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Endless Elsewhere

Written by

Jordan Ginsberg


Ahoy-hoy, ModBloggers! Hope the weekend finds you well. Sorry for the late post today—Internet at the manor has been a real kick in the dick all day. Anyway! Here’s some fine portraiture work by Josh Reynolds from Cannibal Graphics in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. What can I say? I’m a sucker from Day of the Dead/pinup/Virgin Mary iconography. (Which we see all the time, believe me.)

Oh, and one more thing…

If you’re in Toronto, the Seven Crowns gents, George and Matt (above) are hosting a gallery showing of tattoo art at Rocky Raccoon’s! I’ll be there along with resident BME photo magician Phil Barbosa, so come on out and say hello, etc. Here’s the info:

On Saturday, May 30th we’ll be holding the “Monsters, Martyrs and May-sterpieces” show at Rocky Raccoon’s, 2579 Yonge St. in Toronto, a study in fantastically terrifying and disturbingly cheerful art pieces from the tattoo world. We will be displaying our own art as well as that of local tattoo artists, and would love for everyone to come and check it out. The event will start around 8pm, and there will be cheap drinks and free food, along with music by Sarah B. and other features that promise to tantalize and…you get the idea. Come out and celebrate art with us.

Comments

45 responses to “Endless Elsewhere”

  1. wil Avatar
    wil

    i like

  2. wil Avatar
    wil

    i like

  3. wil Avatar
    wil

    i like

  4. Tattoo-Tokyo Avatar
    Tattoo-Tokyo

    Yeah very cool, like that a lot! Sugar skull face painted on Mary used as a tattoo – very nicely done

  5. Tattoo-Tokyo Avatar
    Tattoo-Tokyo

    Yeah very cool, like that a lot! Sugar skull face painted on Mary used as a tattoo – very nicely done

  6. Tattoo-Tokyo Avatar
    Tattoo-Tokyo

    Yeah very cool, like that a lot! Sugar skull face painted on Mary used as a tattoo – very nicely done

  7. Luke Avatar
    Luke

    Is that a Silvia Ji painting?

  8. Luke Avatar
    Luke

    Is that a Silvia Ji painting?

  9. Luke Avatar
    Luke

    Is that a Silvia Ji painting?

  10. Diva Avatar
    Diva

    fucking gorgeous!

    the Dia De Los Muertos style skulls usually don’t interest me, but this is amazing!

  11. Diva Avatar
    Diva

    fucking gorgeous!

    the Dia De Los Muertos style skulls usually don’t interest me, but this is amazing!

  12. Diva Avatar
    Diva

    fucking gorgeous!

    the Dia De Los Muertos style skulls usually don’t interest me, but this is amazing!

  13. Sunny Avatar
    Sunny

    @ 3, yeah it is. One of my favorite artists. Nikko Hurtado (sp?) did a BAD ASS tattoo of the same girl…

    http://www.sylviaji.com/

    http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=viewImage&friendID=19346528&albumID=1300110&imageID=22964622

  14. Sunny Avatar
    Sunny

    @ 3, yeah it is. One of my favorite artists. Nikko Hurtado (sp?) did a BAD ASS tattoo of the same girl…

    http://www.sylviaji.com/

    http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=viewImage&friendID=19346528&albumID=1300110&imageID=22964622

  15. Sunny Avatar
    Sunny

    @ 3, yeah it is. One of my favorite artists. Nikko Hurtado (sp?) did a BAD ASS tattoo of the same girl…

    http://www.sylviaji.com/

    http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=viewImage&friendID=19346528&albumID=1300110&imageID=22964622

  16. goldust Avatar
    goldust

    Wowwwwwwwwwww!!!! This is so great!!!)))

  17. goldust Avatar
    goldust

    Wowwwwwwwwwww!!!! This is so great!!!)))

  18. goldust Avatar
    goldust

    Wowwwwwwwwwww!!!! This is so great!!!)))

  19. Robyn Avatar
    Robyn

    I like everything but the hair.

  20. Robyn Avatar
    Robyn

    I like everything but the hair.

  21. Robyn Avatar
    Robyn

    I like everything but the hair.

  22. Ron Avatar
    Ron

    That is such a cool tattoo

  23. Ron Avatar
    Ron

    That is such a cool tattoo

  24. Ron Avatar
    Ron

    That is such a cool tattoo

  25. Damo Avatar
    Damo

    Looks like a Carmen Elektra with face paint on =S

  26. Damo Avatar
    Damo

    Looks like a Carmen Elektra with face paint on =S

  27. Damo Avatar
    Damo

    Looks like a Carmen Elektra with face paint on =S

  28. Asha Avatar
    Asha

    I thought the tattoo looked a lot like Carmen Elektra too.

  29. Asha Avatar
    Asha

    I thought the tattoo looked a lot like Carmen Elektra too.

  30. Asha Avatar
    Asha

    I thought the tattoo looked a lot like Carmen Elektra too.

  31. AshDecay Avatar
    AshDecay

    Reminds me of
    http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=1023876&op=4&o=all&view=all&subj=32056742337&aid=-1&oid=32056742337&id=541727245

  32. AshDecay Avatar
    AshDecay

    Reminds me of
    http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=1023876&op=4&o=all&view=all&subj=32056742337&aid=-1&oid=32056742337&id=541727245

  33. AshDecay Avatar
    AshDecay

    Reminds me of
    http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=1023876&op=4&o=all&view=all&subj=32056742337&aid=-1&oid=32056742337&id=541727245

  34. Beth Avatar
    Beth

    Love this! Great work and I had never seen Silvia Ji’s work before, just gorgeous.

  35. Beth Avatar
    Beth

    Love this! Great work and I had never seen Silvia Ji’s work before, just gorgeous.

  36. Beth Avatar
    Beth

    Love this! Great work and I had never seen Silvia Ji’s work before, just gorgeous.

  37. josh Avatar
    josh

    Thank you all for your response… …yes that is Carmen Electra, I just added the make up.

  38. josh Avatar
    josh

    Thank you all for your response… …yes that is Carmen Electra, I just added the make up.

  39. josh Avatar
    josh

    Thank you all for your response… …yes that is Carmen Electra, I just added the make up.

  40. Luke Avatar
    Luke

    yes! im so cultured. Or I just read juxtapoz how ever you want to take it.

  41. Luke Avatar
    Luke

    yes! im so cultured. Or I just read juxtapoz how ever you want to take it.

  42. Luke Avatar
    Luke

    yes! im so cultured. Or I just read juxtapoz how ever you want to take it.

  43. Sister Ida Know San Diego Avatar
    Sister Ida Know San Diego

    Very nice art work. A few of us Sisters go out in face for Dia de los Muertos. I have photos from last year that I should be posting to the San Diego Sisters site soon.
    Sister Ida Know
    Asylum of the Tortured Heart
    San Diego Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence

  44. Sister Ida Know San Diego Avatar
    Sister Ida Know San Diego

    Very nice art work. A few of us Sisters go out in face for Dia de los Muertos. I have photos from last year that I should be posting to the San Diego Sisters site soon.
    Sister Ida Know
    Asylum of the Tortured Heart
    San Diego Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence

  45. Sister Ida Know San Diego Avatar
    Sister Ida Know San Diego

    Very nice art work. A few of us Sisters go out in face for Dia de los Muertos. I have photos from last year that I should be posting to the San Diego Sisters site soon.
    Sister Ida Know
    Asylum of the Tortured Heart
    San Diego Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence

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