Aug 8 2008Yes! DIY Elf Ears: No Experience Required

Nice.

garb, shiver

what a goddamn moron.

Hope u like working at the headshop/tacobell/comicconn for the rest of your life.

Shocked and amazed! O_O

Wow, that's more than a little obsessive of the whole "Elves are pretty" thing. Who needs elf ears anyway? I am perfectly content to not shred my own ears in an attempt to look like an elf. I watched LOTR and Yes Legolas was cool, but WHY do we all have to LOOK LIKE HIM? Really now!?

This looks retarded on people trying to be serious, but would probably work out well for a porn star or a hooker.

Damn. That's a little extreme. I don't know if Tolkein would be proud or disgusted.

Nice reference to that Zelda chick ;)

that looks painful as hell. and id bone that elf until it broke.

ummmm....... yeah.
Dumbass, seriously f***ing stupid to do that

"Body modification". That is both my and my girlfriend's passion and occupation. It ranges from a simple ear piercing to extreme flesh alteration. It is simply one form of expression, as is every other art that is in existence. That particular procedure is actually fairly minor and pretty quick to heal. Of course, it hurts like hell, but that's always depending on the particular person's pain threshold.

My advice is that people shouldn't be so quick to judge or say that someone is "stupid" for making a choice of their own. In any case, I'm a long time lurker, but this is my first comment (since it hit home and all :P). Niiice stuff!

What a dumb, otaku bitch.

What a stupid bitch!!!

I like the idea of a prostitute making this ear transition for the sake of fulfilling many elf and fairy erotica fantasies that just couldn't be accomplished with some fake plastic ears and quick make up work. Otherwise, what happens when your 72 and thinking back, what the hell was I thinking, do you then just cut the tip off and hope it heals back somewhat rounded.

The design of the ear is typically more dish shaped as it helps serve a purpose, human ears are too short and thick to be pointy, and cutting them like this might tone down your ability of hearing...something an elf is legendary for.

Tolkien never meant Elves to have pointed ears. There is never any mention of pointed ears in his writings.

Someday:

"Grandma, what pointy ears you have..."

Tat's and piercings are one thing but this is beyond retarded.

If she likes them, then who cares? Perhaps if I ever decide to be a professional recluse/writer/graphic designer or something, I'll start paying the big bucks to look like an elf too. Until then, not so much.

@13: Imagine, though, what would have happened if the elves in the films didn't have pointy ears: they would look exactly like people. Besides, who cares? I'm pretty sure he never mentioned that Arwen was secretly Liv Tyler, either.

@12- by the time youre 72?

by the time i turn 72 im not gonna give a damn even if a have a whole freakin elf growing on my back. do what you wanna do while you can do it, and dont judge other people unless you have gone to law school and are a real judge.

Scissors, wire, duct tape and a needle + anime convention = $$$
Everything a guerilla surgeon needs!

#9, sorry to disagree with your post-modern definition of Art: this is self-inflicted mutilation. At most you could call it "corrective" surgery... in the sense that she tries to correct her body to make it look like the ideal she has in her fantasies. Well we all have something about our body we'd like to change right? Some manage to cope with it and try to feel good about themselves. Other cannot cope with it and have to alter the outside to feel better. That's the case with fake breasts, collagene lips or face lift.
I have to agree with #12 on that one: the natural shape of an ear has a very functional shape.

Stupid? How is this worse than a tattoo?

Good thing she's already ugly.

How f***in retarded!!!!!!!!

Awwww, I think they're cute. I bet her name is Ariel Sunshine.

Stupid....

I've seen some way f***in stupid ink in my time on both men and women. This is not that extreme...some of the f***in ironware and pots and pans hanging outside of some strippers nether regions...now that's f***in Retarded.

i would totally do her.

Eh samoans engrave their own bodies with tatooes that last forever. So what makes it different for this person to change her ears.

can someone just put this poor girl out of her misery... i mean cmon... perhaps a metal pipe might help her dream of being a cyclops.

Gave this a try since I was already hung like an elf. I def. messed up at some point. turns out i can't sew for shit and the chunk of ear i cut off was too big. . . kinda passed out from the pain. starting to regret having tried this.

id pee in her butt!

LAWL @29!!!! ive never heard anyone else use that line before, its so goddamn funny

....ow.

#18: It's not my "post modern definition" of anything. This is simply a form of expression, and is widely considered as art. But, of course, you are entitled to your opinion.

Tolkien would be appalled...

I have to say I'm all for it, on a girl at least. It looks kind of cute and she can always cover it up with her hair when she's at work.

