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Dust Vol. 4, Number 11

Blink and 2018 is just about over, at least in terms of music releases, at least if you don’t follow best ofs, mainstream hip hop or holiday music. As we close in on another year of amazing music—but what year isn’t, really?— Dusted takes a moment to dig through the piles and write some short, mostly positive reviews of albums that might have gotten slept on. As usual, writers follow their interests through expansive drone, transcendental folk, incendiary free-jazz, metal, punk and gospel-tinged Americana. Contributors this time included Ethan Covey, Justin Cober-Lake, Jennifer Kelly, Bill Meyer and Jonathan Shaw.

Bitchin Bajas — Rebajas (Drag City)

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Bitchin Bajas are a band made for deep exploration. Their hallucinatory, drone-based excursions are like an old couch — sink in, stretch out and stay a while. Rebajas, released this fall by Drag City, makes that task simple. The seven CD set features most everything the band has released since their debut in 2010: eight full albums and their contribution to various split albums. If you’re dipped into Bitchin Bajas previously, you’ll know what you��re getting. (And if you haven’t there’s little chance this package, or this review of it, is where you’d start.) That said, for those with a long drive, or a monk-like attention span, settling in and tracking the territory of the band’s evolution is rewarding. While the themes — of drone, calm, repeating bass and synth figures — remain constant, the band isn’t a one trick (or one note?) pony. Deep listening uncovers the variety between shorter, bloop-and-hum pieces from Tones/Zones (Disc 1) and the meditative, cycling layers of “2303” from last year’s Bajas Fresh (Disc 7). And there are moments that peek up from the soup: “Bajas Ragas” adds hand percussion and a loping bass line for one of their most engaging concoctions—fit for a slow-motion dance floor in a submerged city of the future. Missing, unfortunately, is their 2016 collaborative album with Bonnie “Prince” Billy, the excellently-titled Epic Jammers And Fortunate Little Ditties. As is this intriguing gem of Rolling Stones covers. Yet, with just shy of seven hours of music, I doubt many will sweat their absence. There’s more than enough to disappear into. And, if this review hasn’t spelled it simply enough, this is quite possibly the trippiest music out there. So, set your intentions and bon voyage.

Ethan Covey

Nathan Bowles—Plainly Mistaken (Paradise of Bachelors)

Plainly Mistaken by Nathan Bowles

Nathan Bowles, banjoist, percussionist and citizen of New Weird America, departs from his plain-spoken directness in this fourth album and makes a welcome detour into open-ended psychedelia. Right from the dreamy, drifty “Now If You Remember,” you sense a soft-focus open-ness to otherworldly experience. The cut, written by the seven-year-old Jessica Constable and included on Julie Tippett’s 1976 Sunset Glow, shifts and shimmers in ways that Bowles percussive banjo ditties have rarely done. Yet the album’s transcendental heart comes in “The Road Reversed,” where a pounding, dancing rhythm kicks among long, velvety bowed tones, and banjo notes bend into raga-like half-tones. Folk Americana frolics amid deep-toned Eastern meditation, and where one begins and the other ends is hard to say and, also, beside the point. There are, for sure, some traditional touchpoints—“Elk River Blues” (a tune by Ernie Carpenter that Bowles revisits here), “Fresh and Fairly So” and “Stump Sprout” will all satisfy fans of the twang and the twitch. Yet what lingers, for me, are the ones that stray from past experience, the slow, solo ambiguities of “Umbra,” the shadowy flurries and shifting dissonances of “Girih Tiles.” What Bowles’ well-turned work has lacked till now is mystery, and here it is at last.

Jennifer Kelly

Mike Farris — Silver & Stone (Compass)

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Mike Farris's long, strange career flamed briefly with the alt-rockers Screamin' Cheetah Wheelies in the 1990s. After that, Farris rejected his rock 'n' roll lifestyle and grungy sound in a move toward gospel and soul. The surprise of the transition wasn't the partier-to-Christian story but the discovery of how strong Farris's vocals are. On Silver & Stone, he has less of a gospel focus, but down in some swampy soul music (with bits of brighter pop), he shows off that voice. He's willing to take on Bill Withers (“Hope She'll Be Happier”) and Sam Cooke (“I'll Coming Running Back to You”) — not tasks usually recommended — and he comes out of it just fine.

