Hey, look at this handsome gent! Young David and some school chums staged an impromptu photo-shoot during their photography class the other day and here we have the glorious result. More shots of the shampoo commercial model of the future, after the jump.
“This piece started with the toast at a convention in Amsterdam,” says the wearer, “then we added the lettering. The sparrows came next, then we threw in some umbrellas and background.”
(Elements by Brett Osborne at Overboard Art in Houston, Texas.)
On this Friday the 13th, let us reflect on what we’ve learned from horror movies: You cannot kill Jason—you can only make him angrier. You can send him to New York, you can send him to Hell or you can send him to outer goddamn space…doesn’t matter. You’re just pissing him off. Perhaps it’s time to resign yourself to the fate that awaits you: no matter what you try to do, you are going to be killed by a psychotic hell-demon in a hockey mask, and tough shit.
(Tattoo by Billy Toller at Cherry Bomb Tattoos from New Port Richey, Florida, and the 2009 Philadelphia Tattoo Arts Convention.)
Well, quite a whirlwind of a week this time around, no? Let’s refresh our memories:
– We spoke with Mike Beer, he of the numerous wholly tasteless tattoos. Reactions, as usual, were mixed at best. Evidently, not everyone is ready for “rape time.”
– Atlanta kisses some ass (in the form of a tribute tattoo) to get an apprenticeship with Sean Philips. Mercifully, it worked.
– There is a damn eyeball in that guy’s armpit!
– We all told some great stories about getting our septums pierced.
– The Flying Pink Sausage entered our lives.
– We learned a simple lesson: Money talks and bullshit walks.
– Alice got naked in the snow, just because.
– Nacho’s first suspension was a complete success.
And that’s it for us today, folks. We’ll be around over the weekend though, as per usual. Sorry about no podcast this week—there were some scheduling conflicts with one great guest we had lined up, but we should be getting in touch with him in the next couple of days, so don’t you worry. At any rate, stay safe, have a good weekend, and as always, thank you for your continued support of BME.
I have to admit, for a split second when I saw these shots of Reece’s facial cuttings by Iestyn, my thought was, “When did Lucky Diamond Rich stretch his nostrils?!” The full-facial black tattoo is pretty high on the list of radical transformations a person can undergo, but when it’s well executed (as it certainly is in this case), the result is really wonderful, I think, and I’m very curious to see how these healed scars add to Reece’s appearance! Some procedural shots after the jump.
(Scarification by Iestyn at Diamond Jack’s in London, England.)
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This play piercing photo comes from Cris Black at Aces and Eights, who explains:
did this play piercing in Norcross, Georgia, on a client/friend of mine named Heather (on whose chest I’ve done microdermal implants). The original idea was to have both girls (Heather and Hailey) to have wings, but after seven needles were placed, Hailey passed out, so we had to make do with only the one girl. The piercings only took about 30 minutes, the photo shoot that followed took about six hours; 74 22-gauge needles. This was the first play piercing Heather had ever been a part of and she’s already asked for more—I think she’s hooked.
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Nacho suspension! Eh? Eh?
**gongggggg**
ANYWAY, here we have the aforementioned Ignacio’s first suspension in Montevideo, Uruguay, being attended to by the lovely La Negra, who basically lives on ModBlog. As far as first suspensions go, this one seems like it got a lot of the parts just right. A few more shots after the jump.
(Photos by María Pérez/Raw Photography.)
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Yep, we’ve got “Play” and “Stop,” “Fast Forward” and “Rewind” … fine, I’ll ask: What do you press to eject?
(Tattoo by “Jesus a.k.a. Homefreak” in Yekaterinburg, Russia.)
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Alice has been featured on these here Internets once or twice before, and with good reason! Easy on the eyes, heavy blackwork sleeves, multiple excellent pieces by the esteemed Xed le Head and, apparently, total imperviousness to the cold and snow. Warning! Naughty bits, after the jump.
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VIMBY was at Canvas LA for one of their blow-out shows called “Send Lawyers, Guns and Money…”, a group show by MSK x AWR to raise money for a good cause. The gallery featured work by Revok, Augor, Ewok, Risk, and many other amazing graffiti artists.
Related links:
www.canvasla.com
www.theseventhletterstore.com
www.knowngallery.com
Ewok on VIMBY
Risk on VIMBY
If the heartwarming ending of Shaun of the Dead taught us anything (and I know I take the majority of my cues in life from British comedies), it’s that being a zombie isn’t necessarily the worst fate one can expect. Sure, you’re a mindless hell-beast whose soul quest is to feast on the flesh of the living, but at least you get to hang out with your friends and play video games, right? Right? Anybody? Sigh.
(“Ed” from Shaun of the Dead by Kyle A. Scarborough at Precision Body Art in Tulsa, Oklahoma.)