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.

Damnit Lliezel!

LlIezel Ellick, you make my life difficult. I don’t want to feature any one person too often on modblog, and picking through all of your amazing submissions to BME is proving quite difficult!

In all seriousness though, Lliezel from Wildfire Tattoos in Cape Town Africa, has submitted so many beautifully photographed pictures recently, she deserves some sort of award. Since I pissed off the trophy shop guys next to my shop, I probably can’t get a good deal on a trophy, so this post will have to suffice.

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In case you were wondering, yes, those buttons are sutured on!

Comments

72 responses to “Damnit Lliezel!”

  1. Jen Avatar

    I was just about to post exactly what AbbY said.

  2. Jen Avatar

    I was just about to post exactly what AbbY said.

  3. Sara Avatar
    Sara

    I really like that her body isn’t airbrushed. Or if it is, it’s minimal. Can we just.. phase airbrushing out, forever?

  4. Sara Avatar
    Sara

    I really like that her body isn’t airbrushed. Or if it is, it’s minimal. Can we just.. phase airbrushing out, forever?

  5. Ads Avatar
    Ads

    Where’s the mods???

  6. Ads Avatar
    Ads

    Where’s the mods???

  7. girl Avatar
    girl

    So sewing two buttons on your body makes you worthy of being featured on modblog as long as you’re half naked?

  8. girl Avatar
    girl

    So sewing two buttons on your body makes you worthy of being featured on modblog as long as you’re half naked?

  9. Bleee Avatar
    Bleee

    And you have lots of scene accessories too, duuuuh.

  10. Bleee Avatar
    Bleee

    And you have lots of scene accessories too, duuuuh.

  11. sparrow Avatar
    sparrow

    girl:

    stop being ridiculous. when was the last time you saw anyone with buttons sewed to them? play piecing is part is part of the body mod culture. this chick is cute. the end.

  12. sparrow Avatar
    sparrow

    girl:

    stop being ridiculous. when was the last time you saw anyone with buttons sewed to them? play piecing is part is part of the body mod culture. this chick is cute. the end.

  13. Lars Avatar
    Lars

    I’m with girl on this one.

  14. Lars Avatar
    Lars

    I’m with girl on this one.

  15. Noemi Avatar

    sewing things on you is a lot more aesthetically pleasing than the regular play piercing pictures imo. medical-looking needles give me the eebyjeebies

  16. Noemi Avatar

    sewing things on you is a lot more aesthetically pleasing than the regular play piercing pictures imo. medical-looking needles give me the eebyjeebies

  17. Gisella Avatar
    Gisella

    so very very pretty <3
    ………love these ladies (Lli & Clare) and the awesomeness that stems with their creativity.

  18. Gisella Avatar
    Gisella

    so very very pretty <3
    ………love these ladies (Lli & Clare) and the awesomeness that stems with their creativity.

  19. Jen Avatar

    Ads – the buttons are sewn to her, like play piercing, lip sewing, etc. this is the type of thing that we routinely cover.

    I’d love to see more folks send in high quality (non-webcam) photos so we can feature more of a variety on ModBlog. People would flip out even more if we started posting low quality photos so the challenge is out there, get some high quality shots of your mods and send them in!

    I like this photo. At first I had the same “Where are the mods” thought. Then I realized the buttons were sewn on and went “ahhhh!” Kudos to her for sitting there for that. I’d probably faint. I’m hardcore like that.

  20. Jen Avatar

    Ads – the buttons are sewn to her, like play piercing, lip sewing, etc. this is the type of thing that we routinely cover.

    I’d love to see more folks send in high quality (non-webcam) photos so we can feature more of a variety on ModBlog. People would flip out even more if we started posting low quality photos so the challenge is out there, get some high quality shots of your mods and send them in!

    I like this photo. At first I had the same “Where are the mods” thought. Then I realized the buttons were sewn on and went “ahhhh!” Kudos to her for sitting there for that. I’d probably faint. I’m hardcore like that.

  21. gogo_savvy Avatar

    the modblog police strike again…

    This picture was surprising. I didn’t realize at all that those buttons were sewn on, and that’s totally awesome!
    Readers, stop complaining, and start submitting your own “worthy” content!

  22. gogo_savvy Avatar

    the modblog police strike again…

    This picture was surprising. I didn’t realize at all that those buttons were sewn on, and that’s totally awesome!
    Readers, stop complaining, and start submitting your own “worthy” content!

  23. Jen Avatar

    Yeah, what she said! 🙂

  24. Jen Avatar

    Yeah, what she said! 🙂

  25. AbbY Avatar

    Hey jen. i was only 10 minutes faster than you, may be next time you beat me.lol. good luck next time. abby

  26. AbbY Avatar

    Hey jen. i was only 10 minutes faster than you, may be next time you beat me.lol. good luck next time. abby

  27. everyone Avatar
    everyone

    Modblog is officially fucked.

  28. everyone Avatar
    everyone

    Modblog is officially fucked.

  29. LostCause Avatar

    I like the way the people who complain don’t link there IAM pages, they either don’t have the balls to put up with peoples follow up comments, or are just lurkers who are not members, which makes there opinion null and void anyway. Great post.

