Celebrating body modification culture since 1994.
Written by
I got a laugh out of this geeky 50s robot take on a Day of the Dead type skull, done by Step at 46 and 2 in Fargo, ND. See also Day of the Dead tattoos, Sugar Skull tattoos, and Dia De Los Muertos tattoos (I’m loving the new keyword galleries) for lots more in this style.
Written by
I like the take that Sinstress and her partner got on the matching/wedding-ring type tattoo theme — a heart padlock, and, instead of the old cliché of a key, a bolt cutter. Wondering why a bolt cutter? Well, Sintress had actually gotten her half of the tattoo — the lock — a year earlier with someone else, and that person has the key tattoo!
Written by
Following on from the vintage Jack Yount footage Shawn kindly sent me, here’s a lovely video of Sailor Sid Diller tattooing a friend.
[Javascript required to view Flash movie, please turn it on and refresh this page]
“This video dates to around 1985 and features Sailor Sid tattooing out of his Ft. Lauderdale, Silver Anchor tattoo shop. The lion’s share of Sid’s business came from the gay S&M community, and it wasn’t uncommon for both Sid and client to be fully nude during the process. The machine Sid is using is a rotary style tattoo machine, for those who’ve never seen one before – it was Sid’s preferred type.
Enjoy, and more later!
Shawn Porter – Scarwars.net”
You can read more about Sid and his life in this article written by Jim Ward, for BMEzine.com.
Written by
If the previous post was too high on the new age factor and too low on the geek factor (since it had both), I’ll suggest you may prefer April’s Dalek tattoo, done by Rick at Inkognito in Kingstown… She works as a nanny — I wonder if this will help or hinder this work?
Written by
Sara’s spinal self-designed first tattoo, a “DNA Kundalini”, done by Philip Milic at Braindrops in San Francisco, is meant to be “a reminder of the cosmic journey we’re all on.”
