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 Friday Follow-up

Things are back to normal this week, which means it’s time for this week’s scarification follow-up post.  Before we get to it, I just want to take a minute to thank everyone who keeps sending in their healed scar photos.  When I started this column last year there was no way I could predict how popular it would become, and there’s no way it could exist without the contributions of the many talented scarification artists.

That said, let’s get on to this week’s scar.  Back in December of last year we saw this scarification that was done over ink.  What was unique was that it wasn’t done over solid blackwork, but rather it was done over Shannan’s full color chestpiece.

It’s been almost six months now since we saw this scar by Anders, so keep on reading if you want to know how it looks today.

Now that the scar has had some time to heal you can see how well it fits in with the rest of her work.  I really like how the scar tissue has healed to almost the exact same color as the ribbon on the corset.  To see more of Anders’ work, check out his BME Portfolio Gallery.

Comments

11 responses to “The Friday Follow-up”

  1. Kat Avatar
    Kat

    Well that came out nicely. 🙂

  2. Natalie Avatar
    Natalie

    Looks great!

  3. Noah Matteson Avatar
    Noah Matteson

    That is beautiful.

  4. LABL_CTA Avatar

    There’s great play between the scar and tattoo work – so well done.

  5. Kat Avatar
    Kat

    Ohhey. Is that a heart shaped implant inside of the scar? It looks like there’s a glare in the shape of a heart and a little insertion scar above the middle of the heart under the “O” in “LOVE”…

  6. Cease Avatar
    Cease

    Look so great.

  7. Rob Avatar

    @Kat: You know, I think you may be right. That little scar wasn’t there in the initial photo and it does look like there is something embedded in her chest.

  8. Thals Avatar
    Thals

    Yup, she has an implant as well. She’s kept Facebook updated along the way, it’s been interesting to see the progress.
    She’s also a very talented tattoo artist! (Shannan Meow)

  9. Kerry Avatar

    I think this is just awesome. Fantastic work.

  10. izabela Avatar
    izabela

    Amazing

  11. Shannan Avatar
    Shannan

    Thanks Rob for all the updates ^.^
    And yep heart implant inside the heart.. It was only a few months old in this pic 🙂

    I love Anders work so much.. Im going to miss him SO much!

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