'Blackout Tattoos Take a Strong Mentality' JW | Heavily Inked

Shortly after getting his first tattoo-a piece of flash he picked off the wall-Joe saw someone else walking around with the same exact tattoo. At that moment he knew that something needed to be done and it altered his entire journey. After discovering heavy blackwork tattooing, Joe realized what he truly wanted. We spoke with Joe about his collection, the looks he gets when he's out in public and the intricacies of well done blackwork.
Welcome to Heavily Inked. In our newest series, we're going to speak one-on-one with tattoo collectors and artists about what it means to be a heavily inked person. We'll get deep as we go through the motivations behind their tattoo choices, the way they've been treated in society and much more.
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[@Baron-Von-1973]

People with neck sleeves always look like they are trying to keep their head above water 😂

[@mattimaranda9638]

Turtleneck sweater or something too... not for me.

[@ostrichcum9369]

my neck sleeve ends right above my adams apple joining with the beard line and it doesn't really look like that.... but once your ink touches the chin it starts to look weird lol

[@moonmeadow]

That’s what I’m thinking 😅

[@FUCKINGRI0T]

He's holding his head up weirdly

[@jaimenajera8201]

Thats what's so cool about it! Sometimes we are holding our head above water trying to survive

[@NRoth-wq1cd]

I think this is the first heavily inked interview that was with a real down to earth chill “normal” person. Not someone trying to promote or trying to puff themselves up.

[@maartenn2217]

100% I'm not interested in some influencers. Get everyday people on here that just happen to be heavily inked, that's interesting to me. Not someone living the 1% life

[@josephwrd2]

Thank you that means a lot and this is the real @good_lordy_wardy

[@NRoth-wq1cd]

@@josephwrd2 meant it all. And love the angle on that black work.

[@Brad45420]

agreed. def if u like black out tattoos u gotta be off. I get tattoos , hell cover spot if that's ur thing. but to get a portion of ur body just painted black. u mjust really jot like who u are. the amazing designs of tattoos is ghr point . he keeps saying I grew out of this, and I grew out of that. not a great sign that ull be happy w anything. figure out who u are, then get ink to represent that. this makes absolutely no sense to me but I guess is the world of 8 yr old taking hormone blockers and trans sports competition I must have made a wrong turn.cause america is still a good place, but we seem to produce the worst people short of stalin

[@Creature_of_Knight]

Not to be weird about it but like, does anyone else think he looks like a sculpture? I mean that in the absolute nicest way possible, like he was sculpted from black marble or something. It's a beautiful art piece 🖤

[@darrylstanley2656]

I completely agree. His physique works with the blackout to create a beautiful piece. Best looking blackout work I've seen, and it's a credit to the artist and to the canvas.

[@shaydelre1898]

like a Black and White cookie from Starbucks :)

[@Elias-df6ki]

No.

[@baddie1shoe]

It’s ugly. Imagine when it/he turns old and green. Lol!!!

[@lando_p]

@@baddie1shoe old skin without tattoos looks shitty too

[@sundaywhiterabbit7679]

The black across his body is amazing. The wow factor of that tattoo comes off when the shirt comes off. Definitely oddly beautiful.

[@yourforbiddenfruit]

The torso looks incredible. It also looks as black as a freshly applied tattoo. I wonder how many sessions it took to achieve.

[@kevininforks]

Oh the pain

[@YoungFate13]

He prolly has well over 80+hrs just in all black. To achieve what he has I would guess it was multiple passes over the same area multiple times. Just a guess tho. Ik my all black sleeve took 10hrs soo just a wild guess tbh

[@journeymermod4797]

Probably took a couple 8 hour sessions, if you know what you are doing you can fill in pretty quickly and throughly.

[@realrareap2420]

He was on meth for sure to go through that neck pain

[@wutangfist5529]

Just 1 probably.

[@epasuxelar4473]

So beautifully done, his body looks like obsidian

[@tevisfredericks3822]

His blackout work is phenomenally done.

