Vlad at Steelteam Studio in Moscow, Russia, just did this bold facial piece in UV ink that should be mostly invisible in daylight once healed. (See also: UV facial circuitry tattoo, forearm ghost flames tattoo, and an ace up his sleeve).
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If it wasn’t from a tattoo artist that’s submitted plenty of photos to BME, I would have assumed that this submission from Brian O’Keefe (Tattooed Planet, Tempe, Arizona) was drawn on by marker! Assuming I haven’t read the email wrong, and this is tattooed, it’s an excellent example of no-outline redwork, which is notoriously difficult to tattoo.
Hey, if Klingons can have redundant hearts, I don’t see why humans shouldn’t have redundant nuts. You know, I’d go so far as to say that it’s a message from God that it’s OK if you want to mess with them and, hey, if you lose one, have fun doing it because you have a backup.
(This photo is from the El Horizonte bonus gallery in BME/HARD.)
Photo by Yarddog:
Some balls are held for charity
And some for fancy dress
But when they’re held for pleasure
They’re the balls that I like best
For those that want to know the details, and don’t have access to the members parts of BME, that’s a 1500cc (saline) injection, and the two scars you see are from previous ball exposure play (not a complication).
An unusual placement, but it seems to look good on him…
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I got a message today about a movie that’s doing the film festivals now, about Steve Haworth‘s work. Steve makes the point in this trailer that he’s Constitutionally protected from prosecution (which may be the case, especially in Arizona, but that still has to be tested in court before it’s a definitive statement), but I wanted to remind practitioners that I strongly urge the oldschool “word of mouth referral only” method of promotion.
It should be a fascinating movie and I’m looking forward to seeing it, but every time a media product comes out into the mainstream world, I worry about what type of attention it’s going to bring, especially when it’s tightly focussed on one person’s activities. That said, at some point I guess a line is crossed where you should be able to make the case that it’s been publicly done for long enough that it’s all de facto legal until specific laws are written codifying what’s what… (BMEshop see also: MODIFY, Like a Butterfly, Dances Sacred and Profane, and the Nomad Piercing DVD; BMEnews see also: a recent extreme body modification prosecution).
Remember that heart-shaped piece of flesh preserved in plastic that I posted a couple weeks ago? Here’s the now-healed ear it came from, Helen at The Laundry in Brisbane, Australia, who had it done by Howie (LunaCobra) during his Australian tour.
