Tattoo, Piercing, and Body Modification News, Events, and Culture
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…call Shawn O’Hare from The Pain Parlor in Oxnard, California? My absolute favorite thing about this photo set is that the guy had his nipple cut off, let it heal, and then tattooed a new — and visually pierced — nipple over top of the scar from the removal!
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I know, I know, they’re often the same thing — especially if you’re talking about oldschool DIY punk rather than modern corporate marketting theme punk — but I thought that these two tattoos represented two good examples of very different ways of saying effectively the same thing.
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This is by René at Lucky 7 in Drenthe, Holland. Ray, who the tattoo is on, writes, “I hate that people box each other, so here’s an anti-box (done in my own handwriting).”
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Obviously one of the reasons that people like surface piercings is that it gives them the ability to place piercings just about anywhere with a reasonable chance of successful healing. But I often wonder just how and why people choose their particular placement — what exactly struck them about the back of their shoulder that made them decide that was the one they wanted?
Thanks to Anders the Piercing Guy down in Brisbane, Australia for the photo.
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Two ways of talking about the same theological conundrum perhaps? The DNA tattoo (currently just outlined) is by Trevor Collis of Iron Age Studio in Saint Louis, Missouri, and the evolution themed calf tattoo is by Roger from Steady Tattoo in Minneapolis, MN. As I understand it, both of these tattoos are illegal under the USA PATRIOT ACT, and if the owners are not careful who they show them to… off to Gitmo! |  |
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I don’t know what the kanji says or if it’s correct (we’ll have to ask Tian I suppose), but I like the little memento of the procedure — although it’s too bad it didn’t stay in a more coherent piece. Cutting by Fernand from Tattoo Blitzz in Groningen, the Netherlands.
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This sleeve is by Jason Ackerman (IAM:jaysinn) at Lucky 7 Tattoo in West Palm Beach, Florida.
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Continuing in the long tongue Olympics, let me present to you Jayjay’s triple-threat tongue tower. Got a longer one (that’s pierced, tattooed, or split — if it’s not, I’m not interested)? Send me a picture at [email protected] and I’ll post it here.
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I’m going to make the guess that this linesman worker tattoo by Deveaux at The Laughing Buddha Tattoo in Denison, Texas is on someone who either works as one or who’s father works as well…
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I got this wonderful little parental tribute tattoo story from Jesse McPherson, tattooed by Eric at Tattoo Alley in Hatboro, Pennsylvania, who writes,
"This is a tattoo I got a few days ago, and my fathers tattoo which it was based off of. The idea for this tat came when I got a call from my brother informing me that our father is in the hospital and has been diagnosed with Leukemia. So that night I though I wanted to get one of his tattoos, took a few pictures (with a camera phone) the next day when me and my bro went to visit him the next day and my brother drew something up and did the tattoo the next day."
