Tattoo Artist Exposes Ink Master Contestant
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- Опубліковано 16 вер 2024
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In today's video we take a deep dive look into a social media war between two tattoo artists.
Jess Fox uploaded a TikTok documenting the fact that she had acquired a tattoo mentorship by a very well known tattoo artist who was once on Ink Master, Gia Rose.
In Jess's TikTok she talks about how she paid $6k for 8 days of mentorship when she was promised 3 months but was continually let down by Gia.
Jess provides ample proof of everything while Gia deny's all of the allegations.
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Can you post something about your wardrobe and where you shop? I'm interested in the cherry blazer.
@treacletatts I would love to see a video of you reacting to a video by Floppy called" I tested one star tattoo parlors in Bali "
I paused and read that whole text exchange and Jess said like 18 times that the problem was that Gia was cancelling on her while she was already on her way, and Gia didn't ONCE address that in return.
She had the audacity to say she had no clue why Jess decided to quit, she must have her reasons, like... WTF
I'm not all the way through the video yet, but I've been reading all the texts so far and Jess is doing an AMAZING job of being clear, professional, and firm. Usually these types of situations tend to involve poor communication from both sides, where one person is clearly in the wrong but the other person could've made their own life easier if they'd approached it differently, but Jess is killing it. Unfortunately, you can do everything right and still get screwed by bad actors.
Exactly! She was exhausting in those texts
She reads like it was all the Jess’ fault. But $8,000 and only 8 actual mentor days is bull 💩! Gia is CLEARLY fleecing this girl! Clearly just stole her money and gave her very little knowledge after the fact! This is unprofessional and so dirty and underhanded. And after seeing all of the clients and apprentices that she has effed over, it is Gia Rose who should be blacklisted. This behavior is so inappropriate. 🤨
Same. I paused and read it all and you can tell by Gia’s responses that she skimmed Jess’ messages.
It's completely wild to cancel one of the classes from your $8000 course because "it's too hot" and then act like she's mad because you two "didn't click." Yeah, if you just stole money out of her wallet directly you probably wouldn't click either
Right? Gia scheduled these for June, July, and August if I’m not mistaken. And then she’s surprised that it’s hot as hell?
If you can’t tolerate heat to the point that you can’t leave your house in summer, and you make your own work schedules, then maybe don’t schedule any work during the summer.
Are....are they tattooing outside?? I am assuming the shop is ACd, why does it being too hot outside matter??
Yeah, that made no sense. I’m like you’re an extremely successful tattoo artist and you can’t afford a/c at your shop? With all her excuses, it sounds like she tattoos in an old run downed van, in some shady back alley
It did seem like the AC went down at some point, making the shop reach high temperatures that aren't safe to work in (this was mentioned in one of the text exchanges). Regardless, it wasn't for a huge chunk of time and Jess suggested pretty good ideas to work around the fact that they wouldn't be in the shop. It's the fact that Gia would give no alternatives and would cancel last minute with nothing prepared that makes this really crappy.
@@nekomeneko13lol so get fans and portable ACs. It’s not expensive or complicated
Bro inkmaster just had the worst people on it😭
It sure has had some questionable contestants 😂
I think that folks that are willing to tattoo someone in 5 hours after just meeting them with little time to consult is going to have some behavior that raises an eyebrow here and there
@@treacletattsAnd at least one questionable judge.
So I actually got tattooed by Kyle Makenzie who was on the show with his brother Jimmy Snaz. The show made them both seem like absolute douche bags, but he was anything but. He was kind, professional, considerate, personable. In fact everyone at North Street Salem is awesome! I think reality TV has an incentive to showcase the worst in people, and edit things to make it seem horrible. Kyle singed a bunch of NDAs so he couldn’t go into detail about it, but he did confirm they ask you questions and if you don’t answer like a dick they make you do it over again. He’s also one hellova tattoo artist.
Some of them are pretty decent! Sausage and Christian Buckingham I can confirm are sweethearts
Mentorship is an honor and Gia's behavior is repugnant. I've got 25 years of experience as an animator in the film and games industry and I give my mentorship away for free. Like, I can't imagine charging for a mentorship and then being so lazy toward someone who trusted you. Just disgusting.