I don't consider this to be as extreme as tattooing or breast surgery (someone put it on par as being 'corrective' surgery for the insecure...pffff).

To me it seems to be about a step away from ear-piercing. The reason so many people are making such a big deal of it is because it's UNCOMMON. That doesn't make it stupid or 'extreme'. I'm not big into elves myself, but I can see and appreciate why some people would have this (minor) procedure done.

#32 having an M.A. I should know my shallots from my onions. Andy Warhol said "Art is what you can get away with". Call me old-fashioned, but I'm afraid that's where we've been for the last 45 years.

Respect

Franco: She works?

F*** YALL HATERS!!!!! Everyone is welcome to there opinion but just leave the nice lady alone. And since when did people start associating pointy ears with stupidity? Mr. Spock will give you all an ass whuppin at tridimensional chess.
So all you narcissistic douchebags (3,8,10,11,14,20,21,23,27) can just stick to your menthol cigarettes, barbed wire armband tattoos, and missionary position while you choke on my modified cock.

fairies are the mythical creatures that have the pointed ears.
I am tempted to do this to my ears.

'"Body modification". That is both my and my girlfriend's passion and occupation. It ranges from a simple ear piercing to extreme flesh alteration.'

Mad rhymes, Heartattack.

Yeah, it's a little... over-the-top. Not something I'd ever do, personally, but it's her choice. Boob jobs have looked worse.

hey sure i mean i have tattoo's it's pretty much self mutilation too, I think these would look pretty hot on some chicks, I think people can do whatever the hell they want to do with their bodies, it's not for me though, all my tatt's are not visible when i wear a short sleeve shirt, because i have a nice paying job that won't really allow me to have any visible tattos, or elf ears, so yeah........ good luch finding a decent job, but if you're some hot elf eared chick I'm sure some nerd with a nice job will gladly marry your ass and support you n' stuff.

It looked pretty horrible at first..but in the later pictures after it healed up it actually does look kinda cool. That is to say, I might use the services of a hooker sporting this if she was totally speaking elvish and cool jewelry and exotic clothes and weird sexual positions and shit, though I wouldn't want my girlfriend to mutilate herself in this way.

And she should probably ignore that I was just talking about screwing a hooker. LOL!!!

Now that I'm already in hot water, would you say that this chick is hot, hon? Three-way material at least? From behind??? EYES CLOSED?? Come on...you're too harsh.

I've seen these pics posted on lj by the actual woman. For everyone wondering, no these were not done by herself or one of her friends; they were done in a tattoo/piercing/body mod shop by a trained professional who has done this type of 'surgery' before. While I agree she might regret them later, she talked about how she often wore fake ears in public and around, so she knew what she was getting into.

the ears are cute and bring her up about half a point.

and for all of you people saying she wont get a job because of them i got 2 things for you: 1) she can decide to cover them if she wants by wearing her hair in the right way; and 2) some people are born with ears like that so if any one gives her shit about it she can say its just her ears (assuming they havent seen her pic).

im just wondering if/how it effects hearing.

Ow ow ow ow ow ow ow ow ow ow ow ow ow ow.
That said, I'd hit it.
The fact is, discrimination sucks. But if an employer is worried about your ears, and not your credentials, he should kindly f*** off. That isn't the way it is, but it should be. I for one would not want to work for someone who couldn't look past my ears and see me for who I am... the qualified candidate I am.
As for those of you who are complaining it's retarded, go kindly to hell. She's an individual, albeit a slightly obsessed one. I don't bitch about your bitchy posts.
Oh, wait, yes I do.

Ugh. This is what I hate. People in my generation think they can do whatever the f*** they want, and they shouldn't experience any negative drawbacks for it. Point is, she's never going to look "professional." She could probably get a job pushing paper in the basement, but she's not going to be out on a sales floor, and she's never going to get a great promotion.

Be as high and mighty as you'd like, but if you ran into someone with severe facial injuries at a place of business, you'd be made uncomfortable, and a business doesn't want their customers feeling uncomfortable.

All body modifications come down to insecurities related to an obsession with personal appearance, and this includes the stuff most of us pass of as normal. The girl who spends five hours a day in the tanning salon is just as superficial as the guy who spends 1/4 of his paycheck on tattoos.

People can do whatever the hell they want to do to their own bodies, but that doesn't mean they're not idiots. It's just that being an idiot isn't against the law. However, what you do will always have ramifications on the future. If you don't understand this simple cause and effect, I sincerely request that you remove yourself from the planet in an efficient and easy-to-clean-up way.

