BME: Body Modification Ezine

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Author: Shannon Larratt

  • Heinz Ketchup Tattoo

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    Shannon Larratt

    I had a girlfriend once that was obsessed with ketchup when she was a kid, and carried a little bottle of it around like a doll. Ben, the wearer of this tattoo, falls into the same category as well… He told me,

    Ever since I was little I put ketchup on everything — from vegetables and fruits to pastas. It’s just something that I usually have with just about everything. I have a mini-collection of tiny ketchup bottles scattered around my room from various hotel restaurants, and so far this is my favorite tattoo.

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  • Yowwwwch!

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    Shannon Larratt

    A week after getting his tongue scalpelled to 2ga by John Joyce (Scarab Body Arts, Syracuse, NY), Slalamander Steve was still experiencing quite a lot of swelling, and, as you can see here, bruising. Thankfully, other than a little bit of a skin flap at the edge of the piercing, he’s doing fine now, with the bruising and swelling mostly gone and his speech back to normal.

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  • Hand Circles

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    Shannon Larratt

    I’m actually going to try and not fill my spare moments this weekend with ModBlog posts, but continue work on more interviews for next week. Thanks to everyone who’s helped out on them so far, and thanks to readers who’ve posted interesting commentary as well. There’s an image update uncompressing right now, and I’ll be back on Monday.

    EDIT: For some reason today’s update seems to have — as Jayson put it — “usurped” the previous update. I won’t have a chance to re-insert the previous update’s pictures over the weekend, but it’s a simple fix and I’ll do it on Monday most likely.

    The tattoo below is by Keegan Lam (another home artist) by the way; I quite like the simplicity of the design.

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  • Healing Brands on Dark Skin

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    Shannon Larratt

    One of my favorite things about scars is how they “grow” and age… the many stages they go through, from the fresh and scabbed up version the day of, through the various phases of initial healing, and then the assorted periods of aging… For at least three to five years, the piece is in a slow state of flux. Quentin from Kalima did these brands below (fresh in the first picture), and after the break you can see them at one of my favorite stages, especially on this color of skin.

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  • Robot Arm

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    Shannon Larratt

    This robot arm (which would make a pretty cool full-body project — I’m not sure how far this one will be extended) is being done by Brett Barr at Built 4 Speed in Orlando, Florida. This is actually just the undercoat and it’s being gone over in gray, white, and color next. Assuming I get pictures I’ll post them here as well, because it looks great already at this stage!

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