Hi I’m so sorry but I currently am soon to be starting my own animation journey in 3d modeling for games and what not!! Can I ask you some questions and for advice ? Especially as a fellow woman?
I have no idea what the standard in tattooing is, but I also thought it was bizarre that this mentorship cost money. Like you said, it's an honor to be able to mentor someone - to be at a stage in your career where you can pay forward the hard work of the folks who mentored you and pass your knowledge along. I feel that way as someone who's had some really wonderful mentors, and also as someone who's recently had the privilege of adopting some mentees of my own! It genuinely felt like such a privilege to have people who wanted to learn from me, and to be able to pass along my knowledge and skills to someone else who will hopefully go on to do great things with them. Even though we live in a capitalist hellscape, not everything needs to be monetized, and mentorship is one of them.
@@ryleighsweet2375I’m thankful I recently landed an apprenticeship under a very well known artist and was charged nothing for it. I hope to mentor someone myself someday and do the same.
That's because amongst the artistic industry, Tattooing is by far the most greedy, egotistical, underhanded, and toxic of them all.
That’s tattooing it kinda gets rid of actual artists a lot of the time because the job is stressful
she didn't even sign her own contract that makes things non-refundable?? and speaking like shes got her legal team on it and shes in the right. you didn't even secure the bag!!! this is maddening
It speaks to her total lack of follow through and just gives more credibility to what Jess is saying. Of course Gia didn't follow through on the mentorship course- she didn't even follow through on signing her own contract. It's really embarrassing.
It looks like a download rocket lawyer contract. I bet her legal team is a CLC online team lol
It takes a lot of nerve to grift fellow industry professionals so publicly. As much as I'm disappointed (but not surprised), it's good that this artist went public about the experience.
It would be more surprising to hear a story that the girl got what she paid for no problem.
Its extremely surprising that this woman owns a shop and got ripped off like this.In almost 30 years the common theme ive come across in the tattoo industry is never pay up front most definitely never pay today for work tomorrow
lol yeah if she didn’t sign that contract there is no agreement that Jess cant ask for a refund/sue for one. She’s so badass for standing up for herself
Gia doesn’t know what intellectual property is. Jess didn’t post anything that would qualify as intellectual property. She did not post anything about what Gia “taught” her. Emails and texts are not intellectual property unless you were sending messages about a technique you came up with or something similar in the case of the tattoo industry.
Emails and texts aren't even considered confidential
shes dumb af
People are hilarious thinking they can just state "non-refundable" it becomes literal law. Nope, the customer can definitely still get their money back!
Yeah, non refundable means you can’t get a refund if you didn’t like the service. You can still 100% get a refund or sue if you don’t receive the promised service
It’s sucks that Gia is scamming other women like this when her season was all about “girls can tattoo too! Girl power”. What a shame
I mean, it doesn't take away from the fact that women tattoo just as great and they their season was full of mediocre men who tried to vote off all the women who successfully fought back. Anyone can scam.
She's a "I got mine and don't care I'm if others get theirs." A true piece of work. And body shaming? Wow
As a woman I’ve been taken advantage of emotionally and financially by more women then I have men. Mean girls are mean girls. Bad people are bad people. Our sex doesn’t give us some moral superiority to men, unlike the girl power movement had me believe. And atleast not in my experience
Well said!!!
When ever inkmasters comes up, i remember my professor. He was asked to join the show and he told them to frick off. So situations like this make me wonder if its apart of the foresight he had regarding ink master
Alooooooot of artists get asked to go on ink master any many will say no cause they’re not in tattooing for the fame etc. it’s the same with a tv show over here in the uk called Tattoo Fixers, the producers asked a ton of artists to be on the show and many declined 😂
The best way I can describe ink master is that you’re seeing good artist at their worst it take years to learn a style and the judge pull shit like a neo traditional has to do a realistic portrait and they wonder why it looks like shit and it’s the other way around a portrait artist doesn’t use a lot of liners so their traditional tattoo lines might be shaky
@@kyamabey7748 and that’s a big part of why Ink Master is so unprofessional. It’s not a legitimate competition where they provide everyone with the same tools, and make sure contestants have similar skill levels.
