Tattoo Etiquette: Ariel DeJesus | Part 3

Hello my darlings. I hope you're doing

very very well. I hope you're

sitting comfortably and you are

cozy, you have your snacks and

your beverages ready. Trust me,

you're gonna need some kind

of support, blanket, or snack, or

something, I don't know. Because

I will be talking about Ariel DeJesus

yet again today. In February and March

of this year, I believe, I did a two-part

video covering everything that Ariel

DeJesus has done. If you haven't

seen those videos, I will leave a link

down below. But it gives you a whole

backstory as to who Ariel DeJesus

is and what she has done. But a

quick, brief, recap of what I said

in those two videos is that, one,

Ariel DeJesus is a tattoo artist in

Fort Worth Texas. She owns her own

tattoo studio called Blindfold Tattoos.

She also does this thing called blindfold

tattoos where she gets her clients to

pick three things. So for example,

a rose, a pocket watch, and a lion,

and then she will make a tattoo out

of those three things and the client

will wear a blindfold and will not see

the end result until the tattoo has

finished and then they take the blindfold

off and it's a whole reveal process.

She got a lot of popularity on TikTok

for doing something like this. She

uploads very very regularly as well.

She gets called out a lot on TikTok

by fellow tattoo enthusiasts and

tattoo artists. That's how you know

you're in the crap. When other tattoo

artists are calling you out, ok?

She's very problematic when it comes

to hygeine and cleanliness. She has

also left her 12 year old daughter, ok,

12 years old, she left her 12 year old

daughter in her tattoo studio to tattoo

a client while she just went off and did

something out of the studio. Ariel

is known for doing very very very very

very quick tattoos. And she brags about

it like it's a good thing. She'll make

TikToks saying, "I did this tattoo in

under an hour". We can tell. She has

stolen artwork and claimed it as her own

many many many many times.

She also insists on

doing problematic autism tattoos.

Even though a large amount of people have

come forward and said, this symbol,

which is the puzzle piece, is incredibly

problematic. But she just carries on

doing it. It's actually been a while

since I've even thought about Ariel to

be honest with you. I thought her

popularity may have died down. She may

not even be uploading content that much

anymore. Cuz I hadn't seen anything about

her in a very long time. And until one of

her actual TikToks popped up on my

For You page. And let me tell you, I was

incredibly confused at first. Because

I thought it was someone that I follow

stitching one of her TikToks to like

roast her or something. But oh no,

it was the Ariel. So this prompted me

to have a quick look through her page

to see what she's been up to recently.

Curiosity got the better of me, ok?

Like, I couldn't help myself. So let me

show you the TikTok that come up on my

For You page. The audacity for this to

infiltrate my usual dogs and chicken

tender content, oh boy. It's a TikTok

showing a lower stomach tattoo. Ok, that.

Oh boy. Ariel said that she did in 50

minutes. 50 whole minutes. The caption of

this TikTok says, "I know I get a lot of

hate for doing my tattoos quickly. A lottt

of people like the fact that I am fast.

Not everyone likes the pain from needles.

But instead wants to cover scars. It was

an absolute honor. Email me at her email

address. I am located in Fort Worth Texas"

Ohhhhh to do something this intricate,

in my opinion, should take a days session.

Or over multiple sessions. So you do

the base of it, and then you do the

fiddly little details the second session.

If the person cannot handle the pain.

Which is completely fine. Tattoos hurt.

Not everyone can sit for a long period of

time, I'm very aware. I'm sure the

majority of you are very aware. Because

trying to get all of that done. That's

a large amount of space covered there.

The mistakes in this

tattoo are so loud. That's all I can

see. I cannot see the potential of this

tattoo or anything like that. I think

the majority of you can point out

at least 10 mistakes and you probably

have a normal life, unlike me. You know,

you don't spend hours and hours and hours

a day staring at tattoos. But I do. It

probably doesn't take a, I'm not trained,

but it doesn't take a trained eye to see

these mistakes. This seems like it's such

a meaningful tattoo to the client and

Ariel had the audacity to rush through

this tattoo and have absolutely no care

about the final result. You cannot tell me

that you can look at that and be proud

of what you have done. This isn't what

being a tattoo artist is about. As a

tattoo artist, you should care about

what you do. You should put your every

bit of effort into it. You have to care

about your clients and their body. They

carry this bit of art for life. Tattooing

is not erased by any means. You do

not get an award for being a quick tattoo

artist. Of course, there are tattoo

artists that are quicker than others.

