Jemma sent in these drop dead gorgeous photos (by infamous alternative photographer, Paul Callaby) of her equally gorgeous Japanese back piece and sleeves..
By Owen, The Tattoo Lounge, Mar Vista, California.
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This rib scarification piece was done in early February 2008 by Brian (Pure Body Arts), and it’s on Miss Tracy Pearl.
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Sueanne sent in this shot of a matching she tattoo she has with her friend Taylor..
Taylor and I have been in many fights together; we’re ride or die bitches and best friends. Since I’m heading back up to Northern Nevada for college, we decided to get matching tattoos to symbolize our summer: Crazy days, wild drunken nights & picking fights with the wrong people. It’s from the Art of War by Sun Tzu:
“In the practical art of war, to shatter and destroy is not so good. To fight and conquer in all battles is not supreme excellence. Supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy’s resistance without fighting.“We kind of pulled from two different parts of the book, but it fits! Oh, Taylor’s on the right.
By Brett, Pair-A-Dice Tattoo, Las Vegas, NV.
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But iam: skeet skeet skeet (no relation) is definitely Pro-Stork Flamingo!
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Tongue split by Christiane Löfblad, Pinpoint Piercing, Oslo, Norway.
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More from Sid’s 1974 visit to NYC (all)..
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“This video offers a rare (not exclusive, but rare) glimpse of iconic tattooist Cliff Raven at work. Of all the videos I had in my “to do” pile, this one was the one I was looking forward to the most. As long as Roo wants to keep posting them (Roo: I do, I do!) I’ll keep converting them!
Cheers.
Shawn Porter – Scarwars.net“
By Leana, Zebra Tattooing, Streetsboro, Ohio.
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In the least-reported story of the last five and a half years, apparently Republican Vice-Presidential candidate Sarah Palin’s 17-year-old daughter, Bristol, is pregnant. Out of wedlock! Good news, though: The young man who slipped one past the hockey mom’s kid’s goalie, Levi Johnson, is allegedly going to marry her, and totally made that decision all by himself and was not intimidated by the McCain campaign in the least. After all, if he weren’t entirely devoted, would he have done this?
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| Photo credit: Huffington Post |
Yes, that’s Levi’s hand, and yes, it’s Bristol’s name. Huh. Better than biting it off, I guess.
Levi Johnson’s Tattoo: “Bristol” On Ring Finger [Huffington Post]
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| Photo credit: Chinanews.com |
Look familiar? That’d be Alice, hanging in … a Lush window? Whaaa? Oh, it’s part of a demonstration to protest “the barbaric practise of shark finning, where fins are hacked off live sharks and they are thrown back in the ocean to die. As well as being a horribly cruel fishing practise, the killing of sharks on the huge scale that is happening at the moment is also threatening the entire fragile ecosystem of our oceans,” says Alice. Neat! It’s actually a co-protest that sees Lush teaming up with the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society.
Alice goes on to describe the scene:
I suspended in the window of Lush on London’s Regent Street dressed as a mermaid for 15 minutes, hanging from two debarbed shark hooks (which, interestingly enough, are the hooks the suspension community uses as standard), while members of Sea Shepherd and Lush staff members handed out flyers and talked to the press about the campaign. Later in the day, the Lush staff headed to Chinatown to protest about restaurants selling shark products.
Noble cause? Check. Innovative technique? Yep. Good press for the suspension community? Indeed! Surely the erudite and gifted denizens of the Internets would agree. Right?
“This is again the horrible idea that shocking people helps. It’s like thinking that a public display of the most terrible experiments on animals can increase people love for them. I think this is just sick. Love brings love, disgusting stuff can only bring horror and fuel maniacs.”
“Horrible display of a female, when I saw the photo I said to me, somebody is sick.”
“Sad when our world has to resort to such tactics in order to draw attention to something. Every person has his/her own motive for doing the things they do. What’s happening to this world? Is it Money? Attention? Care-less hearts? Calloused hearts? I wonder if anyone walked away thinking about the sharks or applause for a masochistic girl? … Sad.”
Ohh … right.
Shark’s Fin Scoop [CNN]
