New BME swag

Posted on April 16, 2007 by Shannon Larratt

I don’t normally promote specific BMEshop products here because, well, it’s kind of tacky to blogspam your own swag, but I really like the way these last two shirts turned out. First is a redraw of the old “Dr. BME” logo by me, and we’ve put it on long-sleeves with a please-don’t-sue-us-Red-Cross arm print… As modeled by tcie (and you can click on either of them to go to their BMEshop page):

Next is the BME Aotearoa design, drawn by iam:original_sly (and prepared for printing by Jasonthe29th) to celebrate his local heritage.

Mutantes

Posted on April 15, 2007 by Shannon Larratt

Is it just my imagination or does Lola* have two uvulas? She really does, very cool! Piercings (not in the uvula though) by Taco Joe at Black Ink Industries in Borneo, Malaysia. As a point of trivia, about 2% of people have a bifid uvula — it’s similar to a cleft palate anatomically.

Cherry Blossoms

Posted on April 15, 2007 by Shannon Larratt

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iam:pretty_hollows by kelly @ chameleon in cambridge, ma

“Modified” Simpsons Tattoo

Posted on April 14, 2007 by Shannon Larratt

A few days ago I noticed bbirdemann‘s hilarious ball-stretcher Burns tattoo on his foot and when I went to compliment him, I saw he had a whole crazy Simpsons leg sleeve in progress by James Jorgenson at Bay Area Tattoo in Houston, Texas… all modified as well!!!

“Yanking my chain”

Posted on April 14, 2007 by Shannon Larratt

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Transdermals can be trouble

Posted on April 14, 2007 by Shannon Larratt

An active lifestyle will probably make your life longer, but the counterpoint is that it’ll make your piercings’ and implants’ lives shorter… Tiff says that’s exactly what led to the demise of her paired transdermals — you can see how far they’d rejected in the first two shots. Tom Brazda (TomBrazda.com — he also removed my magnets) removed them for her while he was guest spotting at Eternal Ink in Sheffield, UK.

I am the squirrel of doom! Fear my power!

Posted on April 13, 2007 by Shannon Larratt

I’m not sure if she’s escaping to Chicago or somewhere else because I don’t recognize the orange tag so I don’t know where she’s traveling between… Anyway, you either think my caption is very clever or it makes no sense? This (still incomplete) yggdrasil tattoo is by Tattoo Jack at My ID in Pewaukee, WI. You can click for a better view of the tattoo.

Capoeira Brasil Tattoo

Posted on April 13, 2007 by Shannon Larratt

Joao sends in this Capoeira tattoo done by Anderson at Outlaws Tattoo in Petropolis-RJ, Brasil.

Ouch, my eyes!!!!

Posted on April 13, 2007 by Shannon Larratt

I feel so sorry for Vincent Hocquet at Beautiful Freak Tattoo in St. Idesbald, Belgium. I am 100% sure that my eyes would just fall right out of my head if I had to do this tattoo! In any case, Nico got a great geometric tattoo out of it (and it makes people think of Q-Bert!).

Victorian-style Filigree Collaboration Cutting

Posted on April 13, 2007 by Shannon Larratt

Wayde Dunn (waydedunn.com), one of the most talented scarification artists out there, is visiting the US right now and is guest spotting with Ron Garza (rongarza.com) in Los Angeles until the end of the month (as in the end of April 2007), with whom he did this collaboration cutting, a pair of Victorian style filigree cuttings are on iam:xoTeresaxo — she’s standing in front of a mirror so you can see both the left and right side. This is the third large piece he’s done in LA so far (if you’re interested in work by either him or Ron, or both, you can contact them on IAM or via their websites).

It’s really quite thrilling to see how evolved scarification is becoming as an artform. Remember to set your calendars — Scar Wars III is being held in October 2007.