Tattoo, Piercing, and Body Modification News, Events, and Culture
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I’m now completely convinced that the artists at Tattoo Temple in Hong Kong are some kind of magical beings. They don’t use tattoo needles, they use magic to capture the essence of their subject and infuse it into the skin of their clients. Check out this bird that Wang did for his client Annie.
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This is for all those symmetry fans out there. Well, provided you can overlook the nostril piercing only being on one side.
This pair of 1 month old 14g (large-based) Anatometal dermal anchors was put in by Joeltron.
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May I present, IAM: AWalkingModification. This 6’1″ modified mom is all dressed up for the Mesa Tattoo Expo, showing off her wide array of piercings and tattoos, but also managing to colour co-ordinate her corset with both her dress and hair. Oh, and check out the jewelry she’s rocking in her ears.
The corset was done by Jessika from Urban Art Tattoo in Mesa/Tempe, AZ.
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It might be a little hard to read the lettering on this 3d tearaway tattoo by Graham from Gypsy Heart Tattoo Studio in Denton Manchester, but that’s only because I had to shrink it down to fit the page. The text in this leg piece is dialogue from the “foot massage” conversation in Pulp Fiction. You can see the full sized image in the lettering tattoo gallery.
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So as I discovered last week, anal piercings are pretty obvious no matter how well the image is cropped. The only thing I can tell you about this, is that it isn’t an anal piercing.
Think you know what this is? Take a guess and read on to see if you’re right.
I’m going to predict 50% guessed scrotum, and the other 50% guessed ear lobe. You can see the full sized version of this photo in the large gauge male nipple piercing gallery.
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Nothing says “BMEGirl” like razor blades, a baseball bat, and a little black dress
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Now I’m sure you have Ernie’s face stuck in your mind when you read that headline, but try picturing Brian Decker saying that as he did this koi scarification on a client.
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If you didn’t have a chance to read this morning’s announcement of the new ASK.BME staff, you should take a quick look. In addition to adding new ASK staff, we’ve been cranking along turning out new fixes and features to IAM as well as tweaking various pages so they’re more in line with the old IAM. More changes are coming and we’re hoping that by the end of the summer we’ll have all of the new things we’ve been busy working on behind the scenes completed! It’s been a huge project that has spanned several years but we’re finally seeing the light at the end of the tunnel. Thank you to everyone who has been patient and understanding while we work to bring BME up to par with the rest of the advances that the internet has seen come to light!
Feel free to send in some questions! To celebrate the addition of new ASK.BME, We’ve added 3 months to all IAM account expiration dates which should add 3 months to everyone’s accounts that are already active as well as making any expired IAM accounts accessible again! So if you had an IAM account in the past and it’s expired, now is the time to come back and check out all the changes for yourself.
Now one of the biggest requests we’ve had over the past year has been to bring back the system that allowed you to send in your photos by e-mail. Well we listened, and you can once again send in your photos. To do so, simply e-mail the images to [email protected]. When you send photos to that address, they’ll appear in the media section of your BME profile. From there you’ll be able to tag your images so they can be published in the appropriate galleries. And remember, uploading images lets you have a free membership. Check out the BME FAQ for all the details regarding free memberships, as well as paid subscriptions.
Finally, once you start e-mailing in your photos, check out the leaderboards to see where you stand. Every year we give away prizes to the top contributors, so make this the year you get a prize!
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This just goes to show that Jackie Rabbit can do so much more than bright, colourful, happy pieces. In total it took 5.5 hours to complete this arm, and if you look really closely at the edges, you can see the armband that it covered.
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We recently put up a post to invite people to apply to for a staff position over at ASK.BME. After combing through tons of responses, I selected a handful of professionals from the industry to help answer questions. They’ve already hit the ground running and between the four of them have answered almost 200 questions in the past week.
Let’s all give a warm welcome to BME’s new ASK Staff members, Joeltron, Kylie Garth, Ryan Mills and Cere Coichetti! They’re here to help answer your body modification questions. Some of them you may recognize as long time contributors to BME and Modblog as well as being IAM members. Some are definitely more controversial than others but active industry professionals, none the less!
