Ok so, where to begin??? I have NEVER handled a tattoo gun...spent many joyful hours under one, but never held one. Until this kit came in. I stenciled the lotus flower (photos show original picture, linework, and shaded lotus). This was on the bigwasp practice skin that came with the kit. After a week or so of playing around with it, I decided to try my wrist, where i inked the bipolar smiley. As you can see in the pictures, I promptly stenciled a cherry blossom branch and went to town. This tattoo is my first ever I'm super stoked. These guns are awesome. The link to the instructional videos is easy enough and the videos are super easy to understand. I'm really happy with my purchase. I'm new to this and I'm really happy I got a good kit the first time around. I had no issues with the ink either. I've heard good things about immortal ink. So far so good. I would highly recommend this kit for a beginner artist!