Dad who copied Tupac's 'Thug life' and 'F*** the world' tattoos admits he made a drunken mistake (and even his children are embarrassed)
A father-of-two has admitted he is too ashamed to take his top off when his children are around - due to the 'disgraceful' tattoos he had to emulate deceased rapper Tupac Shakur.
Liam Bailey, 28, from Folkestone, Kent, said the inkings were a drunken mistake he made three years ago, which he has lived to regret.
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'Looking back now I think why did I do that?' he confessed as he appears on the new series of Channel 5's Tattoo Disasters UK.
Liam Bailey, 28, decided to emulate rapper Tupac three years ago by copying his 'thug life' tattoo but he now regrets the drunken decision
As a father, Liam admits he now thinks it is 'disgraceful' that he has a 'f*** the world' tattoo like Tupac, right, across the top of his back. He also copied the late star's cross
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Liam said he was out with friends one night when Tupac came on the radio and it seemed ' a good idea at the time' to get copycat tattoos of the rapper.
He got a tattoo artist to ink 'THUG LIFE' across his abdomen, just like the late star had, and then returned to replicate a huge design the rapper had on his back.
Liam, a former soldier with the Royal Artillery, said the tattoos do not reflect who he is as a person and he is even more ashamed of them now that he is father to daughter, Amelia, and son, Elliot.
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'As a dad, the swear word on my back is just disgraceful. My kids ask what is that drawing on you? but luckily they don't understand the meaning of the words yet.'
Liam's mother also appeared on the show - and broke down in tears as she described how much she hates his tattoos.
'He is not the person portrayed on his back, he is a nice lad, it broke my heart when he had it done and I can't wait for it to be covered up, ' she wept.
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However, she admitted she could 'see the funny side' of her son's 'thug life' tattoo -as the 'i' in life was supposed to be a bullet, but actually looks more like a tampon.
'Who the hell would have a tampon on their tummy?' she said. 'I can see the funny side of that but the one on the back, no, that's awful, people look at him in disgust.'
Liam said his Tupac tattoos mean he hates taking his top off and he worries people will think he is 'some kind of thug'
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Liam admitted his family aren't the only ones to notice the resemblance to the sanitary product and that fact - combined with the swear word on his back - means he is often too embarrassed to reveal his body.
He has now had the 'f*** the world' tattoo at the top of his back covered up with a fighter pilot scene drawn in extraordinary detail by tattoo artist Chris Chow.
Liam has had one of the tattoos covered up with an elaborate fighter pilot scene which took nine hours to be inked. Eventually he will have tit extended to cover the cross
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The cover-up took an excruciating nine hours and Liam will have to return to have further additions to the scene in order to cover up his 'wonky cross'.
'It is going to change my life, ' he said. 'Hopefully my children will look at it one day and be proud that I I have lovely body art instead of really bad body art.'
Dmg media Contact us How to complain Leadership Team Advertise with us Contributors Terms Do not sell or share my personal information About MailOnline Privacy policy & cookiesWalk along one of the busiest streets in Ashton-under-Lyne and you won't even realise it is there. Tucked away inside an inconspicuous Cavendish Street building, hidden above the offices of a construction company, is a studio producing some of the world's most creative and impressive tattoos.
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Award-winning tattooist Dean Gunther began to follow his dream when he realised he hated working in sales at a young age. He turned to art, before focusing on tattooing, and left South Africa to further his career in the UK.
Now, the 34-year-old is earning a reputation as one of the country's most daring and talented tattooists. From quirky designs like trainers on a man's feet and a six-pack on a beer belly, to visually stunning realism based on nature and fantasy, Dean is winning an army of fans on social media and customers have flown in from around the world to be inked by him.
But the gifted artist, who lives in Hyde, admits his life wouldn't be quite the same if he hadn't made the decision to stop drinking almost five years ago. I used to ride for a bike club at home, Dean told the Manchester Evening News .
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I used to hang out at rallies every weekend, and being a young artist - at 21 years old - I was earning good money. At that time I was still young so I was partying a lot.
When I came to the UK, I left everything behind. I'm still in contact with my friends, but it gave me a break to get away from everything.
I was constantly surrounded by parties, people would just stop by my house and we'd always drink. So when I came to the UK, I was here for six months and I quit the drink for good.
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It was just another obstacle to prevent me becoming the best version of myself. You cancel work, you're feeling ill - it's just for my health more than anything.
Dean recalls being artistic from a young age. He loved drawing, hated working in sales, so decided to pursue his passion 'regardless of money'. At the same time Dean began 'hanging out' at tattoo studios.
He got his first tattoo at the age of 18 from a man 'just out of prison'. The tattooist used a particularly unhygienic method involving rubber, water and Dean's spit - but as a teenager he loved the outcome. I was so chuffed with my tattoo, said Dean. I obviously hid it from my family.
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Dean began to find drawing 'a little bit boring' before he started tattooing aged 21. He describes the tattoo scene in the UK and Europe as more advanced than in his home country, so he took the opportunity to move to Boscombe, Dorset, five years ago to further his skills.
After two years, Dean swapped the south coast for Tameside, and hasn't looked back. He opened DG Tattoo Art with his partner, Sam Jordan, 32. The couple met after Dean worked a 'guest spot' where she lived, and after Sam's previous apprenticeship was put on hold due to lockdown, Dean offered the chance for her to learn the craft alongside him.
Dean said: Because we love our environment, there are no hassles or drama. Sometimes when we finish tattooing, we will just hang out here and relax, have a tea. We get along very well.
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I've taught her tattooing, and she's been tattooing just over a year. She's already doing amazing, she's done conventions, it's going really, really good.
The couple 'invest' in themselves as artists by attending conventions with world-renowned tattooists, with Dean also having worked guest spots in Europe and networked across the world. It's a dedication to the craft which doesn't come cheap, with the couple recently forking out £1, 600 to attend a convention with classes featuring some of the world's top tattooists.
But the hard work is certainly paying off. Dean's Instagram account featuring examples of his work has more than 20, 000 followers, while videos of his zany creations on TikTok have become viral hits, with over 135, 000 likes. The exposure has seen Dean attract business from as far as the USA.
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Each client comes up with a general theme for how they want their tattoo to look, before Dean takes a photo of the body part set to be inked and creates a design digitally. If the customer is happy with how it looks, work gets underway.
Dean charges a flat rate for a day session, which can last between six and 10 hours, so neither he nor the client feels rushed. The most detailed tattoos can take a number of days to be produced.
You want a tattoo to last over many years and look very striking, he said. For me it's important that you can make out what it is even if you stand and look far from it, so the colours need to be really saturated - a really bold tattoo with detail - but still look realistic.
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But there's a fine line, you can't make too bright colours, because in nature everything is a bit muted - it's not neon bright. In realism you have to keep it a bit muted.
The end results are visually stunning. Recently, Dean transformed the old Manchester City club badge into a dramatic realist image, featuring the ship and eagle
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