Tattoo, Piercing, and Body Modification News, Events, and Culture
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A tragic figure in both literature in film, Frankenstein’s monster has been adapted into pretty much every medium known to man. This isn’t the first tattoo of the monster we’ve seen on ModBlog and it probably won’t be the last. Jay Wheeler’s portrait of Karloff in his make-up really captures both sides to the monster, his intelligent and peaceful demeanor, and his capacity for intense emotion borne from the abuses he suffers at the hands of those who fear him.
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The gang over at Hooklife have thrown down the gauntlet to suspension teams around the world. Today they announced a guerrilla suspension challenge. Here’s some of the details:
We are challenging the suspension community to dream up, create, produce and photograph the most amazing Guerrilla Suspension. Before anyone goes crazy we need to make one thing very clear. Hook Life, suspension.org and our affiliates DO NOT condone any illegal or dangerous activities! Now with that said here’s how it will work.
Please submit ONE photo. You can submit as many different entries as you like, but please only one per suspension/location. By submitting a photo you are giving suspension.org and Hook Life permission to use the photo on this site and possibly on other sites to promote this competition.
Photos will be judged and scored accordingly:
- 20% – Location – Based on visual appeal, complexity and higher public visibility
- 20% – Suspension – More complex suspensions gain higher marks
- 20% – Photography – Image quality and getting the perfect shot is part of the challenge
- 40% – Creativity – Overall score based on judges opinions
- Safety – Unsafe rigging and/or dangerous suspension practices will have points deducted
Grand Prize – A one of a kind “trophy” rig designed and donated by Skin Mechanics Steelworks. The grand prize will be awarded at the 2012 Dallas Suscon.
Other Prizes – As the competition progresses we may adding more prizes. Companies/Individuals interesting in donating prizes please contact Hook Life.Judges:
- Allen Falkner – Administrator of suspension.org
- Misty “Southtownbaby” Forsberg – Head Writer for Hook Life
- Mark “nakedlens.org” Kaplan – Official Dallas Suscon Photographer
- Stewart “S2B” Stephens – Certified Entertainment Production Rigger
- Erik “Lizardman” Sprague – International Performer
Submissions will be accepted until December 31st, 2011. After that date the judges top picks will be posted. Good luck everyone. We are looking forward to seeing your entries.
The full details as well as the contest entry form can be found at this link.
Now remember, only entries submitted to HookLife will be counted. That said, knowing some of the fantastic suspension teams that are out there, there are going to be more than one photo of each suspension. BME is inviting those teams that participate to submit any additional photos to the suspension galleries. I’m going to be keeping my eye out for these submissions over the next couple of months, and I’m hoping to feature as many as possible. So if you plan on entering the challenge, remember to send your extra photos to BME, and send me an e-mail with the story behind them (don’t e-mail me your photos).
While we’re on the subject of suspension, here’s my counterpart at HookLife, Misty, doing a tandem 6pt resurrection, 4pt rebirth suspension. Misty is the one on top.
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Here’s another tattoo out of First Blood in Sydney. This one is a heart done right on the kneecap by guest artist Ange. What’s cool is that the shape of the knee matches the shape of the heart, enabling the tattoo to appear to be three dimensional.
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If you’re going to have a Mechanoid for a butler, make sure it’s a DivaDroid International Series 4000. Of course the downside is that they tend to be a little neurotic.
Tattoo by John Green from Pärleporten in Uppsala, Sweden.
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“You have two elbows, You have two knees
Perhaps you’ve wondered why you need theseThey can be funny looking there is no doubt
But here’s how elbows and knees can help you out”(…)
“Hanging down from a trapeze
You need your legs bending at the knees”-Tyrone Davis “Elbows and Knees“, Sesame Street
Here’s another shot from one of the monthly Suspension Sundays that Christchurch’s Skindependent Suspension holds. You should go check out their BME Gallery as it has quite a few more photos of this suspension in particular, including some close-ups of that forehead hook. I’ve never seen a suspension quite like this before, so if anyone has a name for it, I’m all ears. From what I can tell it’s an 8pt leg, 6pt forearm, 1pt forehead coma.
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A sure fire way to call attention to any tattoo is to add a bit of color. Of course when that color comes from a pair of microdermals in your neck, it becomes even more noticeable.
Alright so here’s the breakdown of everything. The piercings are by Joeltron from First Blood in Sydney. The tattoo is by Ange while she was doing a guest spot there. And according to the description, in this photo the dermals are healed while the tattoo is still fresh.
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Today’s BMEtv interview is with Adam Kitamoto from Ten-Ten Tattoo in Melbourne. He talks a bit about his beginnings as an artist, as well as his influences. His story is pretty interesting in that in addition specializing in Japanese art, he also took his wife’s last name when they married to honor her family.
To check out the video, you’ll have to 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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When Lyell Cook passed away a number of his friends decided to get memorial tattoos. Since Lyell was tattooed by Keegan Lam one friend decided to fly from New Zealand to Halifax to get a memorial tattoo done by him. The mandala in the center of the piece is the same one that Lyell had on his chest.
Keegan works at Newcombes Ink in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
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Who needs underwear when you’ve got a piece like this on your rear?
Oh, that blurry part? Well that’s a transscrotal. You’ll have to keep reading to see that one.
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Dear Estonia: Thank you for making such beautiful women. Sincerely, the rest of the world.
Tattoo by Roland Paabo from Auriga Tattoo in Talinn, Estonia.
