{"id":2170,"date":"2026-05-25T09:55:34","date_gmt":"2026-05-25T09:55:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usvibee.com\/?p=2170"},"modified":"2026-05-25T09:55:35","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T09:55:35","slug":"king-of-ink-land-reveals-pre-transformation-photos-and-the-real-cost-of-extreme-body-mods","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usvibee.com\/?p=2170","title":{"rendered":"King Of Ink Land\u201d Reveals Pre-Transformation Photos and the Real Cost of Extreme Body Mods"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"575\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/usvibee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_4298-575x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2171\" srcset=\"https:\/\/usvibee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_4298-575x1024.jpeg 575w, https:\/\/usvibee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_4298-169x300.jpeg 169w, https:\/\/usvibee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_4298-768x1367.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/usvibee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_4298-863x1536.jpeg 863w, https:\/\/usvibee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_4298-1151x2048.jpeg 1151w, https:\/\/usvibee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_4298.jpeg 1320w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 575px) 100vw, 575px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Screenshot<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A man from Birmingham, England, who legally changed his name to King Of Ink Land King Body Art The Extreme Ink-ite, has shared photos showing what he looked like before committing to extensive body modifications. Previously known as Mathew Whelan, the 45-year-old began his transformation in 2008 and has since spent more than \u00a340,000 on tattoos and procedures, investing over 1,600 hours into the process. His striking appearance has made him one of the UK\u2019s most instantly recognizable tattoo enthusiasts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A man from Birmingham, England, who legally changed his name to King Of Ink Land King Body Art The Extreme Ink-ite, has shared photos showing what he looked like before&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2170","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"views":122,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usvibee.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2170","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usvibee.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usvibee.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usvibee.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usvibee.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2170"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/usvibee.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2170\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2172,"href":"https:\/\/usvibee.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2170\/revisions\/2172"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usvibee.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2170"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usvibee.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2170"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usvibee.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2170"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}