Tattoo, Piercing, and Body Modification News, Events, and Culture
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There were a lot of great moments from the 2011 Dallas Suscon, one of which was this suspension from the ihung.org crew. If I recall correctly, this is Drew from ihung, and he suspended pretty early on in the weekend. The dome he’s in is ihung’s portable suspension rigging, which can set up pretty much anywhere they want to suspend someone, without having to find a building or a tree.
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Out of all the Pantera related tattoos I’ve seen, this is the first portrait of Phil that has popped up on my radar. The portrait is from a photo taken by John Kaplan for his photo essay “21″.
This was done by Mario Manai Inkstruktor from Tattoo Tiamat in Zadar, Croatia.
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One of the toughest parts of being a modification artist that tours is that you end up doing work on people in another country that you could possibly never see again. Which is why artists love it when they get photos from their clients showing off just how much they like whatever work they’ve had done. A few months back Efix was down in Australia working out of The Piercing Urge in Melbourne where he was able to give Adam a 3D-implant. Four months later, he got this picture in his inbox.
I think it’s safe to say he likes it.
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Now that BMEFest has come and gone, we can get back to our regularly scheduled BMEtv updates!
Today’s video comes from the Melbourne stop on last year’s BME World Tour. The crew sat down with Matt Martyr, a piercer from The Piercing Urge, and talked to him about what life was like as an American working in Australia.
To check out the video, keep on reading!
If you’ve missed any of the videos so far, you can check out the rest of them in the BME World Tour Video Gallery
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We’ve seen examples of Gabor‘s minimalistic style a few times here, but I think this piece in particular really showcases his talents. When it comes to simplicity in art, you can’t get much simpler than cave paintings and petroglyphs.
However, to call this simple is a vast understatement. Cave paintings have been around for tens of thousands of years, and as art has progressed they have remained, permanently etched into the surface of the earth. Much like how this tattoo is permanently etched into this person. Gabor’s works have always had an element of the primal to them, and this piece brings it to the forefront. I can’t wait to see what he comes up with next.
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It’s always fun to see just how creative piercers can get when given some needles and ribbon. This time is no exception. While we’ve seen similar couple corsets before, I think this is the first I’ve seen that not only successfully takes on the shape of a heart, but also incorporates the person in back’s hand (as you can see at the bottom of the photo).
Piercings by Leah-Jean Jett and Cody Shores from Black Onyx in Jacksonville, FL. Photo by Kurt Hudson.
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Unfortunately I have to make yet another announcement today about the passing of another IAM member. Travis (IAM: lot_kid) passed away on May 30th after being struck by a car. We’re all saddened to hear of the loss of another member of our community, and our thoughts are with his family and friends.
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I think it’s a safe assumption that Pessimisaurus really loves Seattle.
I like that Andrea Ottlewski chose to go with a non-traditional skyline for this tattoo, instead choosing to highlight the natural aspects of the Pacific Northwest as well as the urban.
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“I believe that everything happens for a reason. People change so that you can learn to let go, things go wrong so that you appreciate them when they’re right, you believe lies so you eventually learn to trust no one but yourself, and sometimes good things fall apart so better things can fall together.” – Marilyn Monroe
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Getting away from the cold streets of Moscow is just what the Sinner Team needed. This waterfall in Thailand provides an awesome change of setting than their usual urban backdrops.
