What was mine is now yours

By RooRaaah Crumbs • Aug 28th, 2008 • Category: ModBlog

The tattoo above is by Greg Ross (The Blue Rose Tattoo, Huntsville, Alabama) and he was asked to do it by a customer who had decided to bequeath all her organs to the University of Alabama, Birmingham’s Anatomical Donor Program (i.e. Making a bequest of her body to medical research after her death). The tattoo artists at the shop signed as witnesses on her donor form, which I thought was a nice touch.

The work was from her original design and the imagery is a combination of memento mori funeral portraiture and versions of anatomical “Venus type” wax anatomical models.

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RooRaaah Crumbs is the former video editor for BMEvideo and was a regular contributor to ModBlog.
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24 Responses »

  1. Adwoa on August 28th, 2008 at 11:50 am:

    Fantastic!

  2. BettyAtlas on August 28th, 2008 at 12:35 pm:

    Oh its beautiful. I like the added touch of the untied corset. Its so classy and vintage.

  3. coisasdemaria on August 28th, 2008 at 12:46 pm:

    I love this site!!
    ; )

  4. FURRR on August 28th, 2008 at 2:01 pm:

    very cool
    but i can’t make out what body part its on..

  5. uzneko on August 28th, 2008 at 2:18 pm:

    thanks roo, now I can’t stop reading about memento mori.
    How had I never heard of that before?

  6. yex on August 28th, 2008 at 2:33 pm:

    Furrr, I believe it’s on her outer thigh.

  7. SDietz on August 28th, 2008 at 3:40 pm:

    Gorgeous.

  8. becca on August 28th, 2008 at 4:11 pm:

    oh wow i like that alot
    :3

    its really symbolic
    i love when people go to such an extent to put meaning behind their tattoos

  9. qwertyuiop on August 28th, 2008 at 5:59 pm:

    The tattoo is nice, but am I the only one that realizes that this is the closest bme news has gone to showing boobs since about 10 or so posts?

  10. WTF? on August 28th, 2008 at 6:13 pm:

    This is the most amazing tattoo I have seen in a while. Have you checked out the guy’s portfolio, amazing!

  11. RooRaaah Crumbs on August 28th, 2008 at 6:16 pm:

    qwertyuiop - Probably, yes :)

  12. Rebecca on August 28th, 2008 at 6:49 pm:

    What a beautiful idea! And what a wonderful way to commemorate and celebrate the decision.

  13. Tetsuo on August 28th, 2008 at 7:45 pm:

    This is an amazing amazing tattoo. Love it.

  14. Laurie Z on August 28th, 2008 at 8:13 pm:

    Wow.
    This has to be one of my favorites.

  15. Jake on August 28th, 2008 at 11:50 pm:

    i want more bmegirls pics, please.
    breasts, genitals, butts. thank you.

    this is very pretteh

  16. She Dreams of Ink on August 28th, 2008 at 11:56 pm:

    Omg wow..I love this tattoo! But I love his portfolio even more! Look for the “Mars Attacks” one–amazing!

  17. Squig on August 29th, 2008 at 1:16 am:

    neat! i love it!

  18. Judie on August 29th, 2008 at 3:52 am:

    What a unique and wonderful way to beqeath your organs. All I’ve got is my cruddy donor card :)

  19. FURRR on August 29th, 2008 at 9:26 am:

    i agree with “she dreams of ink”, the mars attacks one is intenseeeee!
    and this one
    pretty sweeeet

  20. Kaitee on August 29th, 2008 at 2:05 pm:

    I love this. LOVE.

  21. Kleptomaniac on August 29th, 2008 at 2:57 pm:

    Wow, that’s an amazing tattoo. Reminds me of the artwork of the guy who did the latest Darkest Hour cd artwork :P

  22. Roscoe at Johnson Tattoo on August 30th, 2008 at 8:01 pm:

    Lettering is very hard to read. I’m STILL not exactly sure what that’s supposed to say.

  23. RooRaaah Crumbs on August 30th, 2008 at 8:28 pm:

    Roscoe at Johnson Tattoo - It reads “bequest”.

  24. heather on September 4th, 2008 at 8:34 pm:

    That’s my tattoo, she writes proudly.
    Yes, it’s on my left outer thigh from a couple inches above the knee up to the hip. The lettering reads “BEQUEST”; I like the curlique script Greg used and am very happy with this piece.

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