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Before The Creation

Written by

Jordan Ginsberg


Welcome back, folks! Hope you all had the loveliest of weekends (and are continuing to enjoy a long weekend, if you have the fortune of being a Canadian government employee). Let us begin the ever-illustrious Shark Week with this intricate, Flower of Life-ish cutting by Brendan Russell at 2012 Tattoo and Piercing in Newcastle, Australia, who writes in to say, “ModBlog my arse, I am always submitting my work to you and other crap gets put up.” Ha ha, zing! Well, here you are, Sir. This is pretty tremendous work here.

Let’s get off on the good foot this week, ModBloggers, even if whales are more your speed than sharks.

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Comments

12 responses to “Before The Creation”

  1. soma25 Avatar
    soma25

    Wow. Just took a look at his portfolio and I am extremely impressed. Amazing use of textures in a lot of pieces.

  2. soma25 Avatar
    soma25

    Wow. Just took a look at his portfolio and I am extremely impressed. Amazing use of textures in a lot of pieces.

  3. Joeltron Avatar
    Joeltron

    Haazingg!!! Go Bslice!

    Bout time some of his stuff got up. Keep it up!

    <3

  4. Joeltron Avatar
    Joeltron

    Haazingg!!! Go Bslice!

    Bout time some of his stuff got up. Keep it up!

    <3

  5. jimmo Avatar
    jimmo

    ive seen a lot nicer work from this guy, this cutting realy doesnt show how well he can cut

  6. jimmo Avatar
    jimmo

    ive seen a lot nicer work from this guy, this cutting realy doesnt show how well he can cut

  7. snoogans Avatar
    snoogans

    o0o nice work brendong.

  8. snoogans Avatar
    snoogans

    o0o nice work brendong.

  9. alex. Avatar
    alex.

    oh wow, that’ll look really pretty healed.

    and i got excited, i thought it was whale song by pearl jam, not modest mouse.
    but modest mouse will do just fine, jordan.

  10. alex. Avatar
    alex.

    oh wow, that’ll look really pretty healed.

    and i got excited, i thought it was whale song by pearl jam, not modest mouse.
    but modest mouse will do just fine, jordan.

  11. Jordan Ginsberg Avatar
    Jordan Ginsberg

    I almost used the Pearl Jam song! But this one is newer and I am clearly a trendwhore, so alas.

  12. Jordan Ginsberg Avatar
    Jordan Ginsberg

    I almost used the Pearl Jam song! But this one is newer and I am clearly a trendwhore, so alas.

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