Man videos brutal body blackout tattoo process and you can almost feel the pain

Warning: This article contains graphic imagery.

An ink lover has shared some insight into the process of getting a blackout tattoo, proving it really isn't for the faint of heart.

Dave Chudley has been documenting the gruelling process of drenching his skin in black ink online.

He's been sharing his experience of the pain, swelling, peeling and fighting the irresistible urge to pick at it - and some of his videos aren't exactly an easy watch.

Dave, who is better known online as @ink.body1, has built up a huge social media following over the years by sharing tattoo-focused content.

As well as showing off the elaborate designs that adorn his skin, he often shares clips offering advice to others who also like to spice up their appearance with permanent artwork.

Dave is kitted out in tattoos from his head to his toes and has recently began blacking out a large portion of them, much like stars such as Kat Von D and Machine Gun Kelly have.

MGK previously spoke out about how physically taxing the process was for him, as the musician revealed that his skin 'turned yellow', he struggled to sleep and even 'stopped being able to move parts of his upper body'.

Needless to say, it's no walk in the park.

Despite getting a blackout tattoo being quite the ordeal, tons of people are doing it a the moment, including Dave.

He's already covered a large amount of his upper body with this design and as it continues to grow, he has been sharing videos showing the progress of it on Instagram.

Earlier this month, the Portsmouth-based content creator shared a video of how his inner arm was getting on 24 hours after he had been inked.

In the clip shared on 9 June, Dave unwrapped the 'completely soaked' pad he had placed around his arm to aid the healing process, before giving his 278,000 followers a good look at it.

He discussed what he anticipated his limb would look like a day after the blackout tattoo - and admitted it was probably going to be 'pretty grim'.

"The swelling is going to be brutal," Dave said as he unwrapped the pad. "The best way to describe the feeling would be almost like an extreme sunburn. Peeling that off is not the most fun thing."

While showing off his fresh inking and his bulging bicep, he said: "Look at that! The swelling on it, that is mental. That swelling is absolutely brutal, especially compared to [the other] arm."

Dave explained that the protective pad 'weighed an absolute ton' as the ink had 'leaked a lot overnight'.

He reckons these pads play a key role in the aftercare process, as he went on to say: "It's going to make a massive difference to your healing and just for convenience - because your not destroying your bedsheets every time you get tattoos. Especially if you're someone like me, that goes and gets tattooed on a weekly-basis."

When asked in the comments what inspired him to jump on the blackout tattoo bandwagon, Dave simply said that he 'just likes how it looks'.

It's safe to say people were left pretty shocked by what he was dealing with, as one person wrote under his post: "I was going to get this done...I’ll pass now."

In another post he previously shared, Dave was asked if a blackout hurts more than normal tattoo.

"I think so, you're beating the same spot over and over for hours on end, in order to get it all black without patches or gaps," he said.

"You see that a lot on people posting their blackouts, but they filter it and it looks good - but in person it's not the same. It's not a tattoo that you get done in a day. It will need a brush up and it will hurt."

So there you have it folks - proceed with caution.