Coming to Canvas LA: Fist Full of Metal

Posted on March 5, 2009 by Jordan Ginsberg

From the fine folks at Canvas LA:

MARCH 7th, 2009 8-11 PM
“Fist Full Of Metal”
The Art of the Jean Jacket

Please join us on Saturday, March 7th as we bring you Joe Capobianco’s “Fist Full Of Metal.” This 52 piece collection showcases what’s possible when you give tattoo artists a chance to go back 20 years, when the Denim Jacket was all that mattered. Giving nod to a time when the parking lot was the only party, these hand paint jackets and vests are an offering to the Heavy Metal gods themselves.

Tattoo Removal by Scalpel

Posted on March 5, 2009 by Jordan Ginsberg

Thiago sends us this set of photos from a tattoo removal he did while in Curitiba, Brazil … only instead of using frickin’ lasers, he just cut the sucker off. Procedural photos after the jump.

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Weather Changes Moods

Posted on March 5, 2009 by Jordan Ginsberg

The last time we featured Rachel, she was just cold layin’ in the tub, covered in pomegranate seeds, acting as the physical manifestation of complex math theories. This time, well, she’s showing off her fancy new scarification piece by Charles Finnie at Eye of the Lotus in Edmonton, Alberta.

EDIT: Whoops! This cutting is actually on Zara, and Rachel just took the pictures. Thank you to the several thousand people who declined the opportunity to call me a jackass and very graciously corrected me.

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3D Portrait of Emilio Gonzalez

Posted on March 5, 2009 by Jordan Ginsberg

So, you reckon this fella is a fan of Emilio?

(Implants by Martin Page at Santos Tattoo in Lima, Peru.)

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Skullcappin’

Posted on March 5, 2009 by Jordan Ginsberg

Mark sent us this shot of him (on the left, with tattoo work by Patrick from Tattoo Mangon) and a friend, whose head was tattooed by Mark himself at Metal Guru.

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I Declaration Emergency

Posted on March 4, 2009 by Jordan Ginsberg

Oh, it’s our pink-and-etc.-haired friend Radical Kiba! Here she is before defying doctors’ orders to stop making “that face.” The chilling medical evidence, after the jump.

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Just Beyond Your Grasp

Posted on March 4, 2009 by Jordan Ginsberg

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This “buttonfly” (ha ha, cute) was tattooed by Leah Moule at Spear Studio in Birmingham, UK.

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She’s So Vein!

Posted on March 4, 2009 by RooRaaah Crumbs

Last Wednesday Nae (featured previously) went under the scalpel and had two implants (cherry blossom and plum blossom) inserted by Mister Potty Mouth in New York! Some procedural shots after the break..

DivX download link for BME members: Extreme2 or Full members

Yep, that’s a vein!

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BME Podcast #1: Allen Falkner Talks Suspension

Posted on March 4, 2009 by Jordan Ginsberg

Holy crap, it worked! Welcome, friends, to the inaugural BME Podcast. Isn’t this exciting? We figured it was time to revive the old BME Radio format and spruce it up a bit with all sorts of Web 2.0 nonsense, and so here we are. As I mention on the show, this is very much still in the experimental stages, so any and all feedback is very much appreciated, both in terms of the sound quality and technical aspects, as well as guests you’d like to hear and topics and issues you’d like to be discussed. If things go well, you could be hearing a whole lot more of my deep and manly timbre.

On today’s podcast, our guest is Allen Falkner, who joins us to discuss the upcoming SusCon he’s organizing, Nevada’s current attempt to ban suspension, the six-hour suspension Chris Glunt just performed, and more. (Also, visit him at Fade Fast for all your tattoo removal needs!)

Stream or download the show below:

[podcast]http://news.bme.com/wp-content/uploads/bme-podcast-20090304-01.mp3[/podcast]

Right-click and “Save Target/Link As” to download the .mp3 directly

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Music featured:

Capital H – Global Food Shortage
Drive-By Truckers – Where the Devil Don’t Stay
The Gaslight Anthem – The ’59 Sound

Tattooing Over Scars

Posted on March 3, 2009 by Jordan Ginsberg

I’m working on a new feature that should (hopefully!) be ready by the morning, but before then, I wanted to share these shots of some hand-poked tattoo work over scar tissue that Ferank Manseed of Mudra Tattoo did while on the road. Some more procedural shots after the jump.

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