Skip to main content

Man’s disbelief after getting “real” sneakers tattooed on his leg

Tired of always having to spend money on new sports shoes, a man in England got a tattoo of his favorite shoes on his foot. Dean Gunther, a famous tattoo artist in Manchester, UK, recently became famous on Instagram and Tiktok platforms, after sharing a short video of a tattoo of a pair of sneakers on his […]

Tired of always having to spend money on new sports shoes, a man in England got a tattoo of his favorite shoes on his foot.

tattoo
A man in the UK made headlines when he got a tattoo of sneakers on his leg. (Source: Oddity Central)

Dean Gunther, a famous tattoo artist in Manchester, UK, recently became famous on Instagram and Tiktok platforms, after sharing a short video of a tattoo of a pair of sneakers on his leg. client.

The tattoo is completely hand-drawn but has incredible detail and from some angles can make it look like the person being tattooed is wearing a real pair of Vibram Five Fingers shoes. 


It is known that the customer loves this type of shoe, but the Nike shoe company that he likes does not make it. So the customer decided to tattoo an imaginary pair of shoes on his foot.

“My client was tired of buying new shoes all the time, so he decided to get a pair of his favorite Nike shoes tattooed on him and he wanted to get a sense of humor out of it,” Dean Gunther told NeedToKnow page, adds that the guest’s wife also likes the above tattoo. 

Gunther says the hardest part was drawing the entire shoe himself, because he couldn’t use any kind of pattern in the process. Gunther observed a 360-degree simulation of the shoes and then spent several hours tattooing the client’s foot. It took him another 8 hours to perfect the tattoo. .


“Tattooing completely without supporting equipment is the most difficult stage. I have to make sure everything looks harmonious with the curves of the foot,” says Gunther. “I wanted to make it look like he was wearing real shoes, despite the fact that he was just walking barefoot. 

What’s interesting is that this is just the second weirdest tattoo Gunther has done recently. Not long ago, he had an extremely realistic “six pack” tattoo on the body of a guest who likes to have a strong body but doesn’t want to waste time going to the gym.