I could church up this entry and try to talk about how liberating it was for Vampy to do this piece topless; how Gillstrap wasn’t wearing a shirt either and that anatomically, there’s no difference. Instead I’ll say that Vampy is a great sport and cutting topless is fun. I stole this from my friend … Continue reading
John started this piece at Xanadont (my humble South Philadelphia estate) with the koi and added the cherry blossoms at SW3. The piece features cross-hatch shading and was photographed by Atom Moore. Tattoo iconography is fairly common in scarification design choices, but scarification is not tattooing. (obviously) I’ve seen a lot of posts recently on … Continue reading
I’m whipping up a website exclusive shirt/book combo that will be available late October 2009; incredibly low print runs (books will be around ten copies, shirts will be around 25 printed) available only through pre-order. The book is from the same small printer that’s created the Modprom SW book (limited to two copies) and the … Continue reading
Photo by Allen Falkner Ryan did this Biomechanical piece at the first SW event in Philadelphia. I’m told that some workplaces block scarwars.net due to “violent” content. Something makes me think it’s pieces like this that they’re talking about? I can see how flesh removal could give someone the heebie-jeebies, but at least I didn’t … Continue reading
I was snooping around on my buddy Wayde’s new website today and found a link to his new self-published photo book “The Art of Scarification”. I’ve used the publisher a time or two on SW related small run books; the quality has always been very good and purchasing a book (which Wayde is putting right … Continue reading