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John Bett

Amateur tattooist shares first-ever inking and people beg her to not do it again

An amateur tattooist has gone viral after sharing her first-ever inking - but it didn't go as planned as people flocked to the video to beg her to not do another one.

TikTok star Sam, @ descendantofsalemwitches, dreams of one day becoming a professional tattoo artist - but she might have some way to go.

She recently completed her first tattoo on a real-life person, and unveiled it in a TikTok video that has since gone viral, receiving over five million views.

It also received countless comments, mostly from people urging Sam to quit - saying she should have practised more before committing to tattooing someone.

TikTok star Sam was blasted in the comments after sharing her artwork (@descendantofsalemwitches)
Sam said she was nervous but felt the tattoo came out quite well (@descendantofsalemwitches)

What do you think about the tattoo? Let us know in the comments...

In the video, Sam unveils the tattoo which is a minimalist outline of a woman's face with a rose over one eye, which was inked onto a red-haired woman's back.

Captioning the video, Sam wrote: "I have to say it's not bad for my first time tattooing on someone other than myself. I was nervous."

But it appears that other TikTok users didn't agree with her, as many were not impressed.

One wrote: "Did you do it blindfolded while jumping on a trampoline?"

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And another said: "Why do something so massive for your first time?"

"You gotta start from somewhere, but bro", added a third user. "You should've practised more. It is bad and that's just a fact."

And another user had creative feedback, and wrote: "Sausage fingers, wonky everything, bad line quality, lashes are - ooft. Please don't tell me that's an infinity symbol, oh Lord."

Sam then replied asking if the user had anything else to say, to which they wrote: "Yeah, do not tattoo anyone until you're actually ready."

In the clip, Sam reveals her artwork by wiping her client's back with a paper towel - but that angered TikTok viewers too as people noticed she wasn't wearing protective gloves.

One user said: "If you actually want a future in tattooing, take this down. No decent tattoo shop would hire someone blatantly ignoring biohazard safety like this."

And another commented: "No gloves? Did you close your eyes during the bloodborne pathogens training?"

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