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.

The mystical scar

I’m always amazed at the variety of scarification work out there. While the thought of actually getting any done myself is absolutely terrifying, I am often in awe of the work I see on others. Benbodhi’s piece is no exception. He got this work done at the 2nd Sydney Expo and I’m assuming it was done by multiple artists as he lists lunacobra.net, joeltron.com and bslice.com under the artist credit.

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Comments

39 responses to “The mystical scar”

  1. Little-Spaz Avatar
    Little-Spaz

    Cool use of texture and line weight, would love to see a healed shot of this down the road.

  2. Little-Spaz Avatar
    Little-Spaz

    Cool use of texture and line weight, would love to see a healed shot of this down the road.

  3. Little-Spaz Avatar
    Little-Spaz

    Cool use of texture and line weight, would love to see a healed shot of this down the road.

  4. pierced stuff Avatar
    pierced stuff

    i love this.

  5. pierced stuff Avatar
    pierced stuff

    i love this.

  6. pierced stuff Avatar
    pierced stuff

    i love this.

  7. Furnace Avatar
    Furnace

    I agree, this is going to look amazing once it’s healed.

  8. Furnace Avatar
    Furnace

    I agree, this is going to look amazing once it’s healed.

  9. Furnace Avatar
    Furnace

    I agree, this is going to look amazing once it’s healed.

  10. Moonstones Avatar
    Moonstones

    Beautiful.

  11. Moonstones Avatar
    Moonstones

    Beautiful.

  12. Moonstones Avatar
    Moonstones

    Beautiful.

  13. winch Avatar
    winch

    Ouchies. Visually stunning

  14. winch Avatar
    winch

    Ouchies. Visually stunning

  15. winch Avatar
    winch

    Ouchies. Visually stunning

  16. NikiNack Avatar
    NikiNack

    This is beautiful.
    Though I doubt I’d get any scarification done myself, I don’t really like the look once it’s healed, I love how it does when it’s fresh though.

  17. NikiNack Avatar
    NikiNack

    This is beautiful.
    Though I doubt I’d get any scarification done myself, I don’t really like the look once it’s healed, I love how it does when it’s fresh though.

  18. NikiNack Avatar
    NikiNack

    This is beautiful.
    Though I doubt I’d get any scarification done myself, I don’t really like the look once it’s healed, I love how it does when it’s fresh though.

  19. anthony Avatar

    I was on howie’s (hence the lunacobra tag) page yesterday, and yes he said this was a collab between himself and his two pupils. pretty cool result!

  20. anthony Avatar

    I was on howie’s (hence the lunacobra tag) page yesterday, and yes he said this was a collab between himself and his two pupils. pretty cool result!

  21. anthony Avatar

    I was on howie’s (hence the lunacobra tag) page yesterday, and yes he said this was a collab between himself and his two pupils. pretty cool result!

  22. lex Avatar
    lex

    The hand looks kinda weird if you look at it too long, but im sure it’ll be better healed

  23. lex Avatar
    lex

    The hand looks kinda weird if you look at it too long, but im sure it’ll be better healed

  24. lex Avatar
    lex

    The hand looks kinda weird if you look at it too long, but im sure it’ll be better healed

  25. Joeltron Avatar

    There are some more pictures from the event here:
    http://lunacobra.net/gallery:22:2010+Sydney+Tattoo+Expo

    It does look flipping amazing healed, I’ll have to hit Benny-boy up for a healed pic soon!

  26. Joeltron Avatar

    There are some more pictures from the event here:
    http://lunacobra.net/gallery:22:2010+Sydney+Tattoo+Expo

    It does look flipping amazing healed, I’ll have to hit Benny-boy up for a healed pic soon!

  27. Joeltron Avatar

    There are some more pictures from the event here:
    http://lunacobra.net/gallery:22:2010+Sydney+Tattoo+Expo

    It does look flipping amazing healed, I’ll have to hit Benny-boy up for a healed pic soon!

  28. Benbodhi Avatar
    Benbodhi

    It looks SICK healed! – I’ll put up pictures soon…
    Thanks for looking and appreciating, this is one of the most amazing mods i have had.

    Much more cool shit to come in the future…

    PEACE!

  29. Benbodhi Avatar
    Benbodhi

    It looks SICK healed! – I’ll put up pictures soon…
    Thanks for looking and appreciating, this is one of the most amazing mods i have had.

    Much more cool shit to come in the future…

    PEACE!

  30. Benbodhi Avatar
    Benbodhi

    It looks SICK healed! – I’ll put up pictures soon…
    Thanks for looking and appreciating, this is one of the most amazing mods i have had.

    Much more cool shit to come in the future…

    PEACE!

  31. Dandy Avatar

    Ben – how was the healing for the first week?

    I can imagine your arm rubbing against it and causing a huge amount of discomfort, was thinking healing would be far worse than the procedure itself heh.

    But of course very pretty, great work and im sure your proud to show it off 🙂

  32. Dandy Avatar

    Ben – how was the healing for the first week?

    I can imagine your arm rubbing against it and causing a huge amount of discomfort, was thinking healing would be far worse than the procedure itself heh.

    But of course very pretty, great work and im sure your proud to show it off 🙂

  33. Dandy Avatar

    Ben – how was the healing for the first week?

    I can imagine your arm rubbing against it and causing a huge amount of discomfort, was thinking healing would be far worse than the procedure itself heh.

    But of course very pretty, great work and im sure your proud to show it off 🙂

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