It’s a mosh pit where they throw everyone in and skip away waiting for people to get pulled under.
@@scrapjack6714 exactly it only becomes a competition when it’s the final but even then we really don’t know if it’s fair it’s more “who’s the most entertaining/most marketable”
@@scrapjack6714,
I watched an episode... and one canvas wanted this huge tattoo. The contestant said that they can't do that, they don't have enough time to do it. The canvas said "If you want to be ink master, then you must do the tattoo." Yep, after five hours of tattooing, it was easily the worse tattoo... that's because it was more than twice the size of any of the others... and she was kicked off the show because even her first part of the tattoo was rushed so the line work was poor. I don't know how the _judges_ could think that she wasn't rushing from the start but one even said something snarky about how he would have done a better job. I'm sitting there waiting for the reverse snark "Okay, I'll go to your parlor and ask for the similar sized tattoo, and I'll give you 5 hours to do it. If it is crap, then you too are a crap artist."
Ultimately, it's on the producers to inform the canvases how large of a tattoo they would be getting and its on them to vet the canvases so the contestants can produce good quality tattoos... but they apparently don't. So the show is more about the drama than actually showcasing the contestants' skills.
If you pay for a course, you should get what is promised, it's as simple as that! I really feel for Jess, she was taken advantage of massively 😞
ESPECIALLY for EIGHT. THOUSAND. DOLLARS. I would have been more livid than I had been in my LIFE if someone tried to pull a grift like that on me. Despicable 💀
@@Allystargirl i think i would be going to jail💀
I was pissed when i spent $70 on a doll and it didn’t have one small detail that was promised, imagine spending $8000 and not getting anything
Gia is nasty. Also, non refundable doesn't mean what she thinks it means. You can't just scam people out of money saying you'll get X amount of time, they don't get it and then you go "yeah, sorry, no refunds".
Right, like I’m thinking to myself no matter how Gia tries to spin it, she accepted money for a service, to be a mentor and give information and training and education to this woman who paid her EIGHT THOUSAND FRICKIN DOLLARS 💀 she can’t signs a contract with with this woman promising services for her money, and then not deliver those services or solutions to make up the time or ANYTHING, but then throw the “no refunds” part of the contract at her? No maam 💀 that’s now how contracts work, that’s now how any of this works!
I got tattooed by Gia over a year ago. No real complaints about my experience with her. She was honestly nice and down to earth. Her rates are high, but not unreasonable considering her artistry and experience. However, she definitely does not respect other people’s time and needs a lot more professionalism and organization. She rescheduled my appointment 3 times, twice the morning of the appointment (Luckily, I wasn’t traveling far). I was understanding, as she was honest about a lot of personal issues she’s been going through at the time, but it’s disappointing to see her continuing this behavior in every aspect of her business. I hope this drama will make her start take some accountability and make efforts to change, but I sincerely doubt it.
She needs to let people know before hand “hey, I have health issues so if you are traveling from out of town be prepared that I might reschedule day of” like it’s not that hard.
No real complaints but she canceled on you three times? I would have be gone after the second, I hate when people don't respect your time.
That doesn't sound like a "nice and down to earth" person to me.
@@Someoneelse1994 exactly. Like if her health issues are that bad and that's why she's rescheduling, be upfront about that.
@@jadecoolness101as someone with a disability, I can say that it’s definitely excruciatingly hard to admit that i can’t do something or be somewhere because of my disability. Its a mental hurdle that often fucks me over because I do the thing anyway and experience debilitating pain afterwards. I suspect that it’s this refusal to accept whatever disability she may have that’s stopped her from being upfront with this information.
This is more an explanation than an excuse for this artist’s actions. As a professional, it’s her damned responsibility to make sure her clients are informed of possible cancellations. It’s scummy and selfish to screw over your clients because you can’t get over yourself
She got run out of Philly? 😬😬😬 damn, for those who dont know Philly thats BAD
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Truth😂
You’re not wrong 💀
Some advice I got from a friend who is a lawyer; Unless it's prepared by YOUR attorney, a contract isn't there to protect you, it's to protect the other person. I hope Gia at least gives her a partial refund....
Funny thing if you think about it is, even if she gave all the money back, it's still a partial refund because the last 2,000 wasn't paid.
