At six years old, the 12-year-old began being inked, making him the youngest tattoo artist in the world.

After learning her trade from her mother Ariel, Natalie Dejesus went viral on social media by broadcasting videos of herself tattooing people—sometimes while wearing a blindfold!

Remarkably, Texas native Natalie got her first tattoo at six years old, permanently inking her initials on her mother. From then on, as her passion for tattoos and art increased, Natalie, who was raised near Ariel’s tattoo parlor, refined her skill.

“She picked up a machine at six years old and did a little ‘n’ and then, as she gradually got older, she started learning more and more on her own actually,” Ariel explained.

“I never sat down and said this is how you hold the machine, this is how you draw a line, this is how you wipe the tattoo. I never taught her any of that. She learned all of that on her own by watching. So that’s pretty amazing.”

‌After a few years of practice, and some training from her mum, Natalie has become a fully-fledged tattoo artist, who has customers from all over the world, including Scotland, Alaska and Russia.

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Natalie learned how to tattoo from her mum, Ariel, who was the youngster’s first client ( Image: @arieldejesus2 / CATERS NEWS)

Ariel says she thinks part of the appeal is people’s disbelief that a 12-year-old could actually be a tattoo artist.

‌“It’s not hard for us to market to try to get her clients. I think a lot of people were really interested in a 12-year-old tattoo and when she blew up on social media, she was 11.”

But it’s not only Natalie’s young age which attracts clients, it’s also her ability to tattoo while wearing a blindfold, with people travelling far and wide for the experience.

Videos of Natalie’s work have gone viral on social media ( Image: @arieldejesus2 / CATERS NEWS)

Natalie tattoos clients from all over the world and even trains employees in her mother’s shop ( Image: @arieldejesus2 / CATERS NEWS)

“I have had people from Hawaii, Alaska, Scotland and Russia. I’ve had clients from every state almost here to come and get a blindfold tattoo and doing the blindfold tattoos is really what popped off,” said the proud mother.

While Natalie has already broken records, her mum says she still has a long way to go to reach the peaks of the tattoo industry.

She said: “I think that she’s headed in the right direction but from a professional artist, she has plenty of room to learn as well. I don’t think as an artist we ever stop learning.

‌And Ariel says she has to remind herself that her artistic daughter still has the attention span of a 12-year-old.

‌“I wish she practised every day, but she does not. Her practice is when she comes in and feels like she wants to tattoo,” she said.

‌“I don’t think that her sitting down and practising every day or whatnot is going to happen until her attention span is a little bit better, maybe when 14, 15, 16 years old.”

‌Adding, “She can say that she doesn’t want to do it all day long, but I know it’s going to happen.”

Ariel believes she could leave her daughter to manage the shop on her own without adult supervision, even though she hasn’t had much experience teaching other staff members.

“I trust her 100%. She trains all of my employees, any employee that I have, she trains them, and I feel like she could run that whole shop without me, honestly,” said Ariel.

‌“Sometimes I’ll be tattooing when she’s tattooing – So, I’m not even there to be able to supervise her,” she added.