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.

“Voila! I’m dead”

This bloody bathroom-wrecker explains that this photoshoot was done in order to obtain some reference photos for a zombie rib tattoo she’s having Mike Storey from Blackline Studios here in Toronto do for her. It’s a mix of red and green food colouring, water, and corn syrup, not real blood (unlike most entries). A couple more pictures continue after the break.

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Comments

31 responses to ““Voila! I’m dead””

  1. Cainbot Avatar
    Cainbot

    messy 🙂

  2. Mangaartist Avatar
    Mangaartist

    very close to looking like real blood but the viscosity (the lack of it) gives it away on the 2nd and 3rd page.

  3. Mangaartist Avatar
    Mangaartist

    of course not “page”, but “picture”. Stupid typo.

  4. jean Avatar
    jean

    oooo bloody bloody

  5. Acid Avatar
    Acid

    very beautiful, the blood is done very well but as NO 2 said of course there would be a lot more of it in the last 2 pictures but even if it is not real i think it is fantastic

  6. pawnbroker Avatar

    this girl looks sexy, but blood fetish is not for meh (:

  7. Stewart Avatar

    Fair point about the lack of viscosity giving away it’s fake (as well as Shannon’s recipe), but I think the first photo only looks so realistic and viscous because of the photo’s editing. I think it’s a pretty damn good set of photos and some good fake-blood.

  8. Lananaroux Avatar
    Lananaroux

    I feel sorry for whoever’s bathroom that is. My exboyfriend used stage blood all the time in concerts and wow that was a pain in the ass to clean.
    I love her tiny little bridge piercings and this little disclaimer y’all have put up, kudos.

  9. Greta Avatar
    Greta

    8 – I was thinking the same thing about cleaning it all up after. Their must have been a lot of scrubbing involved.

  10. Adrian Avatar
    Adrian

    oh man. I was a zombie extra once. That stuff tastes and feels rank, though it gives a nice effect [before it gets tacky and sticky.] I hope her tattoo comes out awesome for the effort.

  11. freedomhangs Avatar

    Sweet photos and nice fake blood, but it would be so much better if the blood were real 😛

  12. Emily Avatar

    Its probably good thats not real blood considering how much of it there is haha. Is her tattoo going to be of herself as a zombie? That would be sweet.

  13. K Avatar

    beautiful set of photographs 🙂 hope her tattoo is a success.

  14. cardboardfrog Avatar
    cardboardfrog

    lovely!
    But i think modblog should have a real blood or GTFO policy 😛

  15. tim Avatar
    tim

    it would have been funny if shannon hadnt said it was fake blood, i wonder how many people would have thought it was real?

  16. gillian gamine Avatar

    i have a good recipe for fake blood that tastes like chocolate, it’s like corn syrup, red and green food coloring, and some cocoa powder and cornstarch. nice body, with excellent staying power and a clean feel to the palate.

  17. possessed Avatar

    These pictures are hot.

    But if it’s made with food colouring, their bathroom’s going to be a pretty funny colour from now on!

  18. Mike Kelton Avatar

    I don’t care if its fake or not. That shits hooottt!!!

  19. Kitty Avatar
    Kitty

    You’d actually all be quite surprized, a quick rinse with some warm water, and the bathroom was once again clean…as was I (not pink)
    Thanks for the comments!

  20. Bambi Avatar
    Bambi

    Mmm if that was real blood it’d be soooo yummier… Very gorgeous photos.

  21. Al Avatar
    Al

    Well said #2

  22. deerheart Avatar

    reminds me of this asian films,
    where all seem too have high blood pressure.
    what a mess! highly enjoable.

  23. mucus marcus Avatar
    mucus marcus

    i don’t think i’ve ever thought how ‘voila’ was spelled.

  24. ya Avatar

    bloodbath!

  25. fuus Avatar
    fuus

    oh, I fucking hate fake blood. no matter how well staged and taken a photo is, if it’s got fake blood in it, it destroys the entire effect. how extremely lame.

  26. Xenobiologista Avatar

    Needs to be more viscous, as someone else said, and darker. Also, the splatter pattern looks strangely…homogenous, like someone took care to spray it evenly over everything.

  27. Helen Avatar
    Helen

    great pictures.
    Even though it is obvious it’s not real as other people have pointed out.
    I still think these are great pictures

  28. Kitty Avatar
    Kitty

    Not everyone feels the need to spill their own blood for fashion purposes. But thanks for the understanding.

  29. M Avatar
    M

    hahahaha i was so psyched until i saw the disclaimer
    still, those are some fine nipples, and is that an anti-eyebrow? very nice!

  30. Skyline GTR Avatar
    Skyline GTR

    pretty sweet, fake blood or not, its still pretty damn cool

  31. Jo Avatar
    Jo

    Yeah someone said about having an actual blood gallery, I fucking second this motion.
    Really nice photos, nice homemade recipe for blood as well, I dig her tats

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