@@coyoteartistthank goodness she didn’t get the last 2k
@@whitneycore31 I agree
Unless that advice is coming from a lawyer you hired, that advice isnt as concrete as you might think. (Someone that works for lawyers)
knew Gia was shady when none of the ink master angels bothered with her. nikki simpson also seemed to have hinted at some drama a while back
Tea
Interesting
@@nara_saya we don't know enough about it sadly but I am curious because Nikki, Ryan, and Kelly have all mention that they decided not to discuss what happened between gia and them all briefly on various platforms. Think Ryan said it in a youtube clip and I know Kelly did on reddit when responding to questions about the show.
OMG. GIA ROSE JUST RESPONDED TO ME (accidentally I think) ON SOCIAL MEDIA. She said, and I quote "unfortunately I can't until she responds to my lawyer. It's out of my hands until it isn't ❤"
Edit: Lol. Wow. I told her she was responding to the wrong person and she said "byeeeee" and blocked me. What a fucking child.
Honestly that's hilarious.
You told her she might have had the wrong person and she punished you for her mistake?? Everyone wants accountability until its its their turn to be accountable. How sad.
@@LittlestSamurai I got a big chuckle out of it.
@@MisaKeiJune she's a child. Like how petty of a response. I wasn't even rude about it.
Lmao screenshot and upload that 😂
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mainly i’m hoping Jess gets her money back. It is absolutely disgusting of Gia to ROB HER like that and claim that’s she’s the one being victimized after this amazing artist worked her ass off every day of the week just for a chance to LEARN. A chance she hardly even got.
It's literally theft to take someone's money and not give them the "product/service" they paid for! She needs to refund ALL of the girl's money imo.
Gia straight up saying "I did absolutely nothing wrong" is astounding
Jess is one of my tattoo artists, she’s done work on my black and grey geometric/line work sleeve. Shes such an amazing soul and I know 100% without a doubt she spits the truth. Though I don’t know her personally, but as an artist client relationship she’s been real AF! She’s not afraid to be honest and that really makes me believe her over Gia.
I sensed this the more I listened to her. Then I read her texts to Gia and knew. I feel bad for Jess.
the axolotl army is growing...
Yep! Every time I see build a bear release a new one I fully expect it to appear in her next video and she never disappoints.
My artist was asked to be on Ink Master several times and refused because it isn't about the art and the tattoos, its about the drama and he didn't want to participate with that kind of energy. He's a national award winning artist with two award winning shops. Anyone he mentors or takes on as an apprentice works for him and is paid BY HIM as an employee while they learn. This sort of behavior by Gia is just disgusting and unfortunately not uncommon from the stories I've heard in shops. It's such a shame that someone with so much skill ended up letting her fame and the money go to her head.
Yeah I’ve been tattooed by a few people who were asked to be on InkMaster and they were all like “lol no thank you”. Mad respect to them for recognizing it’s all about drama and fame chasing.
@@majesdane There's also a lot of disrespect to the people being tattooed.
I'm not sorry, calling them "canvases" is dehumanizing. There is fake skin you can get for your little competition. I don't care if the people AgrEeD To iT it is disrespectful to put artists in situations where they are MEANT to fail while tattooing a real life living human being who has to have that on their body for the rest of their lives.
I would not want to be tattooed by anyone on that show purely for the way the show dehumanizes and disrespects the non-tattooers who are getting tattoos.
My artist has worked with several of the artists or has interacted with a few and he always rips on them for being on it. He likes one of the guys that was on it that he worked with the other three he's glad he doesn't have to interact with anymore.
Thank you for speaking out about this. As someone who was screwed over previously in an apprenticeship and feels that fear of speaking out, this is healing to see big names like you rally around the person who needs it. I really feel for Jess and I know what she’s going through.
Oh goodness I’m so sorry you had such a bad experience 😭 it’s seems to be a pretty big issue in the tattoo world 💔
Jess did not lose only 6000 but she was not able to earn money during the cancelled days. She should be definitely COMPLETELY refunded by that so called powerhouse with boys club attitude.
When someone from ink master shows up on one of these videos, I always know some bs is going down...
