Hey folks, as you’ve no doubt noticed, the main BME.com site has been down since last night.  It turns out we had an outage sometime in the middle of the night and we’re currently working to get it back online as soon as possible.  The team has been at it non-stop since 8am this morning, and the ETA right now is a couple more hours simply due to the sheer volume of data.

We apologize for the down time, and we hope to have it back up ASAP.

Yep!  Consider this an early Boxing Day sale.  I really don’t know what Americans call it, but here in the great white north, December 26th is our black Friday.  So what’s the crazy sale this time around?  How about 40% off Diablo Organics Jewelry!!  Simply use the code 40offdiablo when you check out and the discount will be applied!*

Water buffalo horn jewelry?  On sale!

Ornate wood jewelry?  On sale!

Mother of pearl jewelry?  On sale!

The 40% only applies to these items, yet you can also get 20% your entire purchase by using the code: holiday20off

Don’t forget that the 5000th order shipped out receives a $100 gift certificate for the BMEShop, so get those orders in!

*40% off does not apply to Diablo Organics plugs or eyelets

Babakhin Dmitry from Babakhin Tatau does it again with yet another tribal blackwork piece.  This one looks like he incorporated some almost Egyptian motifs.

Oh and the guy doesn’t look half bad either.

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First, yes I know it isn’t a dragon.  However, those who have seen old sailing maps will recognize the term as one applied to any uncharted area of the sea that supposedly contains all sorts of monsters.

Tattoo by Jackie Rabbit from Star City Tattoo in Roanoke, VA.

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And something tells me she doesn’t mind being on that list.

IAM:Gisella_Rose.  Tattoos by Ryan Bolton and Jay Sall.  Photography by J. Isobel De Lisle.

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Oh my…

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This is one of those pieces where a single photo doesn’t do it justice at all.  Michael Kozlenko has created a beautiful collage containing many of the works of Salvador Dali, as well as a portrait of the man himself.

Everything about this piece is gorgeous, including the little coloured dots bordering it.  Be sure to check out the Kipod Tattoo gallery to get a better look at it.

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That’s some pretty impressive blackwork work done by Babakhin Dmitry from Babakhin Tatau in St.Petersburg in Russia.

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I feel like I’ve seen this image before, in a painting possibly, but I can’t put my finger on it.  I do know that this tattoo was done by Michael Kozlenko from Kipod Tattoo in Tel Aviv.

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First time suspension photos are always fun to look at.  It’s all about the sheer look of elation on a person’s face when they realize they’ve accomplished something incredible.  For Tom here, I can’t even begin to imagine the range of emotion that he went through during this experience.

For those wondering, it was a 6pt set up, with 4 in the back and 2 in the chest.

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