I'm Tattooing My Entire Body Black | HOOKED ON THE LOOK

Nov 20 2020

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TATTOO artist Michela Bottin-Ackerman is 95% covered in tattoos - and about 75% of her body is coated in black ink. Besides that, she also has several body modifications such as a split tongue, pointed ears and tattooed eyeballs. The 32-year-old currently resides in New York, but is originally from a small town in Italy, where she got her first tattoo as a teenager. Michela started out with very colourful tattoos, which is what she now specialises in as a successful tattooist. But slowly Michela’s cartoon and animal inspired body art made place for big patches of black ink. She told Truly: “I started to black out my body as a last resort for a cover up, and it felt good, I actually liked it, I planned another session for the arms and since then I have gotten more and more.” Having her skin blackened out has given Michela a lot of confidence, she explains that her addiction to this type of