A lot of the scarification pictures that we see are often clean. What I mean by that is they’re taken after the work has been finished, and the site has been cleaned up for a good photo. That or we see the healed scar some time later. One of the most significant aspects of scarification is the process. It’s not always just about the final result.
With a scar you have those first few cuts of the outline going in. The blade slicing open your body, breaking the surface of your outer shell. As it continues, the blade becomes a paintbrush, with every stroke a work of art being crafted out of your own flesh. Then the removal begins. These lines that have broken your skin are now used as point to remove whole sections of your flesh. As your armor peels away, you become exposed fully to the world. That thin layer of protection is forever gone, and you are forced to show the world what is truly inside you. Then as the scar begins to heal, a new layer begins to take the place of the old. While that old layer was a small barrier to the outside, this new barrier, having come from within is tougher, stronger, ready to show off what has come from deep inside you.
The process of a scar isn’t meant to be pristine. It is a raw experience, where you shed not only your flesh, but your blood. It is a cleansing ritual where the outside is removed, cleaned with the blood, and healed by the body into something new. While other modifications use metal and ink as a form of expression, the scar is created entirely by the body. Of course ink and metal can be incorporated into it depending on who the person is, but the process is on a base level the same.
In a recent addition to the skin removal scarification galley, we can see just how revealing this process is. Here you have a person in the process of having their flesh removed, revealing the person buried just beneath the surface.
And here we have the final shot of this portion of the process, the traditional clean picture.
The rest of the images from the cutting can be found in the scarification gallery. And yes, there is more blood.
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70 responses to “Oh yes, there will be blood”
You really couldn’t have found a better scar to try to have a profound reflection about? Stop writing so much mushy, reflective bullshit and just post mods. You make modblog pretty much unbearable to read.
You really couldn’t have found a better scar to try to have a profound reflection about? Stop writing so much mushy, reflective bullshit and just post mods. You make modblog pretty much unbearable to read.
Screw him, Rob you’re doing a good job…
Screw him, Rob you’re doing a good job…
Honestly, if you just want pictures check out the galleries. If you can’t get a subscription, then you obviously do not belong to the mod community. If you dont want to read about modifications then it’s simple, don’t read the modblog. Rob keep up the awesome work I love reading your posts!
Honestly, if you just want pictures check out the galleries. If you can’t get a subscription, then you obviously do not belong to the mod community. If you dont want to read about modifications then it’s simple, don’t read the modblog. Rob keep up the awesome work I love reading your posts!
Honestly, if you just want pictures check out the galleries. If you can’t get a subscription, then you obviously do not belong to the mod community. If you dont want to read about modifications then it’s simple, don’t read the modblog. Rob keep up the awesome work I love reading your posts!
Honestly, if you just want pictures check out the galleries. If you can’t get a subscription, then you obviously do not belong to the mod community. If you dont want to read about modifications then it’s simple, don’t read the modblog. Rob keep up the awesome work I love reading your posts!
Nice scar, too bad about the shitty band
Nice scar, too bad about the shitty band
Nice scar, too bad about the shitty band
Nice scar, too bad about the shitty band
great scar, great band, great article
fuck the rest
🙂
great scar, great band, great article
fuck the rest
🙂
That’s a band logo? For which band?
That’s a band logo? For which band?
If you don’t like the text then don’t read it and just look at the pictures, simple as that, djeez.
It’s a Slipknot logo
If you don’t like the text then don’t read it and just look at the pictures, simple as that, djeez.
It’s a Slipknot logo
Sometimes it does get a bit wordy and I’m too lazy to read it… or I’ll just read snippets. I did really dig that second paragraph though. 😀
Not a big slipknot fan (at all), but that logo looks awesome (both in design and as a piece). :3
Sometimes it does get a bit wordy and I’m too lazy to read it… or I’ll just read snippets. I did really dig that second paragraph though. 😀
Not a big slipknot fan (at all), but that logo looks awesome (both in design and as a piece). :3
agree with madhatter.
agree with madhatter.
And hate to say it Rob but I doubt someone with a slipknot S is really thinking about anything deep and meaningful. I mean….come on Slipknot?
And hate to say it Rob but I doubt someone with a slipknot S is really thinking about anything deep and meaningful. I mean….come on Slipknot?