[@immortal.bog.wizard]

"I got a better chance of getting her to eat a pot brownie" was absolutely golden

[@nickfalk2081]

Best answer I've heard to the "tattooed person" question... "Yeah, (there) definitely was, and that's when I started forgetting about having the tattoos..." I can 100% relate, I feel like once I did my neck, I started to subconsciously think about my ink differently. It's like, "ok, thats there, they're all there, awesome", and like he said, the shock value vanishes when getting a new one. The ink has just slowly, piece by piece, become a part of me, my identity and my story. Like Joe, I also knew when I was just a youngin that i'd get it done like this one day, still remember seeing a "heavily inked" adult for the first time when I was like 5. Joe, if you ever read this, I'm also a born and raised south jersey boy from Marlton, and I think you're rad as shit inside and out. Hope we cross paths sometime.

[@sam.snead.]

gay

[@DemBlox]

@@sam.snead. lmaooo

[@pennypay1]

That really is true about the shock value when getting a new one. Because regardless of whether someone else finds our tattoo(s) striking or shocking or amazing, it's on our own body for life and it takes time for us to get used to it as well. I have 5 large 'visible' pieces, and I remember getting used to having the first one, and people looking at it (as an introvert and a woman, and back in the early 00's when tattoos were just starting to be more mainstream). Now I don't even really think about having them, though I've always loved them all as part of my identity.

[@shaolinotter]

the healing on these tattoos is pretty brutal. my elbow cracked open like a hot dog in the microwave

[@tattooed1976]

I thought that blackout work was intense & then he lifted his shirt. Wow it's really incredible.

[@wolfgangtrack422]

Little Joe Ward. I went to high school with this guys sister. He's a good kid. We had alot of fun back in the day. Glad to see he's doing good 👍

[@ConspiracyVision]

Fuckin Wardyyyy

[@saintmonster5984]

The intro story with his Grandma is exactly how it was for me and I remember my Grandma say "WHY COULDN'T YOU GET A SMALL HEART ON YOUR BUTT SO NO ONE COULD SEE IT!?" and it make laugh so hard after that

[@mrbellthebutler]

I like his black out work and he comes across as a really nice chap!

[@anniemac7470]

I WISH ivould be this humble. He made me feel so many emotions in the SMALLEST amout of time in my life. Hes beautiful, skin to soul

[@wutangfist5529]

I don’t normally like blackout tattoos but this dude pulls it off.

[@Akerfeldtfan]

His torso and arm blackouts look incredible. I would never do it myself, but that is some serious commitment.

[@ssw4343]

this black work IS SO DREAMY.... HOODE knows how to lay that black.. Holy moly..

[@Ticonderous1]

3:30 ... Exactly that statement brother... I am going through he same process.. 20 years after getting my first tattoos done .. Finally found the right guy ,, and we are doing some really good stuff together .....

[@_slick_rich_]

Props to you for your heavy blackout work. It’s definitely a mental game sticking with the pain.

[@WRA_Moon]

I recently got my left forearm blacked out from above my elbow down past my wrist, It’s a cover up of old tattoos from my past life and isn’t me anymore from above my elbow down past my wrist. It was a 6.5 hour session and towards the end it was a mental game. It’s by far my favorite piece I have

[@mylovemyjimin753]

This is tattoo and interview about it but this person is really genuine and good person, he accepts himself and understand who he is to the way he is comfortable, that is strong mentality, I trying to make my book cover looks good daily BUT I struggle every minute and feeling insecure scared stressed BUT he looks beautiful and for his book he been judged by other BUT he is so strong and so positive towards human being, when listing to him and his positive mine, I respect him, and his tattoos are beautiful

[@mcmaschio]

Love getting inked and would love to get sleeve but i cant imagine sitting for so much black work … respect man 🙌

[@DrawnByLaserLove]

I absolutely love blackouts and I'm really looking forward to get my arm and leg done in the future. I fell in love immediately with the look of solid blackwork when I first saw it about a decade ago. I love the color of the ink, how it accentuate the texture of the skin and how it highlights the shape of your body. Everything about blackouts is beautiful to me.

[@Yourtimeis]

Wild bro I’m glad you love lasers Bc maybe you’ll figure out how to laser a blackout tattoo off I only see it as a last resort cover up

[@sam.snead.]

gay

[@NAT-turners-Revenge]

Yea.... sure.. im a *BLACK PERSON* 😅 ... this doesnt rub off

[@averieldeathrider8407]

This was a great Interview & gives perspective for ppl that look at us with tattoos like that.