A friend of mine got scammed by a lady who was running a 'piercing class' on the other side of the state as there are none where we live. My friend payed around $600 and never heard from her again, business disappeared and everything. Since then I've met 2 other locals who were scammed by the same person around the same time. I can only imagine how many thousands of dollars she got out of people. Quick math: 50 people = $25,000
Nooooooooooo 😫 holy moly!!!
@@treacletatts I've heard too many stories, I'm totally on Jess's side in this one! 🧡
That broad paid off a car or got a down payment on a house... Wow. People are grimey af
I think it's insane that anyone would think that it's not the responsibility of the teacher (the person who's getting paid!) to find a solution to them cancelling appointments. I work in sports, and part of my job involves giving private instruction/private lessons to students. If I have to cancel a student's lesson, it's my responsibility to work with them to reschedule - even if it's for reasons entirely out of my control. If I'm sick, or if the weather is bad, or if the facility is closed, doesn't matter, *I have their money.* They paid me for a service, and it's literally my job to make sure they get that service or they get their money back. Mind blowing that anyone would think otherwise.
Right. Rescheduling is okay, but it is on you to make sure that the rescheduling ACTUALLY HAPPENS.
“As the teacher, its not my responsibility-“ as the person who is getting paid to teach someone something over a set period of time, it is ABSOLUTELY your responsibility to teach someone around the scheduling conflicts.
$8K could be one semester of business admin classes at Jess' local community college to learn to keep her books better or something, to put things into perspective. She's investing that money in career education, Gia is WILD for thinking it's okay to keep all of it. $1300 per day of education, that's like charging a full day tattoo session for each day of class. HELLO???? WHAT?! Even the scammy tattoo schools will give you 11 weeks of class for $7,000!!!
Gia needs to take the L. Cancelling on someone multiple times with no rescheduling, professional to professional, shows me how she is. If i refused to go to my job for constant "reasons" id not have one. Ive gone to work it being too hot, too cold, broken leg, broken glasses (glued them sumbitches back together). The most time i took off working was for a serious medical issue and my father dying. Gia is scamming and people need to take it serious
This isn't really... impressive... It is not unprofessional to miss work because of a broken leg or a broken disability aid...
I mean her amount of rescheduling is just disrespecting everyone's time, but this "work grind" thing going on also ain't it lmao
@@jadecoolness101 I didnt say it was. I HAD to go to work after some weeks off. I couldnt afford to just be off for 16 weeks. I'm chronically Ill myself and Gia doesn't plan and is scamming.
@@deltasaves chronically ill and disabled people shouldn't have to work like that though. Gia takes it too far but you're not somehow "tougher" just because you have to cope with a lack of support
@@jadecoolness101 well, that's the situation I found myself in: like many others. I have to still work multiple jobs. I don't have the support to be able to just not go to work, unless very ill. I don't find it a flex, but I find your strange brand of criticism to someone who's making the best of their situation the problem. As someone who's been self employed and chronically ill, you can't act like Gia and think it's OK, as many others who commented on this video have said she's WRONG.
Have the day you deserve. I will be muting you as there is nothing positive to come of my interactions with you.
inkmaster more like STINKmaster
she blocks EVERY SINGLE PERSON that even mentions this incident! i commented and was blocked 3 mnts after lol
I cannot believe how invested I have immediately become in this situation.
I’ve been tattooed by her when she was in Fishtown in Philly at AMP. I have the emails to prove it. She canceled on me multiple times. Charged me a ton of money and it was the most painful tattoo I’ve ever gotten and I’m fairly heavily tattooed. If you want the emails I’ve still got them
Also I’d never healed so badly. The ink is completely fallen out. I’m likely allergic to the blue ink and instead of being like wow you’re reacting really weird she BLAMED ME. She also only used alcohol with every wipe instead of green soap. My mom was with me, she’s seen me sit for hours and knew something was wrong. I have pictures of how horrible the healing was as well.
This was not my first second third or fourth tattoo. All healed perfect. Even the scratch tattoos I have. (don’t do that at home pls) Also have some weird tea I won’t put out about her long time boyfriend in the past but that’s neither here nor there
@@jinxesinshadows1994isn’t alcohol something you should never use to clean tattoos? If that’s the case, that’s messed up she did that to you and I’m sorry you went through that.
