Knowing that tattoos are forever, would you leave the result of your tattoo up to chance? More specifically, would you stick your arm through a hole in the wall, allow someone to tattoo it, then be surprised by the result? Most people would say no, but not these folks. At a recent event in Manhattan, 25 brave souls stuck their arms through a hole in the wall and allowed it to be inked by famed tattoo artist Scott Campbell, as part of his new Whole Glory project. All the participants were chose through a lottery, and the results were all different. See photos from the mystery tattoo extravaganza below.
**Basically, everyone was required to do this — and leave their tattoos totally up to chance.**
This woman is getting a tattoo from a world-famous artist who knows nothing about her, and she has no idea what it is going to be. That is so fucking cool. #wholeglory #scottcampbell @milk A photo posted by Julia (@becauseimjewish) on Nov 13, 2015 at 11:37am PST
Whole Glory Now open. All set up and starting first one soon…. Tattooing for four days. Dealer’s choice. Milk Gallery today through Sunday. A photo posted by scott campbell (@scampbell333) on Nov 12, 2015 at 7:19am PST
**Dozens of people turned up for the event, but only 25 would be tattooed by Campbell.**
Whole Glory at Milk Gallery NYC @jenndiazzz you’re hiding in there somewhere lol #scottcampbell #wholeglory A photo posted by @angelohorvath on Nov 13, 2015 at 2:45pm PST
Q: If you had the chance to stick your arm through a hole for a free RANDOM tattoo, would you? #scottcampbell #milkgallery #milkstudios #freetattoo #tattoo #randomtattoo #wholeglory A photo posted by Francis Visaya (@fvisaya) on Nov 15, 2015 at 4:20pm PST
#WholeGlory A photo posted by Russell J Sprouts (@sprout_dog) on Nov 13, 2015 at 7:26am PST
**Everyone’s resulting tattoo was markedly different.**
Whole Glory Tattoo No. 18 Thank you for your confidence. #wholeglory A photo posted by scott campbell (@scampbell333) on Nov 15, 2015 at 8:17am PST
Congrats to @scampbell333 on his amazing #WholeGlory event hosted by Smile NYC! Pictured here: 3 recipients of #ScottCampbell tattoos. Photo credit: @bfa #art #tattoo #savedwines A photo posted by @savedwine on Nov 16, 2015 at 5:20pm PST
Whole Glory Tattoo No. 15 Thank you for your confidence. #wholeglory A photo posted by scott campbell (@scampbell333) on Nov 14, 2015 at 12:17pm PST
Whole Glory Tattoo No. 9 Thank you for your confidence. #wholeglory A photo posted by scott campbell (@scampbell333) on Nov 13, 2015 at 12:03pm PST
Whole Glory Tattoo No. 21 Thank you for your confidence. #wholeglory #forthemoms A photo posted by scott campbell (@scampbell333) on Nov 15, 2015 at 12:38pm PST
Holy shiiitt!! I wish I had the balls to get something like this. This kid is pretty lucky. #scottcampbell #wholeglory #tattoo #randomtattoo #freetattoo A photo posted by Francis Visaya (@fvisaya) on Nov 15, 2015 at 4:25pm PST
**”I think there is a bit of magic there in the exchange, the drawing-a-card-out-of-the-deck dynamic,” Campbell said in an interview.**
Why not. #wholeglory #scottcampbell #milkstudios A photo posted by selectaskyla (@selectaskyla) on Nov 16, 2015 at 8:40am PST
Photo of #ScottCampbell and #LakeBell at the #WholeGlory event in NYC. #tattoo #art #wine #nyc Picture: Joe Schildhorn/BFA @bfa A photo posted by @savedwine on Nov 18, 2015 at 11:41am PST
Stick your arm in a hole and get a tattoo. Whole Glory by @scampbell333. Would you do it? #wholeglory #scottcampbell #tattoo #tattoos #art A photo posted by TattooSnob.com (@tattoosnob) on Nov 17, 2015 at 7:54pm PST
And after!! #wholeglory @scampbell333 A photo posted by GACHOT STUDIOS (@gachotstudios) on Nov 12, 2015 at 11:53am PST
Last night @ #milkgallery , #milkstudios With Artist #scottcampbell doing his #wholeglory Gallery @ NYC… A photo posted by El ChiCo (@elcartel_jeweler) on Nov 16, 2015 at 6:46pm PST
**Campbell was inspired to do the project by how rare it is for an artist to have free reign over someone’s skin.**
#wholeglory #milkgallery #scottcampbell A photo posted by Rated R Superstar (@buttah_vamp) on Nov 15, 2015 at 11:52am PST