[@cordeliabriar2924]

Personally they're not for me I love the diversity of my artwork and the different colors and everything like that they each tell a story in my life.. But I also think that what we put on our body is our personal decision and preference and should not be judged by other people who don't understand.

[@DoraV1]

I have nothing but respect for this guy and his tattoo artist. Absolutely beautiful 😍

[@gabbi_anoni]

I love Blackout Ink! I would much rather get my old chapters in my life covered with this then removed.

[@puffcap_]

damn that saturation is so good, hoode knows what hes doing

[@ggyytgcvc]

His torso is incredible. It looks like latex, so smooth and clean. God. Beautiful

[@nicolaszamudio8699]

Hoode is dope, used to always talk to him in his comments on IG, love his work. Can’t wait to get a blackout by him one day

[@kevininforks]

It's your skin, you became who you are on the inside, much respect brother. Your ink is amazing.

[@itsjenna247]

the torso piece is so bold and such an awesome idea to do

[@NK-bz9wb]

Looks like a super nice dude, at first I thought he's lifting his shirt in the thumbnail haha. His eyes are a seriously beautiful color, too. The blackout is beautifully done, I got a little queasy when I saw how well the bellybutton was done too, for some reason lol.

[@SwazNasty]

That's hilarious about seeing someone else with the same tat- I had the exact same thing happen to me with my first tattoo which oddly enough was ALSO a dragon off the wall LOL some dude came up to me at a rave in the early 2000's in SoCal and was like "hey bro check it out!" and showed me his arm- and was like "look man it's the same one you have on your back!" And I was like oh shit! That SUCKS!!! he was excited and I was horrified hahaha

[@andrewfoster2296]

Love my Blackout tattoo. I fully knew the consequence of getting something still so opinionated. I’ve had people come up to me and pinch my blackout piece, had people come up to me and tell me I’m ruining my life. Personally f**k them I live my life the way I want to.

[@TheHSIHP]

You want to live that way now. Talk to you in 15-20 years

[@muscleman125]

@@TheHSIHP You sound like someone who has a lot of regrets

[@TheHSIHP]

@@muscleman125 nah, just wisdom

[@jeremyrench4592]

Fuck em. Blackout looks dope, if you like who gives a shit what someone else thinks about your artwork.

[@TheHSIHP]

@@jeremyrench4592 lol. How old are you? 100 percent chance he will regret this

[@grayo4176]

I'm not particularly the biggest fan of blackouts and I can appreciate how beautiful done his is, but I remember reading something abt someone who had their arm blacked out and they have to wear an arm cover when they are in the sun bc their arm would start to heat up and burn in the sun. I always wondered if it happened to everyone who has one and if they have the same issue when in the sun. I have yet to see someone with a black out tattoo at the beach 😂

[@omgdisfunny4852]

i mean.. if you have tattoos they shouldn't just be out directly in the sun anyway.. it fades the tattoo... but its probably super noticeable on blackouts because its supposed to all be 1 shade. thats why you also only ever see people with awful damaged and faded tattoos out at the beach

[@_walruseater]

I knew this was Hoode's work before he said it. Hoode is well known in the blackout scene, to many he's is the best. also, this guy seems like a super cool dude to hang with.

[@illmuskyhunter3313]

Known for coloring shit all black..... What a reputation 🙄

[@shaydelre1898]

@@illmuskyhunter3313 yer dum

[@Dark-kr6je]

Great interview.. This man has strong mentality.. Very fantastic art work

[@sammybowker7823]

yay the real background is back! looks awesome. and his blackwork is fucking AMAZING

[@luissosa320]

That Buzz noise at the end scared the shit out of me ! Lol

[@rablezezze6715]

wow, as soon as he took off his shirt. Beautiful. looks really good

[@clutch2827]

Addictions come in all forms.

[@britnigeraghty1244]

That looks so clean! This is absolutely 🔥🖤🔥🖤🔥

[@disroc8]

It’s crazy that I just started watching this at 1:21am literally around the corner (5min walk) from Linden, NJ.

