Tattooed EYEBALL! WTF!

[tammy]

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A 37-year-old man was arraigned Friday on attempted murder and assault charges after authorities say he exchanged gunfire with police at an Anchorage hotel, wounding an officer who was working on a burglary investigation.

Jason Walter Barnum was arrested Friday morning after his release from a hospital for treatment of a gunshot wound to his arm.

The heavily tattooed Anchorage man was ordered held on $500,000 cash-only bail.

The right side of Barnum's face is almost completely covered with a tattoo of a skull, and his right eyeball has been tattooed black, according to the Alaska Dispatch.

Read more: Man with tattooed eyeball charged with attempted murder in police officer

Man with tattooed eyeball charged with attempted murder in police officer

[TrixieFaux]

It's effective! Makes him look like a person I would not want to mess with...

[Dumpleton]

There were a couple of people at the Sydney convention this year with their eyes tattooed , From memory this one guy had one of his eyes blue and the other red.

I didn't know how to look at him kind of freaky

[Jack]

Keepin tattoos sketch. Thank you, sir.

[ShawnPorter]

My friend Howie was one of the first (if not THE first) person to perform eyeball tattooing. Its icky and dangerous. He uses an insulin syringe and injects it. He also uses black light reactive pigment. Its living proof that sometimes you can be friends with someone and think they have no ethics.

[ThaliaCamille]

I've met a couple of people who had their eyes tattooed. I don't find it particularly appealing or intelligent (plus I can't quite understand how you'd keep your eye open while you can see and feel it being tattooed...), but it's not all that shocking either. At least it doesn't cause any functional difficulties, unlike some other mods which totally change the shape of facial features etc.

[reverend1]

Ouch, I can't say I find this appealing in any way.

[David Flores]

A few years ago some 20 year old was showing me his tattoo and I asked him if he was going to get more, he responded jokingly "Maybe a couple more, not as many as you. After all I am not looking to join the circus or anything." People with eyeball tattoos are to me what I was to that kid.

[ShawnPorter]

I've met a couple of people who had their eyes tattooed. I don't find it particularly appealing or intelligent (plus I can't quite understand how you'd keep your eye open while you can see and feel it being tattooed...), but it's not all that shocking either. At least it doesn't cause any functional difficulties, unlike some other mods which totally change the shape of facial features etc.

But there are problems.

It's a hush hush thing, but some of the folks who've had it done have experienced glaucoma like pressure buildups in the eye, vision issues, etc.

[reverend1]

But there are problems.

It's a hush hush thing' date=' but some of the folks who've had it done have experienced glaucoma like pressure buildups in the eye, vision issues, etc.[/quote']

I'm not surprised. In fact I would assume that would be a common occurrence. Messing with your eyes just seems like a terrible idea to me.

[tammy]

I'm not surprised. In fact I would assume that would be a common occurrence. Messing with your eyes just seems like a terrible idea to me.

i totally have to agree with this. last year I got an ulcer in my eyeball and it was so flippin painful. I could not sleep, felt like ly head was going to split in half from the pain.

[David Flores]

i totally have to agree with this. last year I got an ulcer in my eyeball and it was so flippin painful. I could not sleep, felt like ly head was going to split in half from the pain.

My day is ruined when I get some dust in my contact lense.

[Our Endless Days]

god, this seems so fucking stupid on so many levels.

[Reyeslv]

About a year or so ago I was on Netflix and watch a National Geographic on Tattooing. This guy went around to different locations and at each one they demonstrated the technique and history of that area. In New Zealand they did face tattoos, for Japan the show's host received a tattoo from Horiyoshi III. The other thing they did show was the eye tattoos. If I remember correctly they were in LA. That was the oddest thing I ever saw. I checked Netflix this morning and the documentary is no longer on there. Sure you can find it somewhere.....

[irezumi]

Are we still calling it a tattoo when it's a dye job? It's not even the same type of procedure. I mean it's not like we're injecting ink into or under your skin. From what I understand this is only done by using a syringe to inject dye into the cornea, right?

[SStu]

I've gotta put the idea of getting my eyeballs tattooed up about as high on the list as I would for those other balls I find to be quite important to my quality of life . . .

[reverend1]

I think I might have it done as soon as I'm done having my onion ring tattooed.

[Dan S]

Done with a syringe by injecting dye directly under the membrane of the surface of the eye. Watched a show this last week of two um, gentlemen in a correctional institution who had done it themselves.

Hey-whatever gets you through the night, but speaking as someone working on one eyeball, after eight operations back when they used knives to slice 'em, there is no frkn way I would let anyone near my eye.

[JAllen]

Its popular at one of the state correctional facilities. They steal syringes from the infirmary and use the ink from bic pens. All of which sounds like a great idea.

[Graeme]

Needles and Sins posted a video about eyeball tattooing here. I don't get it.

[ian]

Needles and Sins posted a video about eyeball tattooing here. I don't get it.

beat me to it... that shit makes me cringe....

[SStu]

Ugh. :/

[Colored Guy]

Right up there with having my 'nads run over by a lawn thatcher....

CG

[slayer9019]

Yea since I first saw it posted, it seemed to have picked up pace much more rapidly than I had thought it would (apparently there are a decent amount of people that do this procedure). While the idea sounds kinda interesting to me (I dont really consider it a tattoo), it just seems like there are way too many possibilities for issues to arise, which for me is the last nail in the coffin as a bad idea. I have heard some postings about it on the interwebs that have clued to issues people are having with them. Apparently some people also tried the "poke" method, which has far worse results.

[slayer9019]

BME: Tattoo, Piercing and Body Modification News » ModBlog » The Eyeball Tattoo FAQ

a better "FAQ" on eyeball tattoing.