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.

Put a Ribbon Around It


Well hey, this is pretty cute! I’m not sure what the source material is, but according to the internets, there’s a whole lot of similar imagery out there. Few other pictures, however, feature a robot girl handing over her mechanical, tungsten-fed heart to a wide-eyed gentleman, so, score one for the microdermal enhancement.

(Microdermal by January at Modified Evolution in Colorado Springs, Colorado.)

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Comments

60 responses to “Put a Ribbon Around It”

  1. Aiwass Avatar
    Aiwass

    the quality of that tattoo is horrible… although the idea is cool, i personally wouldnt of payed to enhance it with a microdermal that is probably more than the cost of the tat

  2. Dandy Avatar

    Cant tell if its a angry microdermal or just red ink tattoo but either way that microdermal dont look so happy heh.

  3. alouicious Avatar
    alouicious

    now that’s how you pick up a turd by the clean end!

  4. PhilipBarbosa Avatar

    Sadly you cannot polish a turd but if you put inserting a well placed micro dermal is way more original then just trying to roll it in glitter or the typical lasering it and covering it in some newskool/old school/tribal/Aisan-French fusion decorated all around with parsley thing that nobody here will like anyway… clearly the client and the practitioner, like I, liked it enough to share it.

  5. Jessorz Avatar

    im really distracted by the fact that it is veeerrry hairy. =\

    isnt it just nasty when you get like an ingrown hair in one of your tattoos? ick.

  6. lani Avatar
    lani

    Worst tattoo ever. I agree with #1, I wouldn’t have spent the money to enhance it with a microdermal. I’d rather have spent the money to get the tattoo touched up.

  7. Diva Avatar
    Diva

    I’ve seen that drawing before, but personally, I would have gotten the actual tattoo touched up BEFORE trying to enhance it with a nice dermal anchor.

    Cos its sorta just like putting a pretty diamond on a piece of crap.

  8. bertany Avatar

    …that is twelve kinds of horrible.

  9. Xenobiologista Avatar

    Tattoo and microdermal: thumbs up

    Location: thumbs down!

  10. heidi Avatar
    heidi

    Come on now.

  11. Kimberly Avatar

    Seriously Modblog? I thought this was for the best of the best?

  12. Patrick Avatar
    Patrick

    Ungh, picture like this just make me want more.. 😉

  13. Leodios Avatar
    Leodios

    “I give you my festering cubic zirconia….err, heart.”

  14. The sky conspires to swallow me. Avatar
    The sky conspires to swallow me.

    My goodness. The quality is downright terrible. Putting a microdermal there is like putting a big sparkly bow on a dead cat.

  15. 5kem5 Avatar
    5kem5

    to be fair its no worse than most of the shit that gets featured on here

  16. psylocke Avatar
    psylocke

    #15…laughed my ass off….and agree completely

  17. Joanna Avatar
    Joanna

    The V of the underwear is truley amazing

  18. goldust Avatar

    This is an old internet emo-sketch. I saw it thousand times! And yeah, qulity of tattoo and microdermal is really poor.

  19. katie Avatar
    katie

    oh dear. ive seen the orignal picture a few times. it has clear bold lines on it and strong colour…

    tattoo = fail

  20. Liliana Avatar
    Liliana

    I was hoping he just drew on his belly with a biro :/ can’t quite believe this is a tattoo. someone tell me my first thought was right? please??

  21. lauren Avatar
    lauren

    i dunno… it seems pretty lame to me…
    but i guess its a mod…? gotta feature a range i guess.
    i agree totally with #15.

  22. Amber Avatar
    Amber

    Seriously.. is it necessary to constantly bash on people and their mods? I thought the whole idea of COMMUNITY was so that people could be together in an environment where they feel safe and respected to express themselves. The modded population has enough trouble being accepted into society as it is.. fighting amongst ourselves just makes it even worse. Why can’t you just be respectful? Present a united front, whether you like something or not. Sheesh.

  23. VOMIT Avatar

    Its a cute tattoo, but the poor quality ruins it

  24. BlueStar Avatar

    It’s cute…
    I’m not a fan of piercings and microdermals in tattoos..
    That’s just me.
    But it’s something that really bugs me.. like, leave the tattoo alone!

  25. fnlleij Avatar
    fnlleij

    what the fuck. seriously.

  26. Christian Avatar
    Christian

    I’m not going to lie. This is one of the worst articles ever. Poor quality, poor piercing. When did it become quantity over quality?

  27. Aviram Avatar
    Aviram

    *shock*

  28. gena Avatar
    gena

    In response to #23:
    While I agree with you that supporting each other is an important thing, I don’t think that mindlessly praising shit work is constructive for anyone. “Just being nice” about poorly executed modifications doesn’t help unify the community; it promotes shitty work. Having a modification of any kind doesn’t make it a good one.

  29. The sky conspires to swallow me. Avatar
    The sky conspires to swallow me.

    @23:
    While we do admittedly get too harsh sometimes (and I am at fault for that, I realize), this community knows what a good and bad tattoo look like far better than some stranger off the street. I agree with 29 in that the “just being nice” approach promotes poor quality work, but I also feel that sometimes it’s almost our responsibility to point out bad work to people to open their eyes to it, so they can maybe think about getting it touched up in the future.
    We are only trying to help, even if we sometimes go about it in the wrong way and get carried away with the insults.

