Now, before you slag Todd for using found-object tools for branding, I’d like to state for the record that I have brands that are now about 15 years old, done with pieces of a tin can, and they’re as well defined and raised and even as anything I’ve seen done using more widely accepted tools.

Oh, and I’m not sure if I’ve accidentally reposted some things in today’s update. My apologies if that’s the case.

You know, I made what could be interpretted as a disparaging remark about high detail tattooing when I posted the simple Russian branding earlier this week. So I wanted to make up for it and post this picture (by Big Rick) from the recent So Cal BME BBQ — this is Whitespace and gogo_savvy, who both have excellent examples of high quality high detail work.

As I post this, a photo of this being done is the current BME cover shot. That healed scar in the middle is intense! I wonder how the new ones will heal. Hibiscus cutting done by by Brian of Pure (NYC) for Canadian television (photo by Atom Moore).