@@artisticalex1206thank you! I’m honestly not sure, I’ve never had anyone do it since and I’ve got a sleeve and work on 3 more
Not super relevant to the convo lol but I used to live right by there and get my hair done at the salon next door!
It’s so sad to me that the big names in this industry continue to punch down. I used to want to be a part of that inner circle but not anymore. Id much rather stand with those like Jess. I dont need to sacrifice my conscience for a sponsorship.
Oh, hey, I’ve been following you on IG for forever! I love all the videos you make about tattoos and the industry. ❤
From an outside perspective, it seems like the tattoo industry is as cliquey as an American high school.
one of my tattoo artists who i never seen say ANYTHING negative about other artists, said “its a long time coming” about Gia, so that’s all the confirmation I needed 😬
Gia really saw Tattoo-Gate and thought „Let me try that“
If I'm paying money like that and you serve up some BS ain't no way I'm NOT airing you out smh.
Not the tattoo artists behaving like veneer techs 💀
Never thought i would see my artist Jess covered in your video. I can’t speak on Jess 100 percent personally, but professionally jess is awesome
I feel like people don’t take it seriously sometimes bc they think it’s a silly tattoo apprentice ship, but if this kind of thing happened in an actual university that would be a real lawsuit. Professors show up bc they’re getting PAID to show up and if professors only taught 8 days out of a whole semester that would be a real issue, people need to step up admit their mistakes and improve. It’s not hard to be a decent person who doesn’t scam people!
Ps I love your videos ❤ it’s my comfort content
Great comment
Me remembering how my film analysis class took place only like 6 times last semester 😶
@@Link-dx1lx oh no 😬
@@Polycat6 it's okay actually, the class is always like that more or less, it has to do with the professors other work. I just thought it would be a funny comment 😅
About the TikTok with the doxing: I know that’s bad, but also she can be accused of fabricating texts if she didn’t do the screen recording of the chat. It sucks don’t get me wrong, but I also understand where she’s coming from
Imagine getting a job as an adjunct professor and then only showing up to 8 class periods and doing no paperwork of any kind. You'd never work at another school in your life.
“People either love me or hate me” I think is more like “I’m only nice if you’re stroking my ego”
Gia’s mentorship program sounds like Andrew Tate’s Hustler University or “The War Room”
Also wanted to say that I respect you for talking about this. You probably were a bit hesitant and you showed complete sympathy to Jess, when you don't know her. Love that.
Funny how she has 220k followers but her posts only have like 15 to 20 comments. Definitely deleting everything to do with this
And 70% of her content is selfies 😂
good on you for making this video and speaking up to protect others and for putting so much effort into explaining the whole situation in a such a clear and concise way. Also LOVE that cherry top on you you look gorgeous
Ty 😄🩷
The cherry sweater is adorable! I saw a similar one on Shein :)
none refundable does not mean shit, you have to uphold your side of the contract if you didn't do what the contract stated as in teach her and all that then she has broken that contract thus in the eyes of the law the woman is entitled to a refused. you don't get to rip people off and scam them and get away with it. GIA is in the wrong and should be forced to refund the womans money.
Ahh, the "hello my darlings" always makes me smile
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@@treacletatts your vids are some of my favorite things to listen to while i work 💜
Her doing a podcast calling out scams in the tattoo industry especially ones involving shady courses only to be running a scam mentorship is absolutely wild. Almost as wild as that pathetic video where she literally claims to be a victim. Not to be an armchair psychologist but she gives off major narcissist vibes.
She also has a victim mentality that she played on while on the show. She was constantly blaming her past cancer treatments to gain sympathy and I think it's worked so well it's become a habit. She may truly suffer some difficulties due to the treatment but you can't use that as an excuse for shitty behaviour, if anything she should be extremely apologetic and accommodating and should have made it up to her. Also, if you're struggling health wise, it's wrong to take on more than you can handle then blame the other person.
It’s the knowing these people are driving hours upon hours and even being asked if everything was good to start driving and then cancelling!?! That’s evil!
I saw snippets of this last night on IG-- I'm just glad you are covering the saga.
