Teh One Who Knocks
01-14-2020, 11:08 AM
By Rob Bailey-Millado - New York Post
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Nadine Anderson’s devotion to her dad is more than skin deep — so this 23-year-old is going to painstaking lengths to pay homage to her pops by inking all of her body.
“My dad had two sleeves when I was growing up and I always wanted them,” says the self-proclaimed “classic daddy’s girl” from Dundee, Scotland. “I was constantly looking at Pinterest forums and stuff; looking at new tattoo styles that were coming out and body modifications, deciding how I wanted to look when I turned 18.”
The healthcare assistant says she got her first tattoo — a tree of life on her forearm — as soon as she was “legally allowed.” The brown-eyed blonde says her ink addiction was instantaneous and within a month she was back in the tattoo shop.
“Growing up and seeing my dad covered in [tattoos] I always knew I wanted to be like him and have all that kind of stuff,” she tells Media Drum World. “I discussed my first tattoo with my dad, and he supported my decision, [saying] ‘As long as you’re sure you want to do it.’ So I went and booked my first tattoo with my dad.”
https://i.imgur.com/hToakR6.jpg
Nadine’s dad had tattoo sleeves on both arms when
she was growing up.
Over the last five years, Nadine’s look has evolved.
In addition to her extreme “blackout” (full-coverage) tattoo, Anderson also has a variety of piercings, scarification on her head — and a split tongue. She flew to Germany for the mouth work due to laws in the UK that prevent piercing parlors from carrying out the procedure.
Anderson says she’s lost count of how many tattoos now make up her “whole bodysuit” — but she claims to have spent about £15,000 GBP (about $19,400 USD) covering up 90 percent of her body.
And she’s not quite finished yet.
“I think I would add a little bit more under my right eye because there’s spaces I want to fill up eventually, but that’s all I would probably add is just a little tiny piece on it because I think I’ve got quite a lot on it now,” she says, matter-of-factly.
“You can still tell what my features are like naturally, and I wouldn’t want to take away from that because I think that’s the beauty of that tattoo.”
https://i.imgur.com/xUwTyDR.jpg
Today, Nadine estimates that about 90 percent of her body is covered in body art.
https://i.imgur.com/j7aDF7p.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/kRcKRSsh.jpg
In addition to her tattoos, Nadine also has multiple piercings and body modifications including a split tongue.
Although initially shocked, Anderson says, loved ones have embraced her tats.
“Some [friends and family] think I’m crazy, but I’ve always [spoken] about being covered [so] at the end of the day, I’m still Nadine and they still love me. If anything, I’m just more me,” she said.
Anderson admits not everyone finds her extreme look visually appealing — but claims she isn’t fazed by “stereotypical” haters who don’t get her “journey” of permanence and passion.
“They say things like, ‘you’ve ruined your life’, ‘you can’t be employed’ and ‘you’ll regret this in 40 years’ blah blah blah, but at the end of the day I’m fully employed,” she says. “I’ve paid for every single tattoo out of my own wages, no one’s ever paid for them. I’ve got my own flat and honestly I live a very normal life.”
https://i.imgur.com/QlwHtbp.jpg
Nadine underwent a bloody scarification on her forehead.
https://i.imgur.com/iLTFC3y.jpg
Nadine went under the needle for her first "blackout" tattoo when she was 20.
https://i.imgur.com/tFubQS7.jpg
Although initially shocked, Anderson says, loved ones have embraced her tats.
“Some [friends and family] think I’m crazy, but I’ve always [spoken] about being covered [so] at the end of the day, I’m still Nadine and they still love me. If anything, I’m just more me,” she said.
Anderson admits not everyone finds her extreme look visually appealing — but claims she isn’t fazed by “stereotypical” haters who don’t get her “journey” of permanence and passion.
“They say things like, ‘you’ve ruined your life’, ‘you can’t be employed’ and ‘you’ll regret this in 40 years’ blah blah blah, but at the end of the day I’m fully employed,” she says. “I’ve paid for every single tattoo out of my own wages, no one’s ever paid for them. I’ve got my own flat and honestly I live a very normal life.”
A new workplace study backs her up: Global staffing firm Accountemps polled more than 2,800 senior managers in the United States and discovered that about a third of them said tattoos and nontraditional piercings are now considered sufficiently professional. This bodes well for New Yorkers, as nearly 1 in 3 sport body ink.
Although Anderson claims her tats “never stopped anything for me,” she advises curious people to make damn sure they actually want art inked onto their bodies.
