In the process of scarification, scars are formed by cutting or branding the skin. There are many reasons why people may turn to scarification. Aesthetically, scarifications are usually more visible on darker skinned people than tattoos. Also, unlike tattoos, scarifications are a product of one’s own body.

There are also religious and social reasons for scarification. According to some tribal belief in Africa, producing scars on newborn children helps preventing vision related illness. There may also be religious expressions used in the scarification process.

Scarification is not a precise art; there are many variables, such as skin type, depth of the cut, and how the wound is treated while healing, that make the outcome somewhat unpredictable.

The body creates the scar, not the artist; it is important to keep in mind that a method that works well on one person may not work so well on another. Also, the scars tend to spread a bit as they heal, so scarifications are usually relatively simple designs — small details can easily get swallowed up in the healing process.

These photo booth-looking shots by world-renowned photographer Yu Tsai are great. Pressured to take multiple photos inside a confined space, people become goofy and animated, trying to make themselves look different for every shot. Who’s better suited to take these kinds of artistic photos than our favorite A-list actors and musicians?

Evan Rachel Wood

Diddy

Sam Rockwell

Leona Lewis

Lenny Kravitz

Alicia Keys

Ewan McGregor

Anne Hathaway

Rose McGowan

Minka Kelly

Lea Michele

Kristen Stewart

Ke$ha

Katy Perry

Janet Jackson

Christina Ricci

This is big collection of baby faces made by Evan Kafka. Evan Kafka is a New York City photographer who is originally from D.C. beltway area of Maryland, has a very original unique signature. You may like it as much his regular clients do, who hire him from time to time, clients such as the Brooklyn Academy of Music, Verizon, MetLife, MasterCard, Kiplinger’s, Forbes, Fortune, and many others. Not having a mentor’s style heavily imprinted on his own work is one of the uniqueness of his superb work. Hope you enjoy it as well.

A tunnel is typically an underground passageway, built in an effort to address the growing needs of roads, highways and bridges to handle a large volume of traffic. The exact definition of a tunnel has been twitched many times in the past. Irrespective of that, tunnels are the results accomplished by a magnificent feat of engineering, with boring giant holes in mountains, or laying several feet of pathway under the ocean. Let us have a look at the world’s strangest tunnels.

Channel Tunnel

Channel Tunnel: Located in Coquelles, France, this tunnel is commonly known as the Chunnel. This 31 mile tunnel that links England and France was built in 1994 with a staggering cost of more than $20 billion. The idea of linking England and France through the English Channel was being toyed at for several years. However, the project could not take shape owing to a variety of reasons, technical and political included. The invention of modern boring machines coupled with the irrefutable benefit of linking the two countries finally made it possible. In order to provide protection from fire hazards, designers have built a smaller service tunnel in between the teo main tubes to act as an escape passage.

Smuggling Tunnel

Smuggling Tunnel: Located in Tijuana, Mexico, this 1000 feet long tunnel was recently unearthed by U.S. and Mexican officials. Tunnels used by slick criminals to smuggle contrabands is not unheard of in the past. During recent years, a large number of illegal tunnels have been discovered in the U.S., coming from Canada and Mexico. This tunnel digs 860 feet into the U.S. The incomplete tunnel was fitted with lighting, a ventilation system, electricity and even an elevator. The Drug Enforcement Agency in U.S. issued a statement saying that the construction of this tunnel has been going on for over two years.

Infiltration Tunnels

Ih2nfiltration Tunnels: In the 1970s, three different tunnels were discovered along one of the most disputative borders of the world. In 1990, a fourth tunnel was discovered creeping under Korea’s Demilitarized zone. The third invasion tunnel, also known as the Third Tunnel of Aggression, came dangerously close to just 26 miles of Seoul, the capital city of South Korea. These secret tunnels gave North Korea a huge advantage of launching a massive military against its strong enemy South Korea. The tunnels were large enough to shuttle an entire military division per hour.

Cu Chi Tunnel

Cu Chu Tunnel: Situated in Cu Chi, Vietnam, this giant labyrinth of tunnels played an important role during the French Indochina War and the Vietnam War. The size of these tunnels range from 75 miles to over 150 miles. The Cu Chi tunnels have been a popular tourist destination in recent years, enabling visitors to travel through the cramped spaces, check out deadly booby traps and even travel to an underground command center from where the Tet offensive was planned. Tunnel size varies from a few feet tall to larger ones refashioned for accommodating larger tourists.