Feel free to send in some questions! To celebrate the addition of new ASK.BME, I’ve added 3 months to all IAM account expiration dates which should add 3 months to everyone’s accounts that are already active as well as making any expired IAM accounts accessible again!
In addition to adding new ASK staff, we’ve been cranking along turning out new fixes and features to IAM as well as tweaking various pages so they’re more in line with the old IAM. More changes are coming and we’re hoping that by the end of the summer we’ll have all of the new things we’ve been busy working on behind the scenes completed! It’s been a huge project that has spanned several years but we’re finally seeing the light at the end of the tunnel. Thank you to everyone who has been patient and understanding while we work to bring BME up to par with the rest of the advances that the internet has seen come to light!
Joeltron – Darlinghurst, NSW, Australia
http://www.joeltron.com
Why hello there! I’m Joeltron – a professional body modification artist based in Sydney Australia. I personally have a number of visible implants, my eyeball tattooed, multiple stretched piercings, my tongue bifurcated, scarification and various other heavy modifications – so I understand the feeling of being on the sharp end of a needle and feel that it helps when understanding how one of my clients feel.
I have been professionally piercing since 2002 and opened my own Custom Tattoo & Piercing studio First Blood (Darlinghurst) in 2010 where I am the head body piercer and work with some truly amazing internationally renowned artists.
At my studio, we only pierce with g23 internal thread titanium jewellery and educate all of our clients to benefits of good quality materials and practitioners. Our shop is a huge advocate for APP.
I have always been into modifications, reading up on procedures and old/new methods since I was very young. I started working in a Piercing studio at the age of 18 where I began to soak up more knowledge and loved helping people. I started piercing professionally a short period after that and still love my job every single day!
Studio: FirstBlood.com.au – 77 William Street, Darlinghurst, NSW, 2010 Australia
Mobile: 0403 1337 77 (SMS Only)
IAM: https://www.bme.com/iam/joeltron
Email: [email protected]
Personal: http://joeltron.com
Facebook: http://facebook.joeltron.com
Google+: http://plus.joeltron.com
Tumblr: http://tumblr.joeltron.com
Kylie Garth – Sydney, NSW, AustraliaMy name is Kylie Garth. I am a professional body piercer and was born in New Zealand,I currently live and work in Sydney Australia at a studio called First Blood.
I have been piercing for 5 years and love my job very much. I love doing ear work,genital and anything heavy gauge.
I have had over 60 piercings and a few heavier modifications my favorites are my cheeks, double philtrum, 0g conchs and my tongue bifurcation.
I am constantly learning and expanding my skills to better myself
Studio Website: http://www.FirstBlood.com.au
Email: [email protected]
Ryan Mills – Dallas, TX
https://www.bme.com/iam/feengerz/
I started piercing over a decade ago in Salt Lake City, Utah. After my apprenticeship ended and I put in my time at my shop, I moved to Las Vegas to work on the strip. During my years in Vegas I toured with Ozzfest during the summer as their piercer. After growing tired of Las Vegas, I moved back to Salt Lake City. I have worked in several states over the years including Utah, Nevada, Arizona and California. Most recently I have come to call Texas my home. I am a freehand piercer and am constantly striving to expand my body modification capabilities. My true passion is branding and scarification. I practice both strike and thermal cautery branding along with scalpel scarification.
I am currently manager and head modification artist at Eastside Tattoo and Piercing Studio in Dallas, Tx.
Studio Website: http://www.dallaseastsidetattoo.com
Email: [email protected]
Cere Coichetti – New York, NY
https://www.bme.com/iam/cere/
Cere is a long time contributor to BME as well as an extremely controversial member of IAM. He’s considered by many to be an instrumental member of the suspension community and is known internationally for his facilitation of suspensions to those in need. Cere is a long time member of Rites of Passage.
Cere is a character that people seem to either love with a passion that drives them to allow him to tattoo them or people hate him so much that they boycott IAM. Cere will drop everything at the drop of the hat to fly across the country to help a friend in need, whether it’s a personal favor or to help them get off the ground and up into the air.
Regardless of if you love him or hate him, Cere will always be there for you.