[@4udioFour]

As a black man I relate to his experiences of being in public & getting the feeling of being shunned without words & twice with words… I don’t even have tattoos yet. From my knowledge, every one of those times were unprovoked. Several times in public people have looked at me with worry/disgust while gesturing the sign of the cross before passing me by or when I enter a shop. I dress regular aka not scary… maybe it’s my beautiful locs that scare them haha? Regardless idgaf because I know the truth. I pray one day we all genuinely accept/love one another regardless of the outside.

[@maldenfoster]

Speaking as a white person that has black friends that has had this conversation with white people (because I don’t understand the fear) if you have locs that is probably what scares them considering that you dress like a regular dude. Idk why but any time I ask someone I see as fearful or even racist they never understand the spiritual/religious/cultural reasons behind growing locs they just see it as a dirty ghetto hairstyle (ik it’s not but they do) anyways as soon as I explain to them the reasons of growing and compare directly to other examples in white culture (like for certain religious groups not shaving) they understand it a bit more. It sucks you deal with that u seem to be an introspective person who is smart (considering you even think of issues like this) wish more people judged people by character first

[@boejudden9011]

Difference is that you being Black is just how you were born, meaning those reactions are racist. And when someone gets their body tattooed, they do so accepting the challenges that they're willingly incurring.

[@maldenfoster]

@@boejudden9011 big fax there

[@ostrichcum9369]

@@maldenfoster Hi Chesus

[@maldenfoster]

@@ostrichcum9369 hey how are ya? Hopefully not sticky

[@donovanschoor1473]

Have really fell in love with black out tattoos

[@fuzzy5987]

His blackout tattoo is gorgeous 👌🏾😍

[@sofarsohood_]

I love this, I have my blackout booked for 4th July… Cannot wait!

[@HOT8CHOCOLAT3]

Black out work looks absolutely amazing

[@bloodsord9]

Some people take it really well. I almost did a full blackout sleeve in one sitting and the girl was doing great for most of it.

[@shaydelre1898]

Yea it's easy I blacked out a 20 year old sleeve and it was pie. I think girls can just sit better idfk. Was so easy I wanted to just keep going forever ...

[@artriscran9278]

Blackout tattoos are for cool people. This dude is definitely a cool guy. Hopefully someday he makes it to the YMH cool guy club.

[@gregkelly2233]

👖

[@TheBlacksheep2020]

He seems like a really cool guy. Love your tattoos!

[@generalkenobi6869]

Great positivity in these videos. Love his mentality and the tattoos are so sick

[@its_the_bird]

Why hello there

[@jenniferblue1387]

Your artist is amazing that is blacker than most black outs I see.Beautiful.

[@Mightymouse2400]

Dude that’s actually an amazing piece of art on a person. I dont see the art in things like that as much when its on a canvas but maybe ive just seen them on the wrong canvases and this one just fits my interpretation. Or maybe I smoked too much and am thinking too deeply, either way thats hella dope.

[@littlebear2477]

I’ve grown out of the majority of mine and don’t want them replaced but lasered. Whether they can be fully removed or not ! I have a lot of scarring too

[@YoRAHeem]

The color grade on this video is ridiculous! Like I know his ink is awesome but by the looks of all the blacks in this video, it’s the deepest black I’ve seen. Great job!

[@ldcWhereJustFar]

Shout out to the artist who did his blackwork, Hoode. One of the best right now

[@Colorful_Mess]

I just got my arm blacked out and I feel so beautiful with it. ❤️

[@heavydirtysoul1111]

Congrats for getting your black sleeve done sis!🖤

[@Colorful_Mess]

@@heavydirtysoul1111 thank you so much!!! ❤️

[@stopcommentingshit]

Nicely done I just checked it out I subscribed Congrats on the baby 🥳 🎉 👏

[@Colorful_Mess]

@@stopcommentingshit Thank you so much!!! ❤️

[@ana___cat]

Same!!

[@fuzzyizmit]

Gorgeous work!

[@fiendant]

That saturation though!! Awesome work

[@choco._.milk33]

Fucking hell his black work is so smooth, looks great

[@mouthfarts6072]

Awesome interview . This dudes on the right track . Him and remy need to chat about tattoos

[@glorysundaye3896]

Best blackout I’ve seen

[@Thehonestruth]

Love your black out work.