I wanna get all troll on her ass

@47 - Well said.

#47- I can see your point of view... my cousin got this horrible tribal tattoo on the back of her neck, and she's finishing up her accounting degree (so I think it looks totally inappropriate), but you can't really assume that everyone wants an office job, pushing pencils and or hoping to get that promotion and new office with a window. I do art, and costuming, and hope to god I never have to work a boring office job again. People can do what they want to their bodies like this and still have a profession they love.

But yeah, I think she's being stupid if she doesn't get a professional to do this. You could do it crooked or get a nasty infection.

I don't mind the whole elf-ear thing....(dunno if I'd get it done myself, and certainly not this way...) however you just *look* at this woman and she looks like the kind of person who will regret this in a few years :p

I wouldn't do it, but if she wants to do it and makes her feel happy, then watever. It's not like she's telling us to snort coke or shoot up heroine.

The only thing I can complain about is that this chick looks kinda stupid, and stupid people do stupid things. But if she can't score a guy, and she believes having elf ears to make herself stand out more, go ahead, I hope you get the right reactions.

"I mean what the hell're you try'na tell me, you need a f***in' iron ring in your face or your t*** or your ass to feel fulfilled or some shit like that? You ain't a individual 'til you got a big iron bar shot through the enda your pecker?"

While I admit it is a bit extreme and may limit her job opportunities, it still looks kinda cool to me.

#40:

Ha HA! I didn't realize it rhymed...that's funny! @ everyone else: the world moves on, we live another day; some of us don't. Rinse/repeat.

I don't see that much of a job problem. Being a girl she can cover the ears with hair, plus the average 60+ boss would never think about "elf ears" simply because he would never now they existed, so probably he would just think they were some strange looking ears. I don't think people at work spend the day staring at one's ears... In my own opinion a big tattoo on the neck or arms as much as a failed lip job are way more visible than this stuff.

Too much like a Halloween costume you can never take off... At least she'll have a successful winter job taking kids' pictures with Santa.

OK all you people saying stuff about not getting a job because of the ears. What about all these people with already disfigured ears which stick out to far, or look to small or far to large. Yet they still manage to get decent jobs (my manager looks like dumbo BTW) So i think she would still be ok. Its not like she has a giant rod through her nose. the ears are probably the last thing you notice on a persons face.

what do we want???

NEW POSTS

when do we want them???

NOW!!!!!!

I had a boss who was a fat, stupid bitch. Moral: You don't have to go on a diet or have an education to be in charge of stupid little people with no hope for advancement. And really, isn't that what we all hope to be? A slavedriver who rips the soul away from a mindless underling hovering above the poverty line?
That being said, I have no tattoos, no piercings, no annoying tics, and no major body mutations. And if I was a boss, I'd hire her. Not everyone in the world is a mindless drone who takes up the moral code and tired ethics of yesteryear and passes them to a new generations. It actually bothers me that people simply dismiss the fact that they, as the workforce, are ALLOWING this kind of stupidity to drive the hiring process. Not to get all Orwell on you, but the workforce is kind of the major underlying foundation of our society. We don't actually have to take this bullshit if we start spreading the word that tattoos, piercings, ears, etc are NOT IMPORTANT. If the customer doesn't like the way the salespeople look, GO SOMEWHERE ELSE.
Rant ended.

OMG body MOD for the body!!!
Tuning for people! and cars! and computer cases!!!

Now THAT is XXIst century!

I'm proud to be a man from XXIst century!!!!

O M G, really, why

thats sick x p

YAY
Shes getting the Attention her DAD never gave her...
Oh to be young and know everything...

This is only cool to the people who are 19-26 still stuck in college towns and drink Blue Moon or some other beer they think is alternative, while they play some 8-ball or Cricket and rock out the Mega Touch... and during the day they manic panic their hair and get another tatt. from their cool friend at the local tattoo shop that looks like some reject 1940's swing kid.... Please.. as much as you people want to fight for this being "SUCH A GREAT FORM OF EXPRESSION" its just another kid in some area trying to be the next "Cool Kid on the block" It lame and its ok to say so..

I don't like the way it looks, but the stupid thing is not getting the ears done, but doing them yourself

Cheese and crackers! People really do that?

Very hot, but would not have done that myself out of fear of infections! O_o
But, still, totally want those ears.

"Be as high and mighty as you'd like, but if you ran into someone with severe facial injuries at a place of business, you'd be made uncomfortable, and a business doesn't want their customers feeling uncomfortable."