Tokyo Bay Aqua-line

Tokyo Bay Aqua-line: This tunnel is located in Kawasaki city, Japan. The tunnel is 6 miles long with a 3 miles long bridge dipping into it. Traffic was permitted to commute in 1997, enabling travelers between Kawasaki city and Kisarazu City to save roughly 45 minutes each day. The unique thing about this bridge-and-tunnel combination is that a large rest area lies on top of an artificial tunnel constructed at the entrance of this tunnel. The island is called Umi-Hotaru, meaning “firefly of the sea”, and serves primarily as a rest area consisting of shops and restaurants, along with an observation deck that looks out on to the bay.

We all know that parent’s love is the strongest filling in the world. And that’s a scientifically proven. But everything on the world have a good and a bad side… These shocking pictures are proving the bad side of parent’s love. After these photos what we can say is: poor children and reconsider the sentence “The Heart of Parents Rises Above Time and Space…”

Face painting is the artistic application of cosmetic “paint” to a person’s face. There are special water-based cosmetic “paints” made for face painting; people should ask before having face paints applied what products are being used. Acrylic and tempera craft paints are not meant for use on skin and are not acceptable, nor are watercolor pencils or markers. Products not intended for use on skin can cause a variety of issues ranging from discomfort to severe allergic reactions. These guys are so good in face painting that sometimes you can just recognize their eyes!!!

Sometimes when you want something so bad something bad happens. Wedding – the most important day in life for every woman. That is the day when everything has to be perfect for women – usually… Here we have the collection of odd, funny and unusual wedding pictures where brides are not so typical. See for yourself.

When it comes to their social behavior, people sometimes act like monkeys, or more specifically, like rhesus macaques, a type of monkey that shares with humans strong tendencies for nepotism and political maneuvering… but monkey can also behave like humans (smart, funny, crazy, angry…) and these pictures are definitely a good proof of that.

There are lot of strange people. They are trying to get attention with some really crazy ideas and they, I must say, are getting it. We are presenting you world’s weirdest record holders… Enjoy (or not )!

TONGUE AND CHEEK

Brazilian Elaine Davidson, who holds the Guinness world record for being the woman with the greatest number of body piercings – 1903 altogether – pokes her finger through her tongue at the Tate Modern art gallery in London, November 11, 2003. The gallery held an event on Tuesday to mark the release of the 100th millionth copy of the Guiness World Records books.

NOT NOODLES!

An Indian man swallows worms to set a new Guinness world record in the southern Indian city of Madras November 15, 2003. The man swallowed 200 worms in 20.22 seconds and broke the current record of 94 night crawlers in 30 seconds set by Mark Hogg of America in 2000.

INK IS IN

Septuagenarian Isobel Varley poses during ‘II Expotatoo’ tattoo fair in Gijon, northern Spain, May 15, 2009. Varley, who was born in 1937, is the most senior tattooed woman in the world according to the Guinness World Records.

STRAPPED AND STRUNG

Bras are seen hanging in the Belgian seaside city of Oostduinkerke on August 13, 2005. About 9,829 bras were knotted together breaking the previous world record held by its rival city Tongerlo, according to local media. Organisers say they will try to enter the Guinness Book of Records.

HULA-HOOPLA

Sofie Schwarz of Denmark, 11, attempts to break the children’s world record of ringing 88 hula-hoops at the same time in Copenhagen on July 27, 2006.

STRINGS ATTACHED

A Guinness World Records holder Yang Xiangdong drives a car through 60-meter steel tightrope at the Yanxi Lake in Beijing on May 1, 2006.

EGG-CITING

Brian Spotts of the US works to balance 439 eggs on their ends on the floor of the Australian Centre for Contemporary Art in Melbourne on September 14, 2005. Spotts, who lives in Colorado, travelled to Melbourne to attempt a new world egg balancing record which currently stands at 420 eggs.

NO CHERRY ON THIS CAKE

Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo slices a giant strawberry shaped shortcake that won the Guiness World Record’s record for the largest fruit shortcake during her visit to La Trinidad in Benguet Province north of Manila March19, 2007.

We all like reading comics. They are funny, and some of them are really crazy. Because we are great fans of comics, we bring u this list. Hope you like it. Enjoy!

Stupid comics – yaoi or not?

