You call yourself a Misfits fan?
By Shannon • Nov 13th, 2006 • Category: ModBlogDamn!!!! I really think this is the most intense facial tattoo I’ve ever seen in terms of radically transforming a person’s interaction with the rest of the world… and speaking as someone with a facial tattoo, I definitely feel like this is going to be a shock to his system. Very, very intense; I’m seriously impressed at the size of his FTW balls… Turning your face into a death mask is, just… wow…
Click for a closer view of these facial Misfits skull tattoos by Frank at Derm FX Tattoo in Montreal. Seriously, I wasn’t going to post today, but when we got this submission, I just had to share it. Wow.
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Hard. Fucking. Core.
Nice. :)
holy shitballs. social ramifications aside, i really like that!
ohmegee!
Thats some transformation.
I wonder where he works, and how many old women he’ll meet on the streets that will ask him stupid questions and touch his face.
At least its a REALLY nice tattoo.
I think I speak for everyone when I say:
FUCK ME THAT IS INCREDIBLE.
I mean, it ain’t for me and yeah, the guy has guts but wow, I’m just.. blimey..
That. Is. So. Hot! I wanna marry him, he’s beautiful!
It’s a rare occasion while processing images I jump out of my chair from shock or suprise… this image certinaly moved me.
This guy has a pair of golden balls… fucking amazing!!!! I love it!…. but im still on the WOOOOOWWWWW
not my thing but that does take balls like everyone else said.
We are 138!!!!
crazy.
Isnt the Crimson Ghost missing teeth though?
that… is amazing.
definitely a very, very talented artist.
aesthetics aside, i hate to sound like a nerd, but there’s a psychological goldmine there… i’d be really interested if somebody could interview him about why he made the decision to change his face so drastically, how people have reacted to it, if he’s had any problems coping with having a face that’s no longer a face since he got it done… any chance of making that happen shannon?
absolutely amazing.
I think Phil just posted as me :)
sexcellent.
Incredible.
And thank god he went to a good artist. I see so many facial tattoos and it’s just shit work. This is impressive and really striking. I love it.
holy fucking shit.
I certainly wonder what the marked man does from day to day? Really quite breathtaking work!
Also, BTW the link didn’t work for the site!
Beautiful work…
but for some reason looking at him makes me feel ill in the pit of my stomach. If that were me I do not think I would stay healthy mentally for very long if the only way I could see myself was as a corpse.
He must really be a major fan. Yeah big cojones indeed, craziness. he must get stared alot at now. Nice tattoo also. Im sorta stuck for words to say because im still trying to process it…
woah….
thats intense
jesus tapdancing christ. somebody interview that man, STAT!
I can’t help but think that he looks so young under that. Yeah, under that. The concept is astounding, but I imagine it must look very fake until you get up close. He’s going to make a good number of people faint and children become very wide-eyed for the rest of his days.
Please post a healed photo if/when it comes in!
that is an amazing tattoo!
Hats off to him and to the artist.
very nice
hhahaha i always joke about getting a the misfits skull all over my face but i never thought some one could do it… GRATE!
The way it transforms his face is really amazing. After staring for a while, I noticed the bridge piercing and thought “Wait, how did they pierce through bone?” He sure fooled me…
That’s amazing.
I’d be very interested to find out more about this…
i think it looks cool, but…as a tattooed person hating the following question, i can’t help but wonder if he will regret that later? his life is going to change so much from now on…good on him though, he def has balls.
i fuckin love it!
wow
he’s so pretty.. muahah. i can’t concentrate on the tattoo, eventhough it’s all over his face xD
Is it just me or does he look like a full of acne, russian looking nerd?
I mean, thats a great work by the artist, but common..
that guy just looks ugly “whearing” this.
that is for serious amazing.
that’s really beautiful, I would love to see a tatoo of all the facial muscles too in their correct anatomical positions…
holy shit man.
Fuck, that is both a seriously eye opening tattoo as well as an example of facial work done RIGHT! If it wasn’t for the fact that it looks good techincally I really don’t think this would work for me, but still, wow. That’s sure one to explain to the parents!
I would never step into one’s personal space and sure as hell never touch a stranger’s tattoos but damn I have the strongest urge to trace my fingers over this. Especailly the cheek bones. It is amazing work.
WOW
I admire him, because I’m one of those people who have hidden mods to make their life in this world easier. Someone asked if he was missing some teeth. I think that he has two more, since I counted 34 and there should be 32, but when you have a scull on your face, why not add some extra teeth :o))))))
Anyway, the tattoo looks great.
hot damn, this is amazing.
For those curious as to what he does for a living: he works at a convenience store down the street from where i live. He’s a nice guy, everybody gets along with him. :)
The black circles around the eyes are older than the rest of the tattoo. If i recall correctly, there’s also a little bit of cover-up work being done there as well.
Yeah, if you look closely at this picture you can see that the black around the eyes is older. Very cool that the store didn’t take issue with his tattoos by the way.
Goddamnit that looks stupid. Really nice work making yourself look like retard for the rest of your life. I feel sorry for him.
wow!
this is amazing work, lucky he went to someone good for such a dramatic tattoo
the gums and teeth are my favorite part…they look fuckin amazing.
In a word:
Dude…
Ilithar I feel sorry for YOU
What pretty eyes he has. :-P
Holy hell, I wouldn’t get it myself, but i’ll be damned if thats not the coolest thing I have ever seen, EVER.
I’m kind of in awe. Its really good work. And i like that.
I couldn’t imagine having something this extreme done myself though. The boy has some seriously enormous bollocks, there’s no way of denying that.
I also would love to read an interview with him. Shannon, any chance?
i love the detail, especially in the jaw bone and cheek area.
i’d love to read the interview too. He’s sort of made himself into a living memento mori.
Social suicide!!!
holy shit this is breathtaking. I wonder how that looks like when he smiles. So hott
I agree with goomy, how does this tattoo look with different facial expressions? And I’d love to see this guy with a beard, I think that would look pretty interesting :)
Magnifique welldone.
weirdness!!! (x6)
FUCK MY FACE, that is quite mindblowingly freakish. Wonderful, really really wonderful.. well done, and yeah, he must have bollocks the size of mexico.