  30. LostCause Avatar

    I like the way the people who complain don’t link there IAM pages, they either don’t have the balls to put up with peoples follow up comments, or are just lurkers who are not members, which makes there opinion null and void anyway. Great post.

  31. Ally Avatar
    Ally

    these mods are unusual and interesting, and being half naked is the best way to display body modification – since it’s modification of your body, not your clothes!

    plus girls are more aesthetically pleasing and we should be pleased about that.

    the buttons wouldn’t have had the same effect peeping through gaps in an adult sized onesie.

    i’m all for original body mods, gives us something to get excited about other than another standard septum piercing.

    xxx

  32. Ally Avatar
    Ally

    these mods are unusual and interesting, and being half naked is the best way to display body modification – since it’s modification of your body, not your clothes!

    plus girls are more aesthetically pleasing and we should be pleased about that.

    the buttons wouldn’t have had the same effect peeping through gaps in an adult sized onesie.

    i’m all for original body mods, gives us something to get excited about other than another standard septum piercing.

    xxx

  33. SweetNausea Avatar

    Lliezel is awesome! As is Melissa, who has a long-worked on and rather lovely selection of unusual cartilage piercings as well as 2 gorgeous and very well-looked after surface piercings on her hips which I believe lasted pretty damn long if they’re not still there… You just can’t see the piercings due to the gigantic hair style and ribbons we used and the hotpants are just covering the hips in this shot.

    She took this like a trooper! I should really post some process photos and wider shots where you can see her lovely surface bars.

    Also, Sara is right, she is very very minimally photoshopped, she needed so little post work it was crazy! Stunning girl and stunning body, plus I don’t believe in excessive retouching 🙂 Just showing mods for the amazing beautiful things they are.

    x
    Clare

  34. SweetNausea Avatar

    Lliezel is awesome! As is Melissa, who has a long-worked on and rather lovely selection of unusual cartilage piercings as well as 2 gorgeous and very well-looked after surface piercings on her hips which I believe lasted pretty damn long if they’re not still there… You just can’t see the piercings due to the gigantic hair style and ribbons we used and the hotpants are just covering the hips in this shot.

    She took this like a trooper! I should really post some process photos and wider shots where you can see her lovely surface bars.

    Also, Sara is right, she is very very minimally photoshopped, she needed so little post work it was crazy! Stunning girl and stunning body, plus I don’t believe in excessive retouching 🙂 Just showing mods for the amazing beautiful things they are.

    x
    Clare

  35. Natalie Avatar
    Natalie

    A lovely photo. So fun and cute!
    Just had to comment cuz i really like Lliezel’s work, she’s pierced and scarred me already and she’s just so thorough and concerned that you’re happy with the placement etc.
    Great stuff

  36. Natalie Avatar
    Natalie

    A lovely photo. So fun and cute!
    Just had to comment cuz i really like Lliezel’s work, she’s pierced and scarred me already and she’s just so thorough and concerned that you’re happy with the placement etc.
    Great stuff

  37. MissCherry Avatar
    MissCherry

    her bra is so cute

  38. MissCherry Avatar
    MissCherry

    her bra is so cute

  39. roger Avatar

    Lliezel awesome

  40. roger Avatar

    Lliezel awesome

  41. Melissa Avatar
    Melissa

    Thanks Clare 🙂

    This play piercing was a fantastic experience. I have only ever felt comfortable and secure in Lliezel’s capable hands and I am very lucky to have been pierced so many times by her. It’s a shame that the hardcore protesters who say I an not “modded” enough can’t see my beautifully executed mods (Thanks Lliezel!) because I reckon they’d change their minds. I’d also like to see “girl” and “Lars” have 3 buttons sutured onto themselves and see how they feel after that! Ha!

    Kudos again for beautiful photography to Ms SweetNausea ..

    Melissa
    ps. Indeed my surface piercings (which are just peeping out in this shot) are still right where they belong, nearly a year later!

  42. Melissa Avatar
    Melissa

    Thanks Clare 🙂

    This play piercing was a fantastic experience. I have only ever felt comfortable and secure in Lliezel’s capable hands and I am very lucky to have been pierced so many times by her. It’s a shame that the hardcore protesters who say I an not “modded” enough can’t see my beautifully executed mods (Thanks Lliezel!) because I reckon they’d change their minds. I’d also like to see “girl” and “Lars” have 3 buttons sutured onto themselves and see how they feel after that! Ha!

    Kudos again for beautiful photography to Ms SweetNausea ..

    Melissa
    ps. Indeed my surface piercings (which are just peeping out in this shot) are still right where they belong, nearly a year later!

  43. Lliezel Avatar

    Hey, I only deserve about 10% credit…complete team work made this possible. Sweet Nausea (Clare) was the momentum behind all of this prettiness.

  44. Lliezel Avatar

    Hey, I only deserve about 10% credit…complete team work made this possible. Sweet Nausea (Clare) was the momentum behind all of this prettiness.

  45. Justin R Avatar
    Justin R

    hey sean, how did you piss off the trophy shop guys ?

  46. Justin R Avatar
    Justin R

    hey sean, how did you piss off the trophy shop guys ?

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