That has to be one of the most bigoted comments I've ever heard in my life.

I was in a tremendous accident when I was a child, which resulted in dramatic facial scarring. I have intact ears, yes, but the right side of my face is definitely disfigured. Permanently.

I was a salesperson for ten years. Anyone that was initially uncomfortable due to my appearance quickly forgot about it after talking to me for a minute or two - because, oh, I don't know, I'M A PERSON, not a set of scars.

I'm no longer in sales because I'm a regional manager. I still don't think I make people uncomfortable - well, maybe the stupid, ignorant bigots who base their opinions of people completely on looks - but if I do, it certainly hasn't "hurt the business." I think AT&T is doing just fine.

As for the elf ear girl, whatever floats her boat. It does look painful, though.

She'll have a very specific demographic as a hooker at comicon: trekkies and LOTR nerds. Maybe also guys with a tinkerbell fetish?

All the comments and commentary about the nature of art, expression, professional appearance, etc. are great and all but I think the Geekologie writer made the best point already:
8. Take a picture, preferably topless.

"Preferably topless.". How often do we forget those two very important words....

Creepy.

As.

Hell.

I don't know what to say, but if i saw a person that looked like that i would spray them in the face with spermicide: trusting i had my trusty can of spermicide with me.

#38-- i love you.

I think it's cute to a point. Just like any permanent body changes (tatoo, plastic surg., etc.) the long term effects must be carefully weighed out. I have a tatoo, made myself wait a few years before getting to make sure I would still want it, and I still put it on my shoulder where it can't be seen at work. I'm also pierced, tongue and have to talk around it and wear a pink stud so it doesn't show.
To all of you kids that so concerned with people are people and blah blah whiney blah - The facts are simple, you would invest 10's or 100's of thousands of dollars with someone who's ear's ar gauged, wearing chucks, with a purple mohawk and f@cking elf ears.
You can express yourself w/o losing your professional appearance. But having elf ears will make it very difficult.

D'oh! would = WOULDN'T

she needs to clean the gold mine out of her ears

buttsecks -- it's what's for dinner

@38

Mr. Spock was fictional and didn't wake up one day on Vulcan and think to himself, "You know, I think I'll cut the shit out of my ears today for vanity then play dress up and pretend I belongs to something bigger than mymself."

Why don't you modify that cock of your's so that you can stick it in your arse and then go have a fun night of cutting and self indulgent mutilation.

ZOMG COVER THAT SHIT UP LIKE YOU DID THE MONTAUK MONSTER!

@36
Way to distill aesthetics into an Andy Warhol quote and use it as an argument for limiting art. It really illustrates the value of your education.
Perhaps you should know your baguettes from your breads, but having your M.A. you should know it ain't worth shit.

72 is just a number, one I favor for reasons I don't really know. I was just trying to impart the idea that as we grow in life and life experiences we change and in some cases our interests follow suit. And though you may never regret such a decision in the instant that you do, how reversible is this procedure?

But really I've done so many frivolous, minuscule things in life that perhaps were too unimportant for me to really regret. And in most cases I was really just trying to divert my own attention from the truth. That we are soon to face an apocalyptic doom brought about by a giant nitrogen-breathing race bent on the destruction of all earthly species who will soon convert our planet's environment into something more suitable for their sustainment.

to #80:

word

Proactive!
Must agree with the other posts, she isn't corporate material.
Hopefully, she can find a decent job to make her way through the world.
One that will allow her to save enough money to correct this later.

@73. "I think it's cute to a point."

groan

There's a whole lot of ignorant f-tards making comments here.

I happen to know this girl. She's awesome. Open minded, no judgmental, and caring. She's far from being unemployed. In fact, she's currently touring Europe.

As for the ears, hell yea they're cute. They really look good on her, but they aren't super obvious. They pass for natural.

I think there's a bunch of mewling little dweebs here trying to make themselves feel better by making ignorant comments about things they don't understand. Grow up and ya might get some.

Oh, and FYI, is wasn't DIY for those under that particular delusion. It was done professionally by a guy in Toronto.

It's also becoming more popular.

Really, is it that much more strange that ramming big ass chucks of metal through your face or having ink injected under your skin?

@84. Wow. You know her. Man....

That doesn't change the fact that SOME of us think she still a effing moron.

@83 - Holy crap, that was completely unintended... and the lameness would've shamed me. However; since it was unintentional- I am free to giggle and shake my head... I'm sorry my inner g00ber leaks out unexpectedly sometimes!

