Aww, hell, one more for the road. Cale and Mandalyn got pierced together for a photoshoot with Nickk Leading of Perforations. A second photo including some cutting is after the break.
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Continuing in the gratuitous meme, here’s Rae (who’s not just eyecandy, but also a tattoo artist that’s been featured here before) having some “wings” play-pierced by Scott for a photoshoot at Paul’s House in Lubbock, TX. Three more photos continue after the break.
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Continue reading after the break for the lift and suspension in what just might be the first ever female “ass-tronaut” style suspension (yes, I think that’s the official name), as done by Steve the folks from Ascension in Albuquerque on March 29th, 2008.
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Please correct me if I named the wrong video game (I only play Guitar Hero and Rock Band). I wasn’t sure how this was going to heal when I first saw it, but it turned out quite nicely in the end — this scar/skin removal is by Branko/Darlin from BZK Tattoo in Slovakia.
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It’s taking me a bit longer than expected to get today’s update posted (early evening probably) but the good news is that I’ve just about doubled the size of the keyword database, so there are a ton of new tattoo galleries that’ll be getting posted. Anyway, Dinosaursr sent in this x-ray shot of her surface bars done by by Seth at (Pro-Gress) Body Piercing in Raleigh, NC.
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Finger tattoos by Jay Blondel.
Following up on the casheye tattoos, BIOHAZARD had these eyelid tattoos done by Dave Gilbert at Marked For Life Tattoos in Warren, MI.
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Candy got this skeletal Betty Boop tattoo done by Kris Roberts at Shipwreck Tattoo in Corpus Christi, Texas. She explains,
I grew to love Betty Boop as a child and now that I’m older, I have a passion for animation because of her creator, Max Fleischer. I wanted to commemorate Betty as she represents not only loves of mine, but also female history as well as the history of animation. I did not want to just get a straight up portrait of Betty because her image has been strewed over the years. Modern Betty has a stereotype of Harley Davidson and Playboy which I didn’t want to portray on my body.
I was browsing the internet one day and came across the online portfolio of artist Michael Paulus who had drafted skeletons for a bunch of cartoon characters, including Betty. I thought his designers were soooo clever! As soon as I saw his Betty, I knew it was the perfect imagery. I emailed him asking for permission, which he granted!
I took these images to my tattoo artist and asked him to come up with something “neo-traditional” and 1930s themed and to have Betty’s skull decorated dia de los muertos style (to celebrate her death*). Kris came up with this amazing composition and the rest is history! One thing that I think is really amazing is that when Kris drew up the design, he put a sacred jaw on her forehead because he noticed that she did not have a jaw. It was funny because when Micheal e-mailed me granting permission for the tattoo, he included this little tidbit: “You might have noticed that I omitted the lower jaw of Betty. Was never sure if she indeed have a jaw, although she does obviously talk!”
Funny how that worked out!
* Betty’s death = her censorship. ‘America’ forced her to move into a small apartment with a small pet dog and lengthened her skirt. Betty was no longer free to be the independent sexy women she once was. Weveral of her cartoons were banned as well.
This is extremely inappropriate jewelry!!!
