In November of 2010 we featured a fresh and healing ambigram cutting by the super talented Christian Bedics; he’s just checked in with a more recent picture and all I could say was “wow”.
This is at a year healed.
April 19, 2011, Author: , 1 Comment
Tags:: Ambigram, Blackwork Tattoo, Christian Bedics, Flesh Removal, Healed, Lettering
Ambigram Update- Christian Bedics
Categories: CuttingsTags:: Ambigram, Blackwork Tattoo, Christian Bedics, Flesh Removal, Healed, Lettering
April 3, 2011, Author: , 2 Comments
Tags:: Branding, Christiane
Headache- Christiane
Categories: BrandingTags:: Branding, Christiane
Wow.
Christiane just checked in with this impressive full dome branding. I’m usually interested in healed photos to show how the work scarred, but in this case I’m really interested in seeing his hair re-growth.
March 30, 2011, Author: , Leave a comment
Tags:: Buddha, Cuttings, Efix Roy, Flesh Removal
Kamakura Buddha- Efix Roy
Categories: CuttingsTags:: Buddha, Cuttings, Efix Roy, Flesh Removal
Tattooist Lyle Tuttle once commented that as a highschool dropout, he probably knew more about mythology than the average college professor; that if a client loves a Cerebus enough to get the image permanently tattooed on them they’re going to want to share every detail about it’s origins with the artist.
Efix Roy’s always stellar Buddhist cuttings trend the same way for me; when he has a new work I invariably find myself researching the origins of the image to find out more about it.
The Kamakura Buddhaa is a large scale statue of the Amitābha Buddha that resides in the Kanagawa Prefecture of Japan. Amitābha is the Buddha of Comprehensive Love. Without today’s cutting… I wouldn’t have had to go to wikipedia and I wouldn’t have learned something new.
The moral of the story is… Efix Roy makes you smarter.
This is Misty’s first piece to be featured on the Scarwars blog; she’s still in the ‘learning level’ and patiently taking her time. Learning to walk before she runs. This piece shows incredible patience; circles are one of the hardest things to master in cutting and Misty is handling them like a pro. We’re going to be keeping a watchful eye on her, and I’m sure you can expect to see some really great cutting coming from her in the near future!
And hell, who doesn’t love the Green Lantern!
March 19, 2011, Author: , Leave a comment
Tags:: cherry blossom, Cuttings, Healed, Keylan Liveane
Bird and Cherry Blossom- Keylan Liveane
Categories: Cuttings, HealedTags:: cherry blossom, Cuttings, Healed, Keylan Liveane
Fresh and healed work by Keylan Liveane. He says that the healed cherry/plum blossoms are between three and four years old.
March 6, 2011, Author: , 1 Comment
Tags:: Blackfoot, Brian Decker, Cuttings
Ponn Miistis- Brian Decker
Categories: CuttingsTags:: Blackfoot, Brian Decker, Cuttings
From Mr. Decker:
I don’t remember if I posted about this last year, but here is some scar work I did on a young, Native American girl. In her Blackfoot tribe it is customary to have a line scarred around their arm for each year they’re alive. It is known aswhich literally translates to “the rings of a tree”. When they run out of room on one arm they move to the other, then the legs, but apparently their average life expectancy is only 43.
Anyhow, her parents are more modernized now and didn’t want her having this done while she was growing up. She was intrigued by her grandfather’s rings, which covered his arms and legs, so decided to come to me from Montana to catch up. Last year I worked on her upper arm and finished it up this time. She’s 24 now.