because Lai "ran out of there" so fast, which Lai says is also a lie. So I can't imagine how bad it looked fresh if the artist didn't take an after pic and then lied about why.
The reason the tattoo looks like that is 💯 because of the artist. Not only did she go too deep, it's pretty common knowledge that you need to be more careful/gentle with darker skin. The more melanin, the higher the risk of keloids and scarring (which are a risk for everyone, it's just higher) - especially if you're too rough on the skin. You can tell that, when she tried to fix it, she just dug in there - that's definitely a scar from the fix.
I'm on the client's side now. The tattoo itself is quite small and the font is weird. To look at it in a mirror where the lettering is reversed, the font is weird, it's small, and on the back of an elbow on darker skin who has just had that "rush" that comes with getting her first tattoo that day. Yes, it would be difficult for this client to see if it was spelled wrong and we really trust tattoo artists. Luckily, a tattoo this small and done so poorly can easily be covered up.
I agree to Markie’s point of not being able to give an opinion of who is in the wrong. What I hope is that this isn’t the artist feeling victimized by how the client spoke. As a poc woman, I can be speaking neutrally and be treated as if I’m upset or hostile. It’s a hard situation to be in, and I just hope that isn’t being applied here.
And what have we learnt? *Dont do a tattoo if youre not in the mental state to make one!* And as the client. Maybe write down what you want and hand it to the artist? It seems to be the easiest way to avoid issues. as much as possible anyways
she showed it to her on the phone though. the artist even admitted it was spell check that changed it. also after the first line of "don't tattoo if you're not in the mental state to make one" everything else is a moot point. This is on the tattoo artist who took on a client while not in the right headspace
Yeah I thought that with the first video - she said she wasn't planning on doing tattoos that day so why did she not just say "Sorry I'm not doing tattoos today, let's set you up with an appointment for later"?
So I'm guessing Spriggs thought the client was going to post about online and make her look bad, so Spriggs decided to "get out in front of it" or whatever and make up this story to make it seem like she was the victim in the situation. If that's the case, talking about playing yourself 😂
I visibly "ooh-ed" when she showed that tattoo 😵 as someone who has scars and tattoos, that's looks like it's gonna heal with a line through it or really poorly and the middle word is unreadable. God forbid I get one like that smh
This bring up a big thing that's not talked about enough. Just because Im black you don't need to go deeper on my skin when giving me a tattoo! Just because Im black doesn't mean I feel less pain. It's so many tattoo artist and doctors in America who think like this. Newsflash the ones who think like this you guess it, they are white. The customer took half of the responsibility for it being misspelled. And again you do not DO NOT HAVE TO GO DEEPER ON BLK SKIN FOR A TAT.
So she does a horrendous job tattooing a black woman’s skin, the mistake she made being a fairly common one to happen to POC who get tattoos, & then she paints the black woman out to be overly aggressive, cussing, & unwilling to be respectful. Idk man those puzzle pieces just fit together in a really racist way, but maybe that’s just me.
I get the feeling that this tattoo artist thought she could get ahead of any criticism from the client by acting like the victim. But the client's response, the tattoo itself, and the fact that the artist preemptively blocked the client makes me take the client's side. Shady behavior.
I said it on the previous video and I'll say it again before watching this video, it's the tattoo artist's job to ASK the client to check the spelling. Why? Because they are the professional and clients are varied. They are most probably overwhelmed, exciting, and full of emotions when getting a tattoo. Being in a tattoo parlour itself can feel intimidating and clients may not check bc they may feel like they are in the hands of a professional, which they are. Clients may also be dyslexic and as a professional, you may not know that. They might be on pain meds, they might be anxious, so. Many. Factors. And tbh the fact that this "professional" has done this mistake multiple times but still puts it on the clients is wild. If I made that mistake ONCE, I would make it a part of my routine to ask clients if the tattoo is spelt right.
I would love to see the other tattoo - the black out - cause those are more challanging then people understand and her skilles are clearly lacking. The line/cross-over is for sure a bit to deep/hard done. But I think the biggest fuck ups is her ”cover up with colormatched skin color”. This: 14:51 the ”mark” that makes the text hard to read is where the artist tatooed over the black with ”skin color”. That was my red flag when i heard this story the first time, You can’t cover up black with Brown/beige, you just can’t, and that the artist don’t know that is insane. That she claimed she could fix it in that way tells how bad of an artist she is.
The video of the tattoo artist crying gave me the ick the first time I saw it posted here, it reminded me of the time when I was a child and I hurt my younger sibling while we were playing so I cried harder and faster than he could… it was definitely that
When i saw the update on TT I tagged you so fast! So glad to see you covering as this unfolds. She messed that womans arm up! Shes dangerous and shouldnt be allowed to tattoo anyone else
All ima say is if your having a bad day or whatever don’t accept the job until you’re feeling BETTER!!!! This shit on that ladies body for life until she gets it covered up!!!
Even before seeing the rest of the videos, as soon as I heard her tone and general attitude in the video where she showed the stencil I turned against her. That was so clearly someone who is enjoying the attention she's getting more than anything else And as usual, I'm way more inclined to believe the person who has actual proof, and those texts + the fact she was blocked so she couldn't tell her side of the story in the comments says a lot.
1:32 she’s pissing me tf off girl YOU messed up. YOU are the one with someone’s outward appearance in YOUR hands.. imagine a doctor crying because THEY fucked up and left a towel in someone 💀
Like… did she not show her what it looked like first? (I’m just starting lol) If you don’t know how to spell something… we literally have phones that pick up diction really well.
I have 11 tattoos, now. The artists have always been incredibly clean, professional, friendly, and, again, professional. If my tattoo artist reacted that way to me saying "hey you messed up, dude, help", even if i was snarky about it...i'm reporting them and getting their license revoked ASAP. No one that unstable should be using any type of needle on any living being ever, even livestock. I would not trust her to follow proper protocols, provide correct info on aftercare, nothing. Looking at the finished product, idk how she got an internship letalone her license/certificate/whatever it is. Even if it was my fault, if you can't maintain your professionalism under this kind of stress, you don't need to be in any customer centered profession ever. 🥴
I got bad vibes from the last video when the tattoo artist sobbed that she wanted give the costumers money back but she can’t because of the contract. It seemed so manipulative. Like if she really wanted to give the costumer a refund, tell your boss that you’ll cover it with your own money. Don’t try to patronize yourself like ohh I was trying to do the right thing but I cant cause abc reason that’s really easy to solve 🙄 It seemed to me that she just wanted people to tell her she wasn’t wrong and get pity points.