I just don’t understand why. It seems like a bad idea to me.
That’s not to say I think it’s wrong in anyway; I simply can’t rationalize it to myself.
i think he looks beautiful.
I agree with needing an interview. Shannon, drop everything else and get on that!
Does he need to get the good ole’ DMV mugshot changed? I could see this not going over too well at a sobriety checkpoint. “Son, why you wearing that face paint in July?…Outta the car!!!”
I’ve been looking at it more and I think the effect would be even further enhanced if he was not wearing visible septum jewellery, because the ring really brings his nose forward, instead of letting your eyes get drawn back as the tattoo intends.
It’s the kind of tattoo that you can’t stop looking at!
That’s so amazing. I really respect this guy for his conviction. Some people hide all of their mods, but this guy wears his on his face.
If I had that kind of balls, I’d have Jason’s hockey mask tattooed over my face.
the first comment was exactly what i was going to say. HARD FUCKING CORE !!!! good for you man. i thought i was a big misfits fan, but holy shit. i hope you are happy with the work. you should fuck with small children. i would.
humm…balls the size of mexico…mascaras del dia de los muertos…I wonder if we’ll start seeing masks-like facials…
in response to #36, I meant that the Misfits logo, the Crimson Ghost, has teeth missing on the top and bottom jaw. Thats all.
I am in awe. Please, please, someone interview him?
well, nobody’s ever going to rob THAT convenience store while he’s working.
amazing, but after reading all these comments, I kind of wanna see a picture of his balls…
yeah boy! thats my best friend. Rick Genest , and he as crazy as he looks
I know that there is s battery of pshycological analyses that one
must pass before undergoing a sex change. With a radical transformation like this, you’d think there should at least be some sort of pre-screening process.. I worked in a shop tattooing this last summer, and would always concern myself with wether or not the client was gonna regret their tattoo years down the road. I just wonder, did the artist who executed this piece (technically wonderful) ask this client about his
motivations, or was he like, “Get in th’ chair!” five minutes after the guy walked in…
Holy fucking shit. They better give this man a lifetime membership to the Fiend Club!
I’ll do my best to get an interview shortly :)
thats awesome…i see him around sometimes and always wonder when it was going to go further.
that is AMAZING! i was thinkin about doin somethin like that a while ago but i soooooooo dont got the guts to really do it
Im suprised this isnt getting the same negative feedback as the man with the word stupid tattooed across his forhead. Double standard much? I jus think its funny that something so insignificant that can be easliy covered up with makeup gets so many negative comments but because the misfits tattoo looks cool(and its a tribute to the misfits) ITS AWESOME!-
regardless, the tattoo kicks ass.
wow! and he has nice eyes too :)
That is the single freakiest thing I have ever seen on this site. I’m staring at the picture trying to imagine having sex with him.
holy fucking christ on a crutch! that is by far the most intesnse thing i’ve ever seen! my hats off to that wonderful man and the artist who had a hand in this!
Something else i’d be interested to see would be if he has much other work done. Or if, unbelievably, this is the only tattoo work he has.
I’m curious…
Haha, same as 74! Or at least trying to imagine kissing the guy. Waiting for bone and feeling flesh instead. Interesting concept…
Oh - and am I the only one who thinks he should now shave off his eyebrows? Hair growing out of bone looks a bit funny.
I wonder how intense that was to tattoo something like that on the face. Both on a physical and mental level
It will be a wonderful day when such a beautiful tattoo will be appreciated by all who see it.
WOAH so much respect from me for him.. and his face. awesome.
wow, it looks incredibly realistic! I’m quite impressed!
omfg..amazing.
and that bridge is wonderful!
OMFG! I really love facial work but this.. this is just too much for me. I really consider myself a VERY openminded person but but… omFg!! Yeah, I guess I can applaud him for his guts and compliment the artist for his work but still.. Sorry guys, go flame me if you want to, just posting what I feel right now.
NOt only is it IN YOUR FACE.. but its done fucking well KUDOS x 2
funny, the first think i noticed was the color of his eyes.
and, someone needs to interview him. immediately. no argument about it.
very nicely done….can’t imagine what it would be like to wake up next to him though.
Interesting how people are all “Good on ya” for this, but reacted so negatively to Michelle’s tattoos a while ago. (And yeah, I freely own that I was wrong then about whether she had problems she was struggling with.) It’s interesting to me the different flavors of shock, and how they work.
Personally this one actually manages to weird me out. I don’t know why, and I certainly don’t think I’m being wise or sensible about it. I certainly don’t think he shouldn’t have gotten it. But I find it creepy somehow.
Oh, and add me to the masses clamoring for an interview, as well. Whoa.
in response to 76. you can see on his neck he has another tattoo.
I just don’t know what else to say…
Im with comment # 74 and 77 on this, imagine having sex with the guy, u’d need to serisously trust and know each other well lol. Amazing work!
I would hate to have that done to me. I like who I am and I like seeing my own ‘original’ face when I look in the mirror. It would make me sad to think that I’d never be able to see my face the natural way again.
Then again, I guess it is no different than getting a nose job or some other kind of plastic surgery to alter your face. I’d never do that either…
That being said, I have to agree that the artist did an incredibly wonderful job.
It’s amazing, I want to touch it, such lovely work.
I suppose if he wants to have the no tattoo look, there’s always dermablend.
The tattoo has changed the shape of his whole face, I can’t visualise what he’d look like without it.
Kudos for conviction.
Fascinating. Even as I’ve been reading the comments I can’t help but go back and look at the pictures again and again… I’ll fifteenth (or whatever the count is up to) the request for an interview.
Thats one way to hide your acne
wow imagine walking up to that guy in a little alley at night, or waking up next to him. that would get a few screams and shrieks out of me for the first couple of nights.
Is that the guy who beat-up Daniel in Karate Kid?
I like the work, but the jawline from the side looks a bit sloppy in comparison with the rest.
It’s an amazing tattoo, and great work, but what a huge leap to take… He looks so young; I can’t imagine living out the rest of my days as a skull. How freaky will it be when he’s 90 and close to death?!
Wow. YOU GO BOY!!!!! Some of the entries on Modblog makes me wonder about the people years from now… i’m talking 20, 40 years from now. I hope BME will still be running and updating us all about these things. But seriously, amazing.
i’m curious to see him smiling, i bet that looks amazing.
i’m curious to see him smiling.
