I was asked to post a frontal shot of Essie’s great tattoo by Needles from Last Rites (and scarification by Keith Alexander and Erik Sprague, and others). Anyway, here you go!
PS. I was a bit surprised how few people grokked the scar.
Essie’s tattoo work is by Needles of Last Rights, and the stunning scarification is by a variety of people including Keith Alexander and Erik Sprague. The scar really makes it just stunning…
These circle scars on andshewas by Lukas Zpira are 14 months old now.
I’ll post more later today but let me start off the day by sharing this awesome one-year old @-sign scarification by Manny at Corazon Salvaje in Buenos Aries, Argentina. Looks amazing!
This was done using skin removal scarification. You can see a fresh picture of this piece here and here, and here it is again at 19 days — you’d never have guessed back then it would raise so wonderfully!). If it heals like most scars it will probably settle a little over the next year but remain raised indefinitely.
See also: Geek Tattoos
The fact is that surface piercings reject or are otherwise usually not kept permanently. The second fact is that there will usually be a scar left, ranging from something almost invisible to something that looks like a mole but slightly the wrong color.
When the surface piercings that Ron (at True Blue Tattoo) didn’t turn out, she had Kelley at World Famous Tattoo in Austin, TX improve her situation. I like the tattooed results and the way the dotted stars and negative space work with the scars from the piercings.
Now, I’ve mentioned time and time again that I think Dave Gillstrap is one of the most talented and cutting edge scarification artists working in the world today. However, and I feel terrible saying this, but when I see these angel wings on Allison, all I can think of is the hullaballoo about the “shell with hidden penis tattoo” a while back.
All I can think of though when I see the top of the wing (mostly because of the glans-defining blood droplet), is that it’s supposed to be a horse penis. I’m sure it will heal fine and of course it’s in part an illusion because of the blood, but in these fresh photos that’s all I keep seeing when I look… Ehhh… My mind is probably warped by looking at too many human penises.
But anyway, I think that piece will look amazng when it’s done, almost like the ghostly white shadow of wings on her back rather than an explicit image like you’d get with a tattoo.
More amazing work from Wayde Dunn at Puncture Body Piercing in Australia.
I like these picture of Marilyn Mena taken by SE photography in NYC… The lighting really makes the flowers (of course by Dave Gillstrap) jump out!
I have a couple more examples of really nice healed fine-line scarification work to post over the next little while, but let’s start with this one in a Celtic theme… That is why you’re looking at this picture, right? The healed cutting?
I guess the aritst at Snake Bite in Dublin told Karin that she had crooked collarbones. I don’t know. I can’t tell. But do you hear any complaints from me either way?
I don’t know that the gain got left out, but here’s some pain care of Peter Sheringham at Piercing Urge X in Melbourne Australia, who I’ve featured here regularly:
