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.

Couples working together

Like Phil and his girlfriend Alie, they came to the agreement that if he ran every day she would draw every day. To see Alie’s commitment to  drawing every day check out her blog, I Hate To Draw. To see Phil’s commitment to running, you will need to stalk the street’s of Toronto one morning and look for Phil  yourself  (feel free to snap pictures and email them to me).

Another, and equally effective, way for a couple to work together is with a ball gag. One person speaks, the other submits. Makes perfect sense to me.

This tattoo by Alie sums it up best with the Latin phrase in the banner that translates to “Silence Implies Consent”.

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For a few other pictures of Alie’s work, as well as contact info for her keep on keeping on.

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Alie can be found tattooing at TCB Tattoo in Toronto, call (416) 203-1615 to book an appointment.

Comments

60 responses to “Couples working together”

  1. Efix Roy Avatar

    Alie is amazing! I love the fine lettering she did on me!

    And Phil doesn’t need to run, he’s sooo muscular.. he just has a lot of “abs”!

  2. Efix Roy Avatar

    Alie is amazing! I love the fine lettering she did on me!

    And Phil doesn’t need to run, he’s sooo muscular.. he just has a lot of “abs”!

  3. Efix Roy Avatar

    Alie is amazing! I love the fine lettering she did on me!

    And Phil doesn’t need to run, he’s sooo muscular.. he just has a lot of “abs”!

  4. max Avatar
    max

    i cant think of a more fucked up sentiment to have tattooed on your body. the tattoo is very well done but i’m not laughing at sexual assault or rape. fuck the wearer of that tattoo

  5. max Avatar
    max

    i cant think of a more fucked up sentiment to have tattooed on your body. the tattoo is very well done but i’m not laughing at sexual assault or rape. fuck the wearer of that tattoo

  6. max Avatar
    max

    i cant think of a more fucked up sentiment to have tattooed on your body. the tattoo is very well done but i’m not laughing at sexual assault or rape. fuck the wearer of that tattoo

  7. Molly Avatar

    I really love this! I’m working on a potential tattoo design portfolio for my drawing class, so this will help keep me motivated and maybe implant some fresh ideas. Her tattoo work is gorgeous.

  8. Molly Avatar

    I really love this! I’m working on a potential tattoo design portfolio for my drawing class, so this will help keep me motivated and maybe implant some fresh ideas. Her tattoo work is gorgeous.

  9. Molly Avatar

    I really love this! I’m working on a potential tattoo design portfolio for my drawing class, so this will help keep me motivated and maybe implant some fresh ideas. Her tattoo work is gorgeous.

  10. Bella Avatar
    Bella

    I love modblog and its diversity. I am very open to almost anything people post. The above however is an exception. “Silence Implies Consent”. Rape should never be trivialized.

  11. Bella Avatar
    Bella

    I love modblog and its diversity. I am very open to almost anything people post. The above however is an exception. “Silence Implies Consent”. Rape should never be trivialized.

  12. Bella Avatar
    Bella

    I love modblog and its diversity. I am very open to almost anything people post. The above however is an exception. “Silence Implies Consent”. Rape should never be trivialized.

  13. PhilipBarbosa Avatar

    Thanks Efix! Yeah, i suck at running. Freezing cold temperatures have me currently only walking with short bursts of jogging for now until i cant see my breath all the time. Alie has been putting a lot of work into the drawing blog so i am losing this challenge for sure.

    FYI: If you want to see more of her tattoo work go to GoodTattoos.ca, she is currently taking new clients.

  14. PhilipBarbosa Avatar

    Thanks Efix! Yeah, i suck at running. Freezing cold temperatures have me currently only walking with short bursts of jogging for now until i cant see my breath all the time. Alie has been putting a lot of work into the drawing blog so i am losing this challenge for sure.

    FYI: If you want to see more of her tattoo work go to GoodTattoos.ca, she is currently taking new clients.

  15. PhilipBarbosa Avatar

    Thanks Efix! Yeah, i suck at running. Freezing cold temperatures have me currently only walking with short bursts of jogging for now until i cant see my breath all the time. Alie has been putting a lot of work into the drawing blog so i am losing this challenge for sure.

    FYI: If you want to see more of her tattoo work go to GoodTattoos.ca, she is currently taking new clients.

  16. Ctl Avatar
    Ctl

    Seconding max’s statement.
    Not explicitly consenting means not consenting at all. Joking about rape is like saying, “if you were raped, I would be laughing.”

  17. Ctl Avatar
    Ctl

    Seconding max’s statement.
    Not explicitly consenting means not consenting at all. Joking about rape is like saying, “if you were raped, I would be laughing.”