That’s a pretty remarkable factial transformation.
This is one that needs some hindsight. I really want to hear how life changes for this guy…
I’m afraid I’m with the geekier end of the spectrum - 32 teeth (post 36), and it doesn’t look like where the bones would actually sit under his skin. However, these might both be adjustments that make the tattoo work better aesthetically, I can’t quit picture it, and the tattoo does look damn good.
Also as others have said, I can’t quite imagine waking up every morning to find myself dead - though, it took me quite some time to get used to waking up every morning to having a silvery ball under my lips, or brightly coloured hair when I used to dye it :)
Huge balls, yes, and if you can get used to it, I’m impressed :)
Oh - and I also would really appreciate photos of him pulling different expressions! I’m hugely curious about how it moves with his face!
Well, I DID call myself a Misfits fan……
Geez. I dunno - regardless of how well this tattoo was executed, it makes me feel it’s a serious step too far. The way you and society react to each other could never begin to be anywhere near normal. And I feel equally uncomfortable at those people in here cheering from the sidelines - I get the feeling they’d be cheering just as lustily if he were about to take his head off with a chainsaw.
shit, this guy just redefined hardcore… Websters, I expect to see this guy’s picture next to hardcore in next years dictionary.
amazing facial modification..really WOW!!!
Well, everyone’s gotta be unique somehow. While it might be fine to say “Fuck society” society will fuck you back. Big balls? I guess.
/hates the misfits
I’m with the people that wonder how young this guy is. I worry about the youngsters who make such dramatic changes to their bodies, like I did, and then regret it 5 years down the line when you start to mature a little. Although I think that about a lot of the people that I see here.
It’s interesting that the initial reaction is so universal. Regardless of like, dislike, or other opinions formed after taking it in, everyone seems to have the same first reaction: to really take notice, almost in a high-alert fashion.
I think this could be similar to the way a baby’s cry is so alerting and distracting. There are certain sounds and images that seem to universally heighten our senses. It seems plausible that an increase in sensual acuity, prompted by sounds of babies’ cries or images of human skulls, would have been an evolutionary advantage for humans. Perhaps this is the reason we all find this so striking.
i want to see show pics of his face “in action.”
like smiling, talking, etc. that is the real test to see how good the tattoo is, if it moves correctly with his face.
i also think they should add some shading to his forehead, it looks like they “skipped” that part of the canvas.
I love that tattoo! I’m a Misfits fan, so I must say: INTERVIEW THAT MAN! NOW!
FIENDS FOREVER!
i will gladly sign your interview request petition, thank you.
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maybe this tattoo has nothing to do with the misfits and he just thought it would be an interesting concept? i like how the shadowing really draws in the hollows of his cheeks
One more for an interview!
And I agree this is way more psychologically disturbing/interesting than Michelle’s set of tattoos.
Honestly, I’ve never had much experience with Misfits, so it reminded me more of Shao Khan’s mask from Mortal Kombat (which isn’t a bad thing in the slightest).
Besides that though, it’s a really interesting effect. Count me on the list of people that want to see an interview.
That’s some hardcore shit. It looks fucking awesome too. Kinda reminds me of that little black guy Jim Carrey has to fight in Ace Ventura..
I respect this dude so much. Deffinately requires some major testicular fortitude to go through with this.
Interview would be awesome, I wanna know more about this.
i dont even think rico is a misfits fan…
i think crazy unique tattoos are fucking hot.
and he has gorgeous eyes! the black just makes them stand out a million times more.
That is quite a dramatic change.
Good for him to be willing to do such a thing. It’d be neat to see if he went through and touch up his eyelids to get them completely blacked-out.
Very nice, though.
uhuh i agree about the eyelids, and maybe some forehead detail/shading would be a nice progression from this.
i know i’m like the 115th person to say it, but i think this is freaking awesome.
very very nice and very very interesting tattoo. I wonder if he questions his identity when looking in a mirror now? Or maybe this is his identity..
how about, what a stupid asshole
Wow. I wonder what inspired him to go this way with a Misfits tattoo? Its really wonderful and all… but wow! He definatly has way bigger balls than anyone I know!
Is he done? Or will he be adding more when the forehead acne goes away?
holly fuck!!!!
that is the best tattoo i have ever seen…
i mean the ideia….and the courage
amazing
Woah, that is really… fucking sexy. I’m not quite sure why…
i’m interested in seeing a “before” photo…
Wow…
He must really like this band that wasn’t that bad 20-something years ago. I wouldn’t otherwise know it!
you are possibly one of the stupidest fucks alive. why the FUCK would you do that to yourself. go shoot up a school already you fucking freak.
he must have some serious psychological issues. it is one thing to maybe paint up that way every day, but when it doesn’t come off…i think i would want to kill myself….eeekkk
WOW. i also wondered how old he was at first glance. one of the first things i noticed as the acne…but that could just be from A+D. that dude IS NOT fucking around. and good luck working at a convienence store…i worked at one with a sleeve and 3/4″ lobes and wanted to punch people in the throat. maybe he has more patience than i do…
Hands down the most absolutely beautiful tattoo I have ever seen. Especially considering that it’s basically something I’ve dreamt about doing myself for quite a few years now. I really sincerely hope he enjoys it as much as I imagine I would.
I don’t care what kind of crap I get for saying this but I think this is a really dumb tattoo. I know everyone can do what they want with their body but everyone is also intitled to their own opinion, and mine is negative towards this. When I first saw the photos, before reading anything I hoped so much that this was just a cool halloween mask someone painted on. To my dismay it is a tattoo. No doubt the tattoo is done pretty well but come on! It just plain looks stupid. I sincerely hope this individual knows what he has done to himself and is ready for a life time of negative feedback in many different forms. Yes, he may have support from the body modification community but he most certainly will not have support anywhere in the outside world and I am afraid for what his future looks like. . Hopefully it is more positive and safe than what I am suspecting.
wat a moron, his whole life is ruined
Facial skull facial tat is totally beautifully but will he be able to live with it for the future. Being facially tatted the skull is not a image that would be one that the majority of people would appredciate except those of us that appreciate body modifications, artisits and others.