The album fits a sort of arc for his solo career. It lacks the new-convert punch and joy of Salvation in Lights, but it shifts into more thoughtful reflection. Where he had been celebrating, now he's considering how to live. The explicit religion has mostly disappeared, but Farris's songs still run on hope and a big heart. The sorts of ideas at work on Silver & Stone synthesize on “When Mavis Sings,” a tribute to Mavis Staples and serves as a sort of musical and personal model. Farris, whether in rock or soul, the church or the club, presents a focused vision with enough groove to carry it through.

Justin Cober-Lake

Tim Feeney — Burrow (Marginal Frequency)

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Burrow can be read as both an explanation and an instruction. Percussionist Tim Feeney begins each of this tape’s four pieces (two per side, and if you purchase a download you’ll get a file of each side, not each piece) in similar fashion, beating out a pattern with minimal variation. As the performance progresses monotony gives way to fascination as Feeney slowly reveals a beat’s potential variations. At a certain point things change. Are you hearing more because he threw something on the drum skin, or because your concentration is unlocking that drum-strike’s secrets, or maybe both? Treat this tape like a meditation guide, one that helps you to dig into the sound and see what treasures you find.

Bill Meyer

Forever House — Eaves (Infrequent Seams)

Eaves by Forever House

Forever House makes wildly complicated songs whose improvisatory flights and furies are held together, barely, by Meaghan Burke’s keening, swooping melodies. A lurid aura hangs over these difficult, jarring compositions, witchy incantations invoking freaks, body doubles and spiders. Burke’s voice is velvety dark, draping over odd-shaped rhythms, jutting stabs of violent sound. The drumming is particularly good in an off-putting, against-expectations manner; along with throbs of cello and throes of feedbacked dissonance, it constructs a weird fun house architecture where everything tips and distorts and unsettles.

Forever House’s oddities work because they’re powered by formidable skills – this is a band with a serious NY downtown pedigree. Burke, a cellist and composer, commutes between classical orchestra work and solo material that skitters along the boundary between archaic pop and free-wheeling art song. Both guitarist James Moore and bassist James Illgenfritz have played with John Zorn, as well as other downtown luminaries (in Illgenfritz’s case Anthony Braxton, John Zorn, Elliott Sharp and Pauline Oliveros and others, in Moore’s with the electric guitar quartet Dither). Drummer Pete Wise has left less of an internet trail but seems to have Bang on a Can connections. You get the sense that Forever House is their spooky busman’s holiday, a chance to play against type and raise some unruly ghosts. Boo!

Jennifer Kelly

German Army — Kowloon Walled City = (Null Zone)

Kowloon Walled City by German Army

German Army is neither an established military entity nor some reenactment clique, but a low-flying, California-based combo that (according to their Facebook page) “uses art to document disappearing cultures and wildlife while critiquing imperialism in all forms.” Kowloon Walled City certainly qualifies as a disappearing culture, since most of the semi-autonomous, mob-run neighborhood that sat at the edge of Hong Kong’s airport has been cleaned up or knocked down. Since there’s nothing particularly Chinese-sounding about this tape’s perky synth/drum jams and the rare spoken vocals are in distinctly American-accented English, the proclaimed mission may be a failure or just a red herring. But if you need some catchy tunes limned with coded mystery to jam in your old jalopy (if you have tried to get a car stereo with a tape deck in the last ten years, you know what I’m talking about), German Army is at your service.

