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  • “Love of Martial Arts” Tattoo

    Written by

    Shannon Larratt

    This isn’t Tod’s first tattoo, but it is his first in twenty years — he got his first one on his eighteenth birthday, and got this one on his thirty-eighth. Since his first he’s been involved with martial arts for over fifteen years, and this tattoo (his own design) is the symbol he plans on teaching under.

    Included are the various Martial Arts and ideals that he’s studied — including full contact stick-fighting (Kali-Underground format) and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu for the last two years. The helmet he’s wearing here is his only real piece of protective equiptment for stickfighting combat!

  • Subdermal Implanted Stars

    Written by

    Shannon Larratt

    These teflon (if I remember correctly) star-shaped 3d-art implants are almost two years old now — put in place September 2004 — and were done by Manny at Lifestyle in Maastricht, Holland.

  • Iconized BME Calm Logo

    Written by

    Shannon Larratt

    I kind of think I may be double posting this, but it’s still in my “to post on ModBlog” folder, so let me share with you one of my favorite BME logo tattoos, one where there wearer has taken a nice artistic license with that design.

  • Shadow on the wall

    Written by

    Shannon Larratt

    Thanks Valnei.

  • Matching Facial Scarification?

    Written by

    Shannon Larratt

    I don’t know if we’ll ever move back to a society where family markings are in the flesh, and I’m also not sure that it’s a good idea (but I’m a sucker for independence and consensuality). Anyway, for now we’ll stick to the adults, with kids imitating in temporary ways I think.

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