I agree the tattoo in itself is amazing, really nice work. but i dont think it looks right because the teeth extend all the way across his face. from the side it looks fine. but from the front it just looks wierd. and you can add me to the interview petition as well!
HOLYYYY MACKERAL!
I wonder if he’ll have an open casket at his funeral…
does anyone know his name?
Someday he will make a very fancy dead man!
Someday he will make a very fancy dead man! Does anyone know his name?
wow!
he has beautiful eyes (one of the first things i noticed btw)
i too, would like to see him smile ; )
must interview him!
that is amazing work, just amazing. i hope there’s more behind it aside from being a misfits fan though.
holy shit. he is a carbon-copy of my ex, who committed suicide years ago. they could be twins. that’s eerie.
and i live in montreal - i hope to see this guy live in action sometime! and congratulate him for the balls he’s got.
This is further reinforcing my want to get a facial tattoo. Even though they will be small. This fellow is very good looking, and the tattoo makes him all the more beautiful.
thats one fuckin awesome tattoo.
it is quite weird that there are hardly any of “HE’S SO STUPID!” comments like on plenty of other updates.
i really dont understand that.
Seeing as it was just posted a few days ago on Shannon’s blog that things have become increasingly nasty on here, which they have.
I really hope this is a step towards society changing and not looking at a modified person as unprofessional.
Eventually that has to stop with so many people becoming heavily modified.
That tat is awesome.
The artist did great.
I’m happy he did this.
I wish i had the balls to do it.
And i’m sure he will get asked a lot of questions….
*shrugs* “Why Not?”
totally fucking rad!
Simply amazing. If only our world had more people that would do things such as this. In all honesty if it wasn’t for people discriminating so much this world would have many more fine examples of art like this.
beautiful.
Oh, and I was one of the people who responded to Michelle’s tattoos with a certain level of concern. To the person who said it’s funny that the comments there were more negative… I think there’s not even a COMPARISON between her and this guy. I have been thinking about this tat all day and I may have put my finger on it. Michelle might make us sad or concerned, compassionate or turned on… but never SCARED. There is something scary about this one. Not just that if you’re not expecting it and he sneaks up on you you might be scared, halloween style. But imagining the psychology behind getting it…. how literally in your face (and his) it is… I could write a graduate thesis on this guy.
I too want to have sex with him. Go figure.
WOW…that’s the most amazing facial tattoo I’ve ever seen in my fuckin’ whole lifeeeeeeee!!!!!!!! :O
The tattoo itself screams:”I am from the fiend club, not you..” hahahahaha
As lots of people said before, he has a pair of golden balls, for sure.
and yeah..WOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW again. :O
I think the quality of the work is fantastic. But having death tattooed on your face for the rest of your life, seems awfully extreme. When getting something which physically, and mentally changes you forever, you have to be satisfied, and fingers crossed that he is…
fuck fuck and fuck! is one of the best impressive works I have ever seen on a face…
I cant stop to watch it…lol
Have to agree with comment #67. Much like a sex change, this is going to change the way the world looks at him like it or not. I hope he’s psychologically prepared for that. Very curious how long the artist made him wait before doing that. I’m also curious if any other artists turned this tattoo away.
awsome, just freckin’ awsome i tell ya.
I second the request for an interview, this seems so fascinating!
It’s really a beautifully done tattoo, and I’d love to see healed pictures as well as pictures where he smiles/ does other expressions. And.. for some reason, I’d love to see him with a goatee.
To everyone who keeps yelling about how he’ll regret it.. well, I’m sure he thought about it for a good long time before he got it. Maybe, in truth, he’d be regretting it forever if he didn’t get it?
Oh, and beautiful eyes. :)
I am going to steal these images to my next misfits video!
Fuck me! That is HARDcore! Not to my personal taste, and I have to say that I feel that he may regret that in a few years but as someone said he must have thought about long and hard, it’s all about personal choice and hat’s off to him for having the guts to go for it.
I agree, he should shave his head, eyebrows included. Very well done. And I too am surprised about the lack of asshole comments. It’s rather nice though, not having them.
And another set of pictures showing his different emotions would be great.
Things have been getting nastier on here. It’s fine to explain that you don’t like something in an intelligent manner, as I attempted in reaction to Michelle’s tattoos. I like this because the actual work is well done, and because I think that the psychology behind it is more interesting than worrying.
I really do feel sorry for those posters whose explanations of displeasure are only given using obscenities. I hope that they will learn the lessons that all small children are taught (politeness is good, the English language is useful) one day.
WOW.
Incredible idea, incredible guts to have that done, and what an incredible job the tattooist did! Can you imagine what that would’ve looked like in the hands of an untalented artist?
That is seriously amazing.
Not that I have anything against the tattoo, but does anyone else have a problem with the singer of the Misfits being a raving anti-semitic?
I think this is the first tyme I’ve thought this, but I do wonder if there will be regrets with this tattoo.
that aside, it is an absolutly incredible piece those
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AWESOME !
It’d be great if during the interview they asked him if he does cover it with dermablend or similar, and if so how often.
From a parent’s point of view I’d be really pissed if my small child came across him on the street with his skull tattoo in full view. It just seems irresponsible to walk around showing it in public.
It strikes me as being much the same as having a blatantly pornographic image on one’s face, and in the same way, it takes away the parents’ ability to censor what their child is exposed to.
Other than it being vaguely frightening, I really don’t think this is anything like exposing a child to an adult-themed tattoo!!!!
Split thoughts…
The tattoo is totally mind blowing. What a great guy. I’m totally impressed, the guy has tremendous guts to do this. He must have thought about the disadvantages it would bring him, but he has chosen show of, stand out and chose for his desires! He really pushes some barriers! How did he convince the established tattooist to do this? Many people have tattooed skulls, perhaps even with the same meaning, but logically, the placing of this tattoo is artistically the best. I’m sure it won’t only repel people, but certainly also attract people, gothics? These people will no doubt form a strong social shell around him. Maybe he can even make money with it.