Bill Meyer

Gong Gong Gong—Siren (Wharf Cat)

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Two songs from the duo of Joshua Frank and Tom Ng make a case for an intriguing Beijing punk-noise underground. The a-side, “Siren” abstracts the electric blues into a single clattering guitar riff, a zooming, looming roar of bass and a searing call (no response) vocal from Ng, in sing-song-y Chinese. “Something’s Happening” is meatier and more conventionally rock, still built on sharp, stinging guitar clamor, but buzzing with Hendrix-y solo-ry (if Hendrix played the bass). Both tracks employ the minimum number of parts to maximal impact, the construction loose enough for friction, sparks and gnashing aggression.

Jennifer Kelly

Gerrit Hatcher / Peter Maunu / Julian Kirschner — The Raven and the Dove (JAKI)

The Raven and the Dove by Hatcher/Maunu/Kirshner

Chicago’s built on drained swampland, so when the next wave of free jazz rolls up, it can travel. Certainly this trio, which comprises two younger musicians and one more who seems to be doing exactly what he wants with his retirement, covers a lot of ground. Gerrit Hatcher is an extroverted tenor saxophonist with a raw tone and a willingness to depart from his default setting of muscular tune-grinding into passages of tentative flutter and delicate counterpoint. Good drummers never lack for work, so it’s saying something that you can find Julian Kirschner on a Chicago stage pretty much every week of the year. He comes from a post-free jazz conception of his instrument that favors color, space and movement over pulse or swing. Joining these youngsters is Peter Maunu, whose past life playing fusion and new age music seems quite irrelevant to the unpredictable stream of savage scraping, subliminal humming, and acidic rocking that issues from his guitar, violin and mandolin. This group is brand new, but it won’t be for long; they’ve been touring around the Midwest this fall, so you can expect them to add seasoned rapport to band new promises before long. Catch them if you can, and catch this promising debut if you can’t.

Bill Meyer

Kidd Jordan / Alvin Fielder / Joel Futterman / Steve Swell — Masters of Improvisation (Valid Records)

Masters of Improvisation by Kidd Jordan, Alvin Fielder, Joel Futterman & Steve Swell

It takes a particular orneriness to be a musician in a musical city and stake your claim to a style that the city has never embraced. You can say a lot of things about New Orleans, but it’s never really been a free jazz town. But that hasn’t stopped tenor saxophonist Kidd Jordan, who has made his crust playing and teaching every style that a jobbing musician must play, from playing a particularly uncompromising variety of free jazz. Two of his accompanists here are long-time partners. Drummer Alvin Fielder, who like Jordan is in his 80s, has likewise carried the free jazz torch in southern environs where the muggy air of indifference would douse a fainter spirit. Pianist Joel Futterman is a decade younger and his darting technique and forays inside the piano imply that his roots are sunk in different turf than his mates, but he’s been playing with them long enough to be able to bring empathy as well as energy to the table. New York-based trombonist Steve Swell is the newcomer, and his ability to shift effortlessly between sere exhalations and brash attacks allows him to complicate the combo’s late-Coltrane vibe without betraying it, and then be equally persuasive when they turn around and wring the last blue drops out of Doc Pomus’ “Lonely Avenue.” This concert recording lingers long on the stormy side; go on, stick your face into the wind, you won’t be sorry.

Bill Meyer

No Love — Choke on It (Sorry State)

Choke On It by No Love

No Love, from Raleigh, NC, play punk rock that conjures the ragged toughness of the mid-1970s NYC downtown scene and the pace of early-1980s Southern Cali hardcore. It’s a potent mix, and when guitarists Seth Beard and Daniel Lupton make a bit of space for vocalist Elizabeth Lynch, the record really kills it. The record’s title track and “Dogs//Wolves” — released back in 2015 as the A-side of a terrific single — are frantic punk burners that scrap and sizzle, teetering on the brink of perilous chaos. The band manages to channel the energy without disciplining it, like the Heartbreakers in those magical months in 1975. “Back Taxes & Anaphylaxis” is even better, mostly because Lynch takes an aggressive lead on the song, showing what she can do. On “Drama Fever,” she manages to keep pace with the guitars’ slashing intensity, but on some of the other tracks, she’s drowned out by all the frenzied riffage. The raw sound of the record gives it a low-grade charm, but the noise sometimes obscures the tunes, which are pretty great. Still, the band’s vigor and verve are undeniable. More, please.

