If you haven’t heard of Montreal’s Zombie Boy (Rick Genest) he was recently discovered via Facebook. He opened the Thierry Mugler Fall 2011 show during Paris Fashion Week. and was also featured in Lady Gaga’s Born this Way music video. Genest is the star in the Mugler Fall 2011 ad campaign.
When I saw the Born this Way video I just figured they both were painted to be zombies. I never for a second thought he was heavily tatted. I can’t even begin to fathom how much a nose tattoo would hurt.
Currently he is working on his legs to finish the “project.”
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What do you think art or just plain creepy? I think hes made himself a work of art, but by the time he’s 80 he might be downright (more) scary looking.
Meh… to each their own. Good on him if he likes it.
I absolutely love this guy. I’ve seen him on the runway, and in the GaGa video. His work is unbelievably good. Whoever his artist is deserves an award. It’s so realistic and not harsh like some tattoos can be. I can’t wait until his whole body is finished so we can see the final result!
That is mental illness gone unchecked. Clearly some therapy is in order.
Well somebody’s gotta do it. I would never get a tattoo myself, but I think his tattoos are gorgeous. Yes, the subject matter is dark, but that doesn’t exclude them from being beautiful. Really the tattoo artist deserves praise, because there are more bad tattoos out there masquerading as ‘body art’ than good ones.
I really hope he doesn’t regret it in the future though. But I’m sure 20 years from now there’s going to be technology that make easier and better tattoo removal. Maybe he’ll take the ones off his face if one day his kids’ friends don’t wanna come over to the house…lol
And Thierry Mulger is/was a well known designer, I think. His designs remind me of old sci-fi book covers. Also he has a really lovely perfume in a blue star bottle called “angel”. I really like it. It’s sweet smelling, so some people might not like it, but I do.
Creepy.…what the heck are these tattoos going to look like when he’s 80?? Yuck!!!
I think he looks amazing. To all those saying “he’ll regret it when he’s older”, do you honestly think he woke up one day and did all this on a whim?