I'm fully aware. I've been tattooed by

artists that take their time for whatever

reason and I've been tattooed by artists

that are a little bit. quicker. That being

said, the end result always looks

amazing. It doesn't look rushed I honestly

do not thing that there is one smooth

line in this whole tattoo. I don't think

anything is symmetrical at all. With this

style of tattoo, it relies heavily on this

types to make it look good. If you don't

have the symmetry, if you don't have the

smooth line work, your tattoo is

screwed. What is shocking to

me is that there is absolutely no negative

or constructive criticism comments on

this post. Not one. Ariel polices her

comments so dang bad. We've learned

this from the previous videos that I had

done on her. She makes it so dang

obvious that she deletes comments

because the majority of her posts have

nothing but positive ones. And I get it.

You might not want negativity on your

page. You know, it can be harmful to some.

But it's the fact that she hides from it

so dang much. The next TikTok we're

gonna look at has this thumbnail that

says: "Ariel get's so much hate. Why do

you still book in with her?". That is

such a good question. Ok cool, what

are the three subjects that you chose?

I chose florals, clocks, and music. Floral

clocks, music. Where are you gonna put it?

Here, on my arm. Tight Tight!

TikTok, I know you said you've been

following me for a while.

I follow you on both.

Do you see the hate I get on TikTok?

Sometimes, yes. So how come you see

all the hate on TikTok but then you still

come and get a big ass $200 blindfold

tattoo?

Why would you do that? Why would you

do such a thing? You silly goober! I have

my own opinion. Laughs. Cuz she has her

own opinion. I mean, I won't argue with

that. Your body, your choice. And all of

that. I mean, you wouldn't catch me

getting by a hateful, neglectful tattoo

artist, but, that's just me. Here's the

end result.

It's ok. Is it the worst

tattoo I've ever seen? Absolutely not. Is

it the best tattoo I've ever seen? Also,

absolutely not. This comment made me do

a wee chuckle. And it says, "Isn't the 9

missing? And the lines on the ridge of the

clock near the three were forgotten.

And if we take a closer look, this person

is correct. Even though there is a

butterfly wing where the 9 would be,

you would still see some of it. Just

even just the hint of the number or the

Roman numeral, right? Even so, if that's

not the case, the comment is correct

because the lines by the three have

completely disappeared. Like, where

are they? Also, you can't see the two,

it's just not super accurate. The line

work is also really shaky in places.

And the circle at the top there, well

that looks a little bit drunk, doesn't

it? As you know from my last two videos,

Ariel is just a bit defensive. Just a

little bit, you know just a little bit

just a little bit defensive. A little

bit. Her response to this comment about

the missing elements was, baby, there is

a missing 2, 4, 5, 9, etc. Can you please

calm down and just appreciate the

beautiful artwork? So I actually forgot

to get a screenshot of that response

to that comment. The comment that I just

read about the missing elements has been

deleted. Along with Ariel's response. I

had copied and pasted Ariel's response

into my notes, so you can see it here.

I don't know if it's my TicTok bugging

out or it has been deleted, I'm not sure

since we're with that's just one comment

has been deleted. I don't know. So yeah,

if you don't believe the response, I

completely understand cuz obviously

I don't have the screenshot to prove it,

but, I mean, I have no reason to make this

up. But hey, what do we expect from

someone like Ariel. The next TicTok we're

gonna look at, uhhh, I was really hoping

that this was a simpler thing to be honest

with you guys, but it is. It's a TicTok

called, "Her 12 year old daughter

tattooing. [Music] I will say, in my

opinion, it is incredibly irresponsible

to let a 12 year old tattoo like this.

You know, Ariel is a grown up, an adult,

a professional tattoo artist. She should

know better. Like. Tattooing can be so

damn dangerous, like I could just not

live with myself if something went wrong

with my child while they're tattooing.

You know the risks of cross-contamination

and hurting yourself is so dang high.

And while accidents that can cause

lifetime harm, are pretty rare, it doesn't

mean that it's not gonna happen. I did

do some more research, because I tried

to do research about this whole situation

in my, I don't remember which part, I

covered the daughter tattooing um in it

might have been in part one, I'm not

sure. I can't really find much information

but I was doing research for that and

still the same to be honest with you.

