Meet baby Sera, IAM: Helene‘s daughter. She’s new here, so give her a nice warm welcome (Sera, not Helene).
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A mask of knowledge
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I could be completely wrong, but I believe that this tattoo is a depiction of a Rahwana mask. Rahwana, or Ravana is a hindu deity with a very contentious background. To some he is an evil deity, yet to others he signifies knowledge. In most depictions he has 10 heads, but he is known to be shown with only one, like the example below. I mentioned yesterday how well Vincent Hocquet can blend in religious imagery into his abstract pieces, and this shows he can tackle these images on their own. It’s hard to see without zooming in the photo, but the vast majority of this piece is done with stippling, a technique that a number of artists have been using when approaching similar subject matters.
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The Master at Work
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Time and time again, Vincent Hocquet’s designs have blown our collective minds. How he manages to weave in spiritual symbols with geometric shapes and abstract art. He is truly a master at what he does. Here he is at work on his friend Rob’s bodysuit, which is turning out beautifully.
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Custom bindings
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The beautiful thing about corsets is that they can be tailor made for a person’s body. They carry an aesthetic that goes back centuries, yet the piercings firmly plant them in today’s world. Mike French not only puts together elegant corsets like this one, he also hand crafts the jewelry, allowing him even greater freedom with his creations.
Mike works out of Born This Way Body Arts in Knoxville, TN
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It’s a fine line between love and hat
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Putting aside the fact that Veal amputated part of her finger, she’s someone who just loves to have fun with her modifications. So when her dad jokingly suggested that she get “Love” and “Hat” tattooed on her knuckles (below her “High Four” tattoo), she went out and got it done.
Matt and Lester from Holy Cow in the UK did the tattoos, Veal did the amputation, and her niece did her nails.
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Guess What?
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Ok, so this one may be a little on the easy side. But if you guess it wrong, boy are you in for a surprise!
Think you know what it is? Take a guess, then keep on reading…
It’s a good old fashioned tug-of-war! It also gives me a chance to link to a bunch of galleries that we don’t see a lot of on ModBlog, like the boy-boy sex play gallery. You can also check out more photos in the frenum & scrotal ladder gallery, and the genital beading gallery.
So, who do you think won?
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D’awwwwwwww
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My cat is meowing at me right now. I think she’s jealous because I’m looking at another cat being held by a bearded man. But can you blame me, the two of them are adorable.
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A fresh look
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Hi everyone, I know a lot of you are excited about the new IAM that will be launching later in the week. Before I get started I just wanted to let you know that the BMEShop Sale code is now working. There was an issue with it not being accepted but it is fixed now. So if you’d like to get 30% your entire BMEShop purchase (DVDs excluded), just put in the code: 3years
As you’ve no doubt noticed, the old IAM has been put into read-only mode. You can still IM people, post in forums, and most importantly, back up your data, however you can’t update your page or images.
Rob posted screenshots from the staging server which did not include the updates or way the site was going to look so I’ve removed them. I’m including a screenshot from the main page of IAM with all of the users data imported to it. The thumbnails are currently cropped incorrectly to maintain the aspect ratio of the thumbnails on the main page. You will be able to log in and correct that. You can choose how you want the thumbnail to be displayed.
We’re chugging along nicely and everything is on schedule to be launched on Thursday. Please feel free to post comments or questions in the comments section.
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It’s a BMEGirl kind of day
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I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. Dom is one hell of a lucky guy to have married the South African bombshell known as Gisella Rose.
Dom also did all of her piercings, while Ryan Bolton did her tattoos. Photo by Eugene Bloomfield.
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Step by step
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Step 1: Pierce the skin with a needle.
Step 2: Put in the jewelry.
Step 3: Lace it up and take a picture.
And that’s how Majorpulapiss and Laurie Barbell make a corset piercing. They work out of Aux zombies tatoués in Etaples, France.
