BME Logo Scar

Posted on March 25, 2008 by Shannon Larratt

Newwound has just opened up a studio of his own, Third Eye Tattoo in Melbourne, Australia, and recently did a DIY cutting on himself of the classic BME logo — this took him four hours to do. There’s a finished photo after the break. Because of all the curves and linework, it can’t have been an easy piece to do DIY with good consistency — from his post on it:

I nearly passed out a couple of times — I’ve never actually passed out… It hurt a wee bit, and I all most didn’t finish it. I was shaking for the last hour or so, but still, I think I did good… Some lines aren’t finished I’ve only really just noticed and a few dodgey bits, but hey. I learnt a lot like — what a four hour session is like, and tight curves are hard and need to be done kinda slowly, the inside for your leg really really hurts, and I’m in control. I’m pretty sure the bigger part of me was telling me to not do it, do it smaller, do two sessions and please stop.

36 thoughts on “BME Logo Scar”

SpeedoApe on March 25, 2008 at 11:03 am said:

This guy has MAJOR Huevos….looks great also!
SpeedoApe
Jimmy Landby on March 25, 2008 at 11:05 am said:

Big cojones man! Looks good to me.
cardboardfrog on March 25, 2008 at 11:07 am said:

MANLY AS FUCK!
GRRRR **manly face**, well done! definately well worth it, looks amazing!
Nny on March 25, 2008 at 11:10 am said:

That would take some serious kahunas man.

Just carrying on with the ball references:D
dirtyhartland on March 25, 2008 at 11:14 am said:

Awesome! Thats amazing to push your own limits like that
PC on March 25, 2008 at 11:17 am said:

Holy fuck.
geoffery on March 25, 2008 at 11:37 am said:

amazing
Killaya on March 25, 2008 at 11:41 am said:

Wow, impressive!! Especially with all the detail, and from his point of view he’s cutting it upside-down… that can’t have been easy… major props to you, dude!!
cuntcumber on March 25, 2008 at 11:49 am said:

Looks like he intended to do full removal on parts of the face. Can’t blame him for stopping with just the lines though.
Kurto on March 25, 2008 at 12:51 pm said:

Oh ke bueno. Yo me hice un skin removal de sepultura en la pierna y tarde komo 5 horas. Le verdad ke se aprende mucho haciendotelo tu mismo.
pawnbroker on March 25, 2008 at 1:02 pm said:

nice one, really.
Scarlete on March 25, 2008 at 1:11 pm said:

It looks really good, and wow, I could never ever do a DIY on myself. I mean, I would want to, but yeah, it’s one thing to let someone else hurt you, but to yourself.. eeeeeeek.
Sinnocent on March 25, 2008 at 2:27 pm said:

that is beautiful. and even if you may see imperfections, it’s still going to be AMAZING when it’s healed. congrats!
SeanyBwoy on March 25, 2008 at 2:30 pm said:

wow wow wow…i have always liked the classic bme logo…he did a great job on this…major kudos!!!
GabyMJunkie on March 25, 2008 at 4:17 pm said:

This just makes me wanna get a classic logo tattoo….and maybe thats just what i’ll do. =]
Dresden on March 25, 2008 at 4:28 pm said:

I read the title as BME Lego scar.

I was disappointed at the lack of Legos.
Isis pt on March 25, 2008 at 5:03 pm said:

great DIY work 🙂
kudos for finishing the piece.
eternal_bliss on March 25, 2008 at 5:17 pm said:

i could never have done that. seriously pushes ones limits and what one can accomplish! well done timb! very awsome!!
newwound on March 25, 2008 at 5:49 pm said:

I have 600+ photos of me doing it thanks to Brentley Frazer. I did intend to remove the whole tattooed part of the face but I was seriously over it at 11pm. I’ve got a bad back thanks to do it. Thank you every one for your comments. I won’t be doing it again any time soon…
Jacques on March 25, 2008 at 6:40 pm said:

I’m amazed. Looks absolutely great.
Can’t imagine doing anything like that to myself for that period of time.
herekittykitty on March 25, 2008 at 8:15 pm said:

Wow! Props to him!
kelly on March 25, 2008 at 8:22 pm said:

that doesnt look too bad at all! very nice work, and DIY! lord!
Leon on March 25, 2008 at 8:47 pm said:

Hey newwound, the cutting is really good, i dont think i could watch a cutting for four hours let alone do it myself..
I’m from melbourne, and wondering if you can give me any more info on your new studio, thanks!
Leon
JLo on March 25, 2008 at 11:36 pm said:

I looked before I read.

I thought, wow, those are some crappy lines.

Then I read…and well, I’m impressed! That would be VERY hard to do on yourself without anesthetics. I wouldn’t be able to do it.

Hats off to you.
nope on March 25, 2008 at 11:58 pm said:

i read the quote before the explanation (why i have to do things ass backwards i’ll never know) and couldn’t figure out why he was so proud of making it through, and then i realized he was doing that to himself. hot damn, he’s the coolest ever! i think it looks really good.
Liz on March 26, 2008 at 12:19 am said:

omgggg; madddddd props that looks AMAZING. want to do my cutting? ahaha
fearandloathing on March 26, 2008 at 12:21 am said:

Yay Timb! Join us modblogged wellingtonians!

Mega kudos, just wish i could be over there too.
pisscutter on March 26, 2008 at 3:40 am said:

nice work, wish i could have seen it in person.
Klem on March 26, 2008 at 5:26 am said:

RESPECT!
Stacey on March 27, 2008 at 4:19 am said:

compared to the other scarifications ive seen on here (a few!) this one looks kind of inflamed. weird.

talk about mind over matter!!
Andy on March 27, 2008 at 10:26 am said:

DIY? That’s hardcore!

Looks great too…
Amy on March 28, 2008 at 4:22 am said:

fucking amazing, massive congratulations 🙂
newwound on March 28, 2008 at 4:35 am said:

inflamed?… nope healthy as. Maybe it’s the picture… I don’t see what you mean… There are a couple of deeper cuts which happened when I was trying to work through the shock.
Canna on March 29, 2008 at 8:48 pm said:

AMAZING and BEAUTIFUL!!
Andrea on April 1, 2008 at 4:59 am said:

Timb thats amazing.
Sassie_L on April 1, 2008 at 7:16 am said:

I’m so happy that you set out to do it and did so well! Timb, you rock sweetie 🙂

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