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When I first opened up this photo, I couldn’t tell if it was a tattoo or a scarification because it looks like there is barely any scaring at all. Ryan Ouelette, who spends his free time addicted to video games, can be found at Precision Body Arts in Nashua, NH.
See more in “Misc. Cuttings“ (Scarification)
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The citizens of Portland, Oregon are lucky to have circle23 & Philly Chris. The submissions we’ve been getting have been absolutely stellar. This one is no exception.
“the extremes women will go to in a media dominated society to achieve the standards set forth by “beauty” magazines”
See more in “Surface Weaving“ (Surface & Unusual Piercing)
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Fredl of Art & Soul in Mannheim, Germany is the artist credited for the work below. This is probably one of the more extensive “skin rip” tattoos that I’ve seen. While anatomy tattoos aren’t very common, the few people sporting larger pieces tend to have them extremely detailed. I’d be interested to know if he worked off of any specific resource material or came up with the design based on the wearers own muscle tone and flow. It seems to work pretty well. There’s a little implanty goodness if you go ahead and click through.
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One of the biggest “trends” in body modification “fashion” has been the decorative threaded end. I’ve seen Body Vision‘s assortment and it’s pretty killer, especially with everyone from gangster dudes to soccer mom’s sporting the tear drop microdermal these days. It’s a way to customize the jewelry for yourself and I think it’s pretty cool. I don’t know if this 14k yellow gold anchor is one of theirs but they make all kinds of threaded ends to suit whatever your needs are. This is Allen and he apparently did the microdermal himself at Superfly Tattoo in San Diego, California.
See more in “Dermal Anchoring“ (Pocketing and Stapling)
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I’m not sure if any of you have noticed but there are a lot of photos on BME of body suits or back pieces where the person who submitted the photo put a black bar across their buttcrack. To me this actually brings more attention to the fact that a buttocks was even in the photo so I was pleasantly surprised when Diau Chuan, the artist responsible for the tattoos below, didn’t stop us from having our daily dose of rear end nudity.
