A tattoo a day keeps the boredom away: man responds to lockdown with extreme ink routine

London, UK - One London man decided to give himself a tattoo every day to create structure and defeat aimless eating in lockdown.

Chris Woodhead tattooed himself to ward off boredom while his tattoo shop was closed during Covid-19 lockdowns.
Chris Woodhead tattooed himself to ward off boredom while his tattoo shop was closed during Covid-19 lockdowns.  © screenshot/instagram/adverse.camber

Settling into lockdown wasn't an easy task, but tattoo artist Chris Woodhead found a way to stay on a schedule by giving himself a stick-and-poke tattoo between 2 PM and 4 PM every day.

The stick-and-poke technique describes inking without an electric needle, instead using a sort of analog alternative to the usual tattooing tool.

At the start of quarantine, Woodhead had about 1,000 tattoos. Now, he has 100 more of what he calls "isolation tattoos", all shared on Instagram.

Woodhead decided to take his longstanding love of ink to the next level once everyone was forced to stay in their homesl, as a way to add some type of structure to his days.

Seeing as tattoo parlors were closed, Woodhead was out of work and needed some sort of routine, telling BBC "I started tattooing myself every day to create some kind of structure to our now seemingly aimless days."

Like many others, the soon-to-be father found himself snacking endlessly and aimlessly pacing around while in isolation.

Realizing his careless ways led Woodhead back to the art form he loved so much: sketching art for tattoos.

All things must come to and end

He tattooed himself every day until his tattoo shop opened again in August, sharing his new ink daily until then.

Although his daily isolation tattoo project is over, that hasn't stopped Woodhead from tattooing himself.

Woodhead's most recent stick-and-poke tattoo was the phrase "live, laugh, love" on his foot.

Cover photo: screenshot/instagram/adverse.camber

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