A black-and-white photo of a person mid-air in a Superman-style body suspension pose, supported by multiple hooks in their back and legs, smiling joyfully toward the camera. They are suspended horizontally in a large indoor space with high ceilings and visible rigging. A group of onlookers—some seated, some standing—watch with expressions of admiration, amusement, and support. The atmosphere is lively and communal, capturing a moment of shared experience and transformation.

Comic Geisha Backpiece

My old friend Efrain shot this at the 2007 New York Tattoo Convention. Check out his sites at HellFirePress.com and GonzoScene.com.

Comments

36 responses to “Comic Geisha Backpiece”

  1. amber Avatar
    amber

    The Suicide Girls table..

  2. juDe Avatar

    Impressive! the tattoo I mean, not the table. Or both at least, but that ink in gorgeous.

  3. Twwly Avatar

    http://www.tayloremade.com is the girls website I believe.

  4. Giles Wallwork Avatar

    Fantastic stuff. Love it.

  5. Dustin Avatar
    Dustin

    Is it just me, or is the gal in the lower left corner picking her nose?

    Oh, great tattoo work, by the way! ha.

  6. AmyL Avatar
    AmyL

    I love colourful pieces like this…very cute 🙂

  7. kawaface Avatar

    wow! that’s crazy bright.

  8. Malice Alice Avatar

    I LOVE that tattoo!

  9. Arashi Avatar
    Arashi

    Amazing art work! I am totally in love with the colors.

    The style of the girl’s hair and clothing in the tattoo suggests that she is Chinese though, so that would not make her a Geisha who are Japanese.

  10. Nikki Avatar

    Awww, I absolutely love that tattoo. :3

  11. Smash Avatar
    Smash

    so detailed wow

  12. stormy Avatar
  13. ÈMþRê§§ Avatar
    ÈMþRê§§

    Cute geisha love the bright colours

  14. Lauren Avatar
    Lauren

    Nice tattoo but not a Geisha, definately a Chinese girl

  15. possessed Avatar

    Oh my, that’s amazing! The colours are totally out of this world. I love big, colourful tattoos.

  16. Phro Avatar

    I’m gonna have to agree with lauren on this…that doesn’t look at all geisha…

  17. Bradly Avatar
    Bradly

    Yeah well Phro i disagree with both u and lauren on my end here… is just one def . i pulled up
    a traditional female entertainer Geisha literally means “art-person,” and the true geisha is above all an artist. She is an accomplished musician, being able to sing, dance, and play traditional instruments like the shamisen, but perhaps most excels in the fine art of making her client feel like a king.
    That tattoo speaks all that to me …
    But maybe ur right I would really like to see her holding a can of spaggetti O’s….

  18. Xenobiologista Avatar

    That’s not a geisha. That’s a little Chinese girl (not that little Chinese girls actually dress like that nowadays, you only see that kind of clothing on Chinese New Year greeting card pictures of cute kiddies).

    AND I’M CHINESE. Final word.

  19. hehe Avatar
    hehe

    Yeah this reminds me of the girl on the Chinese Rice Candy boxes. It’s about time Efrain was ModBlogged, or at least the first time I’ve seen him on here.

  20. Bradly Avatar
    Bradly

    hey xenobiolgista how in the fuck do u know what the girl does .It’s like saying Clark Kent your no superman .Its ridiculous to judge by ones apperance xspecailly here at this site…

  21. Flamethorn Avatar
    Flamethorn

    That makes me think of Fruity Oaty Bars (from “Serenity”)

  22. Bradly Avatar
    Bradly

    After watching the Fruity Oaty bars i think to myself why cant i be like that .Why the fuck do I have to be so confritational with eveyone. Beacuase Im a fuckin internet troll ..~_0

  23. Lilee Avatar
    Lilee

    Stunning tattoo, “real geisha”, or not.

