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.

Braille Scars

c/o The Darthside,

“It says love as thou wilt, inspired by the Kushiel Saga Elua.”

“When I heard the guys from Visavajara were coming up to do a show at a fetish party, I called them and talked Roland into doing the scarification while they were here. I wouldn’t know who else in Germany to trust with this kind of thing, really. And because apparently he liked the project, Roland said yes. In order to keep their workload at a minimum, I then went and begged my tattooist to prepare the stencil, and he also said yes.”

“Anyways, all the Visavajara people are really awesome; we met at Catonium an hour before the beginning of the party, and they took us into the backstage room (an old style classroom usually used for roleplay), and from there on it’s pretty much all in the pictures.”

A few more pictures are after the break.

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Comments

93 responses to “Braille Scars”

  1. kwaniesiam Avatar
    kwaniesiam

    That’s awesome. I wonder if the scar will keloid up so you could actually read it off their arm…healed pics would be awesome.

  2. kwaniesiam Avatar
    kwaniesiam

    That’s awesome. I wonder if the scar will keloid up so you could actually read it off their arm…healed pics would be awesome.

  3. kwaniesiam Avatar
    kwaniesiam

    That’s awesome. I wonder if the scar will keloid up so you could actually read it off their arm…healed pics would be awesome.

  4. OPFA Avatar

    Brilliant idea ^__^

  5. OPFA Avatar

    Brilliant idea ^__^

  6. OPFA Avatar

    Brilliant idea ^__^

  7. Efix Avatar

    I really hope it will keloid a lot! would look awesome!

  8. Efix Avatar

    I really hope it will keloid a lot! would look awesome!

  9. Efix Avatar

    I really hope it will keloid a lot! would look awesome!

  10. Bobb Avatar
    Bobb

    Much as I usually don’t like scarification this is a pretty cool idea. Hope the wearer checked and double checked the braille (and then checked it again… and again) before getting it done though…

  11. Bobb Avatar
    Bobb

    Much as I usually don’t like scarification this is a pretty cool idea. Hope the wearer checked and double checked the braille (and then checked it again… and again) before getting it done though…

  12. Bobb Avatar
    Bobb

    Much as I usually don’t like scarification this is a pretty cool idea. Hope the wearer checked and double checked the braille (and then checked it again… and again) before getting it done though…

  13. ryoka Avatar
    ryoka

    such a beauty effect! so precise.

  14. ryoka Avatar
    ryoka

    such a beauty effect! so precise.

  15. ryoka Avatar
    ryoka

    such a beauty effect! so precise.

  16. brute Avatar

    i have braille brands over blackwork on my arm. unfortunately, they didn’t keloid and can’t be read like traditional braille.

  17. brute Avatar

    i have braille brands over blackwork on my arm. unfortunately, they didn’t keloid and can’t be read like traditional braille.

  18. brute Avatar

    i have braille brands over blackwork on my arm. unfortunately, they didn’t keloid and can’t be read like traditional braille.

  19. WastedAngel Avatar

    Kwaniesiam, I was totally just thinking that!
    Get out of my mind you Jedi

  20. WastedAngel Avatar

    Kwaniesiam, I was totally just thinking that!
    Get out of my mind you Jedi

  21. WastedAngel Avatar

    Kwaniesiam, I was totally just thinking that!
    Get out of my mind you Jedi

  22. The Darthside Avatar
    The Darthside

    Thanks 🙂
    I too hope they keloid a lotm though scars on me usually do.
    And yes, I did my research 😉

  23. The Darthside Avatar
    The Darthside

    Thanks 🙂
    I too hope they keloid a lotm though scars on me usually do.
    And yes, I did my research 😉

  24. The Darthside Avatar
    The Darthside

    Thanks 🙂
    I too hope they keloid a lotm though scars on me usually do.
    And yes, I did my research 😉

  25. Oliveira Avatar

    Wow, that’s a great one! Congrats, Darthside, keeping fingers crossed (and I’m like #4, not big on scars normally but this is a fantastic idea)

  26. Oliveira Avatar

    Wow, that’s a great one! Congrats, Darthside, keeping fingers crossed (and I’m like #4, not big on scars normally but this is a fantastic idea)

  27. Oliveira Avatar

    Wow, that’s a great one! Congrats, Darthside, keeping fingers crossed (and I’m like #4, not big on scars normally but this is a fantastic idea)

  28. Carson Avatar

    I LOVE the Kushiel series!
    Much love for this.

