A young woman has proudly spoken of her amazing tattoo which covers her entire back and bum - but is completely invisible from the front.<br /><br />Alexandra Cornish, 24, opted to get a unique back tattoo - which spans her entire back, bum and the back of her thighs. <br /><br />A tattoo artist herself, Alexandra, from Hillarys, Perth, Australia, took inspiration from Japanese 'bodysuit' tattoos.<br /><br />She got the £3,000 ink done over NINE sessions in a year, taking more than 50 hours to complete in total.<br /><br />The tattoo centres around Princess Wakana and also features flowers, skulls and spiders on a spider web background.<br /><br />She loves seeing people's reactions when they see her from the front, with no visible ink - then she turns around.<br /><br />Alexandra, who is currently living with her partner in Singapore, said: "I never looked at myself originally with a big back piece.<br /><br />"But traditionally with Japanese back pieces, they're supposed to tell the story of the rest of your body and all images link to the back and I liked that.<br /><br />"When people say the back is quite painful, I didn’t find it too bad. My waist and tailbone hurt though.<br /><br />"Tattoos like this are designed to be hidden under clothes - and it's good I can have it hidden.<br /><br />"I love having it on display though. I love the contrast of not looking tattooed from the front, but having a heavy back piece.<br /><br />"I do notice people staring when I'm out - but I take no offence.<br /><br />"I put 50 hours into it - I don't care who looks!"<br /><br />Alexandra had two tattoos but nothing on her back when she first reached out to tattoo artist Dan Molloy, based in Perth, Western Australia in January 2021.<br /><br />She already knew him from a previous tattoo he did for her and she feels he is "one of the best artists" in Australia.<br /><br />Initially unsure what she wanted, they came up with an idea around Princess Wakana, the beautiful daughter of Lord Otomo no Sorin, a Japanese feudal lord of the 1500s.<br /><br />She studied magic and had a special connection with spiders which taught her magic spells, according to Japanese art from the 1800s.<br /><br />Alexandra said: "I told Dan I wanted a woman that wasn’t too feminine, but nothing too intense, and he suggested Wakana.<br /><br />"Originally I didn't like spiders and I wasn't inclined, but I have always liked magic and fantasy, so I went with it."<br /><br />She explained these back pieces normally only cover the back when done on men because they have broader shoulders.<br /><br />But due to her feminine proportions, it made more sense for the design to stretch lower, and cover her entire bum and the tops of her thighs.<br /><br />Alexandra's first session took place in September 2021.<br /><br />She had to fly to and from Dan's studio Kurikara Fudo Tattoo in Perth from where she was living in Surry Hills, Sydney at the time.<br /><br />The entire tattoo took nine sessions - with some as long as eight hours in one go - and the entire piece took 50 hours to complete.<br /><br />She said: "When people say the back is quite painful, I didn’t find it too bad.<br /><br />"Certain parts were better than others. The shoul