  18. Ctl Avatar
    Ctl

    Seconding max’s statement.
    Not explicitly consenting means not consenting at all. Joking about rape is like saying, “if you were raped, I would be laughing.”

  19. Anna Avatar
    Anna

    That is truthfully one of the most upsetting things I have ever seen tattooed. How many times do women get blamed for there rape because they didn’t say NO loud enough. Or the college boys who gang rape a blacked out girl but she clearly shouldn’t have been drinking and hell boys will be boys. This is awful.

  20. Anna Avatar
    Anna

    That is truthfully one of the most upsetting things I have ever seen tattooed. How many times do women get blamed for there rape because they didn’t say NO loud enough. Or the college boys who gang rape a blacked out girl but she clearly shouldn’t have been drinking and hell boys will be boys. This is awful.

  21. Anna Avatar
    Anna

    That is truthfully one of the most upsetting things I have ever seen tattooed. How many times do women get blamed for there rape because they didn’t say NO loud enough. Or the college boys who gang rape a blacked out girl but she clearly shouldn’t have been drinking and hell boys will be boys. This is awful.

  22. Eplefe Avatar

    Max: Wth? It’s not about rape, and you saying that is an insult to the wearer of the tattoo and the artist. (Of course, if it is about rape he wouldn’t tattoo it on his arm, would he now?). Ballgags and submission are both normal parts of a BDSM relationship, and people like you with their f*cking prejudice are the reason why those relationships are still taboo.

  23. Eplefe Avatar

    Max: Wth? It’s not about rape, and you saying that is an insult to the wearer of the tattoo and the artist. (Of course, if it is about rape he wouldn’t tattoo it on his arm, would he now?). Ballgags and submission are both normal parts of a BDSM relationship, and people like you with their f*cking prejudice are the reason why those relationships are still taboo.

  24. Eplefe Avatar

    Max: Wth? It’s not about rape, and you saying that is an insult to the wearer of the tattoo and the artist. (Of course, if it is about rape he wouldn’t tattoo it on his arm, would he now?). Ballgags and submission are both normal parts of a BDSM relationship, and people like you with their f*cking prejudice are the reason why those relationships are still taboo.

  25. goldust Avatar

    First one is cool!))))

  26. goldust Avatar

    First one is cool!))))

  27. goldust Avatar

    First one is cool!))))

  28. AlexBuck Avatar
    AlexBuck

    i love the one with the airplane droppin flowers! ! !

  29. AlexBuck Avatar
    AlexBuck

    i love the one with the airplane droppin flowers! ! !

  30. AlexBuck Avatar
    AlexBuck

    i love the one with the airplane droppin flowers! ! !

  31. Chantal Avatar
    Chantal

    Eplefe: Submission =/= “implied consent”. I have no problem with BDSM. The point is– BDSM is CONSENSUAL. “silence implies consent” is a truly messed up sentiment, because real, good consent is enthusiastic, not just implied.

    Saying “Yes, gag me and tie me up and cane me” is consent. You can consent to submission; to say otherwise is stupid. But over and over and over again, people are told that it’s consent unless you say “no”, which makes this motto a bit disturbing.

  32. Chantal Avatar
    Chantal

    Eplefe: Submission =/= “implied consent”. I have no problem with BDSM. The point is– BDSM is CONSENSUAL. “silence implies consent” is a truly messed up sentiment, because real, good consent is enthusiastic, not just implied.

    Saying “Yes, gag me and tie me up and cane me” is consent. You can consent to submission; to say otherwise is stupid. But over and over and over again, people are told that it’s consent unless you say “no”, which makes this motto a bit disturbing.

  33. Chantal Avatar
    Chantal

    Eplefe: Submission =/= “implied consent”. I have no problem with BDSM. The point is– BDSM is CONSENSUAL. “silence implies consent” is a truly messed up sentiment, because real, good consent is enthusiastic, not just implied.

    Saying “Yes, gag me and tie me up and cane me” is consent. You can consent to submission; to say otherwise is stupid. But over and over and over again, people are told that it’s consent unless you say “no”, which makes this motto a bit disturbing.

  34. Sarah_kitty Avatar
    Sarah_kitty

    These tattoos are great, did Alie do them aswell as design them? Line work and colour is really nice.

    As an afterthought, I totally agree with Eplefe. Max, like so many others, is too stuck in the norm to realise some people might actually ENJOY ball gags, and other such activities. Kinda goes hand in hand with body mods to a lot of people, too.

  35. Sarah_kitty Avatar
    Sarah_kitty

    These tattoos are great, did Alie do them aswell as design them? Line work and colour is really nice.

    As an afterthought, I totally agree with Eplefe. Max, like so many others, is too stuck in the norm to realise some people might actually ENJOY ball gags, and other such activities. Kinda goes hand in hand with body mods to a lot of people, too.