Jonathan Shaw

One Tail, One Head — Worlds Open, Worlds Collide (Terratur Possessions)

Worlds Open, Worlds Collide by One Tail, One Head

Norway’s One Tail, One Head have been playing black metal since 2006, but this year’s Worlds Open, Worlds Collide is the first full-length record the band has ever released. They’ve made a career on their reputation as a live act, pairing their orthodox blackened sound and songs with a stage show only slightly less theatrical than Watain’s (that’s all stage blood, right guys?). It seems that this first LP will be their last, as One Tail, One Head have announced their intent to call it quits after a tour supporting the record. That sense of finality may have prompted the band to round the stylistic bases, pairing truculent, muscular songs reminiscent of the early demos (“Firebirds” is a good example) with more chaotic, swirling work typical of the recent EPs. Songs in the former mode are more successful here, especially the record’s title track, which thunders and crackles with convincing menace. But One Tail, One Head could have given themselves a better sendoff. Few of these tunes feel fully realized, and none is near the equal of the band’s intense performing presence. It’s too bad — but a wise (or wise-ass) kid from Chicago once observed that “breaking up is an idea that has occurred to far too few groups, sometimes the wrong ones.” Via con Satàn, fellas.

Jonathan Shaw

Vanessa Peters — Foxhole Prayers (Idol)

Foxhole Prayers by Vanessa Peters

Singer-songwriter Vanessa Peters could have settled for the smart folk-rock she’s been doing for almost two decades, but on Foxhole Prayers she stretches herself, looking at the cultural landscape without relinquishing her personal lyrics. “Carnival Barker” offers her most direct political track, but “Trolls” is more effective, capturing the patience and perseverance needed to defeat the title characters. The song has personal and political resonances, and it's that dual thinking that drives much of the album. “Fight” takes on extra meaning in the context of the album. Peters unveils her own fears and her own need to press on, but with enough space in the lyrics that she could be speaking to herself, a young artist, or someone afraid of venturing into the public eye in any sense; calls to bravery aren't limited to those on stage and Peters situates her song as someone who knows that.

As her view expands, so does her music, particularly as she incorporates electronic elements into her sound. The dance-pop influences of “Before it Falls Apart” surprise, but Peters' tasteful use of the new sounds allows everything to fit in naturally with what she does. The album, inspired in part by comparing the world of The Greaty Gatsby with today's political climate, has its roots in crisis, hence the title track, and Peters uses her art to search for something better.

Justin Cober-Lake

Shells—Shells 2 (Gingko)

Shells 2 by Shells

The evidence suggests that Shelley Salant is not a loner. She’s been booking shows in Southeast Michigan for a decade. She’s the sort of record store clerk who greets you with a recommendation that you’d best consider. She’s played guitar in Tyvek and Swimsuit. She’s the sort of person who makes communities happen by doing what she does.

But she also has pretty strong instincts about what makes a guitar worth hearing — liquid tone, phrases that are concise unless they need to wander, pithy hooks, gritty noise and reverb for days. She’s got some things to say on her own, and that’s where Shells comes in. Shells 2 contains 14 tracks, each a brief and lucid lesson about one or more of the aforementioned virtues. Some of them comprise layers of loops, some follow a single snaking line, and a couple have been overdubbed into an approximation of a band. Similarity spotters may point out the bits that sound like Link Wray or Roy Montgomery or the Feelies, but that would require looking past all the bits that sound like Shelley Salant rocking essentially.