However… How long will he enjoy the favor of it? It’s the first thing he’ll see in the mirror in the morning. Also, the face ages, changing the shape of the skull tattoo. Indeed, the subject relates to the radicalism dark view on life involved in growing up. How long will he support that view? Also, he may get tired of the shock effect it provokes all the time. With everybody he meets for the first time, the obvious subject is the skull tattoo. Everybody he’ll talk to is thinking about death, reminded of lost friends, usually not the happiest starting point for talking. I think it will give very difficult unwanted situations around funerals and people who have lost relatives or friends.
He is doing this oviously to show it to the world. It gets people talking. I had to yell at my wife to get in here and see this. And I had to check out misfits on some of my mp3 sites. Word of mouth is the bigest medium. And people will talk.
He has BALLS of solid titanium! Until death do you part. Rock out man….
I thought this was a great face painting at first, but I don’t like it as a tattoo.
The colour doesn’t seem to have taken too well over his nose… but apart from that, as someone who’s studied anatomy, the whole “the cheek bone is connected to the jaw bone” thing really gets on my nerves. Seriously, if you’re going to go to that much trouble getting a highly visible, and reasonably detailed, “realistic” looking tattoo… at least google an anatomical picture before you get it permanently inked.
The mandible (jaw bone) is connected to the temporal bone, not the maxilla (cheek bone) as in the tattoo. The location of the “hinge” of the joint is also way off (it should be very close to, and just in front of, the earlobe/tragus).
This comment probably seems anal to some people, but I just think this would have looked a whole lot better if it was done more accurately, considering the realistic style.
…just a thought…he may not correlate his tattoo as a “death mask” as society does.
Wow, that’s retarded. There’s no good reason for anyone to do something like that. Seeing that just makes me hate stupid people even more. I hope he doesn’t procreate.
“WTF I WOULD NEVER DO TAHT Y SHOULD HE!!”: 5 or 6
“Yeesh..not my style but that’s dedication, good on you, Mr Big Balls Man.”: 40-odd
“Gushing and deserved praise for style/art/mentality”: 110-odd
Misc: 15-odd
That’s an encouraging ratio.
Wow, the work itself is amazing, the way it really does transform his face. I wonder if they did a realistic mockup or something to get an idea on how to make it all look so good?
But anyways, I think its awesome.
I wonder how different this is from other full face tattoos (e.g. The Lizardman) Is it just very different in most people’s minds?
I think he should get the res of his eyes (eyelids) tattooed so when he closes his eyes They can look blank >_> Not that it’s my business, just a thought.
171 - i completely agree!
i will be circulating an email-petition on banning children from science class, self expression, halloween, meeting different people than themselves and the purchase of human anatomy/science books…we need to have the choice and ability to censor everything so that our children do not go through life asking questions or seeing things (we dont want our children to start expressing how they really feel!)
you know, someone should really make him wear like a mask everyday so no body can see his self expression. my child saw me and asked what it was, i told her it was a tattoo, just like what mommy has, and she said “oh”.
UNACCEPTABLE!
so everybody please leave your email below to let me know that you want to sign!
i really am split on this one,
it is an AMAZING tatoo, and looks really cool NOW, but what is it going to look like in 30 years? i really hope he doesnt regrett having it done in a few years time…
i would very much like to hear an interview with him about life with thoose tatt’s, because surely he must get some very bad reactions? i know if someone got that where i live they would get the shit beat outta them :(
I wouldn’t expose a very small child to horror themes - that’s not a cutesy skull, it’s quite creepy. Toser, there’s a huge difference between a science class (and I’m not talking about school aged children, as I stated, I’m referring to a very small child) and a man walking down the street with a tattoo like that.
I’m all for giving children the opportunity to experience new and exciting things and encouraging self expression and questioning of ideas, but if, for instance my 1 or 2 year old child saw that guy in the street and was terrified and ended up having nightmares, I’d be pissed as hell with the skull guy and think him irresponsible.
You can’t reason with a child before a certain age, and a very young child would not be able to comprehend that he’s just a normal person with some intense ink. Aside from the actual content, I don’t see much difference in exposing a young child to say, a very gory horror film and a pornographic video. Same with explicit tattoos.
It’s fine to play at being oh-so-open-minded, but when it comes down to it, I absolutely would not want that guy freaking out my young child - and I don’t think there’s anything wrong with saying so, either.
“From a parent’s point of view I’d be really pissed if my small child came across him on the street with his skull tattoo in full view. It just seems irresponsible to walk around showing it in public.
It strikes me as being much the same as having a blatantly pornographic image on one’s face, and in the same way, it takes away the parents’ ability to censor what their child is exposed to.”
Are you serious? And what bad things pornography can bring to a child, when he/she is only seeing it, the same way with this guys face? Censoring your kids from seeing this person just shows how ignorant it is to judge someone by its look.
A kid seeing this tattoo would most likely think it was a guy playing dress up and nothing more.
Amazing…… I sure would not do that shit to myself but i must admit it looks amazing.
Would be cool to know more about the guy and the artist who did this (his website is in french or some language i don`t understand).
181 - EXACTLY! and thats why people shouldn’t be allowed to express themselves!!!!!
and who wants to actually take time to explain anything to children?
i mean, what if a child saw that tattoo, asked there parents about it, and than the parents went on to explain it, as if it was a science lesson! what if they turned it into something educational about the make up of bodies?
oh lord i can’t even think about it! it makes me sick!
especially when children and adults can have nightmares about ABSOLUTLY ANYTHING - REAL OR FANTASY, why add to it? i have nightmares about free speech, freedom of expression, art, individualism, tattoos and skulls - all the time.
thank you for being there with me!
Wow. That’s really technically incredible, but my main thought is how interesting it’d be to see how different he looks as he ages.
I don’t understand the ‘WON’T SOMEBODY THINK OF THE CHILDREN?!’ argument at all, it really is honestly not more ’scary’ than anything shops sell around halloween, y’know?
Chalk me up as another one who’d love to see the interview.
Shannon, was this really a Misfits-inspired tattoo? When I read the caption, I thought you were just being tongue-in-cheek…I’d be interested to know if it was maybe for another reason?
Seems like knowing what inspired his decision would be really informative - this degree of facial tattooing seems like a HUGE step to take. (not saying it’s good or bad - I don’t think that’s the issue - but everyone seems to agree this is a major modification that will really affect how he interacts with society)
revolting!
this is exactly what society needs to open up his eyes!
it’s just briljant… RESPECT
174. Ausmoz
I wound up singing “The mandible is connected to the temporal bone”
I don’t think I can go back to the old way!
