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Self-Tatooing During Quarantine?

Surely, at some point, this guy’s mom HAD to have warned him about drawing on himself, right?  Maybe that’s a common thing with all tattoo artists.  At some point, they…

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Surely, at some point, this guy's mom HAD to have warned him about drawing on himself, right?  Maybe that's a common thing with all tattoo artists.  At some point, they just ignored their moms and said, "I just dig it, sorry." A London tattoo artist has been inking himself since he turned 18. However, during Coronavirus quarantine, Chris Woodhead has elevated self-illustration to the next level...like doing a tattoo a day!

“I started tattooing myself every day to create some kind of structure to our now seemingly aimless days. It feels special that my body is evolving so much through the process. I will continue until I run out of space completely.”

FYI, Woodhead already had around 1,000 tattoos at the beginning of quarantine and now, more than 40 days in, his remaining amount of reachable empty skin is limited.   He claims he's “probably got a month’s worth of tattoo space left.”

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