Hate the bs "you made in uncomfortable so I'm gonna nope" when they fn you around and made it uncomfortable in the first place. . . . So unprofessional.
Just so you know I died when you favorited my video and cannot wait to hear your take😂
i have been tattooed by an artist that used to work at her shop and decided to open their own with another artist that also worked at gias shop. when speaking with this artist they eluded to gia being shady and cultivating a toxic work environment. this totally checks out, it’s a shame because the industry still is so heavily male dominant and she could be doing so much good and chooses not to. i avoid her shop at all costs.
Throwing us a curve with the release time! Also, you look 🔥🔥🔥! 😊
It’s a late one 😮💨😂
@@treacletatts hey, we'll take them any time you want to give them! 😂
Also, wow, this is the most one-sided receipts fight ever! 😂
This is the perfect video to just unwind as unfortunately my most recent tattoo got infected thankfully not to bad but I can snuggle up in a blanket and watch tea about tattoos perfect cure thank you 😁
First thank you so much 😭🩷 secondly I’m so sorry!!! Im glad it wasn’t too bad for you and I hope you heal very quickly!! ❤️
@@treacletatts thank you so much on the path hopefully it still turns out beautiful
@@zoeylordofallcorgis 🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻
For someone who keeps saying she “can’t talk about it” she sure seems to love to argue about it on her Instagram comments 😂 she is fighting for her life responding to EVERYONE who has something to say.
Zero accountability on Gia's part is insane. She went full victim mode. Wonder how many people she's done that to. Like, does she not see the real picture here. It'll always amaze me how people can create their own reality then actually stand on it.
Jess Fox always speaks her truth and comes with receipts, in the four years I have known her. I’m proud to know her! And proud to wear her art. Thank you for sharing.
She probably got run off Philly for being a scammer!
Perhaps having the “students” pay the mentors a predetermined hourly wage like one would an employee, would make things fair for everyone?
Ink Masters is the worst thing to happen to the industry.
Made artists into arrogant celebs.
I watched Inkmaster some time ago and hated it. Everyone was so mean, the judges *especially*. That's not a good work environment. It invokes bully behavior to me.
The shops ig account is locked down already. That shop is in my “stomping grounds” and I’m not surprised tbh. Plenty of trash has come out of here. People are still left high and dry with half finished pieces by Ryan Ashley lmao
Ryan Ashley was a full egotistical whirlwind, Jesus Christ. Don’t miss that
This situation is fundamentally the same as tattoogate.
Some Artists charging exorbitant fees and delivering Nothing.
I gotta add I got a chuckle… just as I was typing the second sentence of this comment, Lauren says… do you remember tattoogate?
I answered her verbally (as I sometimes do), “I’m already there right now.” 😂😂😂❤
Thanks for always bringing the tea, but also the great education!😊
I love how Gia never mentioned the fact that she canceled so many time :^) Yikes not looking great! If I was Gia I would have been like sorry i cant make it but we''ll add on an extra day for each day I've had to cancel on you. :^)
I think that's what they were trying to do, but then it was adding up to a ton of days going into the month of October, and Jess didn't want it to go that long? Or at least that's what I got from the messages, I was pausing to read them but admittedly it was a little hard to read the tiny text lol
She keeps saying she didnt wanna do it anymore no she just wanted you to stop cancelling on her
Thanks for spreading awareness. She’s full stop a bully. Mean girl behavior
I just want to say I paid 7K for a semester of school where I did glassblowing, as well as four other classes and that includes housing in one of the better rooms. 6K for what she is offering is insane
Im glad youre working to expose these ppl. I stepped away from the tattoo industry years ago bc it was so filled with horrible attitudes and engorged egos.
I wish I felt as highly about myself as Gia does. It's really astounding.
I just saw Jesss video about 4 hrs ago and was so interested ngl- so thank you for making this video!
So she advertised for 5 mentorships?
Now I’ve never been a professional mentor, but I would imagine to be one effectively, one would only have a single person at a time. How could they really learn otherwise?
