A Brit who started collecting tattoos just 15 years ago is now covered in ink from head to toe – with just three per cent of his skin undesigned.
Keith Gordon, 67, got his first permanent tattoo at age 52 and now has hundreds of intricate patterns covering his head, lips and even his eyelids.
With his most recent inking, he got the words ‘f*** off’ in a 4.5cm hole on his lower leg – and Mr Gordon says he’s far from done getting tattooed.
The father-of-three, from Romford, Essex, estimates he has only three per cent of the space on his body left for new designs, mostly on his legs.
He intends to fill it with shadow to completely cover it with ink.
Keith Gordon, 67, got his first permanent tattoo at age 52 and now has hundreds of intricate patterns covering his head, lips and even his eyelids
His most recent inking saw him get the words ‘f*** off’ in a 1.5 inch gap on his lower leg – and Mr Gordon says he’s far from done getting it tattooed
Mr. Gordon, who has appeared in EastEnders and Jurassic Park thanks to his unique looks, has no idea the total cost of his tattoos.
However, he said the designs on his head and face alone set him back £6,500.
The retired official added: “I don’t regret looking this way, although it does make basic tasks a bit challenging.
“I get stared at all the time and people come up to me and ask if they hurt and what they cost. But being heavily tattooed is like an addiction.
“You’re chasing the high and the euphoria of getting more tattoos, each one more outrageous than the last.
“Right now I just want to get rid of all the white space. I’m moving towards total coverage now.’
Mr. Gordon got his very first tattoos when he was 17, but later had skin grafts to remove them.
It wasn’t until he was 52 that he decided to reclaim his body art.
Mr Gordon, who has appeared in EastEnders and Jurassic Park thanks to his unique looks, has no idea the total cost of his tattoos
The father of three has now decided he wants ‘total coverage’, aiming to have designs on his body from head to toe – apart from the area under his boxers
Mr Gordon said the designs on his head and face alone earned him £6,500
‘I don’t know how many there are in total. I’ve lost count. It’s just one big project,’ he says.
“But getting my whole head tattooed was a very extreme, intense experience.
“Sometimes it was really, really painful, especially around the corners of the eyes, the lip, and parts of the inner ear — that was absolutely killer.”
The father-of-three has now decided he wants “total coverage,” with the aim of having designs on his body from head to toe – not counting the area under his boxers.
He said he has some “regular” tattoos – such as his wife’s and children’s names – as well as some “satanic” devil designs.
Mr. Gordon also has a few that he says are “outrageous” – including his most recent ink where he got the words “f*** off” in a 1.5 inch gap on his lower leg
Mr Gordon also has some that he says are ‘outrageous’ – including his most recent inking where he saw the words ‘f*** off’ in a 1.5 inch gap on his lower leg.
“I like to shock people,” he said. ‘IIt’s a kind of high, an addiction.
“You chase the euphoria, want more outrageous.
‘Where do you go when you reach the top?
“For now, I’ll just keep going until everything is covered.”