As promised, here are the photos of Ron Garza getting tattooed at Wat Bang Phra in Thailand. You can spot John Durante in the background, who happens to also be in my personal favorite modblog entry of all time.
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11 responses to “Hand Poked Tattoos From Thailand”
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*does a little jig*
It kind of looks like he’s tattooing the same thing he has on his back in the same place. Maybe that was the deal?
Ooooh, have comments been turned back on at last?
I saw people doing this at LTC last weekend, looked very laborious and painful! I think it’s definitely one more for the experience than the result.
Incredibly skilled artists though.
Comments are back!!
Thank you for that.
When is bmezine.com mainpage going to be updated?
Nice tattoo btw
getting a handpoked tattoo from Thailand is one of the things of my list of “Things To Do Before I Die”. I love them
Is this one of the tattoos done on men for protection? Does anyone know if women can get them?
It’s very beautiful in many ways.
that is beautiful! i would love to have that done, i really appreciate the detail…
Its John….Not Jon
john is the man.
John is definitely the man! come back to Seattle, we miss you!
Im very paranoid about sterilisation its not the needle so much because you cant catch aids from that virus dies the ink pots they use are havens for disease to multiply