Bill Meyer

Various Artists — Chebran Volume 2: French Boogie 1979-1982 (Born Bad)

This superlative collection of funk, disco and proto-rap documents the cross-hybridization of bootleg tapes of Grandmaster Flash, Eurovision-style dance music and sounds from the African and Arabic colonies that bubbled up in working class neighborhoods at the dawn of the 1980s all over France. Here on cuts like Ethnie’s “De Chagrin En Chagrin” synths take up the serpentine non-western melodies, while Bootsy-style funksters slap and pop out the boogie. Likewise, the ponderous stomp of bass and percussion anchors Ganawa’s “Yamna” in present day disco, but its wheeling woodwinds and haunting call and response transport you to sand swept deserts in North Africa. Ettika, both the track name and the artist name for a one-hitter from the early 1980s, nudges a disco synth into twisty arabesques and flits from French to Arabic in its emphatic, female-powered raps. Forget the melting pot, these cuts bubble like sour dough starter, when errant spores of yeast find a home in a dull white flour soup and create something marvelous.

Jennifer Kelly

Otomo Yoshihide / Paal Nilssen-Love — 19th of May 2016 (PNL)

19th of May 2016 by Otomo Yoshihide & Paal Nilssen-Love

Conventional wisdom holds that when Paal Nilssen-Love gets on stage with an electric guitarist, fillings will loosen. That certainly holds true when he pairs up with Terrie Ex, his preferred six-string slinger of recent years, and there are parts of this encounter with Japanese guitarist Otomo Yoshihide that could be cited as supporting evidence. Otomo brings plenty of volume, distortion and ferocity; there are passages where it sounds like he’s demolishing some metallic structure while Nilssen-Love erects an impregnable surrounding whirlwind. But neither man stays in one gear, and some of the most involving moments come when they drop to a scrape and a shimmer.

Bill Meyer

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terryblount · 5 years ago

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Dragon Ball Z Kakarot PC Review

It seems that gamers will never give Dragon Ball Z a chance to quit. Every time this 1989 anime looks ready for a peaceful retirement, it is once again dragged back into service sending 90’s kids spiraling into nostalgia, while a whole new generation falls in love with the show. Fighting games in particular have turned Akira Toriyama’s masterpiece into a magic goose with an infinite supply of golden eggs.

Yet, what lies beyond the fighting game genre for Dragon Ball Z has always represented something of an enigma for developers. The epic stand-offs against insanely powerful enemies are certainly a fundamental part of the anime, but they form part of deeper journey of Goku’s personal growth. No DBZ game has really been able to relay this in a meaningful experience.

Look Gohan! Daddy can move sideways in this game too!

Enter Dragon Ball Z Kakarot. With this game, Japan-based studio CyberConnect2 have taken the arena brawler formula from many of their Naruto titles, and wrapped the entire Dragon Ball Z epic around it. What they cobbled together is a wholly different kind of DBZ game with commendable respect for its source material, yet still falls prey to one too many of the open-world genre pitfalls.

Rock the dragon

Like the majority of Dragon Ball Z fighting games out on the market, DBZ Kakarot is similarly a melange of crucial story moments from the anime crafted into a playable experience. The anime’s main drawing point has always been the utter spectacle that ensues when powerful protagonists come face to face with god-like villains, and these moments are undoubtedly the stars of the show here.

Where CyberConnect2’s latest game distinguishes itself from its peers, however, is DBZ Kakarot’s interest in what leads up to these major showdowns. Rather than just ushering the player from one big fight to the next, the gameplay on the open-world maps becomes an opportunity to put time into grooming your character for the multiple boss encounters within each chapter.

I bet if you went through the anime frame by frame you would find scenes that match these pictures perfectly.

In other words, outside of fighting iconic adversaries like Androids, Frieza, or Cell, DBZ Kakarot takes on a much more relaxed and free pacing where the player can fly around the world hunting for collectables, can do some training, or pummel lesser enemies. Each locale has been utterly packed with oodles of the aforementioned loot which serves the purpose of enhancing your character’s abilities.

DBZ Kakarot is at its strongest when the game can make this entire experience feel like you are playing through the anime rather than watching it. Running on the Unreal Engine 4, the character models look utterly fantastic, and at times I had some difficulty distinguishing them from how they look on the show. This is easily on par with gorgeous visuals from Dragon Ball FighterZ.