@86: My point is you don't know shit, yet you're yappin off.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/ignorance

She's an exceptionally smart girl who was fully aware of the consciences of her actions. She's got no interest in working for someone who'd have a problem with her ears. Takes guts to make that kind of commitment.

All of that is aside the simple point that is maybe some of you'd be less insistent on making bullshit judgments about other people, you might get laid.

I'm very glad I'm not so ignorant as you folks and let this lass into my life.
She rocks!!

@Bit - When people alter their appearance to gain attention, they DO NOT get to define which type of attention they recieve.

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/jackass

Uh Bit, you seem to be doing a lot of judging for a guy who's sex life depends on not judging people...

Also, who wants to have sex with someone they haven't judged as an attractive option?

Holy shit, this scares the f*** out of me.

I can't imagine anyone doing this.

It seems... Oh, I don't know, risky and painful?!

@89: People who get body mods don't necessarily do it for attention. In her case, she happened to have very elf-like (natural) features. Even had a bit of a natural point. So she had those features augmented as a form of self expression. There's a big difference between expressing yourself and being an attention whore. This lass doesn't need the ears to get attention either. That happens when she walks in the room.

@90: True. I'm being a bit of a hypocrite. Getting a little sooty while pointing out the color of the kettle. Thing is, if anyone here actually met this girl, they wouldn't make the nasty comments being made. The hooker cracks are particularly offensive. If I were in her company and someone made a remark like that, I'd be obliged to preform a little body modification on their face.

@ 79

Exactly the point of Warhol: suffices to declare something Art, and Schmucks like me will be reminded by you that it can never be disputed. Veto. Taboo. No-man zone. Nada. Zip. Diplomatic immunity.

Unfortunately debating Art still requires training: last time I checked they didn't randomly hire writers, critics, museum curators and guides. Otherwise I wish you good luck with your resume at the Guggenheim.

Unless you've got solid credentials to back up your opinion you should google "Donald Kuspit" and see for yourself an award-winning and respected Art critic call junk what is often labeled Art.

Someone call a psychiatric hospital ASAP. No, that's not normal unless it's YOUR normal. No, it's not beautiful. No, it's not expressing feelings o whatever the f*** you like. It's stupid, dangerous, moronic, a cry for help and a cry for someone to make you GROW THE F*** UP.

@Bit

Whatev emo. I still think she's a moron.

@95:
Emo? LAMO! Yeah... not even close there chummer.
You are free to have your delusions, I guess.
Just so long as you understand that you are making yourself out to be vastly pathetic when compared to this awesome girl.

BTW, if you called her a bit nuts, I'd agree with you. So would she.

i think it looks pretty, but i could never do it to myself. it is mutilation. pretty mutilation, but mutilation none the less.

Why do all you tards give a flying f*** as to weather or not some cute chick nips her ears? Or those flesh tunnel jobs? Tongue piercing? I met this guy with a cock tattooed on the bridge of his nose. Its her body, what do you jackoffs care.

@28, perhaps it was too many shots of rubbing alcohol? Go to a professional. =D

Oh yea,
I haven't met this girl but know somebody she dated. If you saw a picture of how she looks all healed you would probably change your opinion, it doesn't look all inflamed and what not, it looks like she was born with her ears like that.

@93
Why would you want to dispute it? Just cause you don't like it doesn't you should be able to ignore/insult it away.

It seems like you are more insulted by the fact that schmucks like me can veto when that power should be held only in the hands of the indoctrinated (educated - however you want to say it).

My point was not to argue against the spirit of your quote. I was trying to point out the fact that you had used an Andy Warhol quotation to criticize the state of art when the ability to label anything as art really helped his success.

No, debating art does not require training: last time I checked you didn't need to be a professional to have a discussion on any topic. No more than drinking wine requires training. Both are acts of consumption, and the labels we put on items dictate our manor of consuming them. I can rinse my asshole out with wine, but that's an enema, not a drink. There is certainly power in the act of naming, why not work with it.

But don't worry, I won't be sullying your museum patrons' opinion. I have no interest in telling people what art is good and what bad.

And If I do have solid credentials I shouldn't read an award winning critic? What should I read then, opinions of the hoi polloi? I have read some Donald Kuspit (thanks to you that is). His metaphors are grasping, and he employs the vocabulary of a retarded cultural studies major, but he does appear to have some interesting things to say. I would have though he would be more suitable for those with credentials though. He certainly doesn't write to the common audience.

@ # 99. - Ooh. Lucky her...

@ 92
I'm just pokin' fun. I hear what you're saying, but when you put stuff on the internet it's what you're askin' for. Your comments (like mine) are subject to the same criticism. We'll probably both come back to catch a bit of it too.

