When I saw this photo on Ryan’s IAM page, I thought “weird. Ryan looks like he’s wearing a Freddy Krueger sweater” and had a good chuckle. Then I saw this cutting. Connected? I think so. You can find Ryan at PBA Scars.
The last time we featured Peck, he was covered in blood. The time before that, he was surrounded by sexy.
I figured it was about time to feature a cutting he did; a flesh removal on the everlovely Miss Maia B. who would like to point out that the photograph I chose was taken in a mirror and the cutting is actually XOXO. I was distracted there for a second. <3
“There’s a random painted highway
And a muzzle of bees
My sleeves have come unstitched
From climbing your tree “-Wilco
This is Tim’s (previously featured) three year old tree cutting by Brian Decker; the shading technique produced really impressive texture. Tim has this to say:
” I didn’t aggravate it much at all during healing, and only kept it covered for about 5 or 6 days. I wanted a subtle scar, and I got one.”
Continue after the jump for fresh and healing photos.
Welcome to 2010, Scarwarriors.
I’ve been taking a bit of a break from updating the Scarblog, but now I’m back and ready to get the fun train rolling.
My friend Matias sent this one in; a healing shot of his amazing demon cutting we featured back in November. Great progress and texture.
Another pic from Thorsten!
I have so many amazing cuttings from Thorsten to choose from that I just couldn’t help using one more this week; with amazing work from Rata, Lewis, Capo and Thorsten over the last few updates we’ve covered two continents and more than a few countries.
My hellish Holiday Season is almost over; regular updates will commence soon and the much delayed books/shirts will finally ship.
As promised; more work from my friend Thorsten.
I bring this up a lot, but you can’t really predict how a cutting will heal; so many factors play into the end result. But going to a professional exponentially increases your odds of ending up with an amazing piece.
I’m seeing a LOT of folks getting into cutting; some of whom go about things the right way and learn from other professionals. Others just grab a scalpel (if we’re lucky) and start hacking up their friends.
Unfortunately there are very few sources for the aspiring scarification artist; and with that lack of availability there seems to be a justification of just doing it on your own. Sky Renfro and Fakir each offer courses; John Joyce and Wayde Dunn did a killer “introduction to scarification course” a few months ago that I’d love to see developed further… There are always options if you’re willing to devote time, travel and financial resources toward them.
Thorsten can be contacted via myspace at: Myspace.com/artofscars
I promised Tiana that I wouldn’t embarrass her on her birthday by making a post here on the scarblog. But since her birthday has come and gone….
Here’s a great shot that Atom took at the SW3 event in Philly. I’m fairly sure the removal piece was done by Ryan Ouellette of PBA. I probably should have checked before I started working on this update… but cookies and Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince distracted me.
