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.

Skull Facial Tattoo Update

For those that didn’t already see it, Matt posted some more recent pictures of “Skullboy” (Zombie) on his Flickr page. Remarkable…

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Comments

190 responses to “Skull Facial Tattoo Update”

  1. Jess Avatar
    Jess

    I’m really glad there’s some picutres of him up again.
    It isn’t as shocking to see as I thought it would be, compared to the other pictures anyways.

    I really like the lower half of his sleeve too.

  2. Eric Avatar
    Eric

    Yayy. I was waiting for more pictures! 😀
    I love the skull/brain transition. It’s so well done.

  3. Pearly Avatar

    He’s got a lovely shaped skull. I wonder what’s going through it.

  4. julies. Avatar
    julies.

    I really love this, it is creative and unique.

  5. Blake Avatar

    I really like how the tattoo faded — it still loks fucking amazing, and is a lot elss threatening (which may or may not be good, in his opinion.)

  6. labelle Avatar

    oh wow. when i’d first seen the photos of him a while back i was just thinking how brave he was for doing it, and wondered how it was going to look in the long run.

    with the rest of the skull tattooed, it works out very nicely and looks fucking awesome! kudos!

  7. xSOPHH Avatar
    xSOPHH

    This looks fucking awesome!

  8. Stacey Avatar
    Stacey

    So everyone freaked out when the first pictures of him were posted but now you see most of his upper body, you see that he’s really heavily tattooed anyway so the chances of him regretting it aren’t as massive as people thought.

    It really changes his whole face though, I wonder what he looked like before.

  9. coffee Avatar
    coffee

    i agree with stacey! i want to see a before pic too! 😀
    this is amazing by the way. i’m not just speaking as a body mods aficionado, but as a neuroscience major 🙂

  10. lou Avatar
    lou

    i think he is really sexy…

  11. Mess Avatar

    i love all of his tattoos, but i too am curious as to what he looked like before the skull facial tattoo.

    fucking awesome tattoos. fucking awesome.

  12. audente Avatar
    audente

    Awesome, his neck is something else too.

  13. tinks Avatar
    tinks

    looks amazing. i agree the tattoo is much less intimidating and it really blends in well with the other pieces on his body.

  14. Lunar Avatar

    It looks really better than the first set of photos !

  15. ella Avatar

    ha, every time I see that kid on the bus I want to say hi, but I think it’d be a little odd ‘oh hey, I saw you on modblog’….

  16. Tay of the Dead Avatar

    It’s been said but I agree, once the tattoo faded a bit it definitly got less imtimidating. I like it a lot.

  17. harobu Avatar

    Wow, he’s sexy as all hell.

  18. sbaby Avatar
    sbaby

    Still freaks me out. So, there’s a bit of consistency for you.

  19. VOMIT Avatar
    VOMIT

    I’m kind glad the tattoo has faded cause before he looked super fucking creepy. I’m not a huge fan of his skull face, but I’m totally diggin his neck tattoo and the top of his head.

  20. UberWench Avatar

    Holy god, he is SO BEAUTIFUL.

  21. Tanith Avatar
    Tanith

    That dude looks excellent, I love his tattoos.

  22. mia more Avatar

    man, we got some way better photos of him from the convention. his name is rick and he’s actually a fairly gentle, soft-spoken guy. surprisingly, you stop noticing his facial tattoos almost as soon as you start talking to him.

  23. mia more Avatar

    oops i didn’t mean to dis “matt”s photos! i just meant we have some shots of him that are really nice.

  24. thatolcountryguy Avatar
    thatolcountryguy

    At first I tought he had to be a complete retard.
    Now I think he is a COOL retard, especially given the first picture.

  25. bigandtall Avatar
    bigandtall

    Please post links to the other photos. I’m obviously pretty fascinated to see more.

  26. t Avatar
    t

    I like his neck and arm/hand tatoos but the face tatoo still basically obliterates his face, at least in photos, like pretty much any full face tatoo does but worse. It’s like wearing a mask 24/7, I can’t really imagine doing this to yourself.

  27. veronica Avatar
    veronica

    i agree. it looks a lot better now since it’s faded a bit.
    it seems .. more natural.

  28. Grunt Avatar

    Still amazing.

  29. Spud Avatar

    Quite simply, that rocks!!!

  30. jenny Avatar
    jenny

    Aw, he’s adorable. 🙂 Digging the work on his neck..

  31. Sara Avatar

    Remarkable is right…and he’s absolutely adorable. Love it…

  32. Dizzy Chair Time Avatar

    He should work night security at a cemetery.

  33. infernalmachine Avatar
    infernalmachine

    i agree with 26, in that his particular facial tat seems to just cover his face rather than for instance, a maori tat or shannon’s white ink that works WITH the face.

  34. tony Avatar
    tony

    I think this round of photos put his whole vibe into context more. I dont know, but when I saw these it was just “ahh, i get it now”. Pretty rad.

  35. TeaDream Avatar
    TeaDream

    Ah, now see how much better things are when one can see the bigger picture. The whole skeletal-zombie head and neck motif looks very good and works with the other work visible in the pictures.

    I don’t think you can call him Skullboy anymore, but memes like this are of an intractable sort.

  36. cuntcumber Avatar

    The top of his head is awesome!

  37. sheldo Avatar

    wow, it looks amazing! excellent tattoo

  38. Smurf666 Avatar
    Smurf666

    What’s even more impressive is that he’s talking to Dave Grohl.

  39. Hannah Avatar
    Hannah

    I am in awe, that is amazing.

  40. stabbyLOVE Avatar

    Its good to see he can make facial expressions! He is rather sexy..

  41. Valon Oddity Avatar

    i fucking love this man, wow. fucking deadly.

  42. Masticate Avatar

    for some reason I find the whole look hot… or maybe he is but heck id tap that

  43. Charel Avatar

    awesome neck work

  44. Mr. Hands Avatar
    Mr. Hands

    That is brilliant, I absolutely love it!

    Favourite part is the neck area with the ‘tendons’

  45. NeutronLIAR Avatar

    I think he’s beautiful :]

  46. deadboy Avatar
    deadboy

    i love this get some more pics of him please!!

  47. Hope Avatar
    Hope

    #17, I totally agree. Wow.

  48. Kale Avatar
    Kale

    He’s such a pretty skullboy now 🙂

  49. Marshall Avatar

    The more I see this tattoo, the more I like it. The neck is awesome.

  50. Ben Avatar
    Ben

    tight!

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