Face Peel Update: The Revengening

Posted on May 12, 2009 by Jordan Ginsberg

As part of our continuing mission to bring you the best in healed and healing scarification pieces, here’s a fancy update to this facial flesh-removal on Reece by Iestyn a little while back. It’s no big surprise coming from Iestyn, but the healing seems to be coming along quite nicely. We’re not sure what else Reece has planned (tattooing over the scars a la Lucky Diamond Rich, for example), but we’re definitely curious to see how his appearance progresses from here on out.

And, of course, after the jump…lion-face.

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The Music Will Play

Posted on May 12, 2009 by Jordan Ginsberg

Hey, smiley! I love this shot of Torrie, enjoying the weather and sporting some fancy new plugs; if summer ran a promotional campaign, it would probably look a little something like this. Almost makes me want to buy a pair of shorts! Almost.

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Three Different Names

Posted on May 12, 2009 by Jordan Ginsberg

Good morning, ModBloggers! Let’s kick things off with the lovely Auxo, Paloma in her lap, getting worked on by a gent who may very well look familiar. (His sleeve, at the very least, should set off some alarms.) Oh, what’s that? You’d like some more shots from this series? I think we can do that. You know where to look.

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Walkin’ on Sunshine

Posted on May 11, 2009 by Jordan Ginsberg

What more can we say about John Joyce and gogo_savvy? When they get together for scarification work, it’s like lamb and tuna fish, and this henna-inspired cutting is no different. As always, I hope we’re kept in the loop as this one progresses, because if her other cuttings are any indication…sweet sassy molassy.

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Call Somebody

Posted on May 11, 2009 by Jordan Ginsberg

“Sometimes,” says Justin (previously), “bad ideas can turn into awesome ideas!” Oh, really? You mean like breaking into a tattoo studio and snapping photos like a common paparazzo while Rey Mysterio Jr. gets his ass tattooed? I guess if you’re the sort of guy who eats hurricanranas for breakfast, then, yes, that would probably be a good idea.

(Tattoo artist: Travis Wasko, Stay True Tattoo, Johnson City, Tennessee.)

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Gimme the Keys

Posted on May 11, 2009 by Jordan Ginsberg

Doesn’t this piece by Julia Seizure at Hong Kong’s Star Crossed Tattoo remind you of the good old days? You know, pre-recession era (because everyone just had burlap satchels of gold doubloons instead of worthless American dollars), when traveling from New York to Los Angeles (or Missouri to Oregon) would take 30 years, and half of your party would die of dysentery, and several babies would be born by the time you got there, and people just rode around on murderous bears like it was the thing to do? Ah…memories.

More shots, after the jump.

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You’ll See My Silhouette

Posted on May 11, 2009 by Jordan Ginsberg

Good morning, ModBloggers! Let’s kick off the week with a smooth, refreshing cigarette. It doesn’t look like Ferdudurke‘s is lit, mind you, but look how much he’s enjoying himself regardless! Cigarettes are just swell, aren’t they?

(Not really.)

(Bracing self for inevitable flame-war.)

(Still a great photo.)

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God Beat Me To It

Posted on May 10, 2009 by Jordan Ginsberg

Good afternoon, ModBloggers! It’s a sunny day, there’s a cool breeze, maybe you’ve got a frosty beverage in your hand…you know what that means, right? That’s right: Time to kill some m.-fuckin’ zombies. Just follow Jayse‘s lead and you’ll be just fine.

(Tattoo by Geary Morrill at Splash of Color in East Lansing, Michigan.)

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White Ink Irritation

Posted on May 9, 2009 by Jordan Ginsberg

Happy Saturday, ModBloggers! Hope the day finds you well. Today we check in with Twitter, who had a semi-gnarly reaction to these white-ink paw tattoos she got a little while ago, and then proceeded to receive a succession of poor opinions. Take it away:

I’m not sure really how to explain it. It was a blister/hive kinda thing. One paw scarred pretty bad. I just started training a new job and was stressed out. One paw started out and then it spread to all of them. Went to a few tattoo artists over town. Got completely mixed reactions. Everything from saying I’d have to get them cut out, lasered off, to take allergy meds and just wait and see how it goes. It lasted a few weeks then went away after eating at least a couple boxes of Benadryl. It hasn’t acted up again.

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Let it Be

Posted on May 8, 2009 by Jordan Ginsberg

I hate to shatter the perception that many of you surely carry of me as some barbaric figure—upsettingly manly, all rippling biceps and hearty beard and astronomical sperm count—but I have a confession. I hate bugs. Jesus Christ, do I hate bugs. More than almost anything. More than Sean Hannity hates spicy mustard. When BME was located in Mexico and I was brought on board, nobody has ever behaved less heroically than I did when faced with the prospect of massive, soldier-like cockroaches as a mainstay of the locale.

With all that said, I really like the execution of this adaptation of a C. C. Askew painting, as worn by Hayley. The purple and yellow are beautifully done, and I have to admit that even the rendering of that horrid death-critter fits nicely, as well. I will now douse myself in RAID.

(Tattoo by Timbo at Reillies Tattoo in Perth, WA.)

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