Lewis did this Tibetan piece on Christiano after the APTPI Conference; very consistent with what I’ve come to expect from Mr. Dodd; bold clean lines complimenting great design and placement. We’re going to have to get him stateside; I’m going to harass him until he agrees to come to APP.

More Lewis Dodd?
Hell yes. This decorative skull piece was done at Addicted Tattoo & Body Piercing in Barcelona; a collaboration between Mr. Dodd and Addicted’s owner Capo.

I’m freshly returned from John Joyce’s Scarab Body Arts in Syrcause; newly tattooed by Rick Lohm and enjoying a day off looking through pictures for the next few sw blog updates. Check back later tonight for more from Thorsten!

In tattoo iconography, the rose is one of the most highly recognizable “old school” designs. To get it just right is deceptively hard. Too realistic, it looks gaudy. Too simple, and it looks like cabbage. It’s especially difficult to pull off a good rose design when you don’t have shading and color to give it definition.

If you’ve been keeping up with the scarwars blog lately though, you know that our man in the UK Lewis Dodd has a keen eye for scarification pieces featuring traditional tattoo imagery and is quickly becoming known for his bold line cutting. Add it all up and the client is going to end up with an amazing scar courtesy of Mr. Dodd.

The always impressive Mr. Lewis Dodd checks in with another amazing all black tattoo removal piece. Working on tattooed skin is very difficult; keeping up with the stencil takes a lot of patience and skill; luckily Lewis has both.

Healing at one month:

You can contact Lewis via his iam.bmezine.com page.

Another amazing traditional tattoo style cutting by Lewis Dodd. This piece was from tattoo flash by Ralph Johnstone somewhere in the 1950s. I love single line cutting like this; I think that removal would have left this piece a little too unbalanced. The simplicity of the line cutting is subtle for such a bold design.

Lewis just keeps knocking it out of the park.

Cutting by Lewis Dodd, Glorybound Tattoos, UK

Lewis does a decent amount of scar work on black tattoos; I have a few great pieces lined up for future updates (with healed followup pictures). He’s someone who’s constantly turning out amazing work- if you haven’t stopped by his IAM.bmezine.com page to check out his work- now’s the time to start!

Another killer piece from Lewis Dodd of Glorybound Tattoos in the UK… the bold simplicity of traditional tattoo imagery translates so well to cutting, and Lewis certainly has a way with it. I’m going to try to convince him to come over to the States next year to cut along-side the SW alumni at Scarwars 4…

Cutting by Lewis Dodd, Glorybound Tattoos, UK

I couldn’t really resist the SCARFACE tagline on this entry. Apologies.

Fresh facial scarification usually comes with a cringe factor that’s easy enough to understand. While the results usually heal much softer than most of us would like, a newly cut/branded face can be fairly shocking at first glance. Most visible modifications become public domain; tattooed hands/necks usually guarantee interaction (wanted or not) but with a facial scar people want to know “what happened” but propriety usually keeps them from asking.

You can see more of Lewis Dodd’s work on his IAM.bmezine.com page.

Cutting by Lewis Dodd, Glorybound Tattoos, UK

I know I’ve said it in the past, but I’m a sucker for healed scars. The perfect combination of texture, aesthetics, genetics and the skill of the artist aligned perfectly to form something beautiful.

This cutting was done by Lewis Dodd from Glorybound in Exmouth, UK- expect to see lots more from Lewis very soon!