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Drawing Blood in Defence

Written by

Jordan Ginsberg


And here we have another to add to the ranks of the most-impressive scarification submissions lately, this time from Gibi Body Art in Brasilia, Brazil. And sorry about the delay in posts this afternoon, ModBloggers, there was some Internet trouble at the office. And by “office” I mean the closet in the guest-room. We’ll definitely have another couple posts up before bedtime, though, so worry not.

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Comments

15 responses to “Drawing Blood in Defence”

  1. Tentacle Avatar
    Tentacle

    B E A utiful
    Can’t wait to see it healed.

  2. Keylin Avatar
    Keylin

    When I saw this I literally OOOOOH’ed outloud. Look at the blook on the last flower!! Amazing!!

  3. Keylin Avatar
    Keylin

    Agh, blood*

  4. Natasha Avatar
    Natasha

    That’s absolutely stunning.

  5. Pi Pyo Pi Avatar
    Pi Pyo Pi

    Amazing!

  6. makingtrouble Avatar
    makingtrouble

    this is so beautiful.

    i love the way fresh scars look.

  7. Navi Avatar
    Navi

    I normally am not a fan of scarification, but this is the kind of cutting that makes a case for exceptions to the rule.

  8. jazzybean Avatar
    jazzybean

    My skin is crawling its that amazing!

  9. Colie Olie DeStroy Avatar
    Colie Olie DeStroy

    A rose is a rose is a rose is a rose…

  10. jake Avatar
    jake

    i love this

  11. slummyx Avatar
    slummyx

    # 6 i was thinking the saaame thing…
    This is one i would not want to heal… just look like this forever…..

  12. SilberneKlinge Avatar
    SilberneKlinge

    that’s really great!

  13. Squig Avatar
    Squig

    i want one! amazing!

  14. raeka Avatar
    raeka

    wow… this is beautiful!! ^_^

  15. e Avatar
    e

    nice

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