Nothing is quite as lovely as a modded wedding, and Cucuy’s and SteelGirl’s wedding was exceptionally so. Not only were his lovely wife and him sporting stretched lobes and other assorted visible mods, but so was their minister! When I found the wedding photos in the culture gallery, I had a damn hard time deciding which one to use. If you like cool wedding pics, I highly advise you flip through the other ones in the gallery or on Cucuy’s IAM page.
When I was a kid, someone told me “God is watching you…..even when you masturbate.” Obviously, that was not enough to stop me from handling my own business, but I have to admit that phrase haunted me a bit when I saw this tattoo.
As far as palm tattoos go, this piece by Sean “Dirty” Sanchez at Planet Ink (Ottawa, Ontario) looks to have as good a chance as possible of healing up ok. His use of a bold design and simple shading (that looks solidly packed in there) is the proper recipe for a well healed palm tattoo, but only time will tell if it holds up.
Summer is upon us! Time to get those winter bodies in shape and ready for the beach. There are few ways to get the body that you want that are more effective than some good old fashioned training with free weights.
No, this isn’t a “Guess What” post, ANY modblog regular should know damn well what that weight is attached to. However, to keep this on the work safe side of things we will put the obvious behind a click through.
This picture and many more of it’s type can be found in the Kokomi Gallery.
It’s hard to go to a US Tattoo Convention without seeing a performance by the lovely CRASH and for good reason, she has managed to flawlessly combine the sexy and the shocking in a way that appeals to a very large audience.
This picture is a perfect example of that. The look on her face as Jawn skillfully manipulates a long skewer through her neck makes the audience wonder if she is in excruciating pain or on the verge of an orgasm. Check out the picture after the break and you can decide for yourself, whether it was a face of pain or pleasure.
Both pictures courtesy of Jared.
While perusing the tattoo portrait galleries looking for potential modblog features I saw a TON of amazing portraits done by Javier (Jade) Campos at Arte Sagrado Tattoo in Lima, Peru. Seriously check out the gallery, then check out the shops web site. In the gallery there were portraits of Jim Morrison, Scott Weiland and about a dozen others. I of course, picked my personal favorite artist of the bunch, Mike Ness to feature here.
Summer is here, and you know what that means……beautiful tranquil outdoor suspensions!
Like, for example, this resurrection suspension set up by my friends in ihung. Check out that rigging plate, besides being a good way to plug the group name, it is also providing a nice support for this young lady to hold onto after coming down from her suspension.
To see her suspending, and to fully see the tranquil setting, keep on keeping on.
That handsome bearded man is Jason, a man who deserves a lot of credit for his contributions to the suspension community over the last several years.
PS: If you would like to partake in a beautiful outdoor piercings yourself, the upcoming ROP Campout in Pittsfield, Mass. would be a good time to do so.
A lot of people tend to label me a redneck, seeing as how I have portraits of a lot of country music singers and the like tattooed all over my leg. Truth be told though, I love me some Dr. Dre and would definitely consider a portrait of him at some point. So I was stoked to see this well done portrait of him and Snoop.
The artist who did this, Andy Gubert who owns Exclusive Tattoos in Gotha Germany will be doing a guest spot at True Grit Tattoos in Burlington Ontario from August 28th until September 11th. If you want an appointment book it soon, as his spots are starting to go. You can book with him at True Grit Tattoos by either calling to set up a consultation with Tye or e-mailing [email protected]
Of course there were a TON of suspension photos from the recent Dallas Suspension Practitioners Convention. Yet, while digging through the hundreds of photos in the ritual gallery, this totally sans-suspension photo jumped out at me. Maybe because it involves old friends of mine, or perhaps just because it is so totally random and awkward. That random awkwardness is what makes it captures the true spirit of most of the mod events I have been to better than the more typical posed, or serious shots.
The picture belongs to Brian.
The beard belongs to Micah.
The look of shock and awe belongs to Scot.
That hand, I am pretty damn certain that belongs to no other than Shawn Porter.
Any longtime modblog reader will probably remember xronix in one of his multiple previous features. He has been featured numerous times on here and for good reason, he has an amazing collection of mods and changes looks enough that each feature appears totally different from the last. I really dig this picture, it’s almost like he has evolved past human and if I were ever to make a sequel to “The Fifth Element“, I would damn sure cast him in a major role.
It is also well worth noting that xronix, not only has his eyeballs tattooed, but he did them himself!
Well Modblog readers, I am still alive. After a brief scare in the Grand Canyon, this week’s news is coming to you from Sin City itself, Las Vegas. With that in mind, I thought this week’s news round up should kick off with a tattoo dedicated to someone who is no stranger to corruption.
Jeremy Scheuch has got style. Chicago style. And Rod Blagojevich style. The 31-year-old event planner spent three hours Tuesday night honoring the city and the on-trial-for-corruption former Illinois governor with a large tattoo on his upper right thigh.
I will admit, it does look a LOT better than the Sarah Palin tattoo I posted about a couple weeks back.
For the rest of this week’s news, including a number of tribute tattoos, as well as some great information about tribal modifications, click the little “read more” link.
Tribute tattoos are a mainstay of the culture. Sometimes they’re dedicated to a lost loved one, or maybe to a favorite band. What about a tribute to a road? And what if that tribute tattoo was only one of many dedicated to the same stretch of highway? Well to Ron Jones, Route 66 means a heck of a lot to him.
