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Tattoo, Piercing, and Body Modification News, Events, and Culture

This Week in BME

Written by

Jordan Ginsberg


Earlier in the week, we posted this tremendous Jesse Smith tattoo, and, for some reason, some people convinced themselves it was Photoshopped in some way. It was not. Here’s another piece—”The backlash of stealing the devil’s pitchfork is massive,” he says of it—and, honestly, if you’re still not convinced, go look at his web site. They’re real, and they’re spectacular. And I don’t break out supremely timely references like that for nothing, friends. Trust.

And that’s the week, folks. What might you have missed?

– Pictograms fell from the sky.

– Things went from bad to worse for Mississauga’s Moonshin Tattoo when a client revealed that he has been diagnosed with hepatitis B.

– The fake mustache came to town, and oh, the people rejoiced.

– Everybody was tattooed with misspelled names. Some people reacted more appropriately than others.

– Our esteemed roundtable convened to discuss the (potential) inevitably and (arguable) necessity of government regulation of body modification.

– Tattoos + Scars = Thumbs up.

Stick around over the weekend, all. We’ll be here as per usual, keeping the place warm until things turn over and begin anew on Monday. Stay safe, everyone, and, of course, thank you for your continued support of BME. Have a good weekend.

Comments

18 responses to “This Week in BME”

  1. Nick R. Avatar
    Nick R.

    Amazing work. Beautiful color.

  2. Nick R. Avatar
    Nick R.

    Amazing work. Beautiful color.

  3. Courtney Avatar
    Courtney

    Her foot looks like a backward facing penis.

  4. Courtney Avatar
    Courtney

    Her foot looks like a backward facing penis.

  5. GODLY-CUNT Avatar
    GODLY-CUNT

    Fuck =O
    I’d kill for that kind of tattoo.

  6. GODLY-CUNT Avatar
    GODLY-CUNT

    Fuck =O
    I’d kill for that kind of tattoo.

  7. unchain Avatar
    unchain

    And now I know who’s going to do my sleeve.

  8. unchain Avatar
    unchain

    And now I know who’s going to do my sleeve.

  9. Abraxas Avatar
    Abraxas

    IMO his best backpiece is this one http://zhippo.com/KaoticEnzymesHOSTED/images/gallery/Opression-(Large)1.jpg
    Even if that really not the kind of thing I like, I wish there were more artist of this level….

  10. Abraxas Avatar
    Abraxas

    IMO his best backpiece is this one http://zhippo.com/KaoticEnzymesHOSTED/images/gallery/Opression-(Large)1.jpg
    Even if that really not the kind of thing I like, I wish there were more artist of this level….

  11. Smurf666 Avatar
    Smurf666

    this guy is amazing

  12. Smurf666 Avatar
    Smurf666

    this guy is amazing

  13. alouicious Avatar
    alouicious

    this guy’s stuff is awesome!

  14. alouicious Avatar
    alouicious

    this guy’s stuff is awesome!

  15. Little-Spaz Avatar
    Little-Spaz

    Amazing tattoo artist, though i like that last posted picture of his stuff better, this is still incredible work!

  16. Little-Spaz Avatar
    Little-Spaz

    Amazing tattoo artist, though i like that last posted picture of his stuff better, this is still incredible work!

  17. Tiny.vertebrae Avatar
    Tiny.vertebrae

    she looks like a “Bratz” doll.

  18. Tiny.vertebrae Avatar
    Tiny.vertebrae

    she looks like a “Bratz” doll.

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