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I'm 97% covered in tattoos and my dad absolutely hates it
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I want the artistic look. I want people to look at me and be like, wow, he's beautiful in the sense of art
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I'm a dad who actually didn't speak to me for about three weeks. The face, I just look at him and go, why
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I'm not harming anyone. Let's get tattooed. My dad despises my tattoos
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So today we are covering them all up. My tattoos are a big part of my identity
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Huge, to be honest. So I don't know how I'm going to feel when they're gone. Oh my god
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You look like a rubber stomp-up. And what does he look like
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The Grinch! The Grinch! Hello, hello. Welcome. Lovely to meet you. My name's Rachel
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Brandon, lovely to meet you. Nice to meet you. Come on inside. Are you excited for today? So excited
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Good, good, good. My name's Dudley. I'm 27 years of age. I'm a dad, covering tattoos
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I would describe my look as very dark, now prominent, gothic. I'd say aesthetically pleasing
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I spent over 100k on tattoos and I will not stop. Let's get to 200
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My son Tommy absolutely adores my tattoos, man. He tells me I'm going to get a spider on my chest, Dad
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I'm going to get this on my face, Dad. And I'm like, yeah
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I made my dad fight all the time. I absolutely love him. It's not going to stop me from getting any tattoo
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When he first started it was okay, like he... It was different, but now the face..
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I just look at him and go why? Why? But it's done
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My latest tattoo is my back tattoo. He hasn't seen any of that
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Okay, so we got more, have we? We got more on this body where we're gonna fit them all in
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You guys wanna see? Yeah, why not? Show us what else you got
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So, what do you think? Okay. Bram, just do your ears and you're done
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Any other finest ones, Bram? Ah. Nah, there's not. Please, there's not
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That's it. There not Other than my face and back dude that about it for now For now For now yeah Sorry Dad I always get tattoos Today I be covering Brendan tattoos
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So we'll be using waterproof foundation. You can wear the makeup for a week and it won't come off
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Brendan, did you want to come? Let's get started. So the coral's going to be the layer for the tattoo
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And then we do an extra layer. And then we'll go in with a light skin colour
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So where'd you get your tattoos done? My first tattoo I ever got was in Rhyde
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That was a mistake because that's all covered now. My first tattoo, I was 17 years old
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It was pursuit of happiness around my ankle. Mum actually took me
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I was supposed to be an early 18th birthday present. Dad had no idea
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But we actually kept that one a secret, me and Mum. Yeah, Mum fed me a little bit
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which sent me down this rabbit hole of awesome tattoos. So what did your dad first say to you when you came home with your head tattoos
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I wasn't actually living at home when I got my head tattooed. But it's all been a rough ride, I'll tell you that much
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Dad kicked me up the first time. Tried to mend things with him the whole time and then promised him I'd never get another one
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Did. My parents kind of came to terms with things when they kind of realised that I wasn't going to stop
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It's already like, you can't see 100%, but jeez, I've already only got them
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My little brother Preston, I kind of sent him in a direction of getting tattoos as well, he's covered
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Now I want to go get his neck done, face done. Mum and Dad blame me for it all the time
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I might have to hire every two weeks, so I can get him to clubs and whatnot. Oh, they don't let you into clubs
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Nah, nah, nowhere. Nowhere? Nowhere. Yeah, nah, here in Australia, I'm not allowed in anywhere
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Even pubs. When I first started getting tattooed, everyone was like, dude, you're gonna wreck every job opportunity you have
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You know, you're never gonna get this job, that job. We're gonna build up the skin color
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so he won be orange for long I get judged daily and you do notice it I watch people cross the road or walk the complete opposite direction and you have all the old people who at the start think you a delinquent
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I could not care about anyone's opinion on me whatsoever. I know, I know right. At least it's temporary
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This is waterproof. Are you going to hate me because it's not going to come off
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I do look like an awful little boy. So we're now doing the final touch of inside his eyes
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Well, my son won't recognise me at all. Definitely be shocked. But tell me, tell me, do you love your daddy's tattoos
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Yeah. Tell me about that. Which one's your favourite? Spider. We're just about done
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We'll go inside and we'll reveal you to your family. Are you ready? A bit nervous, but, yeah
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What do you think? Yeah, he's loving me with the tattoos, don't you? I don't mind your arms without me
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No, I like my legs. I don't like your legs without me. I have my son back with no tattoos
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You don't like it. Wow. Good. That's what I said. I said, good
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I'm glad you don't like it. What about the face, Tommy? What about the face? No
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Do you want to go take a look, Tommy? Come here. You want to go have a look at Tommy? Come on
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Are you ready for the big reveal? Honestly, no, but go. All right, one, two, three
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Oh my God I don like it You don like it No no give me all my tattoos back Give me all my tattoos back Not at all No no Not my face in the slightest
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Oh, we can even see wrinkles. I know. I just like my lower half
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My upper... Give me all my tattoos back. I do not like it
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Yeah, face and all. Oh! You're still there. Yeah, too bad. I think from far it's good, but up close
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Nah, it's just, you look different. You look bald. I love the face, I love the clear face
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You just look good. But I think the neck and the arms, I don't mind
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Don't get me wrong, it was myself before, but I'm definitely not used to it
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It's a real shock. Yeah, actually you know what I do like? The only one thing, I really like my jaw
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I wish I had it back, just a little bit. Bottom half, I actually don't mind it
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Top half, nah, it's not a look for me. If I woke up like this tomorrow, I would book a tattoo straight away
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and go get my whole face blasted again. Sorry mum and sorry dad, but nah, I don't like this look whatsoever
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Now that he looks bald and looks different, but his actual arms and legs
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it's perfect, that's what it should be like. His face, you can see his face again
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I think dad did come to terms with it more, which is good. Great seeing his reaction
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I'm glad I did this because it's going to make me appreciate my tattoos a lot more. My tattoos actually have to do a lot with who I have become as a person in the last 10 years
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Seeing myself with no tattoos, it does make me feel naked. I feel not myself
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Tommy's only ever really seen me with tattoos, so I knew his reaction would be a bit full-on
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I'm actually glad he had that reaction, because now I know he loves me for who I am. Thank you