In 30 years will 30 times more scary
RE: 171, 181.
Ignoring all the other issues about this tattoo, it seems to me that if you wanted to protect your child, and children in general, from sights that you and society as a whole consider “scary”…
You’d have to ban albinos, disfigured people, handicapped people, from walking the streets. Possibly creepy old grannies, as well.
I understand the basic concern, but kids are going to see far more horrific things on day-time TV… It’s ridiculous to take this to a stage where it becomes discrimination, pure and simple.
Have some sense of perspective.
This is just awesomely freaky!
whoa whoa whoa…he turned into a martian!
I really hope this guy did think about what he was about to get himself into before he started.
You’ve got to remember, people on BME are a lot more concious of the emotional attatchments to mods than people outside our community are. What if the guy walked in to a studio, and on a whim said, “I want to have my face tattooed like a skull.” and the artist was so into the idea he just jumped on it?
If he DID think about it, I’d love to know the reasoning behind it. Is it really a Misfits tattoo, does he pride himself as a member of the undead, is this his symbolic war paint against society?
On the children issue: I fail to see how his decision to tattoo his face like a skull should result in parents freaking out about him corrupting, and damaging, their children. Notice, I said SHOULD. It’s simiar to the Mr. Goodbody thing, but on a much bolder scale.
And, Toser, I really hope that you’re a complete smart ass. If not, people like you shouldn’t be tolerated, especially not on BME.
Ok, I’m aware my point of view is not what people call ‘open minded’, and it will surely piss most of you off.
But I’m gonna state it anyway.
You are not supposed to share it.
Here we go: dumbness should NOT be confused with balls.
And it seems to me here we are dealing with the former.
** [b] This guy has just completely fucked up his life.[/b] **
And I’m not talking about his friggin job or anything like that.
That is a very minor part of the whole thing.
What I’m saying is that from now on, each and every of his fucking social relationships will be fuckin’ impaired.
Apart from being simply utterly stupid, and depressing, and regrettable, and ugly, having a death mask as one’s face can upset many, many people one’s gonna meet and relate to. Actually, I think almost EVERY PERSON I KNOW wouldn’t be going to talk with this guy.
In other words, I think that he’s done a rather dumb thing, and that the guy who did this is to an artist what Mengele was to a doctor.
You know, I don’t thing there’s anything wrong with facial tattoos, I like facial tattoos, as well as full-body sleeves and everything, but this is plain *BAD TASTE*.
P.S. Sorry for my English. I know it sucks. I’ve never visited an English speaking country, neither I’ve been formally educated in it, try to not get mad at me :)
> Are you serious? And what bad things pornography can bring to a child, when he/
> she is only seeing it, the same way with this guys face? Censoring your kids from
> seeing this person just shows how ignorant it is to judge someone by its look.
You know, sex is death, death is sex.
Of course he/she is being sarky!
Around the world, children are starving, enslaved, subject to torment at the hands of paedophiles. Fantasy and imagination are often the only way that these children can get through their everyday lives.
Every child, both those and luckier ones, loves horror costumes and make-up - that’s every child whose innate imagination has not been ground down by over-zealous parents, stunting their children’s intellectual growth by making insulting assumptions about their mental ability.
Until we have the guy’s own words from an interview or similar, it’s impossible, repeat impossible, to know what his views on his tattoo are. Does he consider it a death mask, a misfits fan art, an anatomical depiction, a joke…?
It’s possible, that, just like Manwoman with his many swastika tattoos, he’s trying to reclaim a cultural symbol. In which case, by getting this tattoo done, he’s taking a huge job upon himself: that of opening people’s minds up. If so… bloody well done.
Or he could just be a Hamlet fan…
195 - this is my serious face - >:|
I have mixed feelings about this one! My initial thought was, “absolutely crazy.” because the social difficulties and personal image and the fact that he does look pretty young all popped up in my head.
Then there’s the fact that it’s just like putting face paint on every day except now he doesn’t have to waste the time doing it. I bet it’d be a very engaging face to talk to. I’m definitely curious as to his thoughts behind it… Everybody says it took a lot of balls but.. I know there are some youths that just don’t care about their future, and I’d hate to think this was one of those of-the-moment obsessions/decisions.
I think Toser has got to be using sarcasm.
Kids need to know about death, just as much as they need to know about sex. Children in other countries see death, some of them are soldiers in wars. Some of them step on land mines when they’re out playing. America is so good at covering up realities, smoothing everything over to look shiny and perfect and new. Bah!
regardless of what other people to think or say about his tattoo harming small children, I think it is really beautifully done. Would love to read an interview with him and find out more about the process of getting it done or what lead him to choose it.
I think it’s beautiful…
What a nutter!!!! In a few years time he might have to start shaving… what’s it going to look like then?
I feel sorry for the kid… but I can’t stop myself laughing. Poor thing is going to get the shit kicked out of him on a regular basis for the rest of his life.
One thing I think I’ve only seen one person pick up on (sorry for not giving credit, but I’m not scrolling back up through 200+ posts to find it!) is that not everyone associates skulls with death or fear… I did, and made the obvious comment myself way back up there, but it’s not universal to all cultures.
Especially in light of Sah’s “THINK OF THE CHILDREN!” crap - because really, it is crap - I think it’s worth noting that if your kids are scared of skulls, it’s because other external influences made them that way. It’s not a natural instinct to be scared of skulls - and frankly by the time they’re old enough to understand what a skull is exactly, they’re old enough to understand that tattoos are no scarier than face paints.
So, to them, he just looks “different”. And if your kids are scared of anything that’s different… wow, sorry, you failed.
I cannot think of ONE thing that hasn’t already been said about this incredible tattoo. It has brought to life every known human feeling— awe, admiration, wonderment, hate, love, sex, and more. Count ME as one who wants and plans to have his face and skull covered with tattoo ink, but mine will be a ‘ho-hum’ blackwork design that will not evoke the kinds of emotions expressed about this controversial tattoo. I wish this guy well; he has and will continue to stun most people who view him.
