One of my favorite people in the entire world, a former teacher and man who’s a happy modern Great Omi (he writes, “A Smile is Worth So Much More Than a Frown”), is Tribalface in Durango, Colorado. Seriously, I just get so happy every time I see his picture. It’s amazing that something as simple as seeing a happy, well-adjusted, heavily tattooed guy can bring me such smiles.
Love the implants too!
Brian of Pure Body Arts in Brooklyn, NY, sends in these shots of six 4ga head transdermals, outlined with a cutting.
So I was doing a little pre-interview work with a production guy from a very cool show that I like, and he mentioned that he’d talked to Shawn O’Hare (who ModBlog readers know well from The Pain Parlor in Oxnard, CA) earlier in the day. I got a kick out of that, because at the moment that was mentioned, I was processing this image from Shawn of some “breast implants” he did.
What a whacky world we live in that now body modifications are getting body modifications.
Photos by Regis Hertrich:
Norplant for guys is finally on the market, they’re just working on reducing its size (just kidding)! Thanks to Dan Marshall (www.piercerdan.net) in Toronto (currently on tour in Calgary) for sending in this photo of his unusually placed bicep implant, now over a year old.
I think these may be some of the first finger implants I’ve seen (not including transdermals and finger dermal anchors). They’re 6mm and 8mm pieces on Nobnig (who has quite a bit of heavy work), done by Samppa Von Cyborg (MadMax Tattoo). I think the photos are by Al Overdrive but I apologize if I got that wrong.
PS. If you’re wondering about the title, it’s because as long as those implants are there, punching someone is going to really suck for both people! “This is going to hurt me more than it hurts you!”
Awwwwright, I know I’m posting a lot of Samppa‘s pictures today (and I have a few more saved for tomorrow or Wednesday), but I quite like this necklace piece he did. The scar in the middle is from the removal of an older implant by the way.
PS. For BME/extreme members, there’s tons of photos from Samppa at MadMax (located Finland-London-Everywhere) that will be posted later in the week.
Some days, it’s very good to know an implant artist.
Implants are not forever much of the time. I’ve taken out almost a dozen myself, and you can see here Raposa at Tattoo Land in Sao Paulo, Brasil is doing the same. I’m not saying “don’t do them”, and I don’t think Raposa would say that either, but if you’re going to get implants, be aware there is a very, very good chance you’ll have to remove them at some point in the future.
I know that people have asked me to not post too many videos, and I’m trying to keep them fairly low in the mix, but I thought I’d also share with you this clip from Monkys Body Mods in La Serena, Chile of him doing a pair of central forehead implants at his studio/clinic.
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