“I think the moment you have an uncertainty then you shouldn’t do it because chances are it’s permanent,” she says, “unless you have to go through all the lasering and stuff, and it’s not worth it if you’re going to regret it in the end or just jumping on some bandwagon.”
https://i.imgur.com/FBoyKUS.jpg
Nadine Anderson’s devotion to her dad is more than skin deep — so this 23-year-old is going to painstaking lengths to pay homage to her pops by inking all of her body.
“My dad had two sleeves when I was growing up and I always wanted them,” says the self-proclaimed “classic daddy’s girl” from Dundee, Scotland. “I was constantly looking at Pinterest forums and stuff; looking at new tattoo styles that were coming out and body modifications, deciding how I wanted to look when I turned 18.”
The healthcare assistant says she got her first tattoo — a tree of life on her forearm — as soon as she was “legally allowed.” The brown-eyed blonde says her ink addiction was instantaneous and within a month she was back in the tattoo shop.
“Growing up and seeing my dad covered in [tattoos] I always knew I wanted to be like him and have all that kind of stuff,” she tells Media Drum World. “I discussed my first tattoo with my dad, and he supported my decision, [saying] ‘As long as you’re sure you want to do it.’ So I went and booked my first tattoo with my dad.”
https://i.imgur.com/hToakR6.jpg
Nadine’s dad had tattoo sleeves on both arms when
she was growing up.
Over the last five years, Nadine’s look has evolved.
In addition to her extreme “blackout” (full-coverage) tattoo, Anderson also has a variety of piercings, scarification on her head — and a split tongue. She flew to Germany for the mouth work due to laws in the UK that prevent piercing parlors from carrying out the procedure.
Anderson says she’s lost count of how many tattoos now make up her “whole bodysuit” — but she claims to have spent about £15,000 GBP (about $19,400 USD) covering up 90 percent of her body.
And she’s not quite finished yet.
“I think I would add a little bit more under my right eye because there’s spaces I want to fill up eventually, but that’s all I would probably add is just a little tiny piece on it because I think I’ve got quite a lot on it now,” she says, matter-of-factly.
“You can still tell what my features are like naturally, and I wouldn’t want to take away from that because I think that’s the beauty of that tattoo.”
https://i.imgur.com/xUwTyDR.jpg
Today, Nadine estimates that about 90 percent of her body is covered in body art.
https://i.imgur.com/j7aDF7p.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/kRcKRSsh.jpg
In addition to her tattoos, Nadine also has multiple piercings and body modifications including a split tongue.
Although initially shocked, Anderson says, loved ones have embraced her tats.
“Some [friends and family] think I’m crazy, but I’ve always [spoken] about being covered [so] at the end of the day, I’m still Nadine and they still love me. If anything, I’m just more me,” she said.
Anderson admits not everyone finds her extreme look visually appealing — but claims she isn’t fazed by “stereotypical” haters who don’t get her “journey” of permanence and passion.
“They say things like, ‘you’ve ruined your life’, ‘you can’t be employed’ and ‘you’ll regret this in 40 years’ blah blah blah, but at the end of the day I’m fully employed,” she says. “I’ve paid for every single tattoo out of my own wages, no one’s ever paid for them. I’ve got my own flat and honestly I live a very normal life.”
https://i.imgur.com/QlwHtbp.jpg
Nadine underwent a bloody scarification on her forehead.
https://i.imgur.com/iLTFC3y.jpg
Nadine went under the needle for her first "blackout" tattoo when she was 20.
https://i.imgur.com/tFubQS7.jpg
Although initially shocked, Anderson says, loved ones have embraced her tats.
“Some [friends and family] think I’m crazy, but I’ve always [spoken] about being covered [so] at the end of the day, I’m still Nadine and they still love me. If anything, I’m just more me,” she said.
Anderson admits not everyone finds her extreme look visually appealing — but claims she isn’t fazed by “stereotypical” haters who don’t get her “journey” of permanence and passion.
“They say things like, ‘you’ve ruined your life’, ‘you can’t be employed’ and ‘you’ll regret this in 40 years’ blah blah blah, but at the end of the day I’m fully employed,” she says. “I’ve paid for every single tattoo out of my own wages, no one’s ever paid for them. I’ve got my own flat and honestly I live a very normal life.”
A new workplace study backs her up: Global staffing firm Accountemps polled more than 2,800 senior managers in the United States and discovered that about a third of them said tattoos and nontraditional piercings are now considered sufficiently professional. This bodes well for New Yorkers, as nearly 1 in 3 sport body ink.
Although Anderson claims her tats “never stopped anything for me,” she advises curious people to make damn sure they actually want art inked onto their bodies.
“I think the moment you have an uncertainty then you shouldn’t do it because chances are it’s permanent,” she says, “unless you have to go through all the lasering and stuff, and it’s not worth it if you’re going to regret it in the end or just jumping on some bandwagon.”