Wonderful work but a bad idea imo.
And what’s with the coke bottle? Makes it look so amateur.
i’m going up to montreal soon to visit my cousin soon.. and this guy is on my ‘people i HAVE to meet in canada’ list. and i’ll probably get inked at Derm FX while i’m at it. hurr.
ohmygod. amazing.
i think it is one of the best face tattoos i have ever seen it is right up there with ingma and matt gones face tattoos that means i like it and i wish we could see more people all around the world with face tattoos and more people not being told that thay cant work a norml job just because there face is tattood i all so have tattoos but not on my face because my work would not let me have it if my work wood let me get my face tattood and cary on working as norml i wood get my face tattood as i have wonted this for a very very long time and it would make me more happy as it would be a nother tattoo to my colechin from bob fox
my brain just bled a little bit trying to read #206
What an average tattoo. If it were on someone’s shoulder i’d think it was flash. Good luck.
Geeze “bob fox”, learn how to use punctuation and capitalization… that was the roughest comment that I’ve read on here.
Cool 4 about 10 seconds, then the reality of it set in, now I just feel sad 4 him. The rest of his life will be an extreme mental challenge, I hope he is prepared ………I would like to hear from him in 5 years…….I wish him well!
wow !!!!!!!!!! but why????
WOW…
We are 138…
But he’s ..wow. that is some amazing work, and I love it. What an awesome guy…
hahahahh LOVE @ COMMENTZ 206!!
“people not being told that thay cant work a norml job just because there face is tattood i all so have tattoos but not on my face because my work would not let me have it ”
hehe GO HARD SLUGGER!!!
XXX
WHY???????????? I SEEN IT ALL —– HOPE HE CAN LIVE ON MIN. WAGE. DOES THE GOVERMENT PAY PEOPLE FOR BEING STUPID.
WHY???????????? I SEEN IT ALL —– HOPE HE CAN LIVE ON MIN. WAGE. DOES THE GOVERMENT PAY PEOPLE FOR BEING STUPID.
#220: They pay the President, don’t they?
Nope, only people who type in all caps and talk shit, they’re the real ones who deserve the money
I would love to read an interview done by bme about this person. I think it would be fascinating to hear what motivated such a beautiful but intense piece like this
Ok I have to comment on this… Hello “Charlie , just because this guy with the skull tattoo and people like ME with facial work have erm.. Visible tattoos DONâT mean we cannot get a job!
I have never been on MIN wage and never will.. And I don’t work in the bod-mod industry.
Some how I donât think you âhave seen it allâ?
And you will find that it’s the government that is STUPID!!
….. Oh and narrow minded hicks, enjoy, lol
#221: Zing!
hahah! oh god. i am peeing myself from comment 182(toser). i love it.
as for this work, it is by far MY FAVOURITE on bme.
the bar is set as far as facial tattoos go.
His parents must be incredible proud
The “think of the children” argument is ridiculous.
A skull is a bone in the body. Everyone has one. We’re going to teach our children to be scared of our own anatomy? Yeah right.
Kids are more likely to be scared of a woman in a bright gree shirt and bright makeup with a big red leery grin than a man wandering around with a skull for a face.
And have you not noticed, kids love halloween. I think it would be great fun to see this ghoulie wandering around off-season. I know I would have loved it.
By protecting your kids from the out there and different, you are teaching them to be scared of things that are unique. You promote closemindedness in your own children.
wow, being a very serious, huge misfit fan myself, i am completely blown away by this. amazing. utterly.
This goes out to blue - Is your job being a smurf ?
If you want to look like a halloween costume and need the attention…..good luck!
I applauded him and look forward to see more individuals with such bold modifications.
I so wanna have this guy’s babies.
I think the most frightening part about this one was only just brought to my attention by comment 209. The colour of a lable and a mere EDGE of the packaging logo, and edge that isn’t connected to the larger more universal logo, but the edge of the design….AUTOMATICLLY, we all know it’s a coke bottle.
Aw man. :/ I didn’t know if it did that…thing with open brackets or not. sadface.
Anyway, my comment got cut off; so, to recap: COKE IS SCARY, POOR YOUTHS!
I:
-Think this guy looks a bit like a wanker, but
-I really love those fucking teeth! S2!
-I also want expression pictures/an interview, like everyone else ;D
The difference between this guy and the girl from a bit back:
Her tattoos were less ambigous, more direct, because she chose words. The words were self-reflective and possessive ["_MY_ pussy" "_I_ fuck"] so they were much more blunt about it.
This guy chose imagery. More appropriatly, symboligy. The skull is a symbol of death, but death in this sense is a concept and not an absolute, and depends on the viewer’s concept of death and experiance with it. It also helps that skulls are tres hip and ultratrendy, which weakens our cultural assotiation with fear.
im kinda on both sides of this. of course i dont know him or his story, but freedom of expression aside, a lot of questions immediately spring into your mind when you see someone this young making such a drastic identity shift. such as concern for his psychological well being- before AND after the transformation. and im not against facial tattooing, but its a choice that will hugely effect your future, it will narrow your options in life, not just career wise. contrast this guy with someone like bruce potts. i think theres a big difference.
that being said. its a pretty wicked looking tattoo. i think the jewelry detracts from it, its so strong on its own, i think it should be embraced on its own. it’d be cool to see more cracks on the chin and forehead. and more black on the throat and neck. finishing out the eyes i think would really finish it off, even though that would loose the whole misfit’s idea.
holy it looks real when i saw it. Great detail very nicely done
he cant get in trouble now, cause tell me if you are running from someone, who CAN’T recognize you… “we have a 1025, a guy with a skull tatoo all over his face just stole a tv”
I think its amazing, would look good to do the whole eyelid and some on the forehead. Sumwhat bemused by the ‘will he regret it?’ comments. In New Zealand there is no shortage of facial tattoos often gang related, that im sure some people would find much more hardcore or intimidating, but these dont seem to get so much comment.
That wasn’t Bob Fox.
I’d know those ramblings anywhere, Matt Gone.
OH NOES WHAT ABOUTS THE CHILDREN PLEASE OH SWEET BABY JESUS THINK OF THE LITTLE CHILDREN
Oh. Wow.
Interview, please!
