Washing Instructions Tattoo

Posted on May 13, 2008 by Shannon Larratt

Dave, tattooed by Ron at Adrenaline in Montreal explains,

Hand wash, warm water. Do not bleach. Drip dry. Do not iron.
“A friend suggested these, but decided not to go through with them. Now if ever I’m found unconscious on the sidewalk by a sumptuous brunette, she’ll know exactly what to do with me.”

Ah, Montreal… A place where you can find a sumptuous brunette to drip you dry just by lying unconscious on the sidewalk. I love French girls… Ah hell, French guys too — ~~Dave didn’t specify a gender.~~ [Edit: I ignore gender].

More On Eyeball Tattooing

Posted on May 13, 2008 by Shannon Larratt

Please don’t think that the title is a play on words.

John Blake (in the blue shirt) forwarded me some more pictures of himself, Cutthroat (red facial tattoos), and Josh (totally blue eye), who all have eyeball tattoo work by Howie (LunaCobra.net), along with Andrew S from Swingshift (last photo). Each experienced quite a bit of spreading after the injection.

Eyeball tattooing has got to be my favorite new mod… I don’t know if it’s got universal appeal (but who’d have thought tongue splitting, also decried as completely nuts, would take off like it did). My eye tattoo is now almost one year old (along with Josh and Pauly’s). Here’s some closeup photos of how it’s doing.

As you may recall, it had some problems with a cyst-type structure developing (which was examined by eye injury specialists and ultrasounded, with no complications other than the obvious being found). While it definitely made me nervous for quite some time, it appears to be stable at this point. I’m definitely looking forward to continuing this work, and I’m always thrilled to see more of these admittedly gnarly, mutated-looking zombie-like eye experiments!

Previous entries on eyeball tattooing on ModBlog and eyeball tattooing on my blog.

Madre’s Day

Posted on May 12, 2008 by RooRaaah Crumbs

Lindsay loves ~~drinking~~ her mummy!

DivX download link for BME members: Extreme2 or Full members

Mum = Alice.

Artist = Alana Robbie.

Pinky Swear

Posted on May 12, 2008 by Shannon Larratt

This is Meg and Samantha from Akron Ink (Akron, Ohio). Samantha (left) did their tattoos, and Meg says, “We are quite serious about pinky swearing at our shop.”… Apparently!

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Black Eye… Literally

Posted on May 12, 2008 by Shannon Larratt

Because his computer was ripped off, CutThroat hasn’t been able to post a picture of his black eyeball tattoo by Howie (LunaCobra), but I snagged this one from some candid shots that Wiket took at APP this year… If you didn’t already see it, be sure to check out Josh‘s amazing completely blue tattooed eye.

Birds

Posted on May 12, 2008 by Shannon Larratt

Reclining, this is iam:yomee, as photographed by Julian Z, and tattooed by iam:Pox (click for a better shot of her tattoos).

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Kerouac Text Tattoo

Posted on May 12, 2008 by Shannon Larratt

Alyssa got this large text tattoo of a Kerouac quote (from “On The Road“), done by Kim Durham at Prix Body Adornment in Hollywood, CA.

The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones that never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars and in the middle you see the blue centerlight pop and everybody goes “Awww!”

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Junk Food Tattoos

Posted on May 12, 2008 by Shannon Larratt

Star and RockyRoad got these matching White Castle slider buddy tattoos, done by Cindy Solano at No Ka Oi in Philadelphia, PA. By the way, if you want to be in a book about buddy tattoos, here’s a book on the subject that’s in progress and looking for submissions.

In equally unhealthy territory, Kalvin got this “cream cheese and chives” Captain’s Wafers tattoo, done by Ol’ Dirty Rob at Anthem Tattoo in Gainesville, Florida. He explains the design choice, saying, “I just really like these crackers. They’re heavenly. I’m a pirate…”

Redheads

Posted on May 12, 2008 by Shannon Larratt

iam:soup

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ModProm 2008

Posted on May 11, 2008 by Rachel

It is with great pleasure that we are able to announce the triumphant return of BME‘s ModProm! Everybody’s favorite excuse to break out the seersucker and classy it up for one special evening is back for another year, this time in one of downtown Toronto’s premier party establishments (the specifics of which we will announce shortly).

Make no mistake, though — this isn’t just a night to play dress-up. This is a real prom, complete with tearful, mascara-smearing exchanges in the ladies’ room, awards (at the moment, the superdelegates are split 50/50 on Prom King) and the chaperonage nonpareil of renowned family man Bob Saget! (No, we haven’t seen the Aristocrats, why do you ask?) As if that’s not enough, you can also look forward to delicious food, an open bar and, above all else, a night with friends and family that will be impossible to forget.

Check this page frequently for new information — advance ticket sales will be announced shortly! Until then, pop your zits, buy a corsage and prepare for June 28, 2008! The war is over — tonight, we dance, prom-style!