This “Go Your Own Way” tattoo is by Airlie Aaron.
Loving you isn’t the right thing to do
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Author Archives: Shannon Larratt
Giger Chestpiece
Click through to see the final piece on Nick J, which is about seventeen hours of work by Israeli tattoo artist Liorcifer (who among other claims to fame, gets mentioned in this over-the-top-idiotic anti-tattoo article), formerly of the Last Rites crew… Great work by Lior as always.
Another Set of Gag Knuckles
Timmo got his “Knuckle Sandwich” tattoo done by co-worker Cain at Fat Ink Tattoo in Newcastle, Australia.
The Italian Job
These gorgeous cuttings (both the healed work and the fresh ones) are by Brenno at Body Factory in Trieste, Italy. Click through for what I think is an even nicer photo of a back collar scarification he did (seriously, it’s worth it).
Oaxacan Coast
There once was a girl named Copper Wire
Whose tattoos (and curved bits) I’d admire.
I may blog her too much
But don’t you dare say such,
Because her pictures do make us perspire.
This is the sad state one finds oneself in when one does the seemingly incompatible acts of writing children’s books with poorly structured rhymes and blogging about beautiful people. Hey, it could be worse… “Because she elicits our sexual desire” rhymes too, hahaha. Anyway, two more nice photos from that beach that are better mod photos as well: one, two.
Jim Ward Audio Interview
Xeni over at BoingBoing has posted a nice follow-up interview with Jim Ward (available both in audio and in transcript form) about both piercing history, and the Louie (father of Karl) Rove piercing story. Click the picture of Jim to jump right to the interview now.
Branded Facial Stripes
Dave’s branding is freshly done in this photo, by Quentin at Kalima Modifications in Worthing, Sussex, UK. I really love how much facial work I see these days — when BME first started, it was almost unheard of, but now, I see new people with facial tattoos and scars and every day.
Dune Eyes
Josh is one of the first of the three of us to get the eye tattoo experiment, and I think his has turned out the best… On the left is real, and the right is a mockup of what it could eventually look like — somewhat alien, to say the least! He says it’s obvious what the rest of his knuckles read since the one hand says “SURG”… I’m going to assume “SURGICAL” but maybe it says “SURGING!” or “SURGE FAN”…
PS. Josh was asking me if anyone has any recommendations on the best (cheapest?) place to get sheep eyeballs to practice on is… Is it easiest to just go to a butcher shop? Or to order them from a scientific supplier?
John Durante
Portrait of Jon by Israel Caine
I have no idea what this says
Click through for a closeup — can anyone translate? All I know is that the characters have piercings!