[@finalfantasy7820]

His blackout work is amazing.

[@Cat94683]

I'm in the process of completing both my sleeves that's going to include my neck. I love tattoos, I also love blackout tatts but I wouldn't get a blackout myself, I think it looks amazing though.

[@annalee117]

Stunning!💯

[@MolotovAL]

never really appreciated black out until I saw this guys front

[@dragonfly4470]

Beautiful man.

[@sneakerheadjt]

Dude... he has one of the few black outs I love! The way his abdomen shines and is so even dark! Almost want that. How much does it cost?

[@MrMason-xk3wt]

Drag the Mag! Looks great…whiteout will be next watch.

[@JBMindset]

That looks so good man. Grats

[@jeremycacho-lim957]

Breathtaking

[@jester9784]

My dad is the same way about tattoos. well was. I had 3 tats by 16( not professionally done ofc). a finger a hand tatto by my thumb and then my inner arm. he said I was stupid for getting them and that It'll be hard to get a job. fast forward 2 years later and my older brother is getting his 2nd tattoo. after his my dad decided to finally get one. he's now talking about getting some more

[@BeccaUveges]

Oh he's from the same area as my husband and I. Thats awesome!

[@phreshian]

Amazing work

[@sssleepy422]

i normally dont find these total black outs nice normally but this one looks fooken dope 👌

[@mariaalexander4303]

Now thas what you call a sleeve and turtle neck!

[@DroggeIbecher]

kinda fun to hear about little swastica from an american (?). i kinda live close by and have 2 close friends that got some tats made by her. kinda fun to spot her art on strangers, just because the style is kinda unique

[@ericanderson1691]

I would love to get some of my black out done by her.

[@claudiosaldivia5646]

Love people with such attitude positive funny a lot of love respect and real under-standing

[@knowartist3383]

loving all the comments frm ppl who aren't artists (in any sense of the word), who have very little sense of tattooing, and who also like to judge other's appearances. thank goodness I'm alive to see this. have to love the internet. it has bred some other kind of trash I'm still trying to accept.

[@jillybean3688]

Nobody cares what you think about what they think.

[@tinamwrightbeautybabe]

Looks AWESOME ✌🏾

[@jimmyskoog]

So dope! 🔥

[@cinnaghane6664]

He Looks so sick, i love it💪🏻

[@vjc25]

First glance at the thumbnail I thought he was wearing a crop top! Wow

[@millebrasco]

ohh boy that is freakin' awesome!!!

[@cyansunsun3296]

Impressive blackwork !

[@georgewilkinson6263]

Hell yea...love love love this shit....you do you...always full stop!!!✌️

[@yup_pea]

He looks amazing 👍

[@moflife8416]

I just gotta say it: all I could think the entire video is ‘DAMN THAT JAWLINE THO’

[@heavydirtysoul1111]

I've black sleeve and I'm heavily tattooed from my ankles to my neck and when people ask from me how was the process/pain, I tell them that for me it was going beyond the stage when you either vomit or faint, the best description is spiritual experience for me. The last sessions had to be done with numbing cream, I just wasn't into that pain anymore. I know how it feels. Now after 2 years of no tattoos I could carry on again and take more black. I'm considering facial tattoos as seen in my profile picture.

[@MaZeHeptiK]

not the shaft tho

[@heavydirtysoul1111]

@@MaZeHeptiK What's a shaft? Elaborate please.

[@slevig415]

Damn makes me wants to continue and get half my torso done too since I already got my arm lol had no idea how sick it looked

[@ivyb4351]

How it wraps the body pure art beautiful

[@simplesue8334]

He looks great.

[@Frethzel]

I'm done to my left full sleeve blackout nice but a bloody session not like normal tattoo. My next idea to blackout my shoulder connecting to my two arm.

[@churchhide]

Big shout out to Hoodie for saving this man’s skin, I’ve met him when I got my blackout tat and he was a kind and humble dude

[@tomsymmons3289]

ur tattoos are dope bro!!!

[@CharliRay]

When you tryna get invited to the black cookout