So I’m running a BME promotion experiment right now. I printed up a couple thousand (I think) clear vinyl BME Heart stickers (there are more on the way too). But these are only for studios, although they can of course give them away. If you want one (or want to send some to your favorite studio), ~~click this email link: [email protected]~~ (please be sure to completely fill out the form).

Don’t worry, if you’re not part of a piercing or tattoo studio’s staff, all you have to do is have them sent to your favorite studio. If you don’t have a personal relationship, use this as an excuse to go and introduce yourself and tell them about the stickers.

Oh, and I really should keep surprises under wrap, but I have another set of free stickers (they should be here in two weeks) that you can get either by linking to BME or ModBlog, or just sending an SASE (Rebekah from Modified News may help out with that because she’s in the USA so SASE’s would be cheaper).

Didn’t I see that on a mug?

Posted on August 2, 2006 by Shannon Larratt

But now that I think about it, mugs are probably a good place to go for Garfield tattoo ideas! This one was put on by Cliff at Zebra Tattooz in Streestboro, Ohio.

One cut at a time…

Posted on August 2, 2006 by Shannon Larratt

So a friend of mine has been slowly separating the head of his penis from the shaft. When he’s got it far enough, it’s coming right off (slow and “safe”). As a point of trivia, when you amputate the glans, erections can become much firmer in many individuals. Oh, and as a secondary point of trivia, Todd Bertrang — who could really use our letters — has done a similar modification, but with the purpose of allowing the glans to move separately from the shaft.

Custom BME Hockey Mask

Posted on August 2, 2006 by Shannon Larratt

I love it when people get BME logos as they were drawn, because it’s such an incredibly flattering compliment to the artist (me or Scott and others), at at the same time, I really love it when people get logos that they’ve modified to suit their own style and ideas.

Anyway, I recently showed you chickadee2084‘s happy sun logo tattoo, which is pretty true to the original, but I also wanted to share her Fiance‘s take on the Team BME hockey logo, by Brandon Montao at Creative Visions in beautiful Monterey, California, where a lot more license has been taken, including adding a third dimension.

(This isn’t done of course).

Clit-knocker Dermal Anchor?

Posted on August 2, 2006 by Shannon Larratt

I like this piece conceptually a lot, but I’m not sure that a dermal achor can take that kind of abuse? I guess we’ll find out, but personally I think a piercing would be how I’d go for this modification… Although if it this works it’s much prettier. Procedure by Didier at Enigma San Diego, CA.

BME Newsfeed for Aug 2, 2006

Posted on August 2, 2006 by Shannon Larratt

2006-08-02: FL: Breathing Easier Over Piercings [by deadly pale]
2006-08-02: OH: Prison Break – the Complete First Season [by deadly pale]
2006-08-02: Yemen: Henna, an origin hard to track [by deadly pale]
2006-08-02: India: Adding style, attitude and finesse to life [by deadly pale]
2006-08-02: ON: Every day heroes ‘drop’ in to Garnett B. Rickard Centre [by deadly pale]
2006-08-02: IL: Take cover with makeup (bottom blurb on covering tattoos) [by rebekah]

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Transdermal and subdermal implants

Posted on August 2, 2006 by Shannon Larratt

OK, I really do have to go to bed (trying to force an early night), but someone was asking me earlier about people with both transdermal implants and subdermal implants in their heads, so let me post Greg’s super cool looking work by Steve Truitt. The material in this case for the subdermals is carved Teflon.