Growing up the first thing I learned when fishing is to watch your surroundings when casting a line.  If you don’t watch out, this can happen.

With the way Jesus’ knuckles are glowing, I’d say he’s probably praying at that moment.  Granted this isn’t the first time ModBlog has posted a picture of Jesus white-knuckling it.

Jesse Smith from Perfect Image in London did this biblical tattoo.  While it probably could go in the religious tattoo gallery, this one can be found in the cartoon and comic gallery.

For those that don’t remember, Arwen “Spliff” Rosa, Jill, and two other members of the community were injured in a car accident last July.

When we last checked in with Arwen and Jill, the family, with the help of ModBlog readers everywhere was able to get Arwen moved from the hospital in Texas, to a treatment facility in NYC.

During this whole ordeal, Jill was pregnant and as you’ve probably already guessed by now, she had the baby yesterday.  So without further ado, I’m happy to introduce to you the newest member of the community, Odessa Marie Rosa (5lb 6oz).

I didn’t get an update on Spliff’s condition, but from what I understand mom and baby are doing just fine.

Quentin Kalima from Kalima Emporium in Worthing, UK sent in some photos of the latest brand he gave a client.

These day of the dead inspired teddy bears, or “Day of the Ted” as Quentin calls them, can be found both on the stomach of that happy client, and in his BME portfolio gallery.  Hopefully we’ll see these again in a few months in a Friday Follow-up post.

It’s been a little while since we’ve had a Guess What post, and what better way to bring them back than with a banana!

You know the drill.  Make a guess, then click the “read more” button to see if you were right.

So?  Where do you think that banana is?

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Just taking some time today to wish BME’s own Jen a very happy birthday.  Jen has doing BME’s customer support since 2004, as well as keeping the rest of us in line.  She also single-handedly moderates the image queues, and generally keeps things running on a daily basis.

So take some time today and wish a happy birthday to one of the hardest working people I know.

Photo credit goes to the marvelous McShady

Fridays on ModBlog mean a couple of things.  It’s the day for the scarification follow-ups, there often is a BME Girl post, Sean posts the latest entry in his Cliff Cadaver series, and the day ends with the news.  With last week’s news being celebrity heavy, this week it’s back to business with some real news, although those damn attention seekers just couldn’t stay out of the news for just one week.

First up is an interesting story out of China.  A Belgian tattoo artist has set up shop at an Art Farm, and is using live pigs to display his art.

He decorates them with smiling faces, Louis Vuitton logos and various words. Art collectors can buy the pigs and pay for their upkeep or purchase their tattooed skins after the pigs pass away, paying up to a few thousand dollars.

Forty-six year old win said the pigs are a nice allegory that makes us think about what art means to us, and where the line exists between what art is and what art isn’t.

Now this story appears to be a couple years old, but looking back through the archives it seems that it was never featured in the news before.  As you can imagine, at the time a large number of animal rights groups were opposed to this type of art.  The main issue I see is the one about consent, in that animals can’t give it.  Judging by the video the pig being tattooed may have been sedated, as it reacted to the needle negatively, but only needed one hand to hold him down.

There’s more news to come, including a young man getting a skull tattooed over his face, and an implant that wasn’t wanted.

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First and foremost, my sincerest apologies to anyone disappointed by last weeks lack of  Cliff’s writing. Wordpress condemned me and refused to allow me entry for 4 days straight. I decided to treat wordpress like it were a woman. I apologized repeatably with no idea what I may have done to upset her. So without the slightest clue what I was apologizing for, I just continued to apologize. Wordpress, didn’t fall for it, she’s a tough mistress and she just stood firm, refusing to allow me inside of her. Then a few days later, with no word or warning, she welcomed me inside of her again.

If you somehow managed to miss the first entry of this multi-part series, you should go check that  post out now. But if you have already read it and are anxiously awaiting the next entry, you know the deal.

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How do I know Krista is nerdy?  Well, for starters, her feet are probably the nerdiest ones I’ve seen in a while.  She also looks really cute sporting a pair of thick rimmed glasses.

Krista sent in a whole bunch of photos to the BMEGirls gallery, so make the most of your Friday afternoon and go check out all the other beautiful BMEGirls.

When it comes to hand tattoos, Keegan has a knack for giving himself pieces that people will stop and take notice.  2 years ago he freaked former ModBlog writer Jordan out with his Dali inspired palm tattoo.  This time around he’s given himself a wooden hand!

There’s a few more photos in the hand tattoo gallery that are definitely worth a gander.  And if you happen to be in Toronto, you can check out the hand in person at Forever Yonge Ink.