@Luke: You might be right, but I really didn’t know that was a slipknot logo. Heck, I didn’t even know they had a logo.
@Luke: You might be right, but I really didn’t know that was a slipknot logo. Heck, I didn’t even know they had a logo.
Keep kickin’ ass and taking names, Rob, I like the posts. However, like Kat, sometimes i’m too lazy to read, but the shapes known as letters surrounding the pictures hardly get in the way of enjoying a good post. Hell, at least there -are- posts! And yeah, big sigh on the Slipknot logo, but it looks great nonetheless.
Keep kickin’ ass and taking names, Rob, I like the posts. However, like Kat, sometimes i’m too lazy to read, but the shapes known as letters surrounding the pictures hardly get in the way of enjoying a good post. Hell, at least there -are- posts! And yeah, big sigh on the Slipknot logo, but it looks great nonetheless.
Rob, I enjoy your posts! I thought it was an awesome write-up, but then I scrolled down to the slipknot logo and giggled. I was not expecting a shitty band (that I listened to in jr. high hah) logo. The picture didn’t fit, but its still a good article!
Rob, I enjoy your posts! I thought it was an awesome write-up, but then I scrolled down to the slipknot logo and giggled. I was not expecting a shitty band (that I listened to in jr. high hah) logo. The picture didn’t fit, but its still a good article!
I’m getting the impression I should have named this article “wait and bleed”
I’m getting the impression I should have named this article “wait and bleed”
In the next modblog post — Hatchetman skin removal.
Oh and I like the little stories to go with the posts, you can still look at the pictures and scroll by the text if you don’t like it.
But yeah, sucks about the shitty band.
In the next modblog post — Hatchetman skin removal.
Oh and I like the little stories to go with the posts, you can still look at the pictures and scroll by the text if you don’t like it.
But yeah, sucks about the shitty band.
lovelovelove it, mind you i absolutely adore Slipknot. <3
lovelovelove it, mind you i absolutely adore Slipknot. <3
That scar is waaay too deep.
That scar is waaay too deep.
rob love your posts, keep doind what you do!
whats with all the slipknot haters?
rob love your posts, keep doind what you do!
whats with all the slipknot haters?
Thank you Brendan!! I was waiting for someone else to call that one. It is not an even depth nor are the lines smooth. 🙁
Keep it up, Rob. As long as you like your posts, forget the haters 🙂
Thank you Brendan!! I was waiting for someone else to call that one. It is not an even depth nor are the lines smooth. 🙁
Keep it up, Rob. As long as you like your posts, forget the haters 🙂
“you are forced to show the world what is truly inside you.” … Slipknot’s commercial approach of music…? lol
Rob, it is not against you, your text is cool ! 😉 But unfortunately, this scar dos not match your text… (I don’t know this guy, but it is a near-certainty).
“you are forced to show the world what is truly inside you.” … Slipknot’s commercial approach of music…? lol
Rob, it is not against you, your text is cool ! 😉 But unfortunately, this scar dos not match your text… (I don’t know this guy, but it is a near-certainty).
I’ve managed to block Slipknot so far out of my plane of reality that my first reaction was ‘Oh, I didn’t know tribal seahorses were even possible!’. I am not even accepting that as a letter or a symbol. It’s a seahorse that’s taking no crap from any kind of predator, but still a pretty, pretty seahorse. Test it on some beginning readers if you don’t believe me.
Keep up the good work, Rob!
I’ve managed to block Slipknot so far out of my plane of reality that my first reaction was ‘Oh, I didn’t know tribal seahorses were even possible!’. I am not even accepting that as a letter or a symbol. It’s a seahorse that’s taking no crap from any kind of predator, but still a pretty, pretty seahorse. Test it on some beginning readers if you don’t believe me.
Keep up the good work, Rob!
That’s kinda hilariously bad
That’s kinda hilariously bad
was there artist information left with these photos?
it’s weird sometimes we get artist info sometimes we don’t.
can i make a request that artist/studio/location type of information gets displayed on posts regarding mod work so we know who the artists are in case we want to contact them for work?
was there artist information left with these photos?
it’s weird sometimes we get artist info sometimes we don’t.
can i make a request that artist/studio/location type of information gets displayed on posts regarding mod work so we know who the artists are in case we want to contact them for work?