I can’t count the number of times I’ve seen a picture of Rachie wearing black or covered in dirt. So to see her out in the sun, wearing a white shirt, it’s definitely worthy of a BMEGirls post.
Photo by Tattooed On My Arm.
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Skull Skarr, Healed and Fresh
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This nice even Day of the Dead style skull scar is now a year and a half old, after being cut at Skin of Steel in Toulon, France. I’m also including a picture of it fresh, because as you may have noticed there are lines of different weights. When I first saw scarmasters using the very thin “shading” type lines I was dubious as to the effect they’d have — I thought they’d likely fade completely — but as you can see they are quite effective and carry into the future surprisingly well.
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Quick Tongue Healing
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If any part of the body has mutant healing factor, it’s the tongue. I don’t think there’s any other part of the body you can sever in half like this and have it looking so healthy a week later… And that’s what you’ve got here, on the left a tongue freshly split at On Edge in the Hague (onedge.nl) — beautifully sutured as well — and on the right, seven days of healing and the sutures are out and the tongue looks just beautiful. I’m sure they’ll round out a bit, but this person has been quite lucky with how pointy their tips are — very snakelike!
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At least the one is funny…
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Admittedly there are a lot of stupid forehead tattoos out there — Oddee posted a list of their “15 stupidest” a while back — and I’m sure many of you remember the old “STUPID” forehead tattoo from years ago and that tattoo is the very first thing I thought of when Pip showed me this idiotic forehead brand of stupidity… Getting “racist” tattooed on your forehead is pretty much the same thing as writing “small minded” across it. It’s embarrassing. I feel incredibly sorry for this guy and anyone who has to be seen with him. Yikes. Good example of someone trying to look tough, but just coming off looking like a moron.
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Latest Free Fall Suspension Trailers
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Speaking of the Sinner Team and their amazing free fall suspension work in Russia, a few days ago they posted trailer numbers four and five from this summer’s work. They’re very short clips, but more than worth the watch nonetheless — and of course if you have not yet seen the other recent videos (or their even earlier work), do not miss their Vimeo gallery here: http://vimeo.com/sinnerteam/videos
The first video is of Josh Fike’s 30 meter freefall (watching him fly past is crazy hilarious), which was also the first head-down free fall suspension. There were small tears on all hooks, but the skin held him and his spine is fine too — they put safety measures in place to protect him in case of overflip. Video two is Switzerland’s Don Lucius (who also paraglides, so I assume he’s completely fearless), the first after Stanislav to jump twice in one day. Sinner Team are one of my favorite groups in suspension, pushing forward hard, but doing so with a keen eye for safety.
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Sinners in Love
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Here’s a charming portrait of Stanislav and his wife in Moscow. You probably know Stanislav best from his work with Sinner Team, the pioneering Russian suspension team who has introduced and pushed forward the idea of free fall suspensions.
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Five by Five
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Shannon posted a beautiful scar by Brian earlier today, so I thought it’d be a good time to show off this set of implants that he did. Normally we see collarbone implants put in horizontally, so this vertical pattern is a nice change. It also makes his chest appear to be more angular, as your eye fills in the spaces between the lines.
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Matt Black’s nose knows the scalpel
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Another person I could have included in my post about Iestyn Flye’s scar work and upcoming seminar with Ron Garza was the brilliant and aptly named blackwork tattoo artist Matt Black who works at London’s Divine Canvas, since he has some eye-catching skin-removal on his nose by Iestyn. Even though you don’t see this type of facial scar that much, it has a strong historical basis and in fact Maori mokos, which are based on their wood carving art, were first done as “skin carving” before they became the more commonly seen “normal” tattoos.
I hope seeing it and similar pieces will encourage more people to explore this artform on their faces. The nose seems to really carry the scar well — although I would urge people to only go to the best for this sort of thing… Your nose is not a piece of anatomy you want someone learning through trial-and-error on!!! Here is a recent picture of Matt’s face showing both the scar and the rest of his amazing facial tattooing.
But I also wanted to share two recent blackwork tattoos that Matt has done. I’m not sure who the hand work is on, but the chest is on another great body artist, Damien Voodoo, who has an incredible collection of work that I will certainly show more of in the future. You can find Matt at divine-canvas.com along with many other top-notch artists specializing in (but not exclusive to) the modern neo-tribal tattoo style. By the way, look carefully at these tattoos and you’ll see they’re not just a “boring old solid fill” — it’s actually a dense field of dotwork.
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All Plugged Up
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I have the feeling that if even one of these black plugs gets pulled — if one of the stoppers is de-corked — that bathtubs full of blood would come pouring out. But seriously, I just love the look of all these matching black plugs that Burkitt’s got in, but what I especially like is the high placement of his philtrum, resting right under his nose. The meaty jewelry just suits him perfectly, and it’s a superb example of using body jewelry not to create a new look, but to pump up what’s already there.
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A Wednesday Follow-up
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I’ve gotten quite a few requests for a follow-up to Naoise-Ryan Isreal‘s foot branding that was featured a few weeks back. Now normally the follow-ups come on Friday, but since these photos were taken only a few days after the branding, it’s only fair that the first follow-up come a little early as well. For those that don’t remember, here’s the initial branding by Samppa.
Yep, it still makes my toes curl up when I see it, which makes this one of the very few things capable of doing that. Of course, these healing photos make me cringe even more.
Now remember, these were taken only 4 days after the initial branding. Be sure to keep an eye on Naoise-Ryan’s IAM page, as well as his BME Bonus Gallery for more updates. I’ll also be doing a Friday Follow-up for these once they’ve had a couple of months to heal.
