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This week’s Follow-up is one of the most recognizable band logos in the modified world. I think I’ve seen more Misfits related tattoos than any other band. Anders did this Misfits inspired cutting about a month ago over top of some heavy blackwork.
To see how it’s coming along, keep on reading.
The glare of the flash is a little distracting, but you can see just how well the scar held together. You can get a better look at this and more of Anders’ scars in his BME portfolio gallery.
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That tiny frenchman we all love is currently slicing and dicing his way across Australia. While on the road sticking things into, and cutting things off of people, he’s taking pictures and sending them our way. In his most recent cutting, Efix took some scars that were already present and crafted this incredible Quan Yin.
Keep an eye on Efix’s BME portfolio gallery for the latest updates from his adventures in Oz.
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Now if you thought that the chin scarification from yesterday was bloody. Just think how much blood was shed in this massive undertaking.
This big ol’ scar piece was done across the pond by Ricki Duncan from Bridgend Tattoo Studio, conveniently located in the town of Bridgend, UK.
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A few weeks back at the Philly Tattoo Convention I had the chance to take some photos for Mandic of his chin scarification piece. This cutting by Brian was a pretty bloody affair.
Oh, you want to see the pictures of the cutting? Just keep on reading.
This is about three quarters of the way through the cutting, and also the time that the bleeding was at its worst. The top and bottom parts of the scar and had already been peeled away, and what remained was a stretch of skin right along the tip of his chin.
The tiny hands (well, tinier than Brian’s) belong to Dyscordic, who was assisting.
Finally, here’s how the scar looked just before it was wrapped up.
You can see even more photos of this cutting in the skin removal scarification gallery.
Oh, and you can definitely expect to see this as a follow-up post once it has healed a little more.
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This week in the follow-up we’re going to take a look at a small cutting. As you know, the main point of this weekly column is to show people just how scars and brands can heal over time, as well as showcasing the many talented scarification artists out there. While we have seen scarification used in conjunction with tattoos, either as highlighting or negative space in blackwork, we haven’t seen a scar used to remove a portion of a tattoo.
Toronto’s own Six sent in this series of photos of a small scar he did. The goal was to use scarification to remove a section of the tattoo that the client wasn’t happy with.
To start with, here is the tattoo in question. The issue is that the letter “C” isn’t distinctive enough, and the knuckles can easily be mistaken to read “GOLD”.
Following the cutting, you can see just what was removed in order to give the client the look he was after.
To see how this healed up, you’ll have to keep on reading.
A month later, here’s how things are looking. There is still a bit of redness as it’s only been a month, but you can see just how much of a difference a little bit of scarification can make.
In the scarification galleries you’ll be able to see a close up of the finger, which will give you a better idea of just how Six was able to help out his client.