Realistic skull tattoo on face…
This gentleman sports a tattoo that looks like a skull. Visit link for bigger photos. Link (Thanks, Kirsten!)……
Sorry, but this is just a lame, albeit fairly successful, attempt at
getting attention and pity.
For all you near sighted people jumping on the “I’m so liberal” bandwagon carrying on about how skulls are an anatomical part of the body and not to be feared, look at the first hundred or so posts saying how real it looks. Then spend some time around very small children, and think about this:
If you thought you saw a guy walking down the street with a creepy looking skull instead of a face, and didn’t understad the concept of tattoos or facepaint, don’t you think you’d be a tad frightened?
Honestly, if you people think it’s fine to expose your VERY YOUNG (as I have to keep reiterating) children to random encounters with realistic imagery like that, I hope for the sake of your proposed progeny that you never procreate.
“He forgot to not do that.”
He couldn’t even get a job as a carny now–it would scare the kids. Maybe he could work the Haunted House but carnies have to be flexible.
I wonder if you can win the Darwin Awards by doing something which causes you to NEVER have sex again thereby removing yourself from the gene pool.
Hm…..
I hereby nominate this bonehead.
That’s assuming this is a real …
Ummmm…
Over 90% of people who get facial tattoos end up commiting suicide.
its a very telling thing about the state of someones mind and self esteem for them to disfigure their face.
i’m not saying people should not be allowed to do it, i’m jut saying that the statistic resonated with me when i read it because the three people i have known who have gotten face tattos have all killed themselves.
- and everyone time i mention that statistic to people, they have similar experience knowing people with facial tattos.
someone said he works at a convenience store, well that sucks that hes going to be forced to work there for the rest of his life because I can’t see too many places wanting to employ him, especially in such a horrible economy where it is already so hard to find good employment
Realistic skull tattoo on face…
Mark Frauenfelder : This gentleman sports a tattoo that looks like a skull. Visit link for bigger photos….
Duh.
interesting, but it’s my opinion that this guy just has poor judgement.
Good luck meeting people, finding work, getting laid, etc.
Pretty crazy photos, but to me that looks almost nothing like the Misfits skull. More like a Pushead drawing.
I like how in the side shot it looks like a huge skull face with a cute little bottle of Coke.
What a cunt. Let’s take another picture when he’s 65 and fat, if he doesn’t kill himself before then.
Sah, in YOUR HOME you can censor what your children see. You can block channels with a V- chip and decide what kind of reading material is allowed into your home, but you cannot dictate what goes on in the rest of the world. You talk of others’ responsibility to children. I personally have no children, nor do I want any. What I do with my body (or what anyone else does with theirs) is no business to you or your oversheltered offspring. If you don’t want your children exposed to real life, then board up your windows, light a candle and say a prayer for your socially naive and psychologically maladjusted kids.
For fucks sake. Well this guy has made a major commitment. It’s an amazing tattoo, I hope he knows what he’s gotten into.
Now for the haters:
What about the children? Puh-lease. If you can’t explain to your child about a random dude who has a tattoo, please give me your address so I can have DHS take your children away ASAP. Clearly you aren’t up to being a parent.
Minimum wage? Uh, yeah, dude, until you learn what caplock is for, you deserve to be on minimum wage.
And for kyle every: DIAF. Seriously.
Sah I have to reply to this. I have two kids myself they are older but both have been around tattoos their whole lives. They have seen many types over the years and not one has ever scared them. I have never seen a child scared of a tattoo even those that have never been around them. Matter of fact most want to touch because they want to understand even at very young ages.
I had both my boys look at the pics and even though both said they would never do that they thought it was a “good job” and “weird.”
I do see how some parents would get upset but chances are the kids will only get upset because the parents did. Kids tend to be more accepting of things they see that adults give them credit for.
A balding kid with bad acne gets a Misfits skull tatted on his face and all sorts of girls post here that they want to have sex with him.
Um, girls: You have issues and need therapy and a father figure that never molested you. (Oh, and Hot Topic sucks.)
Tatted kid: Danzig laughed when he saw these pics, you can still see your acne, you’re still going bald, and you’re never going to get to actually meet/fuck these girls because their dads won’t stop molesting them long enough for them to find the convenience store you will forever work at.
Wow. Add me to the list of people who wants to know “what were ya thinking?” with a followup in 5 years. Serious sincere curiosity here.
It’s quite well done. I don’t know about the Misfits but I too think that coloring in the eyes would complete it if he wants a regular skull look, also adding knits to the forehead. People are mentioning healing, I guess if it’s fresh some of the pink will lessen? But it looks good right now as is.
That said, it’s definitely a permanent, life-altering change. If he decides he doesn’t like the scary skull look, it seems it’d be all about the completely black face, from here. That’s extreme too, but not horror. I think it would change the reactions, again. Or, I guess he could get a mask like Phantom of the Opera, actually that alone would be an interesting non-permanent daily wear.
As for the small kid thing - maybe you all loved Halloween and horror, but I hated it as a kid and I hate it now. I don’t like Halloween, I don’t like zombies, I just don’t like gore and skulls and all that kinda thing. I don’t like the rubber dismembered body parts the coffeehouse has out in October. It takes all kinds, I’m sure I’m in the minority.
Everyone’s free to be a skull, but I wouldn’t be so quick to assume that all kids are gonna think it’s great (or hate it, either) - you just never can tell.
While I’m in here - I am really appreciating modblog, Shannon (and I say that as someone with no mods whatsoever).
hi there,this is Frank the artist,i see that this tattoo is getting alot of attention,i dont usualy tattoo faces unless i’ve got something to fix;i was not going to tattoo him because he had no tattoos on his face so he went and got someone to start it and came back so i could fix it his plan is to be a complete skeleton with maggots, cockroaches,and spiderwebs and has nothing to do with the misfits.
Pussy. A real committed bodymodder would have found a plastic surgeon to actually remove his lips, nose, and cheeks.
Someone tell this guy to be sure to vote for candidates that support increasing the minimum wage!
photoshop.
tattoo on lips?
i think this is a clear sign of lack of protein during his childhood. heroin is a lot better. f off
it’s called personal identity. get your own.
So… what does this guy do on the other 364 days of the year that’s not Halloween? What a loser.