A student from the UK has had a homeless Ian Beale inked onto her thigh.

The 21-year-old told The Tab that she has no regrets of getting the Eastenders character tattooed onto her, but she can't even remember why she got it. 

Amber-May Ellis swears she is happy with the design, which shows Ian wearing a beanie hat, a scruffy beard and cuts on his face.

The Reading University student is a self-confessed Eastenders fan but this isn't her first inking – she also has the word "banter" tattooed on her arms in Wingdings font. 

"Basically it was a drunken bet – but it was so irrelevant no one can remember what it actually was," Amber-May said. 

"All we know was that I lost and I was getting the tattoo. It was a crazy night."