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.

Leopard Print Cheekbone

This great leopard print facial tattoo, done by Dan at Amazing Grace Body Arts, Geneva, NY, is there to commemorate the wearer’s love of being asked “is that makeup?” on an hourly basis for the rest of her life.

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Comments

98 responses to “Leopard Print Cheekbone”

  1. deadlypoison Avatar
  2. didj Avatar
    didj

    very pretty

  3. lalala Avatar
    lalala

    Ooooh! Is that make-up?

  4. peteD3 Avatar

    thats awesome!
    she has huge balls, punk-ass muthafucka! i hope she continues to love it all her life and the mundanes dont get her down.
    you kick ass lady!

  5. Summer Avatar

    i love it.

    My first thought was, she must have a kick ass job that lets her have that. but
    i guess foundation could cover that pretty well if she ever wanted/needed to cover it.

    i bet she has really good skin too, cause I know if I did that, my acne would tear it up. lol.

  6. Airi Zombie Avatar

    That’s definitely fantastic. I’ve never seen anything similar to this before. Very refreshing!

  7. Kristen Avatar
    Kristen

    that’s beautiful i love it!

  8. Kaitlin N Avatar

    she looks really young and the photo is extremely photoshopped by the look of her skin.. how do we know this is real?

  9. nope Avatar
    nope

    if she’s a “scene” kid then i hope she stays that way! “nana, why do you have spots on your face?” “well tommy, nana used to be scene.” heh, makes me happy. more power to her, though.

    i wonder if she has stars anywhere….

  10. nope Avatar
    nope

    if she’s a “scene” kid then i hope she stays that way! “nana, why do you have spots on your face?” “well tommy, nana used to be scene.” heh, makes me happy. more power to her, though.

    i wonder if she has stars anywhere….

  11. an0nymous_vamp1re Avatar

    Kaitlin – photos are photoshopped by Shannon just to adjust contrast/brightness, and to add the ModBlog logo.

  12. cyber_android Avatar

    “Scene” or not I love this piece, it fits the shape of her face and looks really well executed.
    Leopard print is not my cup of tea but I can appreciate it’s aesthetic, it suits the wearer.

  13. Giles Avatar

    That is just purely beautiful. Truly magnificent work.

  14. Lauren Avatar
    Lauren

    I think this is one of the few facial tattoos that I really like. It’s subtle (well, as subtle as a facial tattoo can be) and absolutely gorgeous.

  15. Erene Avatar
    Erene

    So pretty and feminine. Always think facial tattoos are very bold! Yes, it’s very ‘scene’, but labels suck 😀 It’s just gorgeous.

  16. Nebel Avatar
    Nebel

    It indeed looks subtle, probably because there’s no harsh lines in it 🙂 I think it’s pretty.

  17. goose doom Avatar
    goose doom

    Beautiful and the girl is very pretty as well, this kind if makes me want to get another tattoo.

  18. Hanargh Avatar

    It’s really pretty, I love it.

  19. Tara Avatar
    Tara

    Scene, stars, young or not, tattoos are a way of life. This is a beatuiful piece that I sure would be proud of having showing every day of the rest of my life, and I would be ridiculously excited if my grandma had a facial tattoo!

  20. SARAHPANIC Avatar

    i really like it!

  21. greendayfan333 Avatar
    greendayfan333

    That’s really pretty, suits the shape of her face 🙂

  22. ishinenotburn Avatar
    ishinenotburn

    its perfect !!

  23. Zar Avatar
    Zar

    this is gorgeous, i’m jealous.

  24. Laura Lethal Avatar
    Laura Lethal

    i love the colors! usually i only see faded, facial tattoos…its very vibrant!

  25. LAwatts Avatar
    LAwatts

    dam wonky septum. but jeez one day i hope to be able to wear mods so proud 🙂

  26. LOLA Avatar
    LOLA

    I wonder if he asked her if she has a steady job or a profession first. She doesn’t look more than 21 at best. Don’t get me wrong, I support facial tattooing, but she is really young and I’m sure has no idea where life is going to take her. Why doesnt she get her knuckles done like the rest of the “scene kids”?

  27. Shannon Avatar

    To the various smart asses like “LOLA” blabbing on about how she’s in over her head or this is some “scene” thing, she’s had the other side of her face tattooed for quite some time and is perfectly aware of what she’s facing.

  28. MoonChild Avatar
    MoonChild

    I was wondering when someone was going to defend her from sterotypes….

  29. jonnycore Avatar
    jonnycore

    woo Shannon kicking butt’s and taking names…

    haha no seriously, it’s gutsy to get that done
    reps to her

  30. andrea Avatar
    andrea

    thats so beautiful, and flattering on her!

  31. Zar Avatar
    Zar

    i don’t see why it would even matter what her career is. she can use some dermablend or mac concealer.