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The tattoo "artist" immediately had me against her with how catty and shitty she came across in that tElL mE wHaT yOu WaNt obnoxious tik tok. The level headed response from the client and the evidence of the butchery done to her arm sealed the deal that the tattooist was in the wrong here.
right!! Like wouldn’t the artist be the best person to brainstorm ways to fix it????
Bro same here I immediately felt annoyed and put off by her in that video.
And then the 'if she is respectful.' Like, you are not her momma or her teacher! Had a feeling she didn't say that to her face.
Yea I am not getting lying from the second girl. She comes across much more genuine.
@@hallievanoutryve3109you only treat your mum and teachers with respect? Disrespect should be earned, not respect. Be nice to people FFS.
@@imreallygroveryes she would. The client wouldn’t know HOW to fix a tattoo, just that they didn’t want it misspelled.
Tattooist here. That’s more of a pure skin dig than a blowout. Blowouts got into the fatty tissue and look blurry. The red irritation around the tattoo along with the loss of tissue in the lines tell me that it was done too fast, too shallow and essentially just dug out skin. Absolutely tragic.
Would you agree that it also looks like it's not just irritated, it's infected? Like, to me, that looks like when I've had a cut get infected. But I've never had a tattoo get infected so not sure exactly what that would look like. I'd be going to a doctor though, if it was me.
I totally agree on this point
I’m also a tattoo artist, 100% agree with it being carved out skin rather than a blowout.
It look like it’s infected at that centre scab but not from bad aftercare, the skins healing inwards and pinched by the scabbing rather than evenly, then considering the inflammation and discolouration around the scab it does really point to her skin being dug out, like when you get a nasty gash or cut and you need to avoid a bacterial cyst.
@@maryjane4432 why did the tattoo guy but your dad's ex-gf's bro's initials in your tattoo??
@@Alazuria d's ex-gf's brother probably either liked her which is concerning since she was 17, if he was a couple yrs older than her, or told him to do it more as a birthday joke. shit or maybe he lied and told the TA that they were together (another guess that kinda goes off the assumption that he liked her but a different assumption) so the TA just did it assuming the brother would appreciate it, if he didn't ask the TA to do it himself. we don't know tho as he could have told the replier a lie as to why he did it, but i have a strong feeling that he liked her, and told the TA that he was with the girl and did that for the brother since he got him a lot of canvases to work on and prolly got paid to. so he did it as a thanks (assuming they WERE dating) and for all we know, we don't know the 100% truth of the story as OP could be leaving whatever they want out of the story. only the TA can give us the guaranteed truth of why he did it, as he did it. but the brother fs lied to the TA and said they were together. all these reasons are pretty easy assumptions you can make using common sense, although the last one was something i assumed being a guy, knowing some weirdo ass guys lie about being with girls to their friends as they cant get puss so they do this instead.
The tattoo artist legit blew up her own career, nobody would’ve known anything about this tattoo if she hadn’t been making up sob stories for sympathy 😂
Her reaction was so over the top, and that's what caught my attention, and that made me suspicious of her motivation. Don't people sign waivers before they get inked? She struck me as suspicious in her video. The client on the other hand, I found her to be quite credible and believable.
@@louisejohnson6057 It's hard to know from such limited information, but I also found LaiBankss more credible. She just came across as someone who would probably be pissed but able to be reasonable about the situation, and I do tend to believe her that she wouldn't have gone to social media first.
@@louisejohnson6057we sign waivers for infections and saying if we don’t care for our tats it’s on us, if the place has a “touch up policy” that’s in the contract.
None of mine included a “if the artist isn’t in the zone and messes up the spelling of your tattoo,” clause. Mostly because my artists we’re professionals and wouldn’t be caught dead showing off misspelled work. 😂😂😂
She’s a joke.
Oh for sure… who TF would Ever go to her when she can’t even do a BASIC simple writing tattoo?!?😂 idk how she can even show her face on here after that & how she’s not beyond embarrassed with herself & her work!
The client is so obviously telling the real story. Spriggs just comes off as a nutcase drama queen.
The tattoo itself was done beyond terribly and it looked as if she'd carved into the client skin. The tattoo is just terribly done overall. The artist blocked the client on tiktok before posting the video and was trying to mislead from the beginning.
yeah I think this is a result of this common misconception in the tattoo community that a lot of tattoo artists think they have to tattoo deeper into dark skin for it to show up
@@kerri6011 was waiting for this comment thank you
Yeahhhh that looked like she carved into the poor woman!
I dont agree she was sobbing her eyes out she clearly was upset and not lying
This looked worse than the crap tattoo I got in a basement for having traded... and she paid for this... this was someone who was either not that great normally, or she was Full-On having a breakdown with the ink on the needle and gun in hand and power on... like... wow
The "artist" cut that poor girl up. That's a horrible tattoo and the client actually seems to be handling it better than I would.
Well because she’s prob embarrassed herself! Who TF gets a writing tattoo without QUADRUPLE checking the spelling first & doesn’t even kno how tf to spell what they want done💀🤣
@@anabella4166 What "professional" tattoo artist doesnt know how to spell or utilize spell check? If it was my profession to permanently ink someone for life I would know how to use spell check.
@@anabella4166 the client spelled it right in her notes, the tattoo artist misspelled it.
@anabella4166 she spelt it right she even showed her the pic so she could get n right
So… this girl is actually in my town, I’ve had my shop for 23 years in the same town and shops like this have been popping up for the last 10 years or so because there’s oil money here and next to none of them have any actual training. They’re all spawns of failed apprentices from terrible mentors and things like this are the result of this industry having its ‘rock star’ moment.
She handled every bit of this situation terribly.
I keep hoping the client will come to see me. 23 years of fixing wanna be shops work has given me a little edge on cover ups and redos.
If anyone knows how to get ahold of the client, I don’t have tic toc, tell her to get ahold of Crystal at In the Flesh Tattoos.
@kayjayhay I appreciate it. I couldn’t believe when I realized this was someone from my town. It’s been so frustrating having all these shops pop up. I truly love tattooing and have great respect for the industry. I’m currently training my 3rd apprentice and it’s hard for her to see all these people that haven’t paid their dues making money but seeing stuff like this whole situation she’s said more than once she’s so happy she’s being taught everything the right way. A real apprenticeship isn’t just learning tattooing, it’s also business management and client relations. At least this is a good example of how not to handle screwing up.
One thing I’ve always stood by is if I’m not feeling up for a tattoo that day I cancel, people get pissed sometimes but they get over a cancellation, it’s a lot harder to get over bad work.
Bump for algorithm
I took a screenshot and will find her tik tok and send it to her.
Algorithm boost 🖤
Keep us updated if you do end up fixing it!