The thing is, the only time you can

get a tattoo under the age of 18 in

Texas is if it's to cover an existing

tattoo. So say it's say you are 16 years

old, you got a tattoo out of state, your

tattoo looks terrible. You come back

home to Texas. You want to get that

tattoo covered up, that's the only time

and you have to have parent's permission

to do that as well. Otherwise, you have

to be 18 and over to get a tattoo. Like

a brand new one. Ok, I forgot to say,

the reason why I brought this up is

because I personally, this is my own

opinion, my own thoughts, my own views,

but I find it very strange that the

daughter isn't even old enough to get

a tattoo, but she is doing tattoos. You

also have to have a tattoo license to

do tattoos in Texas. Do you think they

are giving those out to 12 year olds?

I found this on a website called

authoritytattoo.com And I'm not sure how

legit all this is, so take it with a pinch

of salt obviously, but it does say, to

acquire a tattoo license where one is

required, you'll need a minimum to be

at least 18 years of age and have

successfully completed an apprenticeship

with a professional tattoo artist. Do with

that information what you will, I don't

know. Anyway, moving on, please will you

just look at this tattoo of Ariel's cousin

help me Comic Sans.

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The eyes. It's the eyes more than anything

with this tattoo. What the hell happened?

There are so many reference photos

of Ariel all over the internet, ok? You

have no excuse to have janky eyes like

this. Ok, moving onto the next one, strap

yourself in for this one because this is

Ariel incriminating herself the plagiarism

front so damn bad. Ok, I have this one

that you sent me. Yes. And then I have one

that I customly put together. Ok. Like, um

I guess like edited together.

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Mmhmm. Uh huh, yep. Yep. You did just

witness that. You did just witness Ariel,

ok? Badly superimpose Belle's head

onto artwork that she found on the

internet. With little to no changes.

And then she acted like Picasso for

doing so. She's like, "No no no no, I'm

not going to copy the artwork that you

wanted, that you got from the internet,

ok? I'm gonna take this artwork and

claim it as my own, and pretend like I'm

the good guy. So you may be thinking,

well, she didn't do much to the design,

so it's gonna turn out looking good,

right? You know, the majority of this

isn't Ariel's work, so, it's a copy and

paste kinda deal, it's gonna be great.

Oh, oh, my siblings in Christ, wait til

you see this.

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The head. Ok. The fricking head. The

size of the head, in proportion to the

rest of that body that she took from the

internet. Are you joking me? How can she

look at that and think, "Yeah, that looks

freaking great!"? I can't, I can't. That's

not Belle. That's Belle's cousin Big

Belle. [sound of bell chiming]

She is so unwell for doing that, I swear.

Ok, moving on again before I lose my

goddamn mind. We're not gonna look

at a autism puzzle piece tattoo that

she has done recently. This is after her

being called out numerous times from

numerous people for doing such tattoos

in the past. She is still doing this

problematic puzzle piece tattoo.

What are the three subjects that you

chose? Autism, watercolor, and trippy.

For many people, the puzzle piece is

incredibly traumatic. I did cover the

reason why in my part 2 video about Ariel

I think it was. So I don't feel the need

to go into it again. Also, I know that the

history of the puzzle piece is incredibly,

like I was saying, traumatic and

triggering to those that are autistic, so

I don't really want to upset anyone in

this video. To be honest, sadly, this is

one of Ariel's better tattoos when it

comes to the quality, not the design,

obviously. There is a couple of comments

on this video trying to make Ariel aware

of how problematic this symbol could

be to some, but let's face it. She already

knows. She polices her comments. She is

aware of what she is doing. Anyway, one

comment says: "Not the puzzle piece. Go

research autism speaks and the puzzle

piece. For the love of God, it's an awful

symbol. Please research this shit." And

then there's another that says, "Not you

permanently a hate symbol on another

person." And then there is a couple more

positive comments being like "That looks

great, etc., etc., but again, like I said,

she polices her comments, and I believe

again, that the two negative ones that I

have read out have just fallen through

the cracks. Overall, long story short, for

this whole video, Ariel is still up to no

good. She's still doing the problematic

tattoos, she's still letting her 12 year

old daughter tattoo, she's still bragging

about really bad quality tattoos, and

yeah, not much has changed. Should

have known. Should have guessed. People

like this don't really ever change, do

they? I think that is enough for today.

Thank you so much for joining me and

hanging out for a little while, and until

my next video, bye!

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