This is the story of Eli Ink, a 27-year-old tattoo artist
from Brighton, England, who has spent 10-years tattooing his body black,
including the inside of his mouth and his eyes.
The young lad who calls himself a 'Body modification
artist', has tattooed almost of his skin black with several coats of ink, dying
his eyes and implanting stretchers in his nose and under his bottom lip.
According to him, his obsession with body modification
started from a young age after his uncle came back from Spain with a huge
tribal tattoo.
Speaking about his transition to Mail Online, he said: ‘In
my opinion, the only person who will only ever understand my transition
properly is me. I don’t attempt to describe it to anyone.'
‘I’ve always been blown away by art itself. Picasso is a
huge childhood inspiration to me, especially abstract art, but I do like all
forms of art. Body art was just the next local step for me growing up.’
'I wanted to look like an abstract character in one of
Picasso’s paintings. I love the abstract look, no thought , just pure
expression,' he said.
Ink's Eyeball tattooing involves injecting the ink
in-between two layers of the Scleral of the eye and letting it spread out.
Meet the white man who has spent 10-years tattooing his body
black, including the inside of his mouth and his eyes (Photos)
He also admitted that the process of body modification, can
have disastrous results if it goes wrong.
'That’s the risk you take letting anyone near your eyes,
even trained surgeons can make mistake. Body modification is a risk taker's
lifestyle.'
On his relationship, Eli also revealed that he has a
girlfriend Holly, who is also part of the body-modification and they are madly
in love.
Meet the white man who has spent 10-years tattooing his body
black, including the inside of his mouth and his eyes (Photos)According to Mail
Online, the British tattoo artist belongs to a subculture known as Modern
Primitives who pay homage to the rites of passage in primitive cultures through
their modifications and practices.
Explaining his relationship with the subculture scene, he
said the scene is ‘forever expanding its knowledge and growth, with more and
more amazing artists from all over the world constantly growing and learning
new things about art and the body.’
Eli who studies earlobe reconstruction, tattooing, ear
pointing and scarification at the scene, also said: ‘I will never be finished.
It will take me the rest of my life to finish my studies but I am dedicating
the rest of my life to body modification and perfecting my work.’
‘My work is not perfect, there is still room for
improvement, everyone must start somewhere,’ he added.
On negative reactions from people, he said:‘The best is
always nice compliments, that’s always nice to hear, either from tattoo
collectors or just passers-by, the worst is always older generation looking
down on you and making you feel worthless.’
'But this is all a state of mind. I don’t take much notice
anymore,' he said.
Chimooo!!! Devil is too wicked!
This man is clearly possessed.
Tueh!
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