Though it appears learning isn’t the objective here. 🤨💰💰
i think the very structure of Ink Master attracted the worst people. The very premise of tattooing people and doing full pieces in one day means stuff has to be done quickly regardless of the client’s pain tolerance or how long explaining what you would like etched on your body forever in a way you would be satisfied. There was also the dehumanizing way the people getting the tattoos were called: not clients, but “canvases.” Then there’s the possibility of people making fun of their tattoos when the ep they appear in airs.
Ink Master has always been a train wreck and being involved in that show is a red flag.
I usually like reality TV contests. I'm here for a Project Runway-esque show. But I had to tap out after like 2 episodes of InkMaster. They seemingly gave zero shits about the fact that they were permanently marking people, and everyone was unlikeable.
It only takes 1 person, just 1, to finally speak out about someone who everyone thinks is the bees knees. Find out pretty quickly that some people are actually really awful and have wronged so many. I have nothing to do with tattoos and I don’t even have any tattoos but it warms my dead cold heart to have someone mean called out 👍🏻 no matter their profession.
Haha same I don't have tattoos either but I'm here for the tea 😂
Thank you for always speaking out on this industry! I git my first tattoo at q young age and some in between but the industry has definitely changed! Some good and some bad
When i was in college, the college went on strike. Even though my professors couldn’t hold class, they literally taught us remotely (which they also weren’t suppose to do) all my professors were available to me online through email and also via phone. They didn’t need to be, because they were on strike (not all of them agreed with the strike but some of them were definitely valid for striking) and my courses did not cost this much ($400-$500 a course excluding books etc.) so Gia has no excuse for not making up these classes somehow. Zoom isnt ideal, but it’s better than nothing. Or just rescheduling…
I honestly don't know, I'm not a lawyer, but to me, the fact that Gia didn't sign the contract absolutely works in her favor. Why would anyone start anything without a fully signed document?! This means Gia didn't commit to anything, doesn't owe anyone anything and can't be liable. You can't be accused of NOT signing a document.
The lack of a signed contract shouldn’t be an issue. There’s plenty of text evidence that Gia entered into a contract with Jess.The terms were pretty much laid out in those texts. Those texts can used as evidence in court. Jess has a very good case to take to small claims court, which has a lower burden of proof (preponderance of evidence vs beyond a reasonable doubt).
lol and you got your law degree when?
I am very glad you aren't a lawyer, you'd be giving terrible advice no matter which side of this you were advising.
Armchair lawyer thank you 🙏🏻
Why are people responding so harsh on someone just sharing their thoughts, explicitly not claiming to have legal knowledge, trying to add to the conversation? Jeezlouise. You can just explain why you think they are not right in a respectful way, like @anhingasnakebird9947 did
Clarification about the dox*ing issue: Jess posted a screenshot of Gia’s business, and typed out the address below it. However, the address is public, anyway. It’s not like Jess left info in her text videos.
Im sorry but if i LOST that amount of money (because it was lost) I would be rightfully pissed, Inkmaster people are recepie for disaster
Yesss a 42 min vid!! Needed your refreshing energy lauren 😌
When you dropped the "big ol sponsors card" 🤣😆🤣
I honestly was not aware of the drama in the tattoo industry. Im definitely here for it
I WAS WAITING FOR THIS
Also, sad but kinda not surprised Gia turned out to be so stinky.
I love tattoos! I have major respect for a lot of amazing artists out there. My question is, why does there have to be so much damn ego in tattooing? ❤
Oh my love I wish I knew the answer 😂😮💨
Honestly, tattooing ppl and permanently changing their bodies is a lot of power to wield and probably attracts some ppl bc of that dynamic. Obviously there are plenty of artists who are in it for the art and service but sort of like with surgeons, you have to have A LOT of confidence to permanently alter someone else's body.
"Babe, wake up. New tattoo drama dropped."
So consequences for thee, but not for me huh Gia. Sounds like a scammer.
Beautiful as always Lauren! Stoked for this
I was personally tattooed in one of these artists shop. She made me feel very uncomfortable… not surprised by any of this.
Your “no,no no honey” and eye roll was an essential part of this video!
I am currently getting a very painful shin tattoo while watching this. Thank you for the perfect distraction 😂😂😢
Stay strong, it will all be worth it 💪
😮😮😮 this couldn’t wait
Clicked as fast as I can
I was WAITING for this video!!!!!
stunning as usual!! 🖤