How is this dude gonna hide

[Lilith7]

Yep, you have to wonder what his life must have been like, that he'd choose to look like that.

I would suggest there's a good chance those tattoos were applied by fellow inmates in a prison (and/or gang) situation. Or at least the first version that the current incarnation is now covering.

No 'licenced' tattooist would take pride in a mess like that.

I suspect you're probably right - its unlikely any real tattooist would do that. Apart from anything else, work like that would damage the tattooist's reputation.