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Here’s my latest masterpiece. It’s a tattoo on my friend Johnny, who has Tourettes. It’s a portrait of him during a Tourettes tick… He was also “ticking” during the procedure, which was quite the fun challenge!

Sorry for no posts today! I’ve been fiddling with software. On the backend, my image processing software now tells me about your current memberships, so hopefully now I won’t be granting any more secondary memberships that are shorter than the one you already have! I know that’s got to be very annoying.

On the frontend, I’ve been playing a little with my long promised “auto-keywording” utility for BME… I’ve installed it in the tattoo section. The “next/prev” links at the top are broken right now for multi-word galleries but that’ll be fixed tomorrow, and everything else should work. I think it’s quite fun, and gives a new way to explore the galleries… For example, there are now galleries for:

• AFI and Alkaline Trio and The Misfits and and Slipknot and Album Covers
• Batman and Superman and Spiderman
• Aztec and Haida and Maori and Egyptian
• Lyrics and Quotes and Sanskrit and Last Name tattoos.
• Star Wars
• Jesus and Praying Hands
• Escher
• Squid and Shark and Octopus
• Where The Wild Things Are and Tigger
• Final Fantasy and Super Mario and Triforce and Legend of Zelda and Pac Man and Nintendo
• Owl and Penguin
• Man’s Ruin and Poison Free and Vegan
• Chest Piece (or Chestpiece — I still have to write the aliasing module) and Mustache Tattoos.
• …and lots, lots, lots more!

Remember, some of the top ‘<<’ and ‘>>’ links will be broken until tomorrow.

And, to illustrate this entry, a tattoo I’ve been meaning to feature for some time, Tyler‘s “Bloody Hanya” (like the shirt), a BME logo designed by Johann, with blood by me!

Knowing my interest in farming and self-reliance*, Sarah sent me some photos of her hen tattoos — a pair of silver and gold Sebright Bantams to be specific. She explains that not only are chickens super-cute (“unless they’re pecking your eyes out”), but they’re also a great symbol of homesteading and independence. The tattoos were done by Tim “Timmy Tats” Sellers of Tattoo Marks Studio II in State College, PA.

* And that’s not just “my” interest — Ryan and Corrie from BMEshop have a great personal blog that you may want to add to your reading, and I can’t skip mentioning Twwly, who’s documented her own chicken raising farm life as well. It’s been my experience that at least in the earlier generation of the body modification movement, there’s a strong DIY ethic that extends into all aspects of life.

For those who come here to see someone get their face cut up, here’s a silicone heart being implanted into a cheek — the incision, which you can see after the break, seems quite large. Hopefully I’ll follow this up with a healed shot later.