  32. Airi Zombie Avatar

    Shannon : Wow. Thanks for directing me there.
    It was put up the day I moved, which would explain why I missed it. 🙂

  33. Emma Avatar
    Emma

    I wonder how many leopards think about getting people skin tattoos

  34. Metalheart Avatar
    Metalheart

    BEAUTIFUL

  35. LOLA Avatar
    LOLA

    That comment was made with a tongue-in-cheek tone. Even though she has previous facial tattoos I wonder what her profession is. What complications she faces? Understand that I completely support facial tattoos (I my self have them) being such, it concerns me when I see such young women doing very obvious modifications. If her career path is one that allows open creativity then awesome, I’m excited for her. If not then facial tattooing can bring on so many problems.

    Also, I think in a forum such as this, it is okay to ask questions like this. Sure we support all forms of expression. And yes, the art work it self is beautiful, but shouldn’t we question the ramifications they bring?

  36. ishinenotburn Avatar
    ishinenotburn

    whats on the other side of her face ??

  37. Jewel's Sideshow Avatar
    Jewel’s Sideshow

    just because you have facial tattoos doesnt mean you cant have a corporate job.i have both :).it’s not a limit if you dont see it as one….

  38. LOLA Avatar
    LOLA

    True. With a bit of dermablend anyone can be “normal”. Bronte (who is a former IAM member) is the perfect example. However Bronte was past 30 when she made the decision to be facialy tattooed. When we are in our 20′s our lives can take so many directions. I wonder if being 20something is old enough to decide that specific life path.

  39. goodnade Avatar

    hey LOLA, if you have facial tattoos are and 100% behind your posts why would you choose not to have a link connected to your post? see if i called someone scene and questioned their motives i would feel confident enough to post a link to a personal site. the same would go for when i called someone out for being a troll on modblog.

  40. LOLA Avatar
    LOLA

    Actually, I really hadn’t thought about linking my IAM account to this. It wasn’t an active effort to hide my identity in order to make false accusation’s. I am HeHadItComin on IAM. I have nothing to hide.

    See what I think is funny about this is that I am merely posing the question. Is facial tattooing something that a 20s is prepaired to handle. So with that said, I was 24 (I believe) when I got mine done. Had it been done in something other than white, it would have caused problems in my line of work. This is not a confontation, just an open ended question. Isn’t that what these forums should be about? A place to discuss modification with all forms of educated answers accepted aside from the “dude that is nasty” response?

  41. goodnade Avatar

    “Why doesnt she get her knuckles done like the rest of the “scene kids”?” yea that to me sounds like someone being a jerk.

  42. LOLA Avatar
    LOLA

    It was a comment mainly directed towards another comment made “if she’s a “scene” kid then i hope she stays that way!”

    BTW, I have my knuckles done too. I am heavly visually modified including scarification. And I am 26 so I can easily talk about the effects that it has on my self and my person and social life. Being a woman who is modifed can be very difficult. For men it seems to be easier. Like it is more accepted. Would I go back and not have sleeves, dot on my chin, my knuckles tattooed or have scarification? No. As with me it is her decision. And perhaps the way I initially worded it sounds like I am being a “jerk”. I appologize.

  43. jonnycore Avatar
    jonnycore

    i personally think that any form of tattoo/piercing is
    a big leap into the modified world, wherever it is on your body
    anything you do to your body is going to pose issues
    somewhere down the line with one thing or another

    hey, life’s about taking risks

  44. LOLA Avatar
    LOLA

    heh! So very true. I think that, at least from a personal point of view, I get so numb to the outside point of view to modification. (at least until I do something and I hear it from everyone around me) I think a lot of us surround our selves with modified people. So when there is opposition from an outside point of view we think “fuck you”. Hell I do it all the time. But really is there an age of reason?

    BTW… Im bored, I never give forums this much attention.

  45. technodeamon Avatar

    oh my fucking god. that is SOOOOOOO fucking hot

  46. stephan Avatar
    stephan

    i like facial tattoo’s this however smacks of fail.
    eugh,try explaining that when you are fortyfive, it looks like a black eye of badly drawn leopard print ffs.

  47. Dimruthien Avatar

    I love it, probably because I adore leopard print 🙂

  48. jonnycore Avatar
    jonnycore

    yeah LOLA your point of age of reason was exactly what i was thinking when i saw the pic
    i personally don’t think i’ll get my imagined heavier mods
    until i’m at least a dew years older just because theyre so permanent and sooo many people end up regretting them

    buuut, that said, if you’ve made up your mind where you want to go, gosh darnit go do it and have fun!

  49. shekaste Avatar
    shekaste

    (just to add my two cents from a sixteen year old’s perspective)
    First, I really love this tattoo even though I usually hate leopard print.

    I love facial tattooing (or any other really “out there” mods) because it forces you to never have to settle. You are physically no longer able to compromise your “self” in order to fit into society’s view of what you should be. It forces you to really aim for your dreams.

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