Sorry you are feeling defensive over your friend, but like you said, she knew what she was getting in to and things get stepped up on the internet. In cyberspace no one can hear you cry.

What bothers me the most, is that people in my generation in general think their opinions and what they write on these comment sections matter. I mean you can support this poor misguided girl all you want, it doesn't make her daddy love her and her not lose her virginity to some guy that plays bad eighties covers at the local bar and is really close to hitting it big. The point is, take your pandering and crying somewhere else. No one came to this site to here what you think, I myself I'm going to read celebrity gossip and see boobs. Humor and Boobs, thats all we need. Get off your f***ing crosses and realize your opinions don't matter.

And body mutilation is not art, it's like saying nickelback is art. You can have intents and purposes of being artistic but still just you being a tool. Art is sadly defined by the interpretation of others, the artist doesn't matter. (Dylan and Warhol both agreed with this)

@ ShitBitch Carl

Whatever our take on Art, I'm glad to see we both agree on Warhol: he cleverly played with the thin line between what is Art and what is not eventually blurring the distinction. Warhol wasn't taking himself seriously but sadly, most post-modern artists do.

We'll have to live with the fact that Art is not determined by people like you or me but by the curators, critics and editors. As much as we'd like to think that our opinion has some value, they are the ones deciding who's knowledgeable or not and who's hot or not; and they won't be taking tips from people like you or me.

For the last 50 years nothing new has been invented in Art. It's been running like a dog after its own tail and that's what Donald Kuspit is challenging.

Hehe J@cko , you got that right, but I can't take the insult that I'm not culturally important. So while it might be self delusional I'll maintain the importance of the common man. This is the internet, the new democracy.

I like your dog chasing it's tail analogy. Think of DJs and other forms that cut up bits of original materials and try telling us that it's new art because they've rearranged, stretched, tore, flipped and crumpled it up then taped it back together.

Keep it real.

@15 Definitely not.

umm..you mean d.i.y. vulcan ears........very cool...live long and prosper.

WTF IS WRNG WITH U BEECH

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Dude. X3 This is retarded. It's worse than a tattoo or piercing because atleast you can get those removed. Unattractive chicks with low self esteem think they gotta go to extremes to get the attention they want -- even if it's negative. I BET SHE'S EATING THIS UP. D: EVERY1 POST SO SHE FEELS LUVD.

well...i cant judge or speak for her reasons for the ears. However, if it is attention she was looking for; considering all the comments, she sure as hell got it...

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what is with most of you? You are all judgmental idiots who are scared of being different. what do you think happened to the first person to get their ears pierced or got tattooed? The first set of implants of corrective surgery? Now i'm not saying that i'd do it, even by someone experienced in these procedures, but there is nothing wrong with wanting to change the way you look. 1000's or more people do this everyday. Granted it might/might not be as severe but its the norm. So before you judge just think who you know with any form of plastic/corrective surgery and judge them too cause thats what you are doing. I've said my peace.

you people are just sooo into you freakin'
should and shouldn't do.
It's not like it's gonna affect YOU right?
well then if it's not then WHO cares
it's her choice if she wants her ears that way
it's HER body, not yours and if she wants her ears
to be changed into a different shape then too bad!
you don't have a say in it
'cuz she already did it there is no changing it and that is final

Wow!! that's amazing! really like it! ;)
want that 2 but have to wait till I moved out, but really love it.
also like your piercing!!
;)

Looks nice.

I wonder how she'll feel about them when she's 80.

omg...that´s horrible........ i see that some people don´t know what to do:D::DD:D

I have to laugh at the many people agreeing that it will hurt her job oppurtunities. Yeah, probably, for the rat race. Chances are she doesn't want a normal job anyway. I make games for a living, and believe me, a girl with pointy ears would be kind of boring next to some of the people I've worked with. And they probably make a lot more money than you do, as well as having a more stable job (Hooray for the repression proof entertainment industry.)
Moral of the story- obvious body modifications, dressing strangely or even being downright ugly doesn't limit professional success.

i think its her choice and its looks quite nice, i fail to see why people are making such a fuss out of it, if you dont like it dont get it done.

best regards

That is Sweet O.O .... I want!! ^-^

I probably wouldn't be all "UGGGHH! BLEHH!" and feel like vomiting if this was a picture of her completed ears and not during the healing process. I wouldn't really call what most people are saying 'discrimination.' More like opinion unless they are saying all body modifications are bad, or that no/most jobs would hire a person with modifications. One of my teachers in my public high school had gauged ears and tribal tattoos on both of his arms and neck, and is continuing to get more done. But man, I still wish I didn't see that picture. Hopefully people mimicking this won't get horrible infections.

I already have elf ears. No lie. I seriously do. My ears have always been pointy, and I love them!

I don't care that she did it - but to me it just doesn't look like an elf ear anyway. I think elf ears should be longer... ya know? But hers does look kinda cute.

Dude... that's amazing... but... my eyes were watering as I read the instructions. I admire your... ability... to actually get that done O_O
If i were to ever EVER see you in real life, I would have to stroke your ears and be like 'prettiful'.

Ah wells, they are absolutely adorable =]
You have my respect dear x

Actually, i know the person who had that done.

i have to agree with the 124th post. looks amazing i wanted to get this done also but joined the military but once i get out ima spend the money to get it done. deployments save you some money so why not. i say dont worry about all the negatives that people say f**k them they look hot and you pull it off nice

... unfortunately the rest of her ears are big, fat and extremly flabby.
Poor kid!

Well, maybe she'll one day realize that there is more than pointed ears to be an elven girl and then she might get it that she's just human after all, growing old wrinkly and toothless BUT all that with pointed ears :P

As for her having elf-like features: I seriously doubt it but maybe Bit might be right:

http://images.elfwood.com/art/r/a/rachfitz/fat_elf2blue.jpg

Since when do elven girls have unclean skin and broad (badly painted) lips?
I just hope for her that she will never regret her decision to freaken up like that.

The 2 comments above this are clearly the best on here, especially 127!
I thought elves were hot like Liv Tyler, not spotty, fat and ginger.

@109: Well done for hunting down these pics and revealing this witch for what she really is! she should have got a troll mask attached to her face to match that rancid body.

eerrrrr!

If she was going to modify herself maybe she should have considered sorting out those sloppy breasts?

I like how the article is about a body mod, and the comments are about the person pictured in the article.

I think that would rock to have elf ears. Of course I wouldn't do it by myself I'd go to like a plastic surgeon and get it done. I know I'm a freak so what =)

Why?
I mean sure, it's cool for Halloween, and Christmas -if you're into elves- but other than that, what are they good for?
It hurts like hell to do that doesn't it? And for what?
You should stop it now, before younger kids start doing this, and really hurt themselves because they thought "Since sissy did it, it must be good for me to!"

This is me, Russ Foxx is the artist, he's based in Vancouver. I have a great job that I love thanks!

You know, some super glue on the ears works just fine for a temporary set of ears. Just pinch the top together hold for 30 seconds and off you go.

My wife suggested that since guys like women's breasts so much,, fat women should have their bellies re-sculpted into boobs (like a dog or cat).

I love the people who assume you can't get a job with pointy ears.

im glade my ears are natrual, i was bordn wth my ears slightly folded in the back so there pointed a little. But no matter how much i would want to get pointy ears if i didnt have them already i would never spend any amount of mone to do that... though i hope your happy with your idea they look like the healed well.

i accualy cant wear many kind of earings or things on my ears becouse of there shape T_T sad times

Was this actually well thought out. I love body modification but this is not safe or smart. Save the money and hire a professional to do this not yourself or a friend.

idiots.. all of you.bloody idiots.

Okay people, enough with the slamming of her personal choice. Honestly, are we all children or adults?

As far as "extreme" There are traditions dating back generations that do much more harm to a body than this. Think about these traditional methods of body alteration and then double-check your attitudes at the curb.

1. Foot binding, though agreeably a bad idea was practiced for hundreds of years in china and people thought that it was the most beautiful thing to see a woman hobbling around on teacup sized feet.

2. Lip-stretching of the Mursa tribe of Africans. This officially grosses me out, but has also been done for generations and how can you possibly eat with that?

3. Scarification: This one's become popular amongst African American people again as they can't get tattoos in many colors because the light colored inks don't show against the tone of their skin.

4. Cicatrization: A modified version of scarring that causes permanent raised blisters that is still performed in Africa as a way to send social messages and to beautify the body.

5. Neck Stretching of the women of the Kayan tribe. A brass ring is put around a girl's neck at the age of five to force their clavicle to deform and push downward to give the illusion that the neck has become longer and more slender.

Five Traditional examples of how people have modified their bodies based on tribal beliefs and personal choice. So don't knock something as minor as having one's ear made a little more pointed.

Oh, and for those of you that took the DIY seriously, it was a JOKE. *facepalms*

There's no way that level of stitching was done with a heated up needle and thread. That's professional work, as was stated in a comment farther up somewhere.

