It might be hard to believe based on this photo, but Efix is actually a pretty shy guy.  Which is why I expect a phone call in an hour or so from him asking me to take this down.  Sorry buddy, but someone of your hotness deserves to be adored by the masses.

This photo was taken at the last Sydney Tattoo Expo where Efix took second place for best biomechanical tattoo.  The man behind Efix’s incredible tattoos is Jay Marceau who works with Efix out of D-Markation in Quebec City.

According to the Old Testament, Egypt was visited by 10 plagues, the 8th being a plague of locusts.  This just goes to show what a bad reputation locusts have had for thousands of years.  Well thanks to this young lady and tattoo artist Keegan Lam (IAM: *chineedred*), this locust shows that not all of them are horrible.

Keegan works out of Forever Yonge Ink in Toronto, and you can see more of this tattoo in the miscellaneous tattoo gallery.

For today’s BME World Tour video, the crew moved up to Gold Coast to talk to Andy Christ from 383 Tattoo.  In addition to being a tattoo artist, Andy is also a graffiti artist, and he talks about how that’s influenced his artistic style.

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People who have me added on Facebook may have noticed me complaining late last night about the difficulty in tracking down an artist.  The reason I was up late was because I was trying to find the artist responsible for this beautiful creation.

After some MySpace hopping, and Googling, I finally found the artist.  It is none other than Jackie Rabbit, from Star City Tattoos in Roanoke, VA.  This sleeve, as well as a number of her other pieces were submitted this week, so expect to see more from Jackie.  I’ve added a couple of close-ups to the post, but to get the full sized images, you can see them in the miscellaneous tattoo gallery.

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There’s something to be said for a girl with no other visible modifications other than a pair of cheek piercings.

From the looks of it SilyKim may only have a single ear piercing as well.  Regardless, cheek piercings like this are normally seen on people who have at least some other visible modifications, so it’s a rare treat to see them pulled off with a simple elegance like she does here.

And not only a Unicorn, but also a Jackalope!

This was sent in by ChorusOfAngels, who also has the Haste the Day chest piece.

Over the years there have been a lot of takes on the “torn away flesh” tattoo.  I think this is the first one I’ve seen where a football club kit was used as the underlying layer.

For those wondering, that’s the shirt for Grêmio, a Brazilian football club based out of Porto Alegre.  The artist is credited as Mana Tattoo, from Scorpions Tattoo RS in Porto Alegre.

BMEtv is back with another look at last year’s world tour! Rob Abell is another one of the talented artists from Dynamic Tattoo in Melbourne.  Here he is talking about how he got involved in tattooing and what he sees as trends in tattoos in Australia.

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Last week Sean posted a fantastic collaborative scarification piece by Christiano Aeilli and Lewis Dodd.  Going back through the galleries another scar by Christiano alone caught my eye.

I’ve been seeing a lot of artists blend together cutting and branding in their scarification pieces, but most of the time the branding is used as a form of shading.  Here Christiano is using the branding to create a pattern in the scar that will heal differently than the cutting portion, ideally leaving the final scar with a nice degree of contrast between the two sections.  Keep an eye on Christiano’s gallery, and hopefully we’ll see a follow-up of this piece.

Are you blind?  It’s a lonely tear drop!

Given the size of this little portrait, I’d guess that Mario Sanchez used a single needle for this one.  He’s got quite a few micro portraits in his BME gallery, including a number of ones done on knuckles.