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  • Two Tongues, One Pussy!

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    Shannon Larratt

    Years ago I was talking to piercers about the weirdest piercing they ever did, and one of them swore up and down that they’d pierced a person with two tongues — and this was long before the days of tongue splitting. They described it as a smaller tongue than the “main” one, set somewhat back in the mouth. I just sort of wrote it off as a tall tale, but there’s a story running right now in North Carolina about a cat with two tongues…

    So maybe his story could have been true?

    Or maybe I posted this entry solely so I could get away with its title.

  • Tattoo Miscellany

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    Shannon Larratt

    Since I’m going to be mostly offline for a couple days (as will Jordan who will be covering the Guadalajara convention with Rafael), I thought I’d post a little more to keep you occupied. First, if the entry about Craig tattooing his dog upset you, let me offer you this more easy-to-digest dog tattoo by Matt Lautar at Great Southern Tattoo in College Park, Maryland.

    I recently mentioned “finger mustache” tattoos. Well, I’ve been seeing them more and more. Here’s one on Embot (by Jason Bradshaw at Custom Ink in Isla Vista, CA), and another on El Pulpo in Germany.

    I also recently mentioned My Little Pony tattoos so I thought I ought to showcase the fabulous My Little Pony sleeve that Venus Pink had done by Kim Durham at Brewery Ink in Los Angeles.

    And, finally, if you’re having a downer day, maybe you’ll like this combination piercing and stapling by Anders the Piercing Guy down in Brisbane, Australia.

    See you in Amsterdam!

  • Dog Tattoos

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    Shannon Larratt

    So in something that I suspect could generate a bit of a furor, Craig Driscoll, a great Canadian tattooist working in Edmonton (and elsewhere) took his puppy Chico in to the vet, had him sedated, and tattooed him. Now, before you go calling the Edmonton Humane Society and telling them to raid DragonFX or something (where he was guest-spotting at the time of this entry), realize that dogs get tattooed all the time and it’s perfectly legal — and as Craig points out, it’s not as bad as cutting the tails off boxers and Rottweilers (or cutting the foreskin off baby humans I guess).

    That said, if you’ve got an opinion on the matter, here’s his comment forum. Personally while I’ve got enormous respect for Craig’s artwork, and I’m sure that he loves his dog, I’m really not down with tattooing animals myself.

  • More tattoos that I like

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    Shannon Larratt

    Kent Fazekas‘s parents just came to visit him from Indiana, and while in California not only did they each get a small tattoo, but he got their footprints tattooed (by JD at Outer Limits in Long Beach) on the bottom of his feet — “Hurt like none other, but I’d do it again”

    And I’ve seen lots of Orion tattoos and even piercings and scarifications before, but I kind of liked Bimbieus’s full body “anatomically correct” concept interpretation of the Orion constellation (done by Allen at Euphoria in Tallahassee, Florida) — although perhaps one could argue that the placement of Saiph and Rigel are too low (aren’t they — or at least Saiph — his knees)?

  • Youngest tattoo artist in the world?

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    Shannon Larratt

    OK, so he’s getting some help from his dad, but this is the youngest tattoo artist I’ve seen yet!

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