The developers have also ensured that the fighting sequences do not hold back from eye-watering lighting and particle effects, as well as the actual sounds that defined the quirky aesthetics of the anime. By the time I reached the Kaio-ken four scene between Goku vs Vegeta, I squealed like a little school girl! You could feel that intensity through the screen, and in moments like these DBZ Kakarot shines.

Still my favourite scene from the entire anime

Unfortunately, while many in-combat animations have been done rather well, the open-world dialogue sequences are truly cringeworthy. The show’s real voice cast – including Seán Schemmel and Christopher Sabat – do their best, but the horrific wooden acting and Final Fantasy X-level awkward pauses between lines make these scenes an utter pain to sit through, and there are a LOT of them.

It’s over nine thousaaaaaaaand!

When the first moment arrived to try my hand at the combat mechanics, I instinctively switched over fighting game mode in my mind. As is the norm whenever I play a new fighting game, I anticipated the usual routine of pausing the game and committing some basic combos to memory before punching Piccolo right between his pointy ears…

Except there weren’t any combos or multi-button attacks to speak of. Instead, I learnt that the player will have access to the three basic actions throughout DBZ Kakarot’s combat sequences: Melee attacks, long-range energy blasts and that… blink/step… thing they do. That’s it. Only three inputs that always form the backbone for those flashy enemy encounters.

See how I totally missed Zarbon here? The game wants you to use energy attacks strategically, which means you cannot just spam them.

The reason why CyberConnect2 have gone with such a simplified, consistent combat system is to ensure that the leading character can be rotated as the story progresses, without the need for the player to learn new fighting moves. Moreover, keeping things simple also ensures that DBZ Kakarot keeps a balance between open-world, story-driven moments, and the more intense combat scenarios.

As such, the combat is based primarily on paying attention to the enemy’s attack patterns, and subsequently deciding what your character should do in that moment. Is the enemy close enough to attack, are they blocking, are they about to discharge an energy attack, or should I try to dodge their next move? You form an instinctive loop of these questions in your head the more you play.

Of course, it wouldn’t be Dragon Ball Z without the signature super moves, so the game does let the characters’ individuality shine through in these abilities. The player can therefore choose between a maximum of four different slots to fire energy blasts at enemies, and when fighting in groups, you can even call on your partners to assist with their super attacks.

I hope you like tutorial text; this game will throw A LOT at you! This is a big no no as this means the game was not designed so the player can learn how to play intuitively.

While combat is overall a robust and multi-layered system, I wish it could have been more responsive. The game does most of the work for you, but inputs are still dependent on the character finishing their animations, which means it was easy to descend into button-mashing. It was frustrating seeing characters failing to block, or not striking in an opening because they were still powering ahead with that combo you entered five seconds ago.

Open-world woes

I reviewed One Piece: World Seeker last year which, like DBZ Kakarot, is another Shonen Jump publication that finally shed the yoke of the fighting genre in exchange for an open-world design. Regrettably, several issues – such as a bland world and sterile gameplay – fatally ruptured what could have been a great recreation of the anime.

It seems that DBZ Kakarot was not paying attention to World Seeker’s failings as it duplicates several of them (albeit to a smaller degree). The most obvious problem in DBZ Kakarot is how the open-world gameplay yet again feels underdeveloped, and extremely repetitive.

You read that correctly, one of the side missions is literally helping Master Roshi find his porn. Why? Just WHY?

The different maps like Planet Namek or the island-strewn oceans around Kame House are decent replicas Dragon Ball Z’s settings, and they are pleasantly spacious. However, these areas rarely elevate beyond being collect-a-thon, sand boxes to find the same items over and over again. Even side quests are nothing more than finding lists of items, or fighting the same minor enemies over and over.

DBZ Kakarot’s reasoning behind these agonizingly generic, open-world quests is that the player is expected to use items like Z Orbs to upgrade their skill trees, or food ingredients to cook stats-boosting meals to consume before battles. In this way, the game is intended to convey the experience of preparing themselves for major encounters later on in the chapter(s).

