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TORRELL, 29, of Topeka, US is 90% covered in tattoos. He got his first one done at the age of 18 and has kept going ever since. These days, Torrell feels like a ‘walking piece of art’ and is an aspiring tattoo model. He would like to be 100% covered in tattoos but before he does, he would like his mum to get a glimpse of him without any… Enter makeup artist Jeannie. Torrell’s used to sitting for hours for tattoo sessions but how will he feel seeing himself with them all covered up? And will his mum love or not like the look?

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00:00I'm about 90% covered in tattoos.

00:03I feel like I'm a walking piece of art.

00:05I've spent about $32,000.

00:09I want to give my mom one last look

00:12of me without tattoos before I'm fully tattooed.

00:15I'm feeling really excited about the transformation today.

00:19I'm looking forward to seeing it one last time.

00:21At least it's not permanent.

00:25I'm nervous.

00:26Wow.

00:30What do you think your mom's going to say?

00:33I'm sure she'll like the tattoo look better, honestly.

00:35Yeah.

00:40Oh my gosh.

00:41I lost count on how many tattoos I had.

00:49I go by body parts now.

00:50Like arms, legs, stomach, armpits.

00:56So I have a rose on my hand.

00:58This is one of my first tattoos I got.

01:00It's for nothing is impossible with God.

01:03This does right here as well for some fillers.

01:05And then put some more clouds in to go along with that.

01:09My name is Terrell Nickerson.

01:11I'm 29 years old and I'm about 90% covered in tattoos.

01:17I have my feet left and two gaps on my legs.

01:22So I'd say about four spots left on my body before I'm 100% covered.

01:25I got my first tattoo when I was about 18 years old.

01:29As soon as I graduated high school, I got my first one.

01:32I've spent about, I lost count around like $32,000.

01:36And then ever since then, yeah, I just stopped counting.

01:39I feel like I'm a walking piece of art because of my tattoos.

01:45This is who I am.

01:46This is what I love.

01:47I just love expressing myself.

01:50My mom, she didn't want me to get face tattoos at all.

01:52I feel like now though, she's used to it.

01:55And so now it's like, yeah, this is who he is.

02:01I decided to do this cover up today because I want to give my mom one last look of me

02:06without tattoos before I'm fully tattooed.

02:09Looking forward to seeing it one last time.

02:11At least it's not permanent.

02:16Hi. Hi.

02:17I'm Terrell.

02:18I'm Jeannie.

02:18This is my assistant Monica.

02:19I'm Terrell.

02:20Nice to meet you guys.

02:21Come on in.

02:22I'm feeling really excited about the transformation today.

02:25If I liked it, then I'll get some pictures to store it as memories because we're not doing

02:31no laser surgery or anything like that.

02:32You want to come over and take a seat?

02:34Let's get started.

02:35I'm excited.

02:36You're excited?

02:37Yeah.

02:38I'm excited.

02:39Yeah.

02:40I think it's going to be so different.

02:51I'm sure everybody who knows him is going to not even recognize him.

03:02Have you ever had anybody give you complete about your tattoos and just be rude and judgmental?

03:07Yeah.

03:08I have a lot of people like that, especially on social media with the comments they post

03:12under my videos about, you know, just judgmental things like, oh, he's got out of prison.

03:17He don't got no job.

03:18You know, people saying he messed up your face, things like that.

03:22Keyboard warriors.

03:23Keyboard warriors.

03:24Right.

03:25Exactly.

03:26Having tattoos doesn't affect your ability to do, you know, be a doctor, be a nurse or,

03:29you know, do things like that.

03:30If I have people come up to me in the grocery store and like, wow, I love your face, I love

03:34your work.

03:35Or, you know, asking me questions like, did that hurt?

03:37How bad did that hurt?

03:38And so really it varies on the person.

03:40I'm nervous.

03:50I think it turned out pretty dang good.

03:53I feel like I could have done better, but I think it's amazing.

03:56I'm anxious, honestly.

03:58I'm ready to see the transformation.

04:00I'm ready to see what I look like without tattoos.

04:06Whoa.

04:07Wow.

04:14Wow.

04:15I don't like it.

04:20I don't remember looking like this.

04:24But I had hair when I was young too, like long hair.

04:27So with the ball look too and no tattoos, I look weird.

04:30Like a naked mole rat.

04:32Sorry.

04:33I do though.

04:36I really, really liked his reaction.

04:38I feel like that was true to what I thought it was going to be.

04:43I'm just like, wow, but I don't like it.

04:46I like the tattoos.

04:47I mean, clearly I like tattoos anyway, but it just doesn't feel like him.

04:51And I've only known him for a few hours now.

04:53What do you think your mom's going to say?

04:55I'm sure she'll like the tattoos look better, honestly.

04:57Yeah.

04:58I feel like anybody even knows you would say that.

05:00Yeah.

05:01We've known you for what?

05:02A few hours.

05:03Right.

05:04Yeah.

05:05I know.

05:06You did a good job though.

05:07I like it.

05:08It was fun.

05:09Yeah.

05:10Yeah.

05:11Yeah.

05:12How did you feel when Terrell first started taking tattoos?

05:15They were okay at first.

05:17And then once he got it on his face, I thought that was drastic.

05:21That was a little bit too much, but you know, I kind of got used to it.

05:26I miss Terrell without the tattoos.

05:29Oh my gosh.

05:40Terrell.

05:41Now that's the Terrell member.

05:46I love it.

05:49How do you feel?

05:50You want your tattoos back?

05:52Yeah.

05:53Especially with the bald look, just too naked.

05:55But you look handsome.

05:59Yeah, we can keep it like that all the time now.

06:02Do you prepare this?

06:05Yes, I do.

06:06I do.

06:07Yes, Terrell.

06:08I don't feel like myself.

06:10It's just too naked.

06:12I don't want to look normal now.

06:14Turn around again.

06:16Let me see.

06:17Wow.

06:18Yes.

06:19I love it, Terrell.

06:20You look nice like my son.

06:22You got your baby face.

06:24This was very fun.

06:27First time experience for me.

06:29I loved it.

06:30My mom's reaction?

06:31I was more shocked than her.

06:32Like, she said she likes this look.

06:34You know, when I first revealed myself, I didn't think she would like this.

06:37Cause I don't know.

06:38I just, I like the tattoo look way better though.

06:40I'm surprised she said she likes this look better.

06:42Does it hurt at all to hear her say something like, oh, there's my son.

06:46No, because this is, this, well, not this, but my tattoo look is how I am now.

06:53This is her son now.

07:03We have two trans kids.

07:04Anyone can be whoever they want.

07:06I'm just owning it.

07:08Our family is seen to be very unconventional.

07:13So I had kids and I can't be hot anymore.

07:16Like moms are hot too.

07:17People say I look like a thug, but I love thugs.

07:20I take that as a compliment.

07:21I'm bored of people thinking that I cannot be intimate.

07:25I'm a young, single, hot piece of disabled booty.

07:29I feel like I'm going to look at myself and be like, who is that?

07:33Life is way too short to be hiding.

07:39It is my story.

07:41It is my truth.

08:03I'm just one meals to get five minutes full of our tryقتfather.

08:04That's a lot of food.

08:05There we go.

08:06There's a lot of food up to all the

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