Wednesday January 31st, 2007 @ 7:43 PM
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Wednesday January 31st, 2007 @ 4:39 PM
Frederick Mackmiller had this series of play piercings done in the shape of an Eye of Horus by Dorian Antes at Beneath the Skin in Las Cruces, NM. As a related point of trivia, as well as being a symbol of royalty, as a part of language the eye symbols generally meant “to do” or “to perform”.
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Wednesday January 31st, 2007 @ 4:38 PM
PrettyHateMachine sends in this photo of the elegant surface piercings that Patrick from Ironwarrior in Cape Town, South Africa. I hope they heal well because they’re really very pretty.
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Wednesday January 31st, 2007 @ 4:36 PM
Faithinpoison (check her IAM page for more formal modeling work she’s done) shows off her 14ga nipple bars and triple 14ga navel, by Nikki at Art Addictions in Brampton, ON. Seriously, every time I post a BMEgirls entry here I wonder what the best way to go about meeting someone is (don’t worry, that’s not a sideways creepy old man way of hitting on you Aridia, I’m just proving to myself that whining about it on the internet is the most ineffective way possible).
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Wednesday January 31st, 2007 @ 4:35 PM
I like how this self portrait that RuinsOfDecay took to highlight her 0ga septum piercing turned out.
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Wednesday January 31st, 2007 @ 4:34 PM
Pretty funny photo — I’ve been trying to figure out if the chair has just been painted on the wall?
“Winter sucks,” says Scotty B! Personally I like winter, but I’m into big trucks with big tires, not ecologically and physically responsible vehicles unfortunately. Tattoos by Scott Sylvia, Jef Whitehead, Jeff Rassier, and Ben Thompson at Blackheart Tattoo in San Francisco, CA.
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Wednesday January 31st, 2007 @ 4:33 PM
I don’t know if I’m stretching my political analogies too far, but I thought these two tattoos had a conceptual overlap. On the left of course is WWII symbol Rosie the Riveter, and on the right, Claude Rains (I think that’s what version it is) from The Invisible Man (1933). Either way, nice greywork by Ron Antonick at Gen X Tattoos in Willoughby, Ohio (just east of Cleveland).
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Wednesday January 31st, 2007 @ 4:10 PM
…Even though it features a beagle, far from a common motif. But beagles are such friendly dogs that I don’t blame him at all! Tattoo by Aaron Coleman at Immaculate Tattoo in Mesa, AZ.
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Tuesday January 30th, 2007 @ 7:50 PM
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Tuesday January 30th, 2007 @ 4:46 PM
“It was past stupid o’clock, and I only had access to makeup and a camera,” says Ammre. This tongue split (now well healed, since it was done before Pure NYC opened) was done by b-deck.
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Tuesday January 30th, 2007 @ 4:45 PM
Click through for a second procedural photo of Banger the Porn Star (nice username) doing a series of eyebrow play piercings, photographed by Jim Marcus at the Kresege Art Center in East Lansing, MI. The photo that you see here (before the click-through) was taken during an intense endorphin rush that almost stopped the photo shoot.
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Tuesday January 30th, 2007 @ 4:44 PM
People love star tattoos (and check out BME’s massive gallery of star tattoos), including Little Ramona (left, tattooed by Marky at Adrenaline in Vancouver, BC), and on the right, some star fans tattooed by Peter at Bekö Art in Leipzig, Germany.
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Tuesday January 30th, 2007 @ 4:43 PM
Gotta love nuns and their special relationship with Jesus. See the Shadark bonus gallery in BME/HARD for more in this series.
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Tuesday January 30th, 2007 @ 4:41 PM
I’m going to say that with 100% certainty that the wearer of this tattoo of a Commie Democrat Donkey having its ass kicked by a big American Republican Elephant watches FOX News and dreams about banging a she wolf. Funny work though by Ryan Speed at Gen X Tattoos in Willoughby, Ohio.
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Tuesday January 30th, 2007 @ 4:40 PM
Her nice big piercings of course are real, done by Onkeltom at Tom Tom in Stockholm, Sweden, but Anna’s blue facial tattoos are of course just makeup. I love them though… it’s too bad the world isn’t more permissive… Can you imagine how beautiful an experience it would be to walk down the street and see nothing but people with a myriad of appearances and visages like this?
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Monday January 29th, 2007 @ 7:41 PM
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Sunday January 28th, 2007 @ 7:44 PM
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Sunday January 28th, 2007 @ 6:45 PM
When I recently posted the scar of the hand that was in its healing phase, I was sent an email asking me to post more fully healed scarifications (what, don’t like them fresh?). Below are two good examples, with the one on the left (the heart cutting) being done about two years ago by John Joyce at Scarab Body Arts in Syracuse, NY. The one on the right (the floral/leaf pattern) is about five months old, cut by David at Slave to the Needle in Seattle, WA.
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Sunday January 28th, 2007 @ 6:39 PM
Urge 2 tattoo artist Marcy shows her surprise after being caught with her hand in the cookie jar. I’m sure Share doesn’t mind.
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Saturday January 27th, 2007 @ 7:50 PM
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Saturday January 27th, 2007 @ 12:48 AM
Alright, I don’t like leaving too unusual an entry on the very top, so let me share with you this pretty play piercing photo from Adam at Psycho City Tattoo in Lancaster, CA, done using 14ga captive bead rings (in a temporary placement).
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Saturday January 27th, 2007 @ 12:45 AM
I recently posted a video of Mirin Dajo doing intense skewering (he’s unique though because of the depth to which he penetrates his inner body cavity and even organs). I wanted to share some photos of a friend in Germany who also does very intense (and also largely private) body rituals. I want to mention a few things about this set of pictures before people comment, because I spent a moment debating whether it was a good idea to post this publicly rather than just inside BME/HARD:
- These pictures are quite intense. Don’t click them if you’re not OK with that.
- He’s doing fine and has done this before.
- The damage involved is in line with many surgical procedures (liposuction, procedures involving dermal elevation, etc.) and the risks are managable.
- The fact that he’s OK doesn’t mean it’s safe or easy — don’t try this at home unless you absolutely understand the issues.
- There are thousands of people who do this and while unusual, it is not at all unheard of.
- Throughout history thousands more people have done these rituals both publicly and privately for a variety of reasons.
- He’s doing this because he finds it a valuable and worthwhile experience. That’s a good enough reason for him, and it’s a good enough reason for me.
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Friday January 26th, 2007 @ 7:30 PM
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