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Blah. I know, this comics sux. And isn’t funny. Sad… But… I like colors… because they are so… mild!
Anyway – I’d GREAT weekend (and very trying )! I was in Jihlava (some bigger city in our Czech republic, but not very big ) with my beloved buccaneer ~Lyantasse. In Jihlava lives my sweet high school ex-classmate Frodo (her name is Martina, but… it doesn’t matter, ’cause she’s Frodo ). She lives here with her boyfriend, she has big apartment and she has here alcohol and marihuana (yeah, I’m fuckin’ drug addict! No, just kidding.). And… huh . This visit was… legendary and awesome! Oooo, I love my cute friends!
But don’t worry, my “dA freinds”. I love you all too! Very much!
Yeah, and… I have here many pics and messages, but… I shall reply later, sowwy… I’m shooo tiled! I need some sleep…

Blood strip comics

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Rofl… Next strip comics

Akatsuki Comics 2

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Dedicated to Rockinmuffin for being the very first person, ever, to favourite one of my artworks. ^^**
The second one! One of my favourites too! [Mostly just because of the Lucky Charms.]
So sorry guys, last time I had two with coloured backgrounds, this time just one, I’m so lazy! T_T Forgive me… at least you get to see Kisame with glossy shades on. ^^
“Fud Mart”; Just me and my crappy, phonetic spelling.
“Took me away from Springer”; Wasn’t in the original ‘on paper’ version, but when I loaded it unto the computer I noticed a golden opportunity to have just a little bit more fun with Itachi. Plus I filled up the empty space above his head.
“Turns me on”; This joke, no kidding, is legit. Me and Nina were ca-roozing through our neighbourhood Valumart, charading as the Akatsuki as always, when I randomly said; “Let’s go to the frozen food section!” Of course, my strange reply caused some bystanders to stare, but in the end, I got to go poke the packaged meat, and I was happy.
“Lucky Charms”; I confess, it isn’t my pal Mary, Itachi, who practices dancing around with lucky charms, but moreso I, Kisame who does. T_T They’re just so yummy… especially the chocolate ones… where you don’t have to throw out all the crappy wheat stuff no one even likes. ‘Cuz it’s chocolate! Still, everyone can’t help but love the fact that Itachi has a hidden fun-loving side who loves sugar coated cereal.

Hedgehog Comics

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It’s really hard for me to tell if something is funny or not. When I get an idea that is funny, by the time I start drawing it, I’m already sick of it and figure, “Nah. It’s not THAT funny.”
For these two comics, I decided to stick it out. They are also very lazy.

Kingdom Hearts Funny – Make-up

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A Kingdom Hearts Funny – Behind the Scenes
I love Kingdom Hearts, my brother and I play it all the time, and as we play we sometimes joke around about the story and the characters. This fan comic is done like the game has been filmed, have done lots og funny little comics like this one, Hades in the make-up room is one of my best. I drawn this on paper with pancil then scanned it into my laptop, then went over it on paint to make it more bold and stand out more.
I’m not sure if its funny or not to other people. Thats why I put on the internet, to see if it’s funny to other people. My brother and sister found it funny, I hope you do to.

Funny Bones

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I have been lazy with my artwork recently not doing anything to a finished standard ready to colour and this is no different.

This wasn’t intended to be a LAWay comicstrip. It was a University assignment of just taking an old silent movie gag and using a different character in the situation. I watched the first few seconds of Buster Keaton maybe in the Balloonatic where he opended his closet and there was a skeleton. There was my gag. Since it was already it strip format, I thought why not.

Probably been done before, but I literally was able to knock out the drawing in 5 minutes, homework done.
Next comic will be better. Promise.

Kastle Comics Preview

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All of these actually happened to me. I have had customers ask me if they can get a chili dog at a comic book store. Brilliant.
So I’m getting a webcomic strip started, called Kastle Comics. It’s gonna be all about the comic shop I work at and stuff. This is a preview, it’s the first strip I drew. I’m getting a Keenspace page set up to host everything on, and as soon as I get the web address set up and the site going, I’ll link to it on my main dA page.
I’m still figuring out how I’m doing this, so the first few weeks may be a little shaky. But gimme some time, and I think this could have potential.
Unfortunately, I don’t think I’m a very funny person. So if something isn’t funny or it doesn’t work, I need people to let me know.
And um oops in the third panel. I’ll fix that before it goes on the website.

Twilight comics

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My first comic strip! Lol.
Btw I don’t hate twilight, but I hate Bella ^^
Enjoy

Rip Comic – Chat Language

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Sorry, but I find it kinda stupid when people actually SPEAK chat language, like saying “lol” instead of laughing and such things.
But it’s funny though, hehe.

Rip McScythe & Rip McSuperdoom (c) Meh [Maria]

Nazgul Comics

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Good god, as these old! I’ve been meaning to upload them for so long…

Sometime around August 2003 I cooked these up. I still have another, maybe two more volumes to go, but most of the comics in those were thought up a few months after these ones.

I think these are the funniest out of the rest, but I dunno. I should have the other volumes up in a couple days!

1. “Of Mice and Wraiths”
2. “Popular Mordorian Card Game”
3. “Hobbits can leave a nasty mess…”
4. “The woes of robes…”