  30. johnkid Avatar
    johnkid

    yea, get over yourself, 23. this site should also be about education. about trying to develop a positive outlook on body modification. having crap like this out there doesnt do anyone any good. especially the individual wearing it. do some research for god sakes.

  31. blackroses Avatar

    the quality is bad and i don’t know if that is intentional or not but tbh i like the way it looks.
    i hope the micro heals up alright in that area.

  32. duluwa Avatar
    duluwa

    Not an original tattoo at all, and like everyone’s said, very poor quality.
    I don’t think the microdermal is badly done though, I think the redness is because it’s freshly done so it’s probably just a bit of blood.

  33. Chantale Avatar
    Chantale

    The idea of the community is to post UNIQUE and some of the BEST body mods, not something you found at your local ink hole that may or may not even be licensed.

    This tattoo is horrible,there’s no other way to state that. The idea is cute, I’ve seen that picture a million times online but the execution sucks.

  34. Emma Avatar
    Emma

    What the fuck has happened to this blog? Surely you get enough submissions to make picking shit better than this pretty easy.

  35. Jordan Ginsberg Avatar
    Jordan Ginsberg

    I really love that we can do tons of posts in a row that people love (or are at least interested in), but then one single thing gets posted that some readers think is sub-par and all of a sudden it’s indicative of some incredible slide into mediocrity and irrelevance. Talk about a culture of “What have you done for me lately?” Unbelievable.

  36. Chantale Avatar
    Chantale

    Some readers? This IS sub-par, you can’t tell me that the quality of this tattoo is good or even passable. If you had gotten a tattoo like that, wouldn’t you be upset with the artist? It’s not the artwork, like most of us said, it’s the quality of the tattoo.

  37. katy prost Avatar

    For some reason I like that its kind of shitty.

  38. Emma Avatar
    Emma

    This blog has been mediocre for quite some time, this is just a stellar example.

  39. Dandy Avatar

    The blog is still interesting, still produces discussion and considering its free its well worth the entertainment I get out of it

    Remember every litter has its runt, you cant produce daily updates without occasionally doing one that SOMEONE doesnt like.

    Dont stress, much love from the real community even if their not voicing it Jordan.

  40. lucky Avatar
    lucky

    I fucking love this!!! Who cares that it’s poorly executed, thats stating the obvious, haters.

  41. Holly Avatar
    Holly

    I don’t understand why people are complaining so much, if posts like this annoy you so damn much then why are you still here? If you think this blog is ‘sub-par’ then go and start your own, find all your own images, update it daily and create your own following. I’ve been following BME and this blog for years yet don’t have enough money (silly student type) to create an account and i’m really very grateful this blog is still going.

    I know i’m probably in a minority but I much prefer post like this to gratuitous naked shots where the only real purpose is so people can comment with things like ‘Damn, that’s hot’.

    We all have our personal opinions and someone is always going to shoot you down for them on an internet blog. Perhaps i’m just too polite and English but I don’t see the point in arguing like this.

  42. Christian Avatar
    Christian

    I’d much rather read “Damn thats hot” than see work done that not only is sub-par but even downright terrible. Personally I’m all for showing diverse things, new styles of tattoos, experimental mods, things that are innovative and interesting. When something like this is posted on a blog that has world wide attention, then one needs to consider the overall objective of whoevers posting up the work. There are thousands upon thousands of pieces uploaded every day, and of those, why choose a picture thats so bland of a tattoo that is tasteless, poorly done, and a piercing that doesnt even look like it was done correctly. Even if it was shown to be an example, the description sure doesnt point in that direction.

  43. pinddup Avatar
    pinddup

    Am I being stupid in thinking that this tattoo was designed to look like it does?
    The style of the characters and writing suggest it is supposed to look like it was drawn by a child.
    Maybe I’m wrong but I like it.

  44. Michelle Avatar

    looks like it was tattooed with a home made machine

  45. Holly Avatar
    Holly

    I like it, I find it aesthetically pleasing. Then intention behind it or it’s quality don’t really come into it (for me at least).

    Perhaps the powers that be were just sat in their BME world feeling pretty bored and decided to post this to create some drama. It probably makes for some fun reading from their point of view 🙂

    As they say round these parts “quit ya bitchin”.

  46. Holly Avatar
    Holly

    http://blog.doctissimo.fr/php/blog/ParadizeCity/images/Give%20you%20my%20heart.jpg -original image (with a slight change) for those who are interested

  47. tehjos Avatar

    “What have you done for me lately”? Really?

    Go back to the archives one year ago and the vast difference in quality AND quantity of posts will tell you why so many people are so unhappy with Modblog now.

  48. HereKittyKitty Avatar
    HereKittyKitty

    I can take a “sub-par” entry anyday as long as we still get one of those “guess the bodypart” pics now and then haha.
    (I’m thinkin we’re due.)

  49. Emma Avatar
    Emma

    I’m bitching because this used to be an extremely interesting blog. I didn’t agree with many of Shannon’s opinions, but the man could choose a good blog entry for sure. Quality over quantity. When someone’s getting as many submissions of amazing work as bmezine, there’s no excuse for a shit post like this.

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