Tattoo, Piercing, and Body Modification News, Events, and Culture
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For today’s BME World Tour video, the crew moved up to Gold Coast to talk to Andy Christ from 383 Tattoo. In addition to being a tattoo artist, Andy is also a graffiti artist, and he talks about how that’s influenced his artistic style.
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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People who have me added on Facebook may have noticed me complaining late last night about the difficulty in tracking down an artist. The reason I was up late was because I was trying to find the artist responsible for this beautiful creation.
After some MySpace hopping, and Googling, I finally found the artist. It is none other than Jackie Rabbit, from Star City Tattoos in Roanoke, VA. This sleeve, as well as a number of her other pieces were submitted this week, so expect to see more from Jackie. I’ve added a couple of close-ups to the post, but to get the full sized images, you can see them in the miscellaneous tattoo gallery.
Keep on reading if you’d like to get a better look at the chapel and statue…
Like I said earlier, this is just beautiful. She’s managed to capture the finer details of both the church and the monument, while still adding an artistic flair to the piece. The darkness of the woods surrounding the angel brings a sense of sadness that is counterbalanced with the brightness of the sky, bringing hope to those who look for it in a church.
Again, please head on over to the tattoo galleries to get an even closer look. If you’re having problems seeing the photos in the gallery, make sure that you’re signed in to your BME account, and if you don’t have one, simply signing up for a free subscription will get you access to more photos in the galleries.
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There’s something to be said for a girl with no other visible modifications other than a pair of cheek piercings.
From the looks of it SilyKim may only have a single ear piercing as well. Regardless, cheek piercings like this are normally seen on people who have at least some other visible modifications, so it’s a rare treat to see them pulled off with a simple elegance like she does here.
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And not only a Unicorn, but also a Jackalope!
This was sent in by ChorusOfAngels, who also has the Haste the Day chest piece.
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Over the years there have been a lot of takes on the “torn away flesh” tattoo. I think this is the first one I’ve seen where a football club kit was used as the underlying layer.
For those wondering, that’s the shirt for Grêmio, a Brazilian football club based out of Porto Alegre. The artist is credited as Mana Tattoo, from Scorpions Tattoo RS in Porto Alegre.
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BMEtv is back with another look at last year’s world tour! Rob Abell is another one of the talented artists from Dynamic Tattoo in Melbourne. Here he is talking about how he got involved in tattooing and what he sees as trends in tattoos 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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Last week Sean posted a fantastic collaborative scarification piece by Christiano Aeilli and Lewis Dodd. Going back through the galleries another scar by Christiano alone caught my eye.
I’ve been seeing a lot of artists blend together cutting and branding in their scarification pieces, but most of the time the branding is used as a form of shading. Here Christiano is using the branding to create a pattern in the scar that will heal differently than the cutting portion, ideally leaving the final scar with a nice degree of contrast between the two sections. Keep an eye on Christiano’s gallery, and hopefully we’ll see a follow-up of this piece.
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Are you blind? It’s a lonely tear drop!
Given the size of this little portrait, I’d guess that Mario Sanchez used a single needle for this one. He’s got quite a few micro portraits in his BME gallery, including a number of ones done on knuckles.
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Well it turns out some of them are. Greek artist Stefanos from Nico Tattoo Crew in Thessaloniki sent in these photos of some horn implants he upgraded. To start with, here’s the horns as they were before the increase in size.
Here they are after the first implant replacement.
And the finished product.
While these photos show you the size comparison, the photos in the 3D-implant gallery show you Stefanos doing the procedure.
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Since I was away last week, we didn’t get a chance to see a Friday Follow-up. Well to make it up to you, I’ve got a follow-up of a scar that I promised I would deliver.
Two weeks ago I posted a scar by Brian of a lion. Due to the nature of how the person scarred, I had a feeling the scar would turn out to be pretty impressive.
As I mentioned before, that circular scar is a remnant from a case of chicken pox, meaning the scar tissue of the lion may very will puff up as well. To see how the scar looks now, you know what to do.
Sure enough the scar turned out great. Brian used cuts of different depths to give the mane the layered look it has, with the deepest cuts being used for the outlines of the face and paws. Brian did a lot of work in Ohio over the weekend, so keep an eye on his gallery to see his latest creations.
