Fashion and Logistics worker Tina Alexandra (30) from Spain got her first tattoo of a small gun on her hand at the age of 22, but at the time she had no way of knowing this would lead to an epic tattoo quest that would take the equivalent time to being continuously tattooed for eight days, without anaesthetic   Tina had considered getting a blackout tattoo for several years, it was not a decision she took lightly. In just seven months she went from three small tattoos to covered head to toe in black ink at the studio of Muchacho Navaja at La Morena, Madrid. The suit was done in seven months over a total of 22 sessions and lasted almost 200 hours.  Tina was in incredible pain during the process and even doubted how much she would love the suit when it was done.  “Most people think I used some anaesthesia and I didn't. I got the suit done raw without any anaesthesia,” said Tina.  “The worst moment for me was when I was done with my last session I had a breakdown because the process was so fast, I had completely transformed in seven months. “I was scared I had changed too much too fast and I had a little breakdown I was crying. “I remember I told my tattooer, who really supported me through the process, ‘we made it but look at me now’ in fact I was a little bit worried about people reactions cause when I decided to show myself it was like a circus. “I had to deal with the people on the street, in stores, at work asking too many questions and looking at you like ‘what it’s that thing’ but later I was totally sure about the process. “I put a lot of sacrifice in this process and pain and blood.” Tina did not get her tattoo for purely aesthetic reasons. She insisted her motivation was deeper than that - she loves the art, her body suit is an extension of her and an expression of who she is.  “I wanted to black out my entire body so badly and I worked on it continuously for seven months,” said Tina.  “The hours I have spent being tattooed felt infinite at times, I remember when I started the first session it was like six hours of designs. I spent like nine or ten hours per session. “My blackout bodysuit is all one tattoo, I did have three little ones before that so I guess I have four in total but those old tattoos were covered entirely except the gun on my hand.  “The gun on my hand is the first tattoo I ever got, I was 22 when it was done, pretty late for a first tattoo.”  Mostly Tina receives positive responses to her incredible artwork, not to say everyone loves every piece.  “People are impressed and shocked, they ask a lot of questions, they look at you a lot and in some way most people like it because is not common to see someone like this on the street,” she said.  “Most people are impressed and they feel inspired in some way by my aesthetic. I was compared most of the time to someone from the future like cyber or anime, I have had good feedback from all the world including tattoo artists.  “Most of the feedback is good it's like wow looks like a painting which makes me laugh but I know a lot of people think that it's too much but I guess to me it's normal, I never have any expectation from them. “My back is probably the most shocking or polarising part because I have a Japanese dragon and people can be unsure about how it compliments the blackwork.  “My family responded pretty well, they are positive my mum thinks that I'm always dressed, you could call it haute couture. “My friends are amazed by my skin and they all the time want to touch it, they don't have any problem because I'm the only one who looks this way.” Tina wants people to understand the undertaking a blackout bodysuit is and not to go into it lightly.  “Well I can't recommend this cause it's hard, it's not something easy to do and it takes time, you have to know that you want it and how bad you want it because the process it's hard,” she said.  “And it's a lot of money you kind of need to think about your future and you must have a job stable with this transformation. “I guess it's important for people to know the society it's not too positive about these things so you have to think a lot about that before to realise any kind of transformation can affect your life.” ENDS