Wow! (Scarification)

[andygates]

ModBlog has a couple of stunning shots of a chap getting a Vitruvian Man scarification
backpiece (WARNING: Not worksafe! SI-triggering! Gory!) in this new precision-cutting style.  The level of detail, the sheer technical workmanship of it, is just awesome.  And they seem to heal nicely too (NWS again!  Boobies!).

Though - and this from a chap who got a ring through his knob, don't forget - that's really got to freaking hurt.  I mean, worse than suspension hooks.  But maybe I just grok not.  Certainly its another technique that, like dermal anchors, is producing some interesting hybrid pieces (tattoo/scar butterfly looking almost like stained glass; tattoo with bling anchor sparkle). 

Now where's the mammoth ivory when I need it?

Comments

[n-decisive.livejournal.com]

I think the combination of scarring and tattoo is beautiful. Can't decide if I like the affect that gives or the frond of scar tissue best.

My tattoo tickled. I somehow doubt I'd have that reaction to cutting, but I'd have to try it to know for certain.

Teh Boy asked me the other day how long I felt it would be before there were animated and talking tattoos. I can see voice via chips coming soon, but motion seems distant...

[andygates.livejournal.com]

I'm working on luminous. It's a start, at least until we get nanoswarm smart ink (e-paper won't cut it).

[ehutch.livejournal.com]

Mmmm - the raw one is definitely not for this poor veggie just after her dinner. A bit slaughterhouse for my tastes. The healed leaf one is very beautiful though...

[maythen-apple.livejournal.com]

scars, and ink, and pain oh my. ;-)

[andygates.livejournal.com]

You can't go wrong with a bit of skilled scalpelry... :)

[stripey-mouse.livejournal.com]

Blah - at work - cant look.......

[simoneck.livejournal.com]

The fresh back scar looked awful.
The size and the freshness possibly. How do they achieve that?

The fern and the butterfly looked very nice though.
I think I just prefer subtle tattoos.

[andygates.livejournal.com]

It's just a little blood! :)

That's skin removal - it's made using a surgical blade or scalpel. In order to remove a piece of skin, first the area has to be outlined like a single cutting scarification, but on a minor depth level. Then with the help of a Kocher or dissection clamp the tissue to be removed is pulled back while "slicing" on the bottom to free the skin from beneath.

The gamble is that you never know quite how it will turn out. Which is why like all the other scarification approaches, the process is as important as the result.

[maythen-apple.livejournal.com]

a person could ride those endorphins for a Long time.
whee