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Link roundup

1. Han Shot First tattoo design.

2. Monster Commute paper toy.

3. Creepy portraits.

Win a pin-up, help horses (also, check out these horrifying tattoos!)

Ed Mironiuk is offering one of his pin-ups for charity (to benefit horses). You can buy a chance to win for $1 here.

Also, while at his site, I discovered these tattoos by Robert Hernandez:

Robert has various goods on sale here. (And Ed has pin-ups on sale here.) Via.

*Buy pin-up collections at Amazon.

Ghostbusters tattoo design

Ghostbusters tattoo design by Scott Derby for the upcoming Ghostbusters, Gremlins, and Goonies show at Gallery 1988.

*Buy Ghostbusters toys at eBay.

Circus-themed art show by Emily Martin

A few highlights from Emily Martin's circus-themed "Lost on the Midway" show at Land Gallery. Originals, as well as various prints like the ones you see below are on sale here and at Etsy.

*Previously: Circus-themed baby announcement.

*Buy circus posters at eBay.

A body is an index of passing time. Skin protects us as it shows shifting bones, bruising, muscles loosening and tightening, and freckles and wrinkles forming. I think of this as a transient fashion of skin, including the revealing way a blush decorates one’s cheek, freckles form constellations on an arm, or hair creates sheen on skin’s matte surface.

My skin is very sensitive and I blush easily. I have dermatographia, a condition in which one’s immune system releases excessive amounts of histamine, causing capillaries to dilate and welts to appear (lasting about thirty minutes) when the hypersensitive skin’s surface is lightly scratched. This allows me to painlessly draw on my skin with just enough time to photograph the results. Even though I can direct this ephemeral response by drawing on it, the reaction is involuntary, much like the uncontrollable nature of a blush.

I also make wallpaper and collage with photographs of my skin cut into decorative designs, then attached to the wall or onto board. Sometimes I use these collages to decorate my skin by scanning the patterns and turning them into temporary tattoos. Then I place the tattoos back on my body as an additional layer for the fashion of skin. The tattoos are red and pink shades of sensitivity so I can adorn myself with a longer lasting, intentional welt or blush. Rather than being frustrated by my skin’s transparency, I claim it by dressing up in the crimson hues that reveal my vulnerability. Some of the tattoos also go on the wall or window after they’ve made contact with my body, leaving traces of cells and hair, and holding a record of skin’s map.

I am investigating where one surface ends and another begins, the bloom of adornment, and how shifting exteriors reveal as they conceal.

Her work is currently on display at Lisa Sett Gallery. I posted the tamest images.

*Previously: Suntan tattoos.

*Buy tattoo collections at Amazon.

Tattooed Mario Bros. fan, tentacled Vader, and Ganesha by Ruben Cantuni. You can see work in progress images of Super Maria and download some cool toadstool patterns here, he has t-shirts for sale and desktops for download here, and check out a big Ganesha tattoo here.

*Previously: Ganesha sculpture.

*Find Ganesha statues at eBay.