  36. Sarah_kitty Avatar
    Sarah_kitty

    These tattoos are great, did Alie do them aswell as design them? Line work and colour is really nice.

    As an afterthought, I totally agree with Eplefe. Max, like so many others, is too stuck in the norm to realise some people might actually ENJOY ball gags, and other such activities. Kinda goes hand in hand with body mods to a lot of people, too.

  37. Emi Avatar
    Emi

    I didn’t realize that rape or sexual assault usually consisted of ball gags and regular ol’ BDSM stuff. Hm.

  38. Emi Avatar
    Emi

    I didn’t realize that rape or sexual assault usually consisted of ball gags and regular ol’ BDSM stuff. Hm.

  39. Emi Avatar
    Emi

    I didn’t realize that rape or sexual assault usually consisted of ball gags and regular ol’ BDSM stuff. Hm.

  40. PhilipBarbosa Avatar

    Max: I can tell you I personally know the wearer of the ballgag tattoo. Since they got the tattoo the only negative reaction has come from males. Women including his partner at the time when he got the tattoo seem to really enjoy it. I guess everyone sees things differently.

  41. PhilipBarbosa Avatar

    Max: I can tell you I personally know the wearer of the ballgag tattoo. Since they got the tattoo the only negative reaction has come from males. Women including his partner at the time when he got the tattoo seem to really enjoy it. I guess everyone sees things differently.

  42. PhilipBarbosa Avatar

    Max: I can tell you I personally know the wearer of the ballgag tattoo. Since they got the tattoo the only negative reaction has come from males. Women including his partner at the time when he got the tattoo seem to really enjoy it. I guess everyone sees things differently.

  43. CoryVictorious Avatar

    So much negativity on modblog lately. Trolls need to get a life.

    The tattoo looks great. Maybe its a joke between him and his girlfriend or something. Its their humor, let them be.

  44. CoryVictorious Avatar

    So much negativity on modblog lately. Trolls need to get a life.

    The tattoo looks great. Maybe its a joke between him and his girlfriend or something. Its their humor, let them be.

  45. CoryVictorious Avatar

    So much negativity on modblog lately. Trolls need to get a life.

    The tattoo looks great. Maybe its a joke between him and his girlfriend or something. Its their humor, let them be.

  46. Anna Avatar
    Anna

    Isn’t one of the sayings in the BDSM community “safe, sane, and consensual”. The issue is not with the image it’s with the saying which has been echoed time and again in cases of rape. I just never thought I’d see a post like this in this community.

  47. Anna Avatar
    Anna

    Isn’t one of the sayings in the BDSM community “safe, sane, and consensual”. The issue is not with the image it’s with the saying which has been echoed time and again in cases of rape. I just never thought I’d see a post like this in this community.

  48. Anna Avatar
    Anna

    Isn’t one of the sayings in the BDSM community “safe, sane, and consensual”. The issue is not with the image it’s with the saying which has been echoed time and again in cases of rape. I just never thought I’d see a post like this in this community.

  49. Colleen Avatar
    Colleen

    I didn’t take it as glorifying legitimate rape or sexual assault in the slightest. As a member of the BDSM community I took it as much a “glorified rape” as rape play and various forms of roleplay surrounding the tongue in cheek concepts of submission and consent. If I find sexual pleasure from engaging in these behaviors, and choose to represent that on my body with ink as a large part of my sexual lifestyle, that is really no one else’s place to judge. As usual, members in the supposedly open-minded mod community condemn the tattoo before even asking for more information or opening a dialogue. To say that this tattoo is disgusting and inappropriate communicates that this fetish and lifestyle as a whole are disgusting and inappropriate. Yes, inherent in BDSM submission is consent, but when the fetish revolves around the concept of giving up control to someone you trust then you open the door for tongue in cheek references to having no control at all. Open your minds before you open your mouths, jesus.

  50. Colleen Avatar
    Colleen

    I didn’t take it as glorifying legitimate rape or sexual assault in the slightest. As a member of the BDSM community I took it as much a “glorified rape” as rape play and various forms of roleplay surrounding the tongue in cheek concepts of submission and consent. If I find sexual pleasure from engaging in these behaviors, and choose to represent that on my body with ink as a large part of my sexual lifestyle, that is really no one else’s place to judge. As usual, members in the supposedly open-minded mod community condemn the tattoo before even asking for more information or opening a dialogue. To say that this tattoo is disgusting and inappropriate communicates that this fetish and lifestyle as a whole are disgusting and inappropriate. Yes, inherent in BDSM submission is consent, but when the fetish revolves around the concept of giving up control to someone you trust then you open the door for tongue in cheek references to having no control at all. Open your minds before you open your mouths, jesus.

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