Seriously, “She’s not happy”!? This is the best reason they could come up with for doing this side quest?

The reality is that I played through large chunks of DBZ Kakarot where I became aware of feeling utterly bored. Like One Piece: World Seeker, there is nothing broken in these systems even counting the cringy cut scenes. The issue is that the fun wears off after a few hours once you realise the open-world gameplay is a one-trick-pony. There is simply not enough variety in gameplay to justify the grinding.

Like anime, like game

I have an inkling that DBZ Kakarot was perhaps envisioned in the early phases of development as a turn-based JRPG since the game is built around strong elements of stats and grinding. This might explain why something feels seriously incomplete, and why DBZ Kakarot plays like different elements of open-world and RPG games that have been desperately cobbled together.

My takeaway from the forty or so hours spent in-game is that I vacillated between moments of nostalgic joy in reliving one of the most epic anime series ever conceived, and an overwhelming sense of ‘Are we there yet?’ There isn’t really another game based in the DBZ universe quite like this one, yet I cannot ignore how the devs failed miserably to make open-world gameplay more interesting.

Sorry folks, while DBZ Kakarot can certainly lay claim to a fairly solid foundation, I wish I had better news for you. It feels like a superior, more fleshed out Dragon Ball Z game constantly threatens to conquer the bland moments, but the experience just doesn’t get there. In December 2020 when the inevitable top ten lists come out, I’d bet most content creators are probably going to say “Oh right, I actually forgot about this game!”. Get it on sale if you must.

Good visuals

Engaging boss fights

Loyal to the DBZ narrative

Battle cut scenes

Bland side quests

Very repetetive

Too much collecting

Open-world cut scenes

Tutorial screen overload

Too much talking!

PC Specs: Windows 10 64-bit computer using Nvidia GTX 1070, i5 4690K CPU, 16GB RAM – Played using an XBox One controller

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54 Badass Undercut Hair Tattoos for Women in Love with Hair Art

Hair tattoos are a sartorically provocative and creatively daring medium to showcase the true art of your individuality. By transforming the scalp into a canvas, we can reinterpret what we have always taken for granted. Hair tattoos and hair art designs allow women to convey their sense of self, as well as allowing them to share the patterns and insignia that inform their personality.

Undercut hair tattoos are a visual code that connects one woman to another or serves to delightfully separate them. Hair tattoo designs have evolved in popular consciousness in tandem with the trend of undercut hairstyle. Perhaps it was inevitable – undercutting hairstyles Reveal areas of the scalp that lie hidden, slumbering from artistic expression.

The popularity of the undercut is that it allows women an unprecedented horizon of freedom. Length, placement, orientation and visibility are in the hands of the beholder. The flexibility of the undercut is reflected in the intoxicating possibilities inherent in the hair tattoo.

You can be brave at a stroke, sum up the page with ornate patterns or cheeky pop culture credentials, and in the next understatement, tattoo a subtle shape on the lower neck. Whether you are doing short undercut hairstyles or you want to do your upgrade long undercut with a stylish hair art design, here you have 54 badass undercut hair tattoos that will help you express your love for hair art!

Undercut Hair Tattoos for Women: Content

• What is a hair tattoo? • The Origin of Hair Tattoo Designs • How To DIY Your Undercut Hair Tattoo • Best Undercut Hair Tattoos for women with long, short or medium hair

What is a hair tattoo?

Hair tattoo is a haircut design or hair coloring art that is integrated into the buzzing part of an undercut hairstyle, often hidden or exposed for a more evil look. Hair tattoos are expressive, customizable and fascinating. Think of it as a fickle cousin of conventional skin tattooing.

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Modern undercut hair tattoos are increasingly being compared with their skin counterparts with hairdressers who incorporate various color spectrums, intricate details and shades into the designs.