Ron “Tattoo Man” Jones has 85 tattoos in total and 84 tattoos dedicated to sites along the 2,448-mile highway. His body pays tribute to Waylon’s Kuku Burger in Miami, Okla.; a former zoo that once housed mountain lions in Two Guns, Ariz.; even the Santa Monica Pier arch in California, where Route 66 ends and the Pacific Ocean begins.
While Ron has dedicated his body to his favorite stretch of road, Brandon Perry from Perth has covered his arm in symbols of his beloved homeland.
Now it features a Vegemite jar, a Hills Hoist clothes line with Bonds Y-fronts, a pink lamington and a meat pie with tomato sauce spread into the Triple J insignia.
I’ll be the first to admit that beyond Vegemite, I have no clue whatsoever as to what the other images are of. Any Aussie readers out there care to fill the rest of us in?
As readers of Modblog know, I do like to post stories that explore modifications from tribal cultures all over the world. I’ve touched on how the Maori shrunken heads were finally returned from a museum in Paris, and now this week I was lucky enough to come across a pair of articles that delve into a little bit of detail describing the history behind both Moko tattoos, as well as Apatani modifications from northern India.
“Apatani women were often abducted by the neighbouring Nishi tribesmen for their beauty, so to make themselves look unattractive, they tattooed their faces and wore huge circular nose plugs,”
Sticking with news from the southern hemisphere; The Red Cross in Australia has recently updated it’s rules with regards to when a person can give blood following a tattoo or piercing. They re-evaluated their policy and decided to reduce the wait period from one year down to six months. While this is a decent step forward with regards to the modified community, the organization has come under fire for not changing it’s rules regarding gay men.
The fact the Red Cross is willing to review its current donor guidelines for people who have piercings and acupuncture and tattoos, but not review guidelines when it comes to gay blood donation, really does suggest the Red Cross is, at best, engaged in some fairly arbitrary decision-making, or at worst, is just downright homophobic
According to the rules, if a male has engaged in same sex behavior, he must wait at least one year before donating blood. Personally this pisses me off to no end, as the Canadian Red Cross has similar policies. I have a good friend who has been in a committed relationship with his partner for over two years. He is unable to donate blood as he has sex with his partner. At the same time I have another friend who tends to sleep with as many women he can find in a given month can donate all he wants. Tell me, which of my friends poses a greater health risk?
Speaking of dumb ideas, it seems that a tattoo artist in Edinburgh thought it wouldn’t be a problem to tattoo a 13-year-old.
Stewart also admitted tattooing five teenagers under the age of 18 – three were aged 15, one aged 16, and one aged 13 – between January and February of this year. Defence agent Stephen Mannifield said: “He wasn’t completely familiar with the legislation. “He has learned his lesson and will certainly know for next time.”
At what point does it seem alright to think tattooing a minor wouldn’t be illegal?
Then again, the dad in Fresno who tattooed his son with a gang sign was just acquitted. Maybe the artist in Edinburgh should move to California if he wants to keep tattooing children.
A few weeks back I posted an article about the guinness record holder for the most tattooed woman. Well this week there has been a new record set, the world’s most expensive tattoo. To be fair, this isn’t actually a legitimate tattoo, but bedazzling yourself with over $900,000 worth of diamonds does warrant a little attention.
So we have the world’s most expensive tattoo, what about the world’s most “disgusting” tattoo? One of the projectionists at the Alamo Drafthouse in Austin has gotten a tattoo to commemorate the horror film, “The Human Centipede“. Personally, I think it’s pretty awesome that he got that done, although I would have preferred if he put a bit more detail into it.
Talking about detail, the developers of the upcoming video game, Call of Duty-Black Ops, spent a lot of time trying to get the in-game tattoos the character sports as realistic as possible. Unfortunately for them, someone was even more detail oriented, and wrote them a nice article explaining why the tattoos in the game are unrealistic.
Now before I get into the celebrity “news” portion of this week’s roundup, I wanted to share this story about modified mommies. With Father’s day coming up I was hoping you, the loyal reader, would be so kind as to find some stories about modified daddies. Sure the alliteration isn’t there, but the big dad for fathers is coming up, and it’d be nice to send some love their way.
Without futher ado, let’s see what foolishness the rich and pampered have been doing this week.
Gemma Arterton, star of the Prince of Persia, has gotten herself her first tattoo. When asked about the pain, she said, “All the men warned me in advance it would hurt a lot. It wasn’t that bad, though. Try having your bikini zone waxed, guys. Then you will know what real pain feels like.”
Katy Perry and Russell Brand have taken a big step in their relationship, one that superstitious types would say is the kiss of death to a relationship. They went and got matching tattoos.
I do have a question for our readers, especially those who believe in the matching tattoo superstition. When getting a tattoo dedicated to the person you’re dating, is it bad luck if you’re not actually dating the person yet? The reason I ask is because one of the contestants on The Bachelorette decided to get a tattoo dedicated to the bachelorette in question, while the show is still going on and she’s fooling around with several guys at once.
Seriously, you can’t make this stuff up.
Oh, and this week’s final celeb story is probably my favorite. Coolio, as you may remember from such hits and Gangster’s Paradise and umm.. that other song, has gotten himself a new tattoo to show how happy he is to be taken on tour with his new buddies, ICP. Unfortunately for Coolio, he wasn’t informed fully about the Juggalo culture, and ended up getting Juggalo spelled wrong.
So that’s it for this week. I should be near an internet connection again in a few days so the next update will be a bit sooner. Thanks to Botexty and Valentine for the submissions this week. And don’t forget everyone, Father’s day is this weekend, remember to pick the old man something special.