Given how calmly the client is responding to this whole tiktok mess, it's hard to imagine she was as aggressive as the tattoo artist said. I don't know why you'd come to social media to tell people you can't do your job in the first place. Even if the client was mean about it, I wouldn't go to a tattoo artist that was both that careless and then that willing to call out a client. She just showed poor judgement all around.
yeah. Both are wrong in this situation, but the way the tattoo artist acts is so petty that even though she "admitted" being in the wrong, it just seems like she only said it to preserve her image, not bc she actually meant it. The client sounds more reasonable
I mean it's entirely possible to be calm, cool, and collected after the fact in a response video when you were an aggressive bitch on the spot initially. Personally I think at this point both these people are dumb and I don't care.
Ya I don't believe the tattoo artist at all
@@theredking2839you can tell from the way the artist goes from uncontrollable sobs to slowly placing more and more blame on client to doing little funny songs talking shit about client to acting like the client was so embarrassed by her behavior that she ran out of store to demanding the client show "respect" and *maybe* she'll get it fixed. Very dishonest and manipulative behavior.
I agree! And anyone who gets “love conquers all” tattooed on them, is not an aggressive person anyways lol
The tattoo artists tears were fake AF. She tried to play the victim and got caught. She should've just refunded the money
Oh I believe they are real, they’re just from an Uber sensitive person who can’t take any constructive criticism and cries at even the smallest of complaints. They’re real, she’s just delusional.
I think you’re both equally possibly correct but more importantly: who cares lol
Either or, I always take white women tears with a grain of salt.
@@shanel4294racist an sexist in under 15 words ...crazy
@@OscarLangleySoryu It doesn’t, I was just making conversation.
it's like the tattoo artist rushed to make the video in case the client decided to expose her since people tend to believe the first version of a story a lot more. So even if she lied about certain details, we wouldn't be as inclined to believe the client's version
My feelings exactly.
Was hoping others saw that as well
That was my gut feeling as well
Good point, I didn't think of that but it makes perfect sense.
Agreed!
That tattoo looks like crap, regardless of the spelling. It looks almost homemade, very cheap and amateurish.
I've seen better prison tattoos. This tattoo "artist" needs more hours of practice on whatever the hell it is that people practice on BEFORE they're allowed to put needle(s) to actual flesh. My dominant hand has arthritis in the knuckles of 3 of my fingers, and my hand will sometimes start to shake quite dramatically when I'm doing something that requires my fine motor skills. This tattoo looks like I did it.
Yeah what font is that anyway?
I have a "homemade" tattoo that literally looks better than
Right! I was thinking the same thing. If you're going to get words tattooed on you, at least use a nice font not something that looks like a 14 year old scribbled in her notebook.
Yeah I mean the client clearly didn’t do any research into the shop/artists.. barely had a game plan for the tattoos she wanted. She impulsively got a second one JUST BC she felt that the first one was too expensive? lol. Which was pretty standard. I don’t think she knows that most shops have a minimum price. No matter if you’re getting a dot or a portrait you’ll never pay less than the shop minimum. But it just seems like both of these ppl don’t know wtf they’re doing. I blame the client more than the artist though. Why would you choose a shop w/out doing research? Why would you impulsively get tattooed by someone w/out seeing their previous work? Why wouldn’t you quadruple check the tattoo that’s going on to your body? Idk.. tbc I don’t thing spriggs is a good artist at all. But there’s tons of shitty artists in this industry… & 99% of them post their shitty work on their shitty instagrams/tiktoks… so there’s no reason for you to be surprised when your tattoo comes out shitty when you didn’t care enough to actually do the work & find a good shop, a good artist, know the prices, know what you wanted all before even stepping in to the place. Everyone sucks tbh
Why does no one remember in the first video where she says she's fucked up wording a few times?! She says it like it's nbd.
I think she's just fucked up in general. She's a meth head.
Who says that
Omg your right
@@caseclosedwithchyna5706the tattoo artist
The tattoo shop I go to makes you write it out yourself on their forms and basically go "if it's spelt wrong that's your problem" and you sign the consent form
Thats honestly how every place should do it it avoids a looooot of trouble
It's not just misspelled, it's deeply chiseled past her layers of skin. The injury is the much bigger issue.
We sign waivers for medical procedures. I can’t understand why people think this is different.
That’s pretty boilerplate from my experience
@eggspectations oh of course, I was just stating how some other tattoo studios work and I think that's the best way for it tbh.
That second video that she posted basically saying 'if your respectful' and what not gave me a shiver up my spine. It felt so disrespectful and snarky after the first one where she was apologizing and crying. Something didn't feel right even without the customer talking about it.
@@qryptid Ya, that's what started my suspicion there. It's just so unnatural if you actually felt bad about it.
It also feels oddly racist saying something like that as a white tattoo artist to a black client. Like there’s a power dynamic to begin with that’s always going to be imbalanced because one person is marking the other’s skin permanently and if they just decide they’re not going to put their full effort in then the client is the one who has to deal with that for the rest of their life. The fact that spriggs wanted to “get ahead” of the story by posting what basically amounted to a lie about the client’s reaction being aggressive then BLOCKING her, it just feels like another level of disrespect. She could’ve handled it offline by recognizing her mistake, humbling herself, and offering a cover-up & refund WITHOUT taking it to tiktok.
@@MintyMoni I wouldn't jump to racism without knowing the full story on that. It's not always about race. I especially don't think it was about race when the very first video she posted I don't think had her talking about what race the woman was too.
@@angelsinthewindow nah mate, this feels like that subconscious bullshit. that kinda "I don't like this person's tone. they're all big and aggressive [and black] and I'm a lil baby victim [white and skinny and some vague kind of femme]. maybe if this [black] person weren't so uppity, I'd [treat them like literally anyone in that situation regardless of skin colour would deserve to be treated, especially given that I'm being fucking paid for this]."
It really seems like that tattoo artist was afraid that she was going to take it to social media so she wanted to post "her side" of events first and it seems like it blew up in her face.
Right if she hadn't been giving the theatrics online then she would have been fine. The client didn't post about it until she heard it was a thing
@@deedeedussard exactly, and she seemed like she was very level-headed about the whole situation! Of course she was upset, but it doesn't seem like she blew anything out of proportion. She didn't even ask for any money back the lady offered it to her!
I guess she really earned the insult she made up for herself, huh😅
@@OscarLangleySoryu 😂😂 yes! That's the only thing she earned!!!
