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.

Lightning Fast Hand.

I know that lightning really isn’t the theme in this skin removal amongst blackwork piece by roLANd, but it’s the first thing I noticed..

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Comments

19 responses to “Lightning Fast Hand.”

  1. chopstixx Avatar
    chopstixx

    kool. i wonder if the other parts were done the same way. sure looks like it.

  2. Synie Havok Avatar
    Synie Havok

    Wow thats amazing, I cant wait to see a fully healed picture.

  3. Meliss Avatar

    wow this is really schweet.

  4. ben Avatar

    Mark….. again on modblog…

  5. cuntcumber Avatar

    Wonder why parts of those two lines were skipped…

  6. bridge Avatar
    bridge

    awesome!

  7. rae Avatar
    rae

    wow, beautiful. it almost looks like an ekg in places.

  8. Cellar_Door Avatar

    wow.
    It’s very striking. I could only try to imagine how painful that must’ve been..

  9. goldust Avatar

    Well, I don’t like it. Sorry.

  10. Melf Avatar
    Melf

    This is beautiful.

  11. nina Avatar
    nina

    love how well the skin removal and the tattoo go together. very nice work from visavajara, as usual.

  12. zippome Avatar
    zippome

    its really nicely done but there is one thing i dont kike about it. the “i was here tattoo”. that just seems like a tattoo someone gets when they ahve run out of ideas

  13. zippome Avatar
    zippome

    its really nicely done but there is one thing i dont like about it. the “i was here tattoo”. that just seems like a tattoo someone gets when they ahve run out of ideas

  14. zippome Avatar
    zippome

    woops…

  15. CoryVictorious Avatar

    I disagree with #13…I like the ‘i was here’ tattoo…it stuck out to me against the symbols on the rest of the hand…

  16. Rachel Avatar
    Rachel

    cuntcumber, I think he was trying to create a stitched effect.

  17. little-swastika Avatar
    little-swastika

    the i was here tatu made my girl n my finger at teh end of a 2 month trip to india. its not just a fucking fun tatu

  18. Kris Avatar
    Kris

    I’m far from an expert, but I don’t think I’ve seen scarification on a hand before. I’m just sitting here watching the skin on the back of my hands move…forget the cutting, won’t the scabs be painful if he has to move his hands at all? Even typing, I can see them hurting. Even after they heal, it seems iffy to me, unless my (accidental, not intentional) scars are atypically not stretchy.

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