Hair tattoos are the revaluation of the fearless girl to the undercut, a bold and seductive aesthetic statement that lives south of the unexpected. Hair tattoos also require no needles or painful hours of procedures. The tools of the craft are the ones you know when you are part of the undercut: razors, edge trimmers and styling scissors.

The Origin of Hair Tattoo Designs

Fashion editors point to Kanye West as one of the modern creators of this style. And while the rap fashion trend may have emerged, it has since expanded into the sartorial multiverse, where bloggers and stylists have taken the look to new heights. But if you dive deeper into the roots of hair tattooing, the urban black hairdresser used to be Kanye as the true source of style.

During the sentence hair Tattoo is decided du jour, the patterns themselves were traditionally referred to as Hair styles , These designs have been integrated into male hairstyles for decades in predominantly African-American salons in cities such as New York and Los Angeles.

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Geometric, abstract hair patterns have proven useful and can be worn without making them sticky or tired. Lotus Flower and Mandala Hair Designs are an intricate interpretation of the traditional geometry of hair tattoos.

Women all over the world welcome the hair tattoo trend not only for its ingenuity, but also for its sheer wearability! Hairstyles with hair tattoos lend themselves to edgy and wild looks, yes, but they can just as easily turn into something practical and subtle for everyday life.

We love neck hair for this reason. Cover your undercut during the day or if the practicability dictates it, and then uncover it with a sassy high pony for nights out.

Undercut hair tattoos give a conservative bun an undeniable touch, or give an extra kick to a messy Sunday morning style. A twin-braid look that makes the neck tattoo visible is one of our favorite ways of wearing the trend, being free-spirited, tongue in cheek, and unexpectedly tempting.

How to DIY your Undercut Hair Tattoo

Fascinated by the hair tattoo, but not fancy a trip to the hair salon? The style is accessible from home. While a pro is not needed, patience and a steady hand are needed! We assume that you already have an undercut style. If not, we have a guide to achieve a DIY undercut from scratch.

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We love the Andis T-Outliner Trimmer Blade because it’s beginner-friendly and powerful enough to create vibrant hair designs. For a DIY hair tattoo, we recommend sticking to simple geometric shapes and lines. Somewhat more complicated a professional will need for the best results. If you have a talented friend who will help you at home, you can certainly push the limits, depending on comfort and experience.

To create a hair tattoo design on your own, make sure you have two mirrors available. So you can see the neck. For women who make a side-buzz hair tattoo, the extra mirror will be helpful to give you a double perspective to ensure that the tattoo is symmetrical and coherent over the entire circumference.

• To create the tattoo, simply drive the trimmer along the desired path. Do not worry about perfection for the first round of shear. This is easy to track the skeleton of the form. The most popular shapes for beginners or home improvement are lines and triangles.

• To hum the outline, simply place the trimmer on the hair region you want to remove. Turn on the trimmer for a few seconds to shave the hair at the destination. The trick is to hold the trimmer firmly against the scalp. There is no need to move the blade against the scalp – even simple strokes are not necessary for a simple hair tattoo.

• Join the sheared lines by holding the trimmer until the hair is removed. This method is ideal for a consistent, clean tattoo.

@Fedorinaanna

• Defining the line may require a few hums. This is desirable because patience leads to the best results. This method is also preferable because you can control the intensity of your hair tattoo. A delicate, barely visible pattern may be your preference, and lighter shearing motions will allow you to achieve that goal. For a bolder look, just retrace the buzzing line until the tattoo is crisp.

• If the hair tattoo is uneven, use tools such as scissors to smooth the corners and make a cleaner cut. As you make your own undercut tattoo hairpieces, the borders can be slightly messy, and trimming scissors can help you to make your tattoo more effective.

Remember, do not rush the process and use your mirrors to get a close-up of the scalp. Trim shears are also a wonderful substitute if you decide to experiment with the length of your humming.

Best Undercut Hair Tattoos for women with long, short or medium hair

Whether you’ve decided to make your undercut hair tattoo or are looking for a pro to get a more complicