#humanbodyart

[foreverinmyhead]

Small Pleasures | gradient design by @foreverinmyhead

[greensfunhause]

Life drawing that I'm pretty proud of. Whenever I'm in a really good mood my drawings seem better IMO. Thoughts? #lifedrawing #model #conte #artistoninstagram #art #artist #artstudent #sheirdancollege #illustration #traditonalart #humanbodyart (at Sheridan College)

[adaptable-polarity]

How much of it is simple mechanics? I think it'd be simpler for us all if the car analogy fully worked for the human being, but we're not cars. We are complex beings part of complex systems. We can't just simply replace things. (Yes modern surgery is amazing, but any surgery is an insult to the system in some way even if saving or simplifying someone's life) I like to joke that structural building architecture like houses are easy compared to human architecture. Buildings don't go on binges, have emotional outbursts, and stressful days. Buildings are only designed to receive gravity in one direction. Images from IStock Credit:RYGERSZEM #bodymechanics #mechanicalmodel #humanbodyart #humanbeing #ai #cogsinawheel #emotionalbeings #adaptablepolarity #energybody #mechanicalbody https://www.instagram.com/p/CpDNbCcLxBk/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[meevichoi]

Sep 5. 2021 class @sinagartspace_hk #drawing #gesture #portrait #humanbodyart #artlessonhk #traditionalart（在 Lamma Island） https://www.instagram.com/p/CTcKkM1ht8j/?utm_medium=tumblr

[color-meblue]

“I swear I’m not crazy. Let me go.” .... I beg you to tell me that I’m sane. But not longer believe in fairytales. They’ve tied my arms and broke my wrists. They keep me quiet drowning in my own tears. 🥀 -L.O.T #pencildrawing #pencilsketch #humanbodyart #sketchingart #darkdrawing #crazymind #darkpoem #sadpoems #sadpost #PoembyLOT https://www.instagram.com/p/CD4tZOQnRPo/?igshid=1561578edqoww

[thesmilee]

"𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚑𝚞𝚖𝚊𝚗 𝚋𝚘𝚍𝚢 𝚒𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚜𝚝 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚔 𝚘𝚏 𝚊𝚛𝚝." — 𝙹𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝙲. 𝚂𝚌𝚘𝚝𝚝 ————————————————— I LOVE THIS CAT SO MUCH. He’s like a dog, he was licking my shoulder with his harsh textured tongue the whole time while purring because he’s a sucker for cuddles 😻 alive radiator🔥 ————————————————— CAT AND A LYNX YOO, I wish I was a cat, can I get all the cuddles pls ————————————————— #humanbodyart #loveyourbody #fishnetstockings #catlover😻 #cuddlesforeverplease (at Human Body) https://www.instagram.com/p/B5FUfO8pSwd/?igshid=qkyuhvq2yp2x

[denio3000]

Anatomy. [#inspiredbynature #beautiful #humanbodyart #girl #love #sexy #desire #iphonegraphy #iphone] https://www.instagram.com/p/BsvDDTGlDfh/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1rk4srwwz9ogz

[dodgersusc-blog]

Human branding was historically a horrid practice done on involuntary humans, slaves. This was done just before disembarkation of the slave ship to every person. Slaves did not choose, or happily receive these lifetime scars. These were identifiers for whites, whether slave owner or in general, to be able to easily identify a person in any situation. This was an inhumane practice forced upon people. 

Though today, there are a few who will willingly go through the burning pain to receive that mark of identifications. Gang members can be identified by their different tattoos. Members themselves use them as an identifier, in order to protect and remain within the limits of their “territory”. 

Each person affiliated with some kind of gang is branded upon being initiated. Members choose to be branded in order to prove their loyalty and to be welcomed. These markings can be used in the same way that branding was for slaves. 

Simone Browne in “Branding Blackness” told in an example how one slave’s branding was used in an advertisement for his recapture after he escaped. This was meant to be an easy identifier in his return. Today, these identifiers on gang members are used in the same way. Police reports will describe their tattoos so that those can be identifiers to others when searching for them. 

Others actually do brand themselves as an art form. 

This type of act goes far beyond getting a tattoo. Branding is said to be the most painful type of skin scarring. The pain though, for some, is worth the result at the end of it. What was once used to torture humans and place a shameful identifier on someone, is now treated as an art form for some. People endure the burning pain to receive a mark that they cherish because it represents their identity. These are very different connotations of the practice of branding from as far back as the 1600′s to now.