25 yr Tattoo artist * 5 yrs retired*..... It should have not been fixed until it healed to see how it heales and the best way to approach fixing. Also it looks possibly infected wich could be partially on both parts, 1. tattooing over a fresh tattoo 2 client care....... Now this is just me but I had a few mess ups in my early years, nothing major and all fixable either by myself or a more experienced artist...with that said I never blamed my client, it is ultimately my work = my responsibility. You don't take your car to get fixed, it doesn't get done right and you blame yourself? The mechanic takes the responsibility. This tattoo artist has been doing this long enough to know if your not 100 that day, you have no business picking up your machines and throwing ink. That is 1 of the first things I was taught over 30yrs ago! Unacceptable!
I thought so but I’m not a tattoo artist nor do I have tattoos lol
No really the fact that this guy is going "you get the stencil, you get as long as you need to look at it"
Ok but it's the tattooer's job to make the tattoo. If it's spelt wrong, the onus is on the person that made the tattoo.
Especially since many tattoos are in hard to see places.
Yes exactly, you cannot just half ass your job when your job is to alter people's bodies. When your accountant messed up your documents, does he say no its your fault for not checking even though i didn't ask you to check??
@jadecoolness101 no, things are spelled differently, some people don't know certain words, some are names. If you are familar enough with the words then YOU check.
Like you are responsible as well,sure, but the spelling is one of the only parts where the client does have more responsibility.
@@Rose_Castle "some people don't know certain words" if you can't use a dictionary, you shouldn't be tattooing words....
Lol we should maybe not call a black woman client aggressive bc she was rightfully upset over a mistake kids
YUP. I was going to say she likely wasn’t being aggressive but was perceived as aggressive after a normal and reasonable response because she is a black woman. And that is that artist’s bias…not this woman’s fault.
@@AnABSOLUTEBarbarianPersonally I think the tattoo artist is just a lying twat. Of course she could be a racist lying twat.
my first thought when I saw the client. like “ooooh, so that’s what her issue was 🙄”
@@AnABSOLUTEBarbarianlol what does skin color have to do with this
You always have to make it about r4ce do you
Markie we love you but be for reals, that tattoo artist is lying. The reason? We don't know but it looks like she just wanted pity for a shitty job she did. She probably felt so guilty and scared that decided to make a tik tok before her client did.
@fernthegreenfairybeing in the middle all the time can be reasons to criticize someone. Why are you 'mad'?
@@irisuchiha5218 Being "in the middle" when not all the facts are available is the best way to stay out of trouble and not start witch hunts. Nothing to be mad over, Markie is just more responsible than most drama channels.
Read my comment if you can find it. This girl is in my town and has no clue what she’s doing.
@@irisuchiha5218I personally am side eying a lot of his takes here. From the picture, this was done in a hard to see place. Meaning the only way the person getting it can even properly see the tattoo is with a mirror or with someone taking a picture and showing. Which then, the tattoo artist could quick flash you the picture to try to get the okay.
"Eh, but you're the customer, you should be able to tell the person something is off/wrong"
Okay.... But a lot of people who get their hair done also do not do that. They try to stay quiet as not to seem like they are complaining or being a Karen. The walk out the salon with fucked up hair.
He has takes that aren't truly 50/50.
@@KettleBlacktheBatyeah I appreciate that Markie regularly covers these tiktok dramas I get invested in because it helps when I don't understand the time line or missed something and he's one of the only youtubers who picks them up BUT his tendency to stay absolutely in the middle can get frustrating. Especially when it dosent fully represent the situation.
at 3:20 there's a couple issues, as an artist of 3 decades will point out. 1: You don't charge the client to fix the mistake, you fix it again if need be. Now i do agree that there needs to be some courtesy from the client, but you don't need to tell the world. Get the client in, fix it and touch it up after it heals. 2: she used "skin tone" ink to cover the mistakes. This will not work. Black over powers all colors of ink. Nothing but black will cover it unless its a piece designed to cover up a tattoo. Putting flesh color ink on the tattoo will do nothing. It WILL come thru. Ill make a video on this for further in depth details. For now, at this point of the video, shes in the wrong 2 ways. I digress as i watch the rest. Also, real quick. She wouldn't be working in my studio with this drama. And as the owner, id fix it myself free of charge. Shoot, ill fix this free of charge and I didn't do it.. Email me if the client sees this.
I just subscribed. I'll also subscribe on my channel in a min. I think that is an amazing thing you're offering! I've had a tattoo in mind for awhile but I wanted to lose weight first(not going well lmao) and there's the fact I have sensitive skin so idk if I could get tattooed.
Is the skin tone ink the reason there is a black smudge above it? her trying to cover up black ink with something lighter?
the client actually seems incredibly chill considering how heinously fucked up that tattoo was.
It looks like a scratcher tattoo, the artist is simply not good at her job. And then to cry about it like it was some huge issue when Lai is genuinely just chill, no. Lai was 100% when she called those crocodile tears. The “artist” (I say that very loosely) should find a different line of work.
She assumed people would believe the client was rude because she was black. Absolutely disgusting. This is that insidious racism that really irks me.
I THOUGHT SO TOO! as soon as i saw the photo of the stencil, i was like, hooooly shit...........
Then why did she only mention gender then? It's not racism but incompetence and trying to cover her butt for it.
was looking for a comment like this, not enough people talking about the "aggressive" POC/WOC trope
chiiiile I clocked thaat too! "the mean, angry black woman trope" is what she tried to lean on. Disgusting
I thought that too, but i didn’t want people to dog pile on me claiming i am pulling the race card.
100% on the client’s side here, the only question is why the artist even opened her mouth in the first place
Sympathy. She probably didn’t think the girl would see it
Probably to cover her butt, thinking the client would make a video on it, and wanted sympathy
people are so desperate to be publicly relevant
Disagree its 50/50. The artist wrote the tattoo and the client showed her what she wanted and she showed it how its spelled. If you dont know basic grammar you should tattoo. Im dyslexic and english is my 3 language. I have a quote tattooed on me that i designed, i used google to be 100% sure that it was spelled correctly.
@@Iceicebaby0117the client also agreed that it’s partly her fault . The issue is the tattoo artist coming online telling half the story then blocking the client before she could even get her tattoo fixed .
My fav part of my day is having Callum Markie updating me on bs on the internet so I don’t totally my brain, you are doing an important service bro
I'm going to assume that you miswrote total on purpose.
@@coyoteartist I assumed they meant to say "totally ruin" or something to that effect
@nicka.9057 that's what I'm thinking. But now that the other person mentions it they could've meant "total my brain"
@@WhateverRandomness I reckoned that was what they meant, but it was funny to have it "misspelled" because of the topic of the video so decided that's what I thought.
😂😂😂
If she’s “respectful” then the artist will “fix it more”? That’s so wrong. If an artist messes up a tattoo, they should fix it regardless.