Wow, I can't believe some of you people. It was her Idea to get her ears cosmetically altered, not yours, and fussing about it won't change a thing.
I am a big fantasy fan and I would love to have pointed ears, but I wouldn't want some losers with no life fussing at me for showing them off. I mean I'm saying I would do that to myself, but it's no different than getting a tattoo, a facial peircing, or your boobs enlarged. seriously, get a life and stop complaining a bout everyone personal preferences, it won't change anything.

I just love how her ears turned out, I just went to ORF this weekend Ohio Renaissance Festival) and bought myeslf a pair of Latex pointed ears, they're so cute

I heard that the porceture also makes your musical ear silgithly better and increases your hearing.

well... it looks really nice and I won't blame anyone for doing this, cause they like elves a lot! :) Though, I'm sure I'd kill my children for doint this! :D

at "145. Mystic - October 6, 2009 9:45 PM

I heard that the porceture also makes your musical ear silgithly better and increases your hearing."

yeye, it also increases your skill with bow by 39 and night-seeing by 27! :))

I had cancer on my left ear when i was 6 years old and I have an elf ear because of it. I had spent most of my life embarrassed because of my ear so i grew long hair to hide it. I have had many woman shun me after finding out about my ear. Now people are doing this to themselves??

Everyone who is being judgmental needs to get over it. Why is it acceptable to inject poison into the face for a younger appearance, poison into the lips so they look as though a woman has been punched, implant into breasts, enlarge a penis, implant into a butt so its higher and numerous other alterations that are accepted but because some people want ears done this is ludicrous? I say those of you who judge need to get over it. People get Elvin ears for numerous reason that have zero to do with anything fictional or sexual. Some people do it to reconnect with Kin lives. Its not always an expression of art but self or religion. Try thinking, you don't know the truth and I strongly doubt she just did it it one day with out considering how her her life would result. Even when you get a tattoo or a piercing you would consider its placing and the flexibility of how it can be adjusted in mainstream society. I have been researching these ears for some time and am saving to get my ears done as well through a professional Body Mod Artist. My ears are only seen rarely now but I have a stable career as a writer and graphic artist. No I am not a huge fan of Tolkien but I am Kin and am doing this to re-unite with my roots. I am sure many petty comments will follow this but I hope some of you may be en lighted to the fact that ear mods are not some solitary based fictional or sexual fantasy mutilation but can have to do with a much higher reason. For the rest who are so judgmental you are lost. And for for those who insulted this girl by foul words and names why did you bother to post such negativity. Her ears were done by a professional clearly as evident by the surgical thread and clean incisions, no hearing does not diminish but it does increase. I think she has had a very clean looking procedure that turned out well.

@18 Don't try to argue from a degree, because eventually someone will come along and trump you, either in knowledge or in credentials.

We can argue the post-modern perspective to no end, but unless you know the full reasoning behind the augmentation / modification / mutilation you would be hard pressed to defend it as Art or not Art. If she's doing it as a point of expression and a tribute to popular and visual culture, it can be classified and defended as Art, from many other points and perspectives not related to pop Warhol quotes. Equally, if she's doing it because she wants to get nailed Elf style, the argument turns the other way.

Regardless, I've met plenty of people whose parents sent them away for an MA as finishing school (not all, but some) so falling back on the degree as a basis for argument is rather a poor choice.

#47

Know what? I used to be a pastry assistant. It was an open-air gourmet kitchen, which people could easily see into, and the sous chef had tribal tattoos from head to toe. He was there five days a week from 3 to 11 PM. And he was quite well paid.

So all you people talking about how minor body alterations keep you from having a profession? Suck on that. I don't even have any, but you're idiots if you think body alterations are an indicator of low intelligence. In fact, it is my observation that those person self-actualized enough to make a relatively unique body alteration is highly intelligent, not vice versa. After all, you generally have to go through a LOT of introspection to come to the point where you wanna permanently have elf ears.

The only stupidity I see in this blog post is a bunch of shallow, self-centered people, talking shit about someone they don't know. Maybe her profession IS cosplaying at comic cons, birthday parties, whatever? You never know about people... it takes all sorts to make the world go round.

I just love how her ears turned out, I just went to ORF this weekend Ohio Renaissance Festival) and bought myeslf a pair of Latex pointed ears, they're so cute

I like the ears, but I think I'd have to gain more than just pointed ears out of it. A lot more. This isn't going to make the world my ideal fantasy, so no thanks.