The Agaetis Byrjun album art was done at Universoul Mutations in Cadillac, MI, but I’m not sure (sorry) who did Krysti’s somewhat gross-faced Gwar tattoo.
Gwar versus Sigur Ros
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Tag Archives: tattoos
Tattoo what you do!
Before and After?
Left tattoo (“Cut Here”) on IAM:SugarQueen (who also has a great self-portrait tattoo if you check her page) by TnT Tattoo in Aiea, HI. Right tattoo (zipper scar) by Tom of Freak Art in WV.
Website Tattoos
How about a couple of tattoos inspired by websites (not counting BME logo tattoos, which I think are a little different maybe because they’re more inspired by a subculture than a website)… IAM:bebe dog (who is also called Shannon and is also from Toronto) had this tattoo of their own site (now expired I think) done by Gen at Planet Ink in Toronto, and Atomika had Andy Enos at Old Anchor Tattoo in Portage MI do this toothpaste for dinner comic.
Body Suspension Tattoo
By now I’ve seen a fair number of tattoos commemorating the suspension experience and membership to various suspension teams, but I thought that IAM:disconnect‘s pretty tattoo of 6ga hooks in a heart with a suspendee in the middle (maybe I should have put this in the previous entry?) deserved recognition.
The tattoo was done by Andy Kurth at Electric Chair in Clio, MI.
Tattoos of Love
I wanted to share with you some of the nicer heart-and-love-themed tattoos I’ve gotten recently. For a lot of people tattoos are a way of wearing their heart on their sleeve quite literally, a way of externalizing and sharing the way they feel with the world. Some people write poetry, some people get tattooed, and I suppose in a lot of ways many people’s tattoos are poetry.
Let me start with Selena‘s wonderful little “two sparrows pinning a patchwork heart”. It’s not quite finished yet, but what you see so far is by Joey Wallace at Karmic Tattoo in McDonough, GA.
I get a lot of anatomical heart diagrams indicating where various emotions and other concepts lie. This one for example is on Jen by Anji at HPP Ink in Eugene, Oregon. I assume those are transdermals by the way (but someone correct me if I’m wrong and it’s a surface bar):
Here’s another one by Rod Graybill at Dexterity Tattoo in Lancaster, PA on IAM:she rarely flies. The heart tattoo gallery I mentioned earlier contains quite a few other variations if I recall correctly.
This next one is on IAM:girl-23 who lives in Canada but is doing the long distance relationship thing with her boyfriend in Florida… That’s never easy, and she got this postcard tattoo done by Scooter at Atomic Tattoos in Lakeland, FL while visiting him this past December.
I’ve seen Link and Zelda couples (and siblings) tattoos before, and they’re always so sweet and nerdy. This pair was done by Billy at Temptation Tattoo in Denver, CO.
Finally, a heart that’s maybe not doing quite so well. IAM:LustKill had this tortured heart done by Dan Craft at Jersey Devil in Blackwood, NJ.
As always, please don’t copy any of these designs, and I hope you’ll take the time to email me your tattoo (high res pictures please) for BME at [email protected] — don’t forget to be sure to tell me the artist credit and anything else I need to know.
Do you like minstrel shows?
This portrait is of a customer’s grandfather, done by Antonio at Inkwerks in Auburn, AL. It’s well done, but I have to wonder… was their grandfather a coal miner? It’s really rather strangely dark in tone. It’s a fresh photo, so perhaps they reacted oddly to the ink or bruised dramatically.
Must not get sad tattoo!
Ok, so I do have a STAY CALM tattooed across the inside of my fingers, but that’s for a different reason. As you may or may not know, I’m moving on Friday so while I’ll do my best to keep ModBlog updated, there will almost certainly be a couple of blackouts — but rest assured that they are only temporary.
“We do drugs!”
Speaking of postings that could get people in trouble, my honest advice to people is not to advertise their drug use… You never know what people could use against you — how many times have people posted things like this only to have a disgruntled ex (or whatever) email the photos to their parents?
That said, I wholeheartedly support people’s right to smoke pot! Although personally I’d never cut it with tobacco… Er, not that I’d smoke sweet, sweet Mary Jane.
Columbine Anyone?
Not that I really give a damn, but sometimes I wonder about my legal responsibilities… IAM:ant1cultur3‘s most recent tattoo (self-done in a backyard studio) is titled “BACK TO SCHOOL”. If he goes and shoots up his cafeteria, can I get in trouble for not saying anything?
Point of trivia: something very similar to this actually happened (about five years ago), and so far it hasn’t come back to haunt me… No, I’m not going to write about it on ModBlog, but if you want to know the story, ask me in person at the next BMEfest.