I mean if the client is threatening to harm you or something I would get that because you are protecting yourself but clearly this isn't the case.
@@lexyruse603 Plus this tattoo artist literally carved into her skin, scarring her for life. If anything the client is the one who got assaulted here. It's really, really bad. Like 'someone with a needle in their hand wanted to harm you and they did' type bad.
Lai is something else (in a good way), saying it "Wasn't a big deal" about something so permanent. I overthink clothing options and regret past fashion choices. And here she is, shrugging off a botched tattoo. Incredible. I want that kind of zen and fortitude 🙏😂
Makes me doubt everything the tattoo artist has said honestly.
@@princessofjedi100%. I can't see someone who's that chill cussing out a tattoo artist and screaming at them
I want to point out that as a black person, I’m not accusing her of anything, but I know from firsthand experience that there are definitely tattoo artists who have preconceived notions about black people. Now I’m light skinned so I know I have some privelage in that area, but even then, there are some artists who genuinely view black people as more inherently aggressive, or having thicker skin that needs harder pressing as well. I’ve had experiences with negotiating a price for a tattoo (calmly) and having the artist treating me as if I’m on edge or teetering on the edge of aggressiveness. I hope that didn’t factor into it.
As a non-black person, that was the impression that I got. For her, a black person standing up for themselves was an attack on her.
Reminds me of all the other times we’ve seen this same thing, like the birdwatcher in the park with the lady & her off leash dog.
I picked up that vibe too… and it really feels like she was banking on everyone would believe that the big aggressive black woman made the petite white woman cry.
Yeah I’m a white woman and this whole thing was giving “white woman tears” vibes to me.
As a white woman with a black son, I'm afraid you are right about her attitude. I never realized how bad racism is until my son. The same people who rant about them not being at all racist treat him so differently. If you point out how racist their comments or actions are they absolutely refuse to accept that they are racist. I hope she is not one of those people, but her attitude comes across as being one. His dad used to tell me he preferred the people who knew they were racist over the liberals who couldn't accept they thought they were better than everyone with a darker complection. I learned to agree with him.
I'm white and I picked this up too. It seemed like she kinda thought that people would believe her over Lai because she's the poor crying white woman
The crocodile tears were extremely painful to watch. I wouldn't trust someone that's posting a video on tiktok with that kind of attempt at garnering sympathy
Why are we all glossing over the fact that Lai said there are cameras in the shop? This could all be solved so easily.
It’s not like they can just access the camera though lmao
this whole thing seems to have incredibly racist undertones. a lot of people in the community have mentioned how some uneducated artists mistakenly believe that you have to press deeper into more melanated skin. this is untrue, you don't need to use any more pressure tattooing a black person than you would a white person. the tattoo community has had a very unsavory history with skin tone inclusivity. it also seems like she's trying to perpetuate the "angry black woman" stereotype by making the client out to be angry and aggressive when in reality she seems like a very levelheaded person. this entire situation is so weird.
Yesss
Lol. This has to be satire.
must be rAcIsM
It goes along with the medical community widely having the false belief that black people have a higher pain tolerance than white people. There are lots of drs that still believe that and it's disgusting.
@@mumsspaghetti6649 how lucky you are to have that perspective. judging by your username, i'm assuming you're white. that means you were born with an inherent advantage in many parts of the world. you will never have to worry about these things, so they sound absurd to you. that doesn't mean they don't happen to others. it's honestly very sad how unaware you choose to be.
The fact she offered her money back. And blocked her before posting the video makes me think the tattoo artist is the 1 who is lying
She went too deep. The spot you were talking about possibly being a scar is the blowout. I can't believe that Spriggs actually has the nerve to call herself an artist scarring people like that.
i mean client admitted it was her fault that she didnt catch the misspelling but the tattoo artist was wrong on even more levels. the artist came out with a tiktok first to garner the initial pity party she wanted and then that called for the client to come out with her side. just the way the artist was responding and speaking about the client gave me the ick
now seeing how the tattoo is "healing" the artist definitely dug into her skin
The way she got on the first video crying I was suspicious. She wanted to spin the story in case the client blasted her.
Thank god you're covering this updated stuff! It was all over my twitter feed and the images of that butchered tattoo will literally haunt me. ETA: It was also really weird of a white tattoo artist to accuse a Black woman of being aggressive when she literally... Wasn't... And handled it fairly well considering the artist practically sliced her arm open on top of screwing up the spelling.
The tattoo was awful to start with. The penmanship was so bad it is almost illegible.
But the tattoo artist screwed up the tattoo. Full Stop. And she has the nerve to continue to charge this client for correcting it?
The client deserved a full refund and I would never even consider allowing her to do the correction. Absolutely not, no way.
Yeah, spelling aside even the stencil was awful.
My experience with text based tattoos, is the client chooses the font, and it's typed out. We don't have enough details to say it was handwritten, but I'd assume the client chose the type of text.
It looks like someone cut her arm open and then tried to close it up with a tattoo stitch. Also I smell a defamation lawsuit ending that tattooist's business. Don't block your clients and slander them pre-emptively or at all, it will just bite your ass harder, you have no idea who has money and you don't know if your client is an attorney or not, or has retained an attorney. Just do the job correctly and you won't get flack for it. If you're bad at what you do, train yourself to be better, or quit, no one is forcing you to stay and give bad tattoos.
You can tell by the clients calm demeanor on the tik tok she probably doesn’t often get aggressive at all. I definitely believe her that she didn’t freak out like that.
Im a tattoo artist. If i ever dug that deep into someone’s skin… no. I would never. Thus is absolutely horrible. That poor girl should get on preventative antibiotics and file a complaint with whatever county that artist is working in
Client is chill asf. Her parents did a great job. Seems like a nice young lady, should be proud of how she spoke for herself. Took accountability and was still cool.
Oof, that turn from victim to smug as hell... I have whip lash with those two videos 😳
and all the comments on the first video markie did about this situation are completely against the client lol this is why we wait to form opinions
How much do we want to bet that she said the client got aggressive because the client is a black woman? 🤔
That’s exactly what I was thinking
I was thinking that too
Preach
Anyone can be aggressive. I think you're looking for racism when it's not there. The artist did a bad job, period.
@@afriendorfoe yeah, and then she said her client was being aggressive when that seems to not be the case, which happens to be a racist stereotype about black women. Certainly that's just a coincidence 🙄
Imagine having to ask anyone performing a service “Are you feeling up to it today?” That’s ridiculous and an insult to any professional who takes their profession seriously.
As as client it is 10000% NOT on you to make sure the tattoo artist is in the right head space to tattoo. If I walk in there and you ar there taking clients that means YOU are ready to work. That's like saying that as a customer you should make sure the cashier is in the right head space to ring you out. No. You are there to take my money, if you arent' "in the right head space" you need to go home or decline the service, period.
Artist said in original video "i told her she needs to tell me how to fix it or it won't be fixed"... no what she should have did is take a pic of the tattoo and show options for correcting it, if nothing can be agreed at that time, sleep on it and let the customer come back later... idc if she is crying in the first video, thats not how u deescalate a situation with a client.
I think the tattoo artist is lying personally. I think the reason she got on camera crying about it in the first place was because she thought the girl who got the tattoo might end up posting something about it and it could go viral so she kinda wanted to get ahead of the situation if that did happen so she could be like, we’ll look I also posted a video and you can see how cut up I am about it. Etc etc and said a few lies in the video to make herself come out looking better as people will always take sides. Soo I think it was all done maliciously myself. (The video that is) I just don’t get the feeling that the girl that got the tattoo is lying her in the TA videos after the crying one I don’t get that same feeling.
But that’s just what I think really happened.
Not the same tattooist in North Dakota that was blasted on FB less than a year ago because she had an appointment and when the client showed up she was high AF and was still trying to push doing the tattoo telling the client "Some people can work better drunk but I work better when I'm feelin good" and kept pressing, to the point the client walked out and went somewhere else and got on FB to warn people. The artist that did his tattoo said they had done multiple fixes and coverups for her tattoos and she helped keep him in business.
Omg! 😱 but honestly I am not surprised given how the tattooist spoke and looked? Idk she just didn't ever seem professional when she gave that whole sob story about how she didn't feel like working but did any way. Like ma'am, many of us have days where we don't feel like working and don't have the luxury of a job where we can choose our own hours. We either suck it up and do it or take the day off.
yeah no. That tattoo is super blown out. It’s in a sensetive area so the artist went in too heavy, with delicate letters like that you cannot go too deep because it will get blown out and muddy. There’s another term called “hamburger meat” which is when a tattoo artist goes over the same area too many times and basically create an open wound. This looks like it’s almost an open wound.
That’s no blowout 😭 this poor woman
@@maryjane4432 that’s essentially what creating hamburger meat is, in the context of tattooing
@@casrrole Oh ew. I'll never be able to look at a hamburger the same way again.
@@Imaragamuffinchild i know its a bit disturbing but it’s just bc it kind of resembles the raw meat you get bc it gets “texture” LMAO
I was really weirded out by SPRIGGS suddenly singing the Spice Girls. I, uh, thought she was super upset about messing up? And then she's singing and dropping shade on the client "if you're respectful"? I guess folks buying into her version of the story really gassed her up.
maybe she's trying to recover from embarrasment at being an oversensitive asshat at a non-confrontational situation that was *HER FAULT* by, like, going the other way; being playful and sassy with it, etc etc. idk I don't like her at all by this point, rancid vibes - have met a few people like that who did nastier crazier stuff not much further down the line in time.
This girl correctly used the word homophone and it wasn’t forced… I’m on her side ride or die now 😂
Right! Girl knows her language and that is to be admired.
No. They’re not homophones. Homophones are pronounced the same. Conquers and concurs are not.
As someone with MANY tattoos and 21 years experience receiving them- don’t ask a client HOW they want a word fixed! They wanted it spelled correctly from the beginning, its not up to a client to figure out how to fix a tattoo once the “artist” messes it up.
Also, if you can permanently scar people’s bodies, and you’re not in the right mindset that day, maybe DON’T?!
The way my draw dropped seeing that tattoo. 😭 Like...girl. This is why I hate social media. Someone messes up and they want to run and spin the story before the truth comes out so they get sympathy points. If I was the woman who got the tattoo, I'd be livid. She handled it better than I would have.
What's wild is that if she just said "guys I feel so awful I misspelled a client's tattoo and neither of us noticed until it was too late, she was so sweet about it and we're going to see what we can do to fix it but I still feel sick rn" she would have gotten SO much sympathy and support. Everyone makes mistakes and everyone knows the feeling of messing up at work and having that horrible pit in your stomach afterwards. She would have had so much engagement from people commenting their own stories of work disasters, but instead she decided to lie and tank her business for no reason.
To say this is the clients fault is WILD. The tattoo is on the back of her arm. I’m sure she trusted the artist to do it right. I can’t think of any service where it’s the clients fault if the person providing the service screws up.
What a fantastic case of "you dont ever know all the details" cause last video i was on the tattooers side... Now im definitely on the customers. Dont need to see anything other than how terrible that tattoo looks. It looks like an injury! Even if the customer was angry i think she had a pretty good reason to be!!
Only thing i could at all think the customer may be at fault for is the spelling but thats so small compared to the rest of this...
They resort to weaponized tears every single time. Smh. First of all one look at that "artist" should have told the client everything she needed to know. The tattoos on herself as the artist looks like jailhouse tattoos. Let's be real.
Tbh Lai is somebody I would enjoy hanging out with, she's funny and SO CHILL considering the situation 😂
The client came with receipts, and it's clear the tattoo artist lied from the beginning regarding not giving a refund . It's safe to assume she also lied about the rest.
The tattoo artist is using quite a lot of micro aggressive terms when talking about the client in tiktoks. I have noticed. Such as calling her black client aggressive or demanding her client to be respectful. Very white woman tears from the artist imo…
lets call it what it is, racist!
Like I saw the first video and felt bad, but it like quickly became clear there's something malicious about this tattoo artist. No one with darker skin should have to deal with this type of mistreatment when getting body mods. I've seen some amazing tattoos on darker skin, bright colorful glitter tattoo, cute whimsy line art tats, amazing black and white tattoos, etc. Insane for an artist to act like this, just super ignorant and rasict.
Yeah I noticed she started with the client being black in the last one and it raised an eyebrow.
yeah at first i was like "oh well that sucks" because people can be nasty to customer service type jobs. then she showed the tattoo and I changed my mind completely and now think the artist is full on lying because of the terms she used on purpose.
I know Markie is a white guy but ho wouldn’t necessarily pick up on these small things, but as a WOC my eyebrows were raised this whole video.
I don’t buy into the artist tears. I think it was a calculated decision to get on the internet and cry like she was so hurt by the clients calling her a dumb itch. She was afraid this girl was going to tell people on the internet and ruin her. She jumped on it first. Gaining support in a fight where there was none was all she was after. I believe the girl that got the messed up tattoo. I’m with her.
That is a CUT. Holy shit….
And I’m sorry. But there’s NO excuse to make that much of a spelling mistake.
