Author: Shannon Larratt

October 21, 2005

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Another Episode of “The Case Of the Tattoo Ripoff”

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Shannon Larratt
The original (left) was done by Brett Osborne of PURE Body Modifications, LLC. The rip-off, as shown in a tattoo magazine in the PURE lobby, was done by Erik Diaz at Asylum Studios in the Bronx.

MODBLOG has done stories about stolen artwork before, and almost always, the same question keeps coming up: If you’re going to steal someone’s design, aren’t you ashamed to post a version that’s not even close to as good as the original?

Other Modblog articles about stolen tattoos:
- TattooPlagiarism, September 20, 2005
- Morecopied tattoos, September 22, 2005
- Popculture is a language, September 25, 2005
October 21, 2005

ModBlog

BME Newsfeed for Oct 21, 2005

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Shannon Larratt
- 2005-10-21: CA: Ear piercing 125 years ago (halfway down) [by Ebowlotus1960]
- 2005-10-21: NJ: Growing bodies of art [by Ebowlotus1960]
- 2005-10-21: AK: Tattoos and the USCG [by Ebowlotus1960]
- 2005-10-21: CA: It is my body, so I will do what I want with it [by Ebowlotus1960]
- 2005-10-21: USA: Army deserter recalls abuse in N. Korea (including having a tattoo removed with a scalpel) [by Ebowlotus1960]
- 2005-10-21: Canada: Clients of tattoo artist alerted [by Ebowlotus1960]
- 2005-10-21: LA: In hurricane’s wake, a tattoo boom in New Orleans [by julie]
- 2005-10-21: Australia: Team Australia Tattoo [by julie]
- 2005-10-21: TN: NBA dress code hard to fathom [by rebekah]
- 2005-10-21: CA: Body artists get out of their skin [by rebekah]
- 2005-10-21: UK: Tangier Tattoo, touring across the UK [by rebekah]
- 2005-10-21: HI: Maori dancers want to have an impact [by rebekah]
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October 21, 2005

ModBlog

“If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again”

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Shannon Larratt

Here’s a vertical nipple piercing placed behind the scar left from a horizontal nipple piercing rejecting out and effectively splitting the surface of the nipple:

Anyway, I’ve got to take off now so I’ll leave you with some bloody handprints. That’s like the BME equivelent of waving or something, right?
October 21, 2005

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Finger tattoos and more

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Shannon Larratt

I’ve previously mentioned silly finger tattoos of mustaches, tears, and even vampire teeth, but I thought I should be fair and mention (I think) some of the first people I met with finger mustaches. Here’s IAM:027 and IAM:Hooch:

Speaking of tattoos, I’ve always wondered if getting things like “Trust No Bitch” tattooed on you affect one’s dating options. I would think that it would act as some kind of a bad-boyfriend-alarm, but who knows, maybe it would attract people instead?

The strangest things are aphrodisiacs.
October 21, 2005

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UV Facial Tattoo

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Shannon Larratt

Check out Cybermike’s UV facial circuitry, which in theory only shows up when he’s under a blacklight. I say “in theory” as a warning to those considering a stealth tattoo on public skin — depending on the way you scar (tattoos do leave slight scars) the tattoo may be visible (and any contamination of the ink, even from the stencil, could make the tattoo daylight visible as well). Still, very cool:

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Author: Shannon Larratt

Another Episode of “The Case Of the Tattoo Ripoff”

BME Newsfeed for Oct 21, 2005

“If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again”

Finger tattoos and more

UV Facial Tattoo

Latest Tattoo, Piercing, and Body Modification News