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Tag: Tattoos

  • The Color of Their Eyes Matches the Color of Our Blood

    Written by

    Jordan Ginsberg


    Good morning, ModBloggers! Hope the day finds you well. Let’s kick off the week with this fine ear project all the way from Kunming, Yunnan, China. I initially assumed the screws in the cartilage were some sort of custom jewelry, but, as the post-jump photo will show, those are some real screws. Probably not terribly comfortable for long-term wear, but if the structural integrity of your ear has been compromised? Can’t be too careful. Or something.

    See more in “Misc. Ear Cartilage Piercing“ (Ear Piercing)

  • God Gets Stoned

    Written by

    Jordan Ginsberg


    Happy Memorial Saturday, America! What better way enjoy a long weekend than with, hmm, a tattoo of a platypus, nature’s most perfect killing machine? Hey, works for me. The lady above writes in:

    So I went to the tattoo expo in Spokane, Washington, yesterday and my friend asked me when I was going to get a platypus on me. I’ve always wanted one. So he went up so this guy, and asked if he’d do a tattoo. Daniel, the artist, was super stoked to do it and drew it out that night. I went back today thinking for $100 I’d have a little wimpy platty drawn out…and instead he showed me this almost full page sketch! He’s an awesome guy and kicked butt at making an “old school” looking platypus. I’m in love with it. The end.

    More shots after the jump? You bet your sweet duck-billed ass there are.

    (Tattoo by Daniel from Hopeless Ink in Vancouver, Washington.)

    See more in “Wildlife and Nature Tattoos“ (Tattoos)

  • Each Trip’s a Trip to Paradise

    Written by

    Jordan Ginsberg


    Can we get real for a second, ModBloggers? Because here’s some truth: Beneath our rough, rugged, defiant exteriors…we here at BME are still absolute suckers for baby pictures like this. This photo is like a meteorite to the heart. Pictured is Amber, moments after her daughter, Rain, was born. I think I just started ovulating.

    See more in “BME/Culture/People“ (Culture)

  • A Step at a Time

    Written by

    Jordan Ginsberg


    Now, if the eyes are supposed to be the windows to the soul, then where do you reckon the skull porthole fits in? This fine piece on Natasha’s noggin comes to us from Maxime (also), currently apprenticing at The Leu Family Iron in Lausanne, Switzerland, which, hey, nice work if you can get it. And, hey, because you asked so nicely, there’s a close-up after the jump.

  • Welcome to the Future

    Written by

    Jordan Ginsberg


    Hey, nerds! (Kidding.) This great calf-piece (calf-sleeve? Reverse shorts? Leg warmer?) from Toronto’s Matt Ellis features various Marvel mutants fighting some wretched Sentinels, who are just throwing fire, trying to kill folks, and just generally shitting on everybody’s good time, because they’re dicks.

    You know who isn’t a dick, though? Matt Ellis! He and George Brown, the gents behind Seven Crowns Tattoo, are hosting a gallery showing/sex party on Saturday, May 30, 2009, in scenic Toronto, Ontario, featuring work from several local tattoo artists! Information about the event is after the jump, as well as the remainder of the above leg warmer.

    On Saturday, May 30th we’ll be holding the “Monsters, Martyrs and May-sterpieces” show at Rockie Raccoon’s, 2579 Yonge St. in Toronto, a study in fantastically terrifying and disturbingly cheerful art pieces from the tattoo world. We will be displaying our own art as well as that of local tattoo artists, and would love for everyone to come and check it out. The event will start around 8pm, and there will be cheap drinks and free food, along with music by Sarah B. and other features that promise to tantalize and…you get the idea. Come out and celebrate art with us.

    That’s a “get there” if I’ve ever seen one. So get there! C’monnnnn.

    See more in “Cartoon Tattoos“ (Tattoos)

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