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Rico Zombie: The Man Who Turned Himself Into a Skeleton with Tattoos

Rick Genest, aka Rico Zombie, is a Canadian actor, model and performer who has turned his living skin into an artistic rendition of a skeleton in a celebration of death, the macabre and everything morose and depressing.

It all began when Genest was diagnosed with a brain tumor. He spent 6 months in hospital, where he pondered the nature of life and death. After leaving the hospital, he decided to live an anarchistic lifestyle. He lived on the streets and engaged with the punk rock scene and became involved with freak shows. He began collecting tattoos, covering his body with not just skeletal tattoo designs, but other dark and gothic imagery. He’s even had his head tattooed so that it appears that his skull has been cut away to reveal his brain. He’s worked with Lady Gaga and has appeared in a variety of fashion shows, magazine spreads and films.

You can find out more about Rico Zombie on his website.

Rico Zombie has transformed himself into a living skeleton with his deathly tattoos

Rico Zombie has transformed himself into a living skeleton with his deathly tattoos. [source]

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September 18, 2014 Catherine Nessworthy Mayhem & Muse

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Cavan Infante creates a visual image for the insult Potty Mouth in this funny trash pop tattoo

Cheeky Trash Pop Tattoos by Cavan Infante

No Egrets Tattoo Studio in Tennessee, Ohio is home to a tattoo artist with a delightfully cheeky tattoo style. Cavan Infante, who is of the species Frivolous Maximus, creates colorful pop art and comic book inspired tattoos, many of which have a naughty sense of humor or at the very least are non-comformist and humorously anarchistic. […]

September 19, 2014 Catherine Nessworthy Mayhem & Muse

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Clients show off their fun and funky palm tattoos by German tattoo artist Mark Halbstark

“My Tattoos Shall Be Fun” – Mark Halbstark

Berlin-based tattoo artist Mark Halbstark is unlike many other tattoo artists. Not only is his tattoo style unique to him, his methodology and idealism around creating tattoos is vastly different from the norm. Halbstark works by the simple formula; “What you give is what you get”, and works at creating body art works that are […]

September 17, 2014 Catherine Nessworthy Mayhem & Muse
  • September 18, 2014
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