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.

Howie has infiltrated the prison system!

Well maybe not, but the procedure of eyeball tattooing that he has been known to perform has.

Thanks to  Allen Falkner for passing on this video to me.

Comments

166 responses to “Howie has infiltrated the prison system!”

  1. Allen Falkner Avatar

    Well, thanks really should be to Phil. He found it, I just put it on youtube.

  2. Allen Falkner Avatar

    Well, thanks really should be to Phil. He found it, I just put it on youtube.

  3. Sean Philips Avatar

    Well thanks to Phil as well then!

    If it wasn’t for him I wouldn’t have half my modblog post, he really is the man behind the scenes.

  4. Sean Philips Avatar

    Well thanks to Phil as well then!

    If it wasn’t for him I wouldn’t have half my modblog post, he really is the man behind the scenes.

  5. h3cknot3kno Avatar
    h3cknot3kno

    That’s… really stupid.
    But I guess if you’re going to be in prison for the rest of you life, why not risk your vision?

    The idea of putting whatever you can get a hold of into your eye really creeps me out.
    D:

  6. h3cknot3kno Avatar
    h3cknot3kno

    That’s… really stupid.
    But I guess if you’re going to be in prison for the rest of you life, why not risk your vision?

    The idea of putting whatever you can get a hold of into your eye really creeps me out.
    D:

  7. h3cknot3kno Avatar
    h3cknot3kno

    Also, does the guy with the red eyes remind anyone else of someone?
    I can’t put my finger on who though…

  8. h3cknot3kno Avatar
    h3cknot3kno

    Also, does the guy with the red eyes remind anyone else of someone?
    I can’t put my finger on who though…

  9. Ich Avatar
    Ich

    I still doubt that it’s real….

  10. Ich Avatar
    Ich

    I still doubt that it’s real….

  11. blackroses Avatar

    ouch?!

    i have a thing about eyes, touching and scratching and deffo tattooing,

    it also kinda freaks me out!

  12. blackroses Avatar

    ouch?!

    i have a thing about eyes, touching and scratching and deffo tattooing,

    it also kinda freaks me out!

  13. Jake Avatar
    Jake

    i’m amazed at how good that looks.. the red guy, especially. like, damn. i kinda want that now. i wonder what they could have jimmy-rigged to work like a hypodermic needle… really cool, but im sure their method was apalling. doesn’t mean im not curious, though!

  14. Jake Avatar
    Jake

    i’m amazed at how good that looks.. the red guy, especially. like, damn. i kinda want that now. i wonder what they could have jimmy-rigged to work like a hypodermic needle… really cool, but im sure their method was apalling. doesn’t mean im not curious, though!

  15. toxic_sunset Avatar

    they both look amazing! wow, i’m really impressed and curious. i want green!

  16. toxic_sunset Avatar

    they both look amazing! wow, i’m really impressed and curious. i want green!

  17. Nygaard Avatar
    Nygaard

    Great… That’ll help the image of bodymodifications.

  18. Nygaard Avatar
    Nygaard

    Great… That’ll help the image of bodymodifications.

  19. h3llc4t Avatar
    h3llc4t

    What prison systems allow the wearing of plugs in stretched ears? I thought jewelry was a no-no, even something like the soft plugs that the first guy appears to have.

  20. h3llc4t Avatar
    h3llc4t

    What prison systems allow the wearing of plugs in stretched ears? I thought jewelry was a no-no, even something like the soft plugs that the first guy appears to have.

  21. DragonHeart Avatar

    That looks awesome in my oppinion.

  22. DragonHeart Avatar

    That looks awesome in my oppinion.

  23. marshmallowmayhem Avatar
    marshmallowmayhem

    The red looks awesome! But I like how bright the whites of my eyes are.

  24. marshmallowmayhem Avatar
    marshmallowmayhem

    The red looks awesome! But I like how bright the whites of my eyes are.

  25. Fran Avatar

    + 1 @ # 10

    Also: I don’t know but it freaks me out in some way.

  26. Fran Avatar

    + 1 @ # 10

    Also: I don’t know but it freaks me out in some way.

  27. patrick macdonald Avatar

    first off these guys were found with a hypo from a diabetics kit or whatever, it is really really real, these guys got in big trouble because of it, obviously.

    it turns out the guy with the red eyes is only serving 4 years! a bit dumber seeming than the average modder but then again i guess thats not entirely true.. the dude with the blue has like 60.

    lots of prison systems are allowing soft jewelery for ears now, this is lyman correctional facility in colo, i guess theyre kinda liberal there.

    take that cool hand luke. watch lockup on msnbc, its amazing, theyve actually covered a couple tattooers in jail who were pretty damn good considering the situation they are in.

  28. patrick macdonald Avatar

    first off these guys were found with a hypo from a diabetics kit or whatever, it is really really real, these guys got in big trouble because of it, obviously.

    it turns out the guy with the red eyes is only serving 4 years! a bit dumber seeming than the average modder but then again i guess thats not entirely true.. the dude with the blue has like 60.

    lots of prison systems are allowing soft jewelery for ears now, this is lyman correctional facility in colo, i guess theyre kinda liberal there.

    take that cool hand luke. watch lockup on msnbc, its amazing, theyve actually covered a couple tattooers in jail who were pretty damn good considering the situation they are in.

