“Smart Skin” – The Dattoo is the vision of Hartmut Esslinger (Frog Design). A tattoo that you would essentially print onto your skin. It would capture your DNA in order to utilize its functionality, of which would include the basic peripherals such as a camera, microphone, etc.

Clever. It drives me to think of the implications this could have toward a new type of ink addiction. And of course the possible “pleasure uses” this has potential to introduce. Or past that, what are the gaming and music capabilities? I’m sure there would be subscriptions tied into them or some sort of ‘app’ system. Screw your iPhone, I’m going to call text you from my arm!

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Steve points out that horrible, horrible things take place backstage at Nine Inch Nails concerts.

Phraust sends us cephalopod daisy chain art.

When life throws you a terrible curse in which you vomit squid, make calamari. Thanks, Michael!

Yeesh, lady, don’t play with your food. Set is NSFW. Thanks, Karenw!

The beautiful Anna Lucylle sent us a photo of her fantastic, Lovecraftian tattoo; as well as photos of it in its various stages. The ModBlog post contains a wonderfully heated, pedantic discussion on the correct pluralization of “octopus” as well.

Image by Paul Robertson, creator of the extraordinary Kings of Power 4 Billion %. Full image is NSFW. Sent in by Niero, mechanized pimp; prince among robots.

I don’t care much for babies. Oh, sure, they have their uses: they propagate the species, they make excellent door stops, and its always good to have a few around to toss at attacking zombies. And philosophically, they are interesting: secreting loaves of swollen bologna that will one day pupate into only vaguely balogna-tasting human beings. But as far as neotenous fetishes are concerned, I prefer kittens and baby hedgehogs, which also can be hurled dramatically at a zombie in a pinch, although not without the tinge of self-loathing entirely absent in watching a human neonate be devoured by the undead.

That said, I’m tempted to get in contact with one of my Cambodian child brides and make a baby work. It never really occurred to me before that shopping for babies could be fun, that there were actual baby gifts that wasn’t just pastoral fairy tale crap, but designed with hypnotic patterns that could be used — barely out of utero — to actually help transform an infant into an adult that I’d actually want to have a conversation with.

Cue Baby Leo Designs, who make the most wonderful baby blankets, “security lovees” (?) and ominously-named-”Burpees” with designs ranging from vintage tattoos, Japanese prostitutes, retro robots and even a blanket covered in baby skulls… the perfect way to remind a new member of the family what happened to his misbehaving older siblings!

(The picture of the miniature Churchill above is Alice’s beautiful baby girl, god bless her.)

Baby Leo Designs [Official Site] : Boing Boing

The colors in this photograph by Stephen Strange are simply fantastic, and the hard edged lines make it almost appear as if the octopus is a tattoo that has begun to crawl out of her skin. The effect is hypnotic.

TheBrideWearsBlack (NSFW) [Artist's Site] : Deviant Art : Thanks to Steve and Katy!

Featured prominently amongst this collection of Russian criminals and their tattoos is this menacing gentleman, his shoulder adorned with tentacles. It was only moments after this picture was taken that he leapt at the photographer, viciously beating him to death with his cat.

Russian Criminal Tattoos [English Russia]

A tattoo for those with gears for guts.

Steampunk Heart Tattoo [ModBlog]

Knowing people, as I do, with what I can honestly call a Hello Kitty obsession makes the thought of the feline icon as a tattoo within the realm of my accepted, and unfortunate, reality. Said icon transmogrified into a horrific Frankensavior as the aforementioned dermal adornment, complete with a pledge of eternal allegiance, however, is quite a different matter all together.

Hello Kitty Jesus Tattoo [Hello Kitty Hell] : Neatorama