Gaslighting your client after leaving them with a botched tattoo is a new level of low. Those tears should've been tears of remorse and sympathy for the damage, pain, humiliation, debt, and lost time she caused her client. The tattoo artist is a evil and conniving person with a vindictive spirit. The client should be angry, upset, and pissed off, yet that young lady was so angelic and relative and she didn't look as if she spent any time stressing or dwelling over it at all. The client needs to sue the tattoo artist for the botched tattoo, slander, and cyberbullying.
oh my *GOD* that is a horribly done tattoo. As someone who has many, that is just *not* okay. Her skin is literally damaged, horribly, split open by the needles. On top of it, thanks for showing the stencil...because it showed you didn't even follow it. TBH, spelling is the least of it. The lines are terrible, she can't pull a curved line to save her life...even the "L" was fucked up. That is an *awful* tattoo in every way, the spelling is literally the least of it....
I GASPED in horror at that picture. I have a blown out tattoo from choosing a subpar artist but I have no words for how horrible that tattoo is
My stepmother got a tat thay said bitch but the artist spelled it bicth and she was like MEH no biggie I'm not a perfect bitch anyway 😂
Imagine having a misspelled “bitch” tattoo. How to make a trashy tattoo trashier in 1 step 😬
Stepgranny didn't raise no bicth
I love this lol
Lol, sounds like my grandma! God bless.
That's the best response possible honestly. I love that ❤😂
you actually do know who's lying. only one of them told lies that were disproven with text messages.
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By too deep... ugh... no, worse...
The needle was too fine a point and run way way Too too tight into the loops of the letters to the point it carved her skin like a Sawzall tipped with a needle... just... that's nothing the client could have done to prevent... that's all on the artist for not respecting human flesh as her canvass. I'm honestly thinking she had the right to sue for the costs of the cosmetic surgery that kind of wound will take to fix. I saw wound as that's all she got, a wound with ink slipped in...
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The character after the fixed Q and before the R is only fair to call a scar... that's at rather strong proof that the artist butchered that woman's arm.
Honestly that girl Lai is the hero of this story. I know I would not have been so relaxed and able to smile after a bad tattoo experience and then seeing my artist rallying for sympathy on social media over it. So much respect for her
I'm sorry but it was a crappy tattoo even without a spelling error
Haven't even heard the rest of the story but i did get an icky feeling hearing the artist cry and cry and trying too hard for us to pity her...i feel there's more to the story...
Yep... Seeing her smile and make fun of customer...hum, something's fishy
I am of the opinion that the artist was worried that the client might blast her on social media because it’s so common these days and rushed to make a “pity me” video preemptively to get her narrative out first. I’m also of the opinion that her work was beyond terrible and that she is crazy overpriced. I have many many tattoos and on one I mistakenly gave a backward date. It was totally my fault but because my artist is a professional he didn’t hesitate to offer to correct it for me. It took two trips to effectively fix MY mistake and he still only charged me for the supplies used. That’s a professional who cares about his clients and reputation. And of course I blasted my satisfaction and gratitude with him and sent even more business his way. Regardless of who’s more at fault, this artist publicly shaming and disrespecting clients is ridiculously unprofessional. It’s sad that so many feel the need to take what should be handled privately whenever possible to social media and actively seek to hurt or destroy others these days. It sure seems as if this is exactly the case in this situation to me. 🤷♀️
If you’re a tattoo artist and you’re in the shop- be ready to work or GO HOME!
Don’t mess up people’s bodies because you’re in the wrong headspace.
As someone with MULTIPLE tattoos, I’ll go to someone else, you’re not the only tattoo artist around!
I love how the client took responsibility. ❤ Adulting in 2024. Let’s make it a trend!
Ive been a tattoo artist since 2015 and from my perspective with nearly a decade of experience, a few things:
1. If you are an artist with a day off and you know you need that time to recharge, its a detrimental business practice to "push through" and work when you dont feel up to it. You are doing what is essentially a blood ritual with a human that will carry that art for their entire life, some people might be flippant about that but its pretty serious stuff and i dont think it should be taken lightly.
2. Trying to fix a tattoo immediately after finishing and not letting it heal 1st is insane. Any person who had been tattooing for any significant amount of time would know that going over a fresh tattoo (particularly with a machine) basically makes the skin like ground beef. The machine eats away at the area and sends ink too deep into the skin layers, thus having more ink bleed around the tattoo in the future. This tattoo artist butchered her because she was embarrassed and that drives me crazy. She should have taken the L, told her to let it heal for a couple weeks, worked on a new drawing and seen IF this client even wanted to come back. Cant believe how poorly a trained artist handled this, maybe she wasnt trained who knows?
The minute I saw the original video I knew the artist was in the wrong. The crocodile tears were too much. It’s the ultimate white woman uno reverse: not take accountability by crying and making a scene. It takes away from the client who was truly impacted by the artist’s mistake and manipulates the situation so the client looks like the aggressor. The way she was playing victim was sooo overt. My thoughts and prayers to the client she shouldn’t deal w this mess lol
She needs to sue this wanna be tattoo person because she maimed the client and it looks horrendous! Wtf 😳
😂 jfc ppl like you are hilarious 🤣🤣🤡🤡🤡
@@horvathsogranfume658did you not see the updated photo?? it looks like the tattoo artist CARVED into her skin so yea maim is a pretty good word for it
@@horvathsogranfume658 she has a case like if a doctor removed the wrong tooth they could sue and get there license removed
Ya i had a bad feeling about that artist from the first vid. She saw an opportunity to try and get some clout and took it. Glad she deleted her tik tok😂
she literally showed the receipts and you’re like “there’s no proof on either side” wtf???? the white girl tears really got you ☠️
If the victim was lighter and the tattooer was darker the "confusion" would be gone real quick.
Yeah, he has a bad take on this one. Got me feeling some type of way
frrrrrrr
Holy crap… I don’t think it’s a blow out, looks like she’s gone over the lines too many times and carved out the skin💀 ow… and what’s with the lying? Why do people think they won’t get called out? She didn’t take an after photo cuz it looks like poo
Right if lai was rude to her it's possible because that ish hurt it looked painful god only knows what it looked like fresh
@@deedeedussardEspecially because the tattoo artist said she didn't have time to take an after pic because Lai "ran out of there" so fast, which Lai says is also a lie. So I can't imagine how bad it looked fresh if the artist didn't take an after pic and then lied about why.
If she blocked that client before she got on TT crying…that’s super sus!
The reason the tattoo looks like that is 💯 because of the artist. Not only did she go too deep, it's pretty common knowledge that you need to be more careful/gentle with darker skin. The more melanin, the higher the risk of keloids and scarring (which are a risk for everyone, it's just higher) - especially if you're too rough on the skin. You can tell that, when she tried to fix it, she just dug in there - that's definitely a scar from the fix.