  29. Carson Avatar

    I LOVE the Kushiel series!
    Much love for this.

  30. Carson Avatar

    I LOVE the Kushiel series!
    Much love for this.

  31. melissa Avatar

    i was actually thinking the other day that braille scarification would be really cool.

  32. melissa Avatar

    i was actually thinking the other day that braille scarification would be really cool.

  33. melissa Avatar

    i was actually thinking the other day that braille scarification would be really cool.

  34. Sandwich Avatar
    Sandwich

    Yay Braille. I do have such a soft spot for it.

    For those asking if it could be ‘read’ – probably yes, but not in a traditional manner [running fingertip over the text] as these dots are HUGE compared with standard Braille so would have to be felt out, dot-by-dot instead of just read normally.

    On the other hand, blind people’s fingers are sensitive enough to ‘read’ the scars even if they didn’t keloid, simply by feeling the difference in the texture of the skin. My blind boyfriend could feel my tattoos even though I couldn’t detect any difference between the feel of tattooed and untattooed skin.

  35. Sandwich Avatar
    Sandwich

    Yay Braille. I do have such a soft spot for it.

    For those asking if it could be ‘read’ – probably yes, but not in a traditional manner [running fingertip over the text] as these dots are HUGE compared with standard Braille so would have to be felt out, dot-by-dot instead of just read normally.

    On the other hand, blind people’s fingers are sensitive enough to ‘read’ the scars even if they didn’t keloid, simply by feeling the difference in the texture of the skin. My blind boyfriend could feel my tattoos even though I couldn’t detect any difference between the feel of tattooed and untattooed skin.

  36. Sandwich Avatar
    Sandwich

    Yay Braille. I do have such a soft spot for it.

    For those asking if it could be ‘read’ – probably yes, but not in a traditional manner [running fingertip over the text] as these dots are HUGE compared with standard Braille so would have to be felt out, dot-by-dot instead of just read normally.

    On the other hand, blind people’s fingers are sensitive enough to ‘read’ the scars even if they didn’t keloid, simply by feeling the difference in the texture of the skin. My blind boyfriend could feel my tattoos even though I couldn’t detect any difference between the feel of tattooed and untattooed skin.

  37. micro Avatar
    micro

    sandwich- that is real cool!
    braille superbly confuses me, but i suppose that is because i don’t need to use it on a day to day basis. but feeling for the differences are quite hard if you don’t have heightened senses.
    super neat scarification idea.

  38. micro Avatar
    micro

    sandwich- that is real cool!
    braille superbly confuses me, but i suppose that is because i don’t need to use it on a day to day basis. but feeling for the differences are quite hard if you don’t have heightened senses.
    super neat scarification idea.

  39. micro Avatar
    micro

    sandwich- that is real cool!
    braille superbly confuses me, but i suppose that is because i don’t need to use it on a day to day basis. but feeling for the differences are quite hard if you don’t have heightened senses.
    super neat scarification idea.

  40. twitchard Avatar
    twitchard

    thats sick, thats what i want to do for my knuckles.. hope to see update pics when its healing and/or healed

  41. twitchard Avatar
    twitchard

    thats sick, thats what i want to do for my knuckles.. hope to see update pics when its healing and/or healed

  42. twitchard Avatar
    twitchard

    thats sick, thats what i want to do for my knuckles.. hope to see update pics when its healing and/or healed

  43. Tyler Avatar

    Nice idea, but I don’t love its implementation.

  44. Tyler Avatar

    Nice idea, but I don’t love its implementation.

  45. Tyler Avatar

    Nice idea, but I don’t love its implementation.

  46. cryemoxkidcry Avatar

    I definitely want to see this healed. It’s a very cool idea.

  47. cryemoxkidcry Avatar

    I definitely want to see this healed. It’s a very cool idea.

  48. cryemoxkidcry Avatar

    I definitely want to see this healed. It’s a very cool idea.

  49. panties Avatar

    i love this and i love the kushiel series! double props!

  50. panties Avatar

    i love this and i love the kushiel series! double props!

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