Healed Cutting by Brian Decker

A few weeks ago we featured an amazing fresh cutting by Brian Decker; clean lines, simple design and great placement. I just checked up on his blog and found a healed photo.

Healed photos are all too infrequently sent to the artist; tattooists, piercers, scarification and modification artists all have the same complaints. So let this be a reminder- when your work heals, snap a photo and send it to your artist. They’d appreciate it. (and so would we!)

Back in February, Efix & Jesse collaborated on Gabriel’s birthday cutting… Efix just checked in with a healed photo.
It has the dubious pleasure of being the first image to go up with the new “theme” I installed over WordPress.

Not sure if I’m married to it, but change is usually never a bad thing!

I think Brian originally posted this flesh removal back in November…. He finally posted a healed picture on his IAM.BME page which I took the liberty of stealing for the scar blog. Brian mentioned that the client plans to continue this design; can’t wait to see where he takes it.

I’ve spent the last few days in Las Vegas, unwinding and catching up with my extended family at the annual APP Conference. A yearly highlight is the time I get to spend with Dave Gillstrap.  Usually poolside. Always surprising in scope and content, spending time with Dave is always entertaining and educational; we always seem to challenge our own passion for scarification by dissecting the current culture of both artist and client. I generally come out of these meetings re-energized and inspired.

Shortly after getting back to Philadelphia, Dave shared this cutting that he recently completed.  He titled it “Tree of Life-ish”. Spectacular cutting by one of the nicest guys in the world.

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.

Fresh Cutting.

At three months.

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.