What was mine is now yours
Posted on August 28, 2008 by RooRaaah Crumbs
The tattoo above is by Greg Ross (The Blue Rose Tattoo, Huntsville, Alabama) and he was asked to do it by a customer who had decided to bequeath all her organs to the University of Alabama, Birmingham's Anatomical Donor Program (i.e. Making a bequest of her body to medical research after her death). The tattoo artists at the shop signed as witnesses on her donor form, which I thought was a nice touch.
The work was from her original design and the imagery is a combination of memento mori funeral portraiture and versions of anatomical "Venus type" wax anatomical models.
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24 thoughts on "What was mine is now yours"
Adwoa on August 28, 2008 at 11:50 am said:
BettyAtlas on August 28, 2008 at 12:35 pm said:
Oh its beautiful. I like the added touch of the untied corset. Its so classy and vintage.
coisasdemaria on August 28, 2008 at 12:46 pm said:
I love this site!!
FURRR on August 28, 2008 at 2:01 pm said:
but i can't make out what body part its on..
uzneko on August 28, 2008 at 2:18 pm said:
thanks roo, now I can't stop reading about memento mori.
How had I never heard of that before?
yex on August 28, 2008 at 2:33 pm said:
Furrr, I believe it's on her outer thigh.
SDietz on August 28, 2008 at 3:40 pm said:
becca on August 28, 2008 at 4:11 pm said:
oh wow i like that alot
its really symbolic
i love when people go to such an extent to put meaning behind their tattoos
qwertyuiop on August 28, 2008 at 5:59 pm said:
The tattoo is nice, but am I the only one that realizes that this is the closest bme news has gone to showing boobs since about 10 or so posts?
WTF? on August 28, 2008 at 6:13 pm said:
This is the most amazing tattoo I have seen in a while. Have you checked out the guy's portfolio, amazing!
RooRaaah Crumbs on August 28, 2008 at 6:16 pm said:
qwertyuiop – Probably, yes :)
Rebecca on August 28, 2008 at 6:49 pm said:
What a beautiful idea! And what a wonderful way to commemorate and celebrate the decision.
Tetsuo on August 28, 2008 at 7:45 pm said:
This is an amazing amazing tattoo. Love it.
Laurie Z on August 28, 2008 at 8:13 pm said:
This has to be one of my favorites.
Jake on August 28, 2008 at 11:50 pm said:
i want more bmegirls pics, please.
breasts, genitals, butts. thank you.
this is very pretteh
She Dreams of Ink on August 28, 2008 at 11:56 pm said:
Omg wow..I love this tattoo! But I love his portfolio even more! Look for the "Mars Attacks" one–amazing!
Squig on August 29, 2008 at 1:16 am said:
neat! i love it!
Judie on August 29, 2008 at 3:52 am said:
What a unique and wonderful way to beqeath your organs. All I've got is my cruddy donor card :)
FURRR on August 29, 2008 at 9:26 am said:
i agree with "she dreams of ink", the mars attacks one is intenseeeee!
and this one
pretty sweeeet
Kaitee on August 29, 2008 at 2:05 pm said:
I love this. LOVE.
Kleptomaniac on August 29, 2008 at 2:57 pm said:
Wow, that's an amazing tattoo. Reminds me of the artwork of the guy who did the latest Darkest Hour cd artwork :P
Roscoe at Johnson Tattoo on August 30, 2008 at 8:01 pm said:
Lettering is very hard to read. I'm STILL not exactly sure what that's supposed to say.
Roscoe at Johnson Tattoo – It reads "bequest".
heather on September 4, 2008 at 8:34 pm said:
That's my tattoo, she writes proudly.
Yes, it's on my left outer thigh from a couple inches above the knee up to the hip. The lettering reads "BEQUEST"; I like the curlique script Greg used and am very happy with this piece.