  24. Lauren Avatar
    Lauren

    Brady – trust me on this. Not a geisha, try Googling Geisha and you’ll see women in traditional kimono with proper shimada hair styles – not cute ickle buns (i want hair like that lol)

  25. Bradly Avatar
    Bradly

    plz tell me Lauren how do you know what that girl does ???
    “women in traditional kimono with proper shimada hair styles ” maybe this is a non traditional geisha girl with cute sticky ickle buns. The information im going off on this is what i was told by the poster …
    From the difinitions i pulled up it has to do with women who entertain men whith singing ,dancing,etc..
    geasha girl is not a definition for a costume nor a hair style ,but yes maybe 99.999 percant of giesha girls fits ur desription but then again there are allot of people registered on this site that fall into the .0001 percantage and i never said that she is actually a geisha girl jusy that i thought she could be becuase aI DONT KNOW i never spoke to the chick ~_0

  26. gillian gamine Avatar

    bradly- i think you’re talking about the girl wearing the tattoo, and not the girl who is actually tattooed. the figure tattooed is a chinese figure, not a geisha.

  27. Bradly Avatar
    Bradly

    ur right im talking about the girl wearing the tattoo i never talked to her to see ….”if that cute sticky ickle bun chinese figure is a geisha ,The only problem we all have hair…. is that u think ur right ….& I know I am ~_0

  28. Lauren Avatar
    Lauren

    Brady – first breathe. Secondly im talking about the tattoo. as nice as it is it IS NOT a geisha (and yes i did think of Fuity Oaty bars when i first saw it). I know its not a picture of a geisha becasue ive been studying traditional Japan, especially geisha for over 2 years now. So bite me . And you dont get “non-traditional geisha” – if you’re a geisha, youre traditional, thats what it means. The tattoo is of a cute Chinese girl.
    Oh and you dont get “geisha girls” – you get shikomi-san, maiko or geiko.

  29. bradly Avatar
    bradly

    Lauren O K then back up your words big mouth and cut and paste ur definition for geisha and where u found it…
    ive not come across one defintion myself that sayd that in order to be aconsidred a geisha girl that they must be dressed in a certain manner or wear thier hair in a certain manner …
    I know its not a picture of a geisha becasue ive been studying traditional Japan, especially geisha for over 2 years now. So bite me
    bite urself

  30. bradly Avatar
    bradly

    Lauren besides that fact once more how the fuck do u know what his girl does who is pictured inthe tattoo it’s like seeing a man walking through the mall food court and saying that he dosnt play baseball becuase he aint got no uniform on maybe this is an under cover geisha girl who is mascarding as ajust a young chinese girl to help save her parents from the government.Miss no it all and ud like it if i bite u real hard i bet !!!

  31. Lauren Avatar
    Lauren

    Dear God Brady im NOT TALKING ABOUT THE GIRL WITH THE TATTOO!!. Im talking about the tattoo itself. i dont know if i can link or not but Google Immortal Geisha. Apart form the fact that youre either really stupid or just winding people up – geisha are Japanese so cant really masquerade as a Chinese girl. Thats like me masquarading as an African – two sperate races. PLus the only person who gets to bite me is my bf or Dracula – youre neither

  32. Bradly Avatar
    Bradly

    Lauren you must want to marry me or at least get a hotel for a weekend .Why are all you chcicks hating on me and my thoughts.Why would you want to put a restriction on any chick real or tattooed. Ur way of thinking is lame to me.U dont know any thing about that girl(yes im talking about the tattoo I have a GED) go watch the first ithink 5 minutes of that Tom hanks and thats how u look at things to me.P.S.i have next week end free:+_*

  33. Bradly Avatar
    Bradly

    Ok fine im a internet troll i really have this weekend free also :-()-:

  34. C-Cat Avatar
    C-Cat

    I would like to know how long a tattoo like that takes? I have several, my largest on the lower back that took about 3 hours and is not even close to that size? Her tattoo is beautiful and has alot of amazing color! Peace!

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