I'm on the client's side now. The tattoo itself is quite small and the font is weird. To look at it in a mirror where the lettering is reversed, the font is weird, it's small, and on the back of an elbow on darker skin who has just had that "rush" that comes with getting her first tattoo that day. Yes, it would be difficult for this client to see if it was spelled wrong and we really trust tattoo artists. Luckily, a tattoo this small and done so poorly can easily be covered up.
I agree to Markie’s point of not being able to give an opinion of who is in the wrong. What I hope is that this isn’t the artist feeling victimized by how the client spoke. As a poc woman, I can be speaking neutrally and be treated as if I’m upset or hostile. It’s a hard situation to be in, and I just hope that isn’t being applied here.
And what have we learnt?
*Dont do a tattoo if youre not in the mental state to make one!*
And as the client. Maybe write down what you want and hand it to the artist? It seems to be the easiest way to avoid issues.
as much as possible anyways
yup. i bring in my exact art
she showed it to her on the phone though. the artist even admitted it was spell check that changed it. also after the first line of "don't tattoo if you're not in the mental state to make one" everything else is a moot point. This is on the tattoo artist who took on a client while not in the right headspace
Yeah I thought that with the first video - she said she wasn't planning on doing tattoos that day so why did she not just say "Sorry I'm not doing tattoos today, let's set you up with an appointment for later"?
Nah, this artist is 100% at fault. You have a responsibility to do your job professionally and she didn't at all.
So I'm guessing Spriggs thought the client was going to post about online and make her look bad, so Spriggs decided to "get out in front of it" or whatever and make up this story to make it seem like she was the victim in the situation.
If that's the case, talking about playing yourself 😂
I visibly "ooh-ed" when she showed that tattoo 😵 as someone who has scars and tattoos, that's looks like it's gonna heal with a line through it or really poorly and the middle word is unreadable. God forbid I get one like that smh
"Know your homophones" is the lesson we learned along the way.
This bring up a big thing that's not talked about enough. Just because Im black you don't need to go deeper on my skin when giving me a tattoo! Just because Im black doesn't mean I feel less pain. It's so many tattoo artist and doctors in America who think like this. Newsflash the ones who think like this you guess it, they are white. The customer took half of the responsibility for it being misspelled. And again you do not DO NOT HAVE TO GO DEEPER ON BLK SKIN FOR A TAT.
So she does a horrendous job tattooing a black woman’s skin, the mistake she made being a fairly common one to happen to POC who get tattoos, & then she paints the black woman out to be overly aggressive, cussing, & unwilling to be respectful. Idk man those puzzle pieces just fit together in a really racist way, but maybe that’s just me.
I get the feeling that this tattoo artist thought she could get ahead of any criticism from the client by acting like the victim. But the client's response, the tattoo itself, and the fact that the artist preemptively blocked the client makes me take the client's side. Shady behavior.
I said it on the previous video and I'll say it again before watching this video, it's the tattoo artist's job to ASK the client to check the spelling. Why? Because they are the professional and clients are varied. They are most probably overwhelmed, exciting, and full of emotions when getting a tattoo. Being in a tattoo parlour itself can feel intimidating and clients may not check bc they may feel like they are in the hands of a professional, which they are. Clients may also be dyslexic and as a professional, you may not know that. They might be on pain meds, they might be anxious, so. Many. Factors. And tbh the fact that this "professional" has done this mistake multiple times but still puts it on the clients is wild. If I made that mistake ONCE, I would make it a part of my routine to ask clients if the tattoo is spelt right.
I would love to see the other tattoo - the black out - cause those are more challanging then people understand and her skilles are clearly lacking.
The line/cross-over is for sure a bit to deep/hard done. But I think the biggest fuck ups is her ”cover up with colormatched skin color”. This:
14:51
the ”mark” that makes the text hard to read is where the artist tatooed over the black with ”skin color”.
That was my red flag when i heard this story the first time,
You can’t cover up black with Brown/beige, you just can’t, and that the artist don’t know that is insane.
That she claimed she could fix it in that way tells how bad of an artist she is.
The video of the tattoo artist crying gave me the ick the first time I saw it posted here, it reminded me of the time when I was a child and I hurt my younger sibling while we were playing so I cried harder and faster than he could… it was definitely that
When i saw the update on TT I tagged you so fast! So glad to see you covering as this unfolds.
She messed that womans arm up! Shes dangerous and shouldnt be allowed to tattoo anyone else
The tattoo artist shouldve gave her ideas on hiw to move forward and fix it. Shes the professional
All ima say is if your having a bad day or whatever don’t accept the job until you’re feeling BETTER!!!! This shit on that ladies body for life until she gets it covered up!!!
Even before seeing the rest of the videos, as soon as I heard her tone and general attitude in the video where she showed the stencil I turned against her. That was so clearly someone who is enjoying the attention she's getting more than anything else
And as usual, I'm way more inclined to believe the person who has actual proof, and those texts + the fact she was blocked so she couldn't tell her side of the story in the comments says a lot.
1:32 she’s pissing me tf off girl YOU messed up. YOU are the one with someone’s outward appearance in YOUR hands.. imagine a doctor crying because THEY fucked up and left a towel in someone 💀
Like… did she not show her what it looked like first? (I’m just starting lol)
If you don’t know how to spell something… we literally have phones that pick up diction really well.
I have 11 tattoos, now. The artists have always been incredibly clean, professional, friendly, and, again, professional.
If my tattoo artist reacted that way to me saying "hey you messed up, dude, help", even if i was snarky about it...i'm reporting them and getting their license revoked ASAP. No one that unstable should be using any type of needle on any living being ever, even livestock. I would not trust her to follow proper protocols, provide correct info on aftercare, nothing. Looking at the finished product, idk how she got an internship letalone her license/certificate/whatever it is. Even if it was my fault, if you can't maintain your professionalism under this kind of stress, you don't need to be in any customer centered profession ever. 🥴
Blaming a client for trusting their tattoo artist is wild, especially in a field that is heavily based on trusting the artist.
Funnily enough, when I saw the first video, her crying seemed really strange to me, even annoying. Makes sense now that I know it was crocodile tears.
I got bad vibes from the last video when the tattoo artist sobbed that she wanted give the costumers money back but she can’t because of the contract. It seemed so manipulative. Like if she really wanted to give the costumer a refund, tell your boss that you’ll cover it with your own money. Don’t try to patronize yourself like ohh I was trying to do the right thing but I cant cause abc reason that’s really easy to solve 🙄 It seemed to me that she just wanted people to tell her she wasn’t wrong and get pity points.