{"id":20160,"date":"2025-09-12T14:31:31","date_gmt":"2025-09-12T14:31:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/?p=20160"},"modified":"2025-09-12T14:31:31","modified_gmt":"2025-09-12T14:31:31","slug":"he-dropped-thousands-on-full-body-tattoos-you-have-to-see-his-before-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/?p=20160","title":{"rendered":"He Dropped Thousands on Full-Body Tattoos! You Have to See His Before Photos."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A man from Birmingham, England, who legally changed his name to King Of Ink Land King Body Art The Extreme Ink-ite, has shared rare photos revealing how different he looked before his extensive body modifications. Once known as Mathew Whelan, the 45-year-old began transforming his appearance in 2008, investing over \u00a340,000 and 1,600 hours into tattoos and body alterations, making him one of the UK\u2019s most famous tattoo enthusiasts.<\/p>\n<p>Photos from his teenage years show a clean-shaven, tattoo-free young man\u2014almost unrecognizable compared to today. At 16, he proudly displayed his first tattoo, a bulldog, which marked the start of his journey into extreme body art. His modifications now include full-face tattoos, black sclera (eyeball tattooing), nipple removal, and ear reshaping.<\/p>\n<p>However, his striking appearance causes issues with facial recognition technology, particularly on UK adult websites, where systems often mistake his face for a mask, blocking him from services like live webcam chats. He views this as discrimination, emphasizing that his face is his permanent identity.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_0789-211x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"211\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-20161\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_0789-211x300.png 211w, https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_0789.png 588w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 211px) 100vw, 211px\" \/><br \/>\nSocially, he faces constant judgment: on public transport, people avoid sitting next to him, and strangers frequently take photos without permission, sometimes leading to confrontations.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_0790-239x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"239\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-20162\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_0790-239x300.png 239w, https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_0790.png 622w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 239px) 100vw, 239px\" \/><br \/>\nThese experiences highlight the challenges of living boldly in a world that struggles with unconventional looks.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_0791-300x189.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"189\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-20163\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_0791-300x189.png 300w, https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_0791-768x484.png 768w, https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_0791.png 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_0792-214x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-20164\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_0792-214x300.png 214w, https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_0792.png 515w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 214px) 100vw, 214px\" \/><br \/>\nRecently, King Of Ink Land announced a pause on further body modifications to focus on paying off his \u00a366,000 mortgage. Though he still views body art as a meaningful lifestyle rather than an addiction, he plans to slow down his tattooing\u2014perhaps getting new ink only every other year\u2014and to remove some implants, including one in his hand, as part of a more financially responsible chapter in his life.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A man from Birmingham, England, who legally changed his name to King Of Ink Land King Body Art The Extreme Ink-ite, has shared rare photos revealing how&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20161,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20160","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20160","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=20160"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20160\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20165,"href":"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20160\/revisions\/20165"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/20161"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=20160"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=20160"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=20160"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}