I really like Doran‘s backpiece, done by Rob Coutts at Bobby Five here in Toronto. Hopefully I have not mislabeled it!
Update: Of course I did mislabel it; as a couple people have pointed out the design is Mochica, from Perú, and predates the Aztec and Mayan cultures.
I would think that the annoyance factor of this piercing would be very high — hair getting wrapped around it and oily buildup requiring more cleaning than most perhaps… But I always get a kick out of people who are driven for whatever reason to get a piercing in an oddball location. This “scalp piercing” was done by Damien Caskey at Monsterz Ink in Sylmar, California.
You may remember that I posted Valentxne recently due to (self-professed) “slut factor“, but she sent in a great photo of her foot sole tattoos of a pair of bikes, done by Brian Mullen of Art Freek in Providence, so I wanted to post her again. I was surprised to find out that these tattoos were over a year old now and not retouched! Because they healed so well, I asked her if Brian did anything special to get them to hold, and she replied,
I messaged Brian and asked if he used a special technique. His response: “Yeah, it’s called not sucking.” Ha! It hurt something awful, probably the most painful tattoo I’ve ever gotten (including inner lip, hands, back of thigh, elbow, shin, chest, etc). Plus he was telling a story while he was doing it, so he would stop every few seconds because he talks with his hands, so it took forever. It wasn’t ticklish at all, except maybe when he was applying the stencil. But I’m glad he was so heavy handed with it, otherwise they would look like the sides of my hands, which are about six months old and look like shit.
The second of today’s two interviews being moved over from the BodyTwo archives is “Paul Oneball”, an interview about a man who’s used silicone augmentation to restore his genitals after they were damaged due to cancer. I’ve got loads more interviews covering a wide range of subjects (from tattoos to the extreme) in the queue, so I wanted to get these older ones posted to make space for the new. Click on through to read it if you haven’t already.
As well as posting a small group of experiences today, I’m posting two interviews to get all of the BodyTwo interview content moved here into the permanent archive. Today I’m starting with “Pain For Troy”, a short CBT-themed interview with one of BME’s first video contributors, talking about the line between pain and pleasure. Click the banner to jump to the interview now.
They say that if two people get the same tattoo, or that if you get a tattoo of someone’s name, you’re destined to break up — my partner and I have had matching tattoos now for I think seven or eight years and while there have most definitely been bumpy patches, there’s been absolutely no manifestation of the curse (the opposite, really). In this entry I wanted to share a collection of matching and wedding tattoos… The majority (although not all) of the folks are unaffected so far.
These first very pretty bands were done by Hanama.
Lots more continue after the break.
Above on the left is a pair of binary star systems by Jay Brown at Falling Moon in Moscow ID, and on the right are a pair of matching infinity tatttoos on a married couple by Jerry at Celebrity’s in Lakewood. Below left, the kanji says “love without a reason” by Chad at In Your Face Tattooz in Beaver Dam, WI, and on the right are my friends Barry and Jen, tattooed at Santa Cruz Tattoo.
Next are some matching hearts. I’m not sure who did the ones on the left, but the ones on the right are by Nate at Red’s Tattoos in Providence, Rhode Island, having been done right before her husband left for his new Air Force base assignment.
The matching tattoos below left are by Heidi at Millenium in Fort Collins, CO, and the ones on the right (artist unknown) are matching Trees of Gondor from JRR Tolkein’s Lord of the Rings.
The “Infinitas” tattoos on the left below (on Repeating) are sadly — or maybe fortunately? — ones where the curse did come true (done by AJ at Skin Tight). The matching cubes on the right are by Eric at Liberty Tattoos in Atlanta, Georgia.
The matching stars are by Bill Claydon at Bill Claydon’s World of Tattoos in Fayetteville, North Carolina, and the matching “Amour” tattoos were done by Al B. at Lion’s Den in Salem, NH.
Matt Ellis at Way Cool Uptown in North York (Toronto), Ontario, did these matching “PUNX” inner lip tattoos on a couple that’s been together for three years and says they don’t believe in the curse. The hearts on the right are also to celebrate a three year anniversary (of their wedding, not of dating).
The matching music love notes are a home tattoo done on this couple, and the tattoo below right – “No day but today” – is also musical in nature. They got it done right before they saw RENT.
The matching 8-8-3 diamonds below left were done by Steve at Addictive in London, Ontario, and the matching Sanskrit “Om” tattoos were done on a married couple by Laurie at Jetty Road Tattoo in Glenleg, SA.
Girlgamer and her husband got matching mobius strip tattoos done by Cooper at Solid State Tattoo in Salisbury, MD, and Kevin and Ashley got the tattoo below right instead of wearing wedding bands.
Eyeball Kid and his wife Kimberly got their wedding bands (below left) by Johnny at Hanky Panky in Amsterdam, and Moony‘s wedding ink (featured previously) was done by Luc at Evolution Ink in Winnipeg, Manitoba on the day of the wedding.
Below left, Bena and Evil_Lina‘s wedding tattoos are Sanskrit for “Love”. The wedding stars on the right are by Tommy at Triple Seven Tattoo in Alhaus, Germany.
The wedding bands — “J” and “A” — on the left were started by an artist in Whitby, ON, but then finished by Jamie (the “J” in the tattoos), and on the right the wedding tattoos are the wedding and anniversary dates, done by Scott Norick at S and J Tattoo in Lancaster, CA.
The Celtic wedding bands were done at Krazy Kats Tattoos in Kettering, Ohio, and the wedding tattoos below right were done at Rite of Passage Tattoo in Victor, New York.
Matt (“M”) and Tabitha (“T”) had their wedding bands, below left, inked by Elijah of Slingin’ Ink in Scranton, PA, and the wedding ring name tattoos below left were done by Smiley in Long Beach, California.
Finally, the wedding bands below left were inked on the engagement day, and the wedding band tattoos were done Silver City Tattoo in Elmsdale, Nova Scotia.
Here’s to the power of love breaking curses!
I wasn’t really going to post any Valentine’s Day themed stuff (although I could bore everyone with long stories of how I found love in a tattoo studio I suppose), but I thought this Pac-Man / Ms. Pac-Man tattoo was just so charming that I had to post it today:
Oh yeah, and…
Actually, I think maybe I will put together a Valentine’s Day entry after all… check back later for an entry dedicated to “The Curse”.
This is what Freakboy has to say about the previous entry.
A great photo (albeit with a little difficult to clean contamination of the space they’re in), care of Jimmy Xayyabanha at Straight A Tattoo in Asheboro, North Carolina.
People said they liked Morgan’s tattoos that were featured yesterday, so I wanted to post another half-sleeve of blackwork that I quite like, this one on Theo by Dave at Bunker Tattoo in Breda, The Netherlands.