  29. Anarkhos Avatar

    Hell the fuck yeah. I wounder how long it’s going to take tell some one makes their eyes look like Gambits

  30. Anarkhos Avatar

    Hell the fuck yeah. I wounder how long it’s going to take tell some one makes their eyes look like Gambits

  31. emi Avatar
    emi

    i think thats really amazing. considering the tools they had at their disposal and the obvious huge risk that is taking. i hope that once red eyes gets out of prison he can share his secrets so that a safer procedure can be formed. even if you know would never get your eyes tattooed, you must admit this is pretty amazing!

  32. emi Avatar
    emi

    i think thats really amazing. considering the tools they had at their disposal and the obvious huge risk that is taking. i hope that once red eyes gets out of prison he can share his secrets so that a safer procedure can be formed. even if you know would never get your eyes tattooed, you must admit this is pretty amazing!

  33. Catherine Avatar
    Catherine

    Later in the episode, their cell is cleaned out and the CO’s find pictures/instructions from Shannon’s eyeball tattoo session (with the BME logo blacked out) and confiscate them :/

  34. Catherine Avatar
    Catherine

    Later in the episode, their cell is cleaned out and the CO’s find pictures/instructions from Shannon’s eyeball tattoo session (with the BME logo blacked out) and confiscate them :/

  35. cardboardfrog Avatar
    cardboardfrog

    well thats pretty impressive, i’m not sure i really approve but i guess you can take away a mans freedoms, but he still ultimately owns his own body.
    still eye tattoos in prison sounds like a great way to go blind.

  36. cardboardfrog Avatar
    cardboardfrog

    well thats pretty impressive, i’m not sure i really approve but i guess you can take away a mans freedoms, but he still ultimately owns his own body.
    still eye tattoos in prison sounds like a great way to go blind.

  37. Shannon Avatar

    BTW, while Howie improved on it and refined it as a practitioner, that technique was “invented” by me. The idea came from seeing how Rachel’s eyeball implant was done, and I thought that if you’re planning a single color or otherwise non-sharp-edge eye tattoo, that you could just inject the ink between the same layers, in the same way that they injected saline into her eye to create the bubble for the implant.

    Her experience is here on the site somewhere if someone wants to link to it.

  38. Shannon Avatar

    BTW, while Howie improved on it and refined it as a practitioner, that technique was “invented” by me. The idea came from seeing how Rachel’s eyeball implant was done, and I thought that if you’re planning a single color or otherwise non-sharp-edge eye tattoo, that you could just inject the ink between the same layers, in the same way that they injected saline into her eye to create the bubble for the implant.

    Her experience is here on the site somewhere if someone wants to link to it.

  39. Evan Avatar
    Evan

    “I live the balls to the wall theory”
    Great, look where that got you! JAIL!

  40. Evan Avatar
    Evan

    “I live the balls to the wall theory”
    Great, look where that got you! JAIL!

  41. nikki Avatar

    They look surprisingly good for being done there. I love that show (x

  42. nikki Avatar

    They look surprisingly good for being done there. I love that show (x

  43. Sandra Avatar

    I’m surprised they’re so lenient on piercings! But good for them.

  44. Sandra Avatar

    I’m surprised they’re so lenient on piercings! But good for them.

  45. cwire Avatar
    cwire

    I too was wondering about the jewelry, I hadn’t heard of any place allowing jewelry of any sort to be kept in while in prison, but then again I don’t have any first hand experience with correctional facilities. I am generally impressed with the tattoo work I’ve seen done in prison (the show “Marked” has segments on prison tattoos and another specifically for Russian prison tattoos) especially considering the tools at their disposal.

    Considering how dangerous and un-hygenic prison tattoos are in general I would never risk something like my eyes in there, though they do look good.

  46. cwire Avatar
    cwire

    I too was wondering about the jewelry, I hadn’t heard of any place allowing jewelry of any sort to be kept in while in prison, but then again I don’t have any first hand experience with correctional facilities. I am generally impressed with the tattoo work I’ve seen done in prison (the show “Marked” has segments on prison tattoos and another specifically for Russian prison tattoos) especially considering the tools at their disposal.

    Considering how dangerous and un-hygenic prison tattoos are in general I would never risk something like my eyes in there, though they do look good.

  47. Warren Avatar

    Not long ago in Canada there was 6 prisons that actually had tattoo parlors within them, to help reduce the spread of disease, and reduce contraband,etc.

    http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/146614.php

  48. Warren Avatar

    Not long ago in Canada there was 6 prisons that actually had tattoo parlors within them, to help reduce the spread of disease, and reduce contraband,etc.

    http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/146614.php

  49. Caleigh Green Avatar

    I really liked how they turned out. I’m very surprised. That’s kind of cool and I’m very interested to find out what kind of ink was used and how this was done, and if there is a safer way to do this 😀

  50. Caleigh Green Avatar

    I really liked how they turned out. I’m very surprised. That’s kind of cool and I’m very interested to find out what kind of ink was used and how this was done, and if there is a safer way to do this 😀

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