I’m still not convinced that these are going to look as good in the long term (say five years or more) without tattooed touchups, but as I’ve said over and over, there is probably no artist working in scarification today that is as good at this style as Dave Gillstrap. He is both the originator of this style and its leading artist.
Other work by Dave featured on ModBlog you may want to check out (and this isn’t all of it, plus he has a portfolio on BME):
When LifeRush was born, the doctors decided to tattoo instructions for his parents. Luckily he still likes the tattoo as an adult.
Since my last post on Pauly Unstoppable generated so much feedback, I’d like to give you another angle as well as showing you what this intense body modification looks like without the jewelry in place (and check out the “see from one side to the other” jade look).
PS. More large stretched and punched nostril piercings on BME.
…Eyes sewn shut in fact (remember the video). The procedure is by Emrys, the wonderful photo is by Matt Larkin (who is working on a book of his wet plate photography), and someone please post the IAM page name of the person in the picture because even though I’ve talked to them recently I’m totally blanking on the pagename! Sorry!
Update: It’s DreadedFate
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Thank you to gracebudd for this photo of her suspension in Maine.
Play piercing procedure by Shawn O’Hare at The Pain Parlour in Oxnard, CA, and photo by Adam Chilson.
Freehand tribal coverup by Foot in Mouth at Custom Inc in Glasgow.
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