{"id":8629,"date":"2024-04-02T22:46:29","date_gmt":"2024-04-02T22:46:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/?p=8629"},"modified":"2024-04-02T22:46:29","modified_gmt":"2024-04-02T22:46:29","slug":"tattoo-addict-inks-95-percent-of-his-body-reveals-what-he-looked-like-just-5-years-ago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/?p=8629","title":{"rendered":"Tattoo addict inks 95 percent of his body, reveals what he looked like just 5 years ago"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tattoos are just one of many ways to express one\u2019s individuality. While some people go with a little tattoo, others go all out, decorating entire body parts.Tristan Weigelt, a 26-year-old tattoo apprentice covered in extreme body art, made headlines after showing what he looked like prior to using his body as a canvas.The before photos were astounding.Keep reading to see the pictures.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_9662-300x221.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"221\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-8630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_9662-300x221.png 300w, https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_9662-768x565.png 768w, https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_9662.png 820w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Weigelt\u2019s journey to covering 95 percent of his body in tattoos began when he was 20.\u201cIt\u2019s kind of weird looking at myself without all the tattoos,\u201d he told the Daily Star.\u201cBut funnily enough I still feel exactly the same as before on the inside.\u201dOut of all the tattoos, he said the most painful were the ones he got on his face and head, comparing it to being scraped with a metal brush.\u201cIt was six full day sessions taking between five and six hours and the pain was probably an eight out of 10.\u201dWhile many people get a tattoo with a special meaning in mind, Weigelt said there are no hidden messages or meanings behind his body art.After five years, Weigelt has spent $50,000 on tattoos.For those considering a tattoo, Weigelt says, \u201cGet what you love and what makes sense to you. I see so many people worried about a certain tattoo fitting them or it not being their style. If you like it \u2013 then get it.\u201d<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_9663-300x193.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"193\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-8631\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_9663-300x193.png 300w, https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_9663-768x493.png 768w, https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_9663.png 940w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Wow. What an incredible transformation!Would you ever consider getting tattoos on your entire body? I\u2019m not sure I would.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tattoos are just one of many ways to express one\u2019s individuality. While some people go with a little tattoo, others go all out, decorating entire body parts.Tristan&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8632,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8629","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\/8629","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=8629"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8629\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8633,"href":"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8629\/revisions\/8633"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8632"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8629"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8629"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8629"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}