Special Effects Photography by Thomas Herbrich

"Surprise yourself and your audience!” That's the mantra of Thomas Herbrich, photographer and photo manipulating extraordinaire. With a client list that includes BMW, Mercedes Benz, Sony, Toyota, Volkswagen, Ikea and Lego, this professional is sought after for making brands come alive. More than that, he takes photos more or less the same way an artist paints a picture or a filmmaker adds special effects: with an endless amount of imagination. His spectacular scenes are meant to look realistic but always incorporate a strange twist.

Back and ready to go

I'm back from an amazing adventure to France. It was most definitely an awesome time. The french people helped me see things in a whole new light. So with that I've returned with a new vigor and drive to tattoo the bejeezers out of y'all. So send me some crazy ideas and we can get started!!

The Quotable Tom Ford

As a new season of Project Runway premiered last night, I thought I'd share a fashion-related tattoo. Working on "Fashion Avenue," I see a lot of ink on people in the industry. Here's one from Megan:

This is a quote by the fashion designer Tom Ford:

"Beauty is an illusion/It is here only for a moment/Then it fades/But in the brief moment of existence/It has forever/impacted the world"

Megan read these words in one of Ford's books, in a section about evening wear.

"I love Tom Ford," she told me, "and I think he's a very smart man."

The tattoo was done about 2-3 years ago at Ink Candy in Hollywood by an artist named Angel.

Thanks to Megan for sharing this inspirational quote with us here on Tattoosday!

Graffiti Street Art by MTO

MTO, a graffiti and street-art artist from Berlin (DE) creates spectacular grayscale murals of pop culture icons. If you are in Berlin don’t miss the chance to see some works in real. For that MTO has made a map of his spots.