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.

Tattoo Steganography

No, I’m not posting cute little fairy this to satiate the “navel piercings and butterflies on shoulders” crowd (as Serenity put it)… I’m posting it to see how quickly people can find the hidden message in this tattoo.

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Comments

62 responses to “Tattoo Steganography”

  1. knifefight Avatar

    hope/optimism/protection.. ? that’s what angels usually symbolise right? :00

  2. IAM:WISE Avatar

    It seems very religious to me….

  3. bubbadduck Avatar
    bubbadduck

    bottom of her dress says mom?

  4. Bob Avatar
    Bob

    No clue….Well, I’ll start with some word association then:

    Lily
    Fairy
    Angeldust

    Take it away!

  5. bc Avatar
    bc

    ‘Amputees are hot too’?

  6. Daniel Avatar
    Daniel

    ‘Mom’ in the wrinkles of the dress

  7. ChillyMama Avatar

    Mom would love the tribute, I’m sure.

  8. Nemski Avatar
    Nemski

    it did look like ‘mom’ on the skirt to me too…

  9. happyrat Avatar
    happyrat

    Had to look up “Steganography” didn’t know that was the word for it. Other than the obvious MOM in the skirt I wonder if the seemingly random elements of the tattoo also have a larger meaning?

  10. Catsey Avatar
    Catsey

    “Mom’ in the skirt. Easy, cute.

  11. Kelli Avatar
    Kelli

    My first thought: Surely, it’s something vaginal.

  12. Ania Avatar

    @Kelli: I blame it on the cockstrich post but my first thought was along these lines, too 😉

  13. wiggledance Avatar
    wiggledance

    Haha that’s exactly what I thought Kelli!

  14. Jen Avatar
    Jen

    Considering my lack of skill in those Magic Eye pictures I’m truly amazed I saw the secret message almost right away.

  15. cardboardfrog Avatar
    cardboardfrog

    i think BC had it right, amputee love ftw

  16. bleh Avatar
    bleh

    she’s not amputated..there’s just a piece of her dress on her ankle..then u can see the foot too..
    I think it’s MOM

  17. MoonChild Avatar
    MoonChild

    Angel dust?

  18. Smash Avatar
    Smash

    maybe a blooming mother? other then that I have no clue, she has 2 feet and all aoandeages as far as I can tell, like I said not sure. Hope shannon does tellu later on?

  19. Matt Avatar
    Matt

    Is the persons mom a recovered addict, or possibly a person who died from drug use?

    The MOM at the bottom of the dress is definitely part of it and that is self-explanatory. Then we have the angel, which is either a symbol or protection or a memorial of a lost loved one. The third part would be the flower, which I think symbolizes either beauty or possibly new life, like a new beginning.

    The reason I thought about the drugs was because of MoonChild’s mention of angle dust, and I had to think that the action of the angel blowing the stars/dust out of her palm has some significance.

    Perhaps it might be a tribute to the persons sobriety and their mom, who has since passed away being their inspiration? I think it for sure has something to do with a major life changing event that involved their mother in some way (although thats really vague).

  20. Sian Avatar
    Sian

    I’m definitely blaming the cockstrich because all i keep seeing is a big shiny knob at the top with wings folding around the girl.

    I’m a pervert…

    But yes i can see the “mom” in the skirt too.. i’m pretty sure that’s all the message is… i doubt it’s anything bigger?
    In my heart of hearts i want it to be a shiny knob though.

  21. possessed Avatar

    Kelli: hahaha, I was totally looking for some sort of hidden vagina! Man, modblog has warped my mind 😉

  22. Tatty Avatar

    I’m not getting the hidden meaning (blame the wine) but hurrah on the serenity reference!!! 🙂 (and yeah I looked for some kind of genital type hidden meaning too lol)

  23. Lucy Avatar
    Lucy

    I was looking for hidden genitals too!

  24. Jenn Avatar
    Jenn

    I was thinking it was something genital related, but now after what Daniel said, I see the “mom”

  25. juDe Avatar

    I was actually looking for something naughty too.

  26. Gillian Avatar

    It took me about ten seconds to find MOM.

  27. Evan Avatar
    Evan

    the inside of her wings look like used condoms hanging.

    is there a lotus flower in her hair?

  28. eke Avatar
    eke

    the top of the head coverds a 3rd nipple. Or a secret picture of some sex elemments

  29. kelly Avatar
    kelly

    lol at the used condoms comment. yeah i definitely thing we’re all looking hard for a pervy innuendo! (i saw the ‘shiny knob’ at the top too)

  30. The Darthside Avatar
    The Darthside

    My first thought was that those blossoms tend to have a long stalk at the center. Makes the whole mom thing a bit creepy though…

  31. Brodie Avatar
    Brodie

    Darthside – that would be the stamen.

  32. Melvin Avatar

    i think the flower is a hybiscus or something. u know. with a long protruding thing in the middle…but you cant see it…hehe. shes…you know…lol. yeah. ^^

  33. Amber.Dark Avatar
    Amber.Dark

    My only guess was blowjob?(blowing that dust) then I looked at the responses, very nice ‘MOM” on skirt ruffels!

  34. xeightx Avatar
    xeightx

    angel dust?? and maybe i am synical, but angel dust death or something…. thus the angel blowing the dust?

  35. joeltron Avatar

    I wanted to see tongues in the flower’s pedals and was hoping for a lesbian-freedom vibe (ala https://www.bme.com/news/2007/03/06/orchid/).

    Now that I see the ‘MOM’ I feel kinda dirty. It’s strange that the person in the tattoo is pictured as a child, not very motherly.

    My vote would be on a very close passed-away mother that the daughter wishes to ‘carry’ her memory for all to see. The dust-cloud perhaps could then represent ashes being blown away as acceptance that she has died and acceptance of her ‘moving on’ to a ‘heaven’ above her – illustrated by the glowing orb.

    Or I could be looking way too into it and perhaps didn’t pay enough attention during English class. o_O

  36. Fallen Angel Eyes Avatar
    Fallen Angel Eyes

    Very nice tribute. I love tattoos like that.

  37. Z Avatar
    Z

    I admit to having a dirty mind. Definately was looking for some sort of vaginal meaning with the flower and felt a tad awkward after seeing the ‘MOM’.

  38. Archetype Avatar

    if its steganography we’ll need a word or example on retrieving the hidden meaning. as you can tell i watched National Treasure 2 last night and it was GOOD.

  39. lish Avatar

    it may say “mom” in it, but that fairy is totally sitting on the flower’s stamen. i’d wonder for canvas’s state of mind. 😉

  40. serenity Avatar

    haha, “the butterfly and navel crowd”.. a pleasant crowd indeed! I see the mom since people have mentioned it (probably wouldn’t have otherwise), I was trying to make this have some form of vaginal connotation too, but then, my mind is deeply obsessed with the idea that ‘all flowers are vaginas’ (I watched a show one time, about this feminist artist, never been the same since..). Walks in the park are painfully embrassing for me.

  41. deadlypoison Avatar

    “mom” in the wrinkles of the dress. thats so damned sweet 🙂

  42. LouieLouAy Avatar

    Georgia O’Keefe, ftw.

  43. Sian Avatar
    Sian

    I so desperately want us to ALL be wrong.
    Just for entertainments sake.

  44. nora Avatar
    nora

    I agree with sian, but becasue of the post title its prolly just “mom” but I can’t help but think that the purple bracelet around her ankle is part of something more, just because it seems slightly out of place and odd…not trying to insult the tattoo, my monitor prolly messes with the shading

  45. StrawDog Avatar
    StrawDog

    NORA – she isn’t wearing an anklet… it’s just the petal, which is in front of the fairy’s leg, curling around.

  46. nora Avatar
    nora

    negitory strawdog..no where is that color on the flower…..

  47. Jack MiHoff Avatar
    Jack MiHoff

    I thought the pink petal coming up by her crotch area was a crude penis.

  48. nora Avatar
    nora

    Shannon…it appears you take pleasure in us straining our eyes and clicking our back button…wtf is this picture about?

  49. Xenobiologista Avatar

    Wrinkles in the skirt say “MOM”.

  50. choice Avatar

    i’m pretty sure people were referring to her left arm as the amputated limb,not her foot. looks that way, anyhow.. (unless her arm is reaching behind the petal).

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