Local hooker: “When ya gotta go, ya gotta go.“

Disclaimer: Photo may be slightly altered and quote may be fabricated.

Sorry the pictures are blurry; she’s sewing chicken skin to her breasts and genitals if it’s not clear. I do not know the context or meaning so if please feel free to add that to the comments if you know!

I like this…

I’m not going to say that seeing this photo makes me desperately want to embrace Marysparks simply so I can run my fingertips over those wonderful keloids… but I will write it here on ModBlog! These really seem to have healed wonderfully… Cutting by Shawn Lower, photo by IllumiQuest.

• 2007-02-24: New Zealand: A tattoo’s deeper meaning [by Ribibe]
• 2007-02-24: MA: Crimson Needle Tattoo Studio brings growing artform to Ayer [by Ribibe]
• 2007-02-24: WI: Henna tattoo courses expand world for Washington students [by Ribibe]
• 2007-02-24: PA: Honored artists illustrate life [by Eyeball Kid]
• 2007-02-24: NZ: Pupil expelled for tattoo [by Eyeball Kid]

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• 2007-02-23: Canada: What do you think of tattooed athletes? (letters) [by Ribibe]
• 2007-02-23: NM: Tales of the tattoo [by Ribibe]
• 2007-02-23: USA: The Illustrated Man (DVD review) [by Ribibe]
• 2007-02-23: OH: Be cautious with piercings [by Ribibe]
• 2007-02-23: OR: Artists’ bodies of work [by Ribibe]
• 2007-02-23: PA: Upcoming - Ancient Marks: The Sacred Art of Tattooing and Body Marking [by Ribibe]
• 2007-02-23: NY: Op-Art: All the Body’s a Stage [by Ribibe]
• 2007-02-23: OR: Tattoos can help connect lost dogs with owners [by Ribibe]
• 2007-02-23: Canada: This and Tat [by Ribibe]
• 2007-02-23: India: Baba’s ‘tongue-piercing’ therapy for alcohol adicts [by Eyeball Kid]
• 2007-02-23: ON: Officials warn about improper piercings [by deadly pale]
• 2007-02-23: NM: Duke City tattoo artists to compete with fresh ink [by Ribibe]
• 2007-02-23: FL: Illegal tattoo shop reported in Bonita [by Ribibe]
• 2007-02-23: Germany: ‘Frauen und Kinder haben sich aufgehängt’ (Women and children hung themselves) [by deadly pale]
• 2007-02-23: AZ: Tattooing bursts through the color barrier [by Eyeball Kid]
• 2007-02-23: NZ: A tattoo’s deeper meaning [by Eyeball Kid]
• 2007-02-23: TX: Preacher Gets ‘666′ Tattoo, Calls Self Antichrist [by Eyeball Kid]
• 2007-02-23: Cayman Islands: Grand Opening for Island Ink tattoo parlour [by Eyeball Kid]
• 2007-02-23: NY: Op-Art: All the Body’s a Stage [by deliriousduckie]

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Scott pierced Pip’s heart…

Everyone I’ve showed this to kept trying to figure out whether it had something to do with free drugs for sailors. That said, everyone I showed it to was probably on drugs anyway. Daiyne’s tattoo (by Sean Donovan, Sick Creations, Snohomish WA) has a far more responsible explanation — it means “drug free” in Gaelic.

Truant’s Pentax outline, by Heath at Electric Tattooing in Topeka, Kansas. If ModBlog has been any indication, there are definitely still lots of people who appreciate film.

Nickk Leading at Perforations in Denver, CO, just did this pair of 14ga 2″ custom bend surface-weave sternum piercings. Nickk should pierce a few dozen more, give them all different aftercare instructions, and see which works best in the name of science… or is that a little “kill em all, let god sort them out?”. Because I’ve tried so many weird piercings myself, I’m probably a little too pro-human-experimentation.