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Tag: Tattoos

  • You Can Always Find a Party

    Written by

    Jordan Ginsberg


    “Hey Ginsberg,” the commenters asked, “where are all the attractive Russian guys on ModBlog? Are you hoarding them for winter? Do you have them stored in Matrix-esque pods, allowing you to live off of the hearty nutrients extracted from their bodies? Have you locked them in your basement, chained to a pole, forced to turn a crank that heats and provides energy for your home, for all eternity?” These are half-truths at best! See? Here is the dashing Enigmified, healthy as can be, straight out of Moscow, Russia. Big lobes, bright tattoos, bedroom eyes—what’s not to like?

    See more in “Ear Stretching (past 1/2″)“ (Ear Piercing)

  • I Can’t Believe in the View

    Written by

    Jordan Ginsberg


    Well boy howdy, I can’t think of a better way to wrap things up today than with this outstanding backpiece-project worn by Barcelona’s own Lewis Dodd. It’s been two years in the making (by Kabra at Elektrikstrom Tattoo in Valencia, Spain), but now? Now it’s finished, and it is glorious. I’ve said it before, but because it’s so commonplace, I think it’s pretty easy to take for granted how great pieces like this can be—you see some traditional Japanese imagery and figure it’s just some flash off the wall or what have you—but this is just a pleasure to take in. More shots of the full suit, after the jump.

    See more in “Skull and Skeleton tattoos“ (Tattoos)

  • A Hundred Souls and a Hundred To Go

    Written by

    Jordan Ginsberg


    The last time we saw Cookie, we caught a glimpse of some of her 3D implants and scarification work, but, quite frankly, that was just the tip of the iceberg as far as her rather intense and extremely impressive body of modification work goes. The implants are (obviously?) by her husband, the illustrious Steve Haworth, tattoos by Nicole McCord, and the scar work you can see is by our favorite ubiquitous Australian, Wayde Dunn, at the Haworth Mod Spa in Phoenix, Arizona. More pictures, of course, after the jump.

    See more in “3D-Art Implants“ (Implants) (members only)

  • Leave Things The Way You Found Them

    Written by

    Jordan Ginsberg


    Hoo boy, this guy? This guy is just a mountain of a man. You know all the stories that have been alternately told throughout the years about Bill Brasky/Vin Diesel/Chuck Norris/Angela Lansbury/etc.? Every time those various feats of strength and hilarity were told, the storyteller was thinking about this man. True story.

    (Tattoos by Jan, Igor and Kaska at Fur Immer Tattoo in Berlin and Classic Ink and Mods in Amsterdam; body hammered out by Hephaestus himself.)

    See more in “Tribal and Blackwork Tattoos“ (Tattoos)

  • The Milk’s Gone Bad

    Written by

    Jordan Ginsberg


    “But why?” you ask. “Why would someone get a tattoo of a palm tree built out of a hilarious dick and balls?” Who knows? Maybe the wearer is from the islands—nude islands. Maybe she asked for three simple stars to be tattooed, then fell asleep and woke up with this. Maybe it’s some sort of dick-in-palm masturbation joke, of which I would approve entirely. The truth is, we may never know why. But, there is a question we can answer: Not why a person would get this tattoo, but where? The answer, my friends, is beyond the click-through.

    (Tattoo by Lazlow at Altered Images in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.)

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