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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Fantastic!
Oh its beautiful. I like the added touch of the untied corset. Its so classy and vintage.
I love this site!!
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very cool
but i can’t make out what body part its on..
thanks roo, now I can’t stop reading about memento mori.
How had I never heard of that before?
Furrr, I believe it’s on her outer thigh.
Gorgeous.
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
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?
This is the most amazing tattoo I have seen in a while. Have you checked out the guy’s portfolio, amazing!
qwertyuiop – Probably, yes 🙂
What a beautiful idea! And what a wonderful way to commemorate and celebrate the decision.
This is an amazing amazing tattoo. Love it.
Wow.
This has to be one of my favorites.
i want more bmegirls pics, please.
breasts, genitals, butts. thank you.
this is very pretteh
Omg wow..I love this tattoo! But I love his portfolio even more! Look for the “Mars Attacks” one–amazing!
neat! i love it!
What a unique and wonderful way to beqeath your organs. All I’ve got is my cruddy donor card 🙂
i agree with “she dreams of ink”, the mars attacks one is intenseeeee!
and this one
pretty sweeeet
I love this. LOVE.
Wow, that’s an amazing tattoo. Reminds me of the artwork of the guy who did the latest Darkest Hour cd artwork 😛
Lettering is very hard to read. I’m STILL not exactly sure what that’s supposed to say.
Roscoe at Johnson Tattoo – It reads “bequest”.
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.