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.

Josh’s Blue Eye Project Continues!

Howie (LunaCobra) sent me an update on Josh‘s blue eye tattoo project which is looking great! I’m very jealous! Howie’s done a few more eyeball tattoos as well since he did the three of us (Josh, Pauly, and myself) last summer, and a few other people have experimented with it as well, both with machines and injection. Check it out, and there are two more (less “manipulated”?) photos after the break.

More entries on eye tattooing on ModBlog — 1 2 3 4 5 — as well as on my personal blog. I’ll try and post an update on the problems with mine — I have what seems to be a permanent, albeit probably harmless, bump on my eye — in the next few days.

Comments

122 responses to “Josh’s Blue Eye Project Continues!”

  1. JACKIE! Avatar

    wow! amazing.

  2. JACKIE! Avatar

    wow! amazing.

  3. newwound Avatar

    green would look cool…

  4. newwound Avatar

    green would look cool…

  5. Kelli Avatar
    Kelli

    Well… I was thinking the first one looked too perfect… and if that’s what his eye does look like, he’s incredibly lucky. However, I find it weird that the next two show a white margin around the iris… Maybe it was a different day and stuff shifted around though. Either way, all three shots look really nice.

  6. Kelli Avatar
    Kelli

    Well… I was thinking the first one looked too perfect… and if that’s what his eye does look like, he’s incredibly lucky. However, I find it weird that the next two show a white margin around the iris… Maybe it was a different day and stuff shifted around though. Either way, all three shots look really nice.

  7. Shannon Avatar

    I think there’s some overflow of ink in the photos. I hope I don’t have to update the entry and say that the photos were tweaked!!! (I asked Howie for more details, but he’s at APP, and just forwarded this email to me from another person who took the photos).

  8. Shannon Avatar

    I think there’s some overflow of ink in the photos. I hope I don’t have to update the entry and say that the photos were tweaked!!! (I asked Howie for more details, but he’s at APP, and just forwarded this email to me from another person who took the photos).

  9. Ghost Avatar
    Ghost

    That’s wicked cool!

  10. Ghost Avatar
    Ghost

    That’s wicked cool!

  11. tan Avatar
    tan

    woah didn’t expected it to looks so well. I mean. When the eyeball tattooing thing first started there was so much controversy about it. But now i guess… It looks good! though at some angles there’s a rim of un-dyed white around the pupils.

  12. tan Avatar
    tan

    woah didn’t expected it to looks so well. I mean. When the eyeball tattooing thing first started there was so much controversy about it. But now i guess… It looks good! though at some angles there’s a rim of un-dyed white around the pupils.

  13. Smoosh Avatar
    Smoosh

    looks great!!! really nice progress since the beginning!

  14. Smoosh Avatar
    Smoosh

    looks great!!! really nice progress since the beginning!

  15. Maarkaald Avatar
    Maarkaald

    Soon he will go through the agony, yes, to see if he is truly the Kwisatz Haderach.

    Well, maybe not but I think of Fremen when I see this picture.

  16. Maarkaald Avatar
    Maarkaald

    Soon he will go through the agony, yes, to see if he is truly the Kwisatz Haderach.

    Well, maybe not but I think of Fremen when I see this picture.

  17. Meredith Avatar

    This always makes me think “man, that guy really wishes he had osteogenesis imperfecta.”

  18. Meredith Avatar

    This always makes me think “man, that guy really wishes he had osteogenesis imperfecta.”

  19. Odd Avatar
    Odd

    Well the first photo as taken another place and in different light that the second and third, but none the less, on 1st picit looks cool… the little white edge on 2nd and 3rd pic ruins it a bit though! 🙁

  20. Odd Avatar
    Odd

    Well the first photo as taken another place and in different light that the second and third, but none the less, on 1st picit looks cool… the little white edge on 2nd and 3rd pic ruins it a bit though! 🙁

  21. Liz Avatar
    Liz

    I love the concept! I echo the sentiments in previous posts about the Fremen, Spice and anything remotely Dune related. I’m in awe of this!

  22. Liz Avatar
    Liz

    I love the concept! I echo the sentiments in previous posts about the Fremen, Spice and anything remotely Dune related. I’m in awe of this!

  23. Ellie Avatar
    Ellie

    It’s looking awesome.
    I can’t wait to see updates.

  24. Ellie Avatar
    Ellie

    It’s looking awesome.
    I can’t wait to see updates.

  25. CoryVictorious Avatar
    CoryVictorious

    iam: jealous. lol

  26. CoryVictorious Avatar
    CoryVictorious

    iam: jealous. lol

  27. pawnbroker Avatar

    damn, i’m jealous too.
    Looks amazing, rly.

  28. pawnbroker Avatar

    damn, i’m jealous too.
    Looks amazing, rly.

  29. dee Avatar

    thats amazing,
    although im still very curious about malfunctions of the eye later in life..

    but great job.
    really.

  30. dee Avatar

    thats amazing,
    although im still very curious about malfunctions of the eye later in life..

    but great job.
    really.

  31. the_colvin Avatar
    the_colvin

    looks impressive. Does anyone know if this is the final incarnation of it, or is there more work to be done to it? like, darkening the colour, or doing the small uncoloured section

  32. the_colvin Avatar
    the_colvin

    looks impressive. Does anyone know if this is the final incarnation of it, or is there more work to be done to it? like, darkening the colour, or doing the small uncoloured section

  33. Anthony Avatar
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  35. Shade_of_Ink Avatar

    Interesting. I read about the doctor who wrote a paper about corneal tattooing in the third link. That’s surprising that a doctor is interested something like this.

  36. Shade_of_Ink Avatar

    Interesting. I read about the doctor who wrote a paper about corneal tattooing in the third link. That’s surprising that a doctor is interested something like this.

  37. Jerry Avatar
    Jerry

    Excellent work. Seems like Josh truly has the (eye)balls for it! Looking good.

  38. Jerry Avatar
    Jerry

    Excellent work. Seems like Josh truly has the (eye)balls for it! Looking good.

  39. Bendtheglass Avatar

    I’d do that, except for the whole needle-in-my-eye part kinda freaks me out.

  40. Bendtheglass Avatar

    I’d do that, except for the whole needle-in-my-eye part kinda freaks me out.

  41. carmen Avatar
    carmen

    this looks fantastic! i’m so impressed. i wonder if he’ll do the other eye too, for symmetry.

  42. carmen Avatar
    carmen

    this looks fantastic! i’m so impressed. i wonder if he’ll do the other eye too, for symmetry.

  43. Lane Jensen Avatar

    I like the way his eye is turning out.

  44. Lane Jensen Avatar

    I like the way his eye is turning out.

  45. Sara Avatar
    Sara

    Interesting…I’m just too fond of my eyes to go beyond contacts however…

  46. Sara Avatar
    Sara

    Interesting…I’m just too fond of my eyes to go beyond contacts however…

  47. Joshmeshuggah Avatar

    wow im in love with the look.

  48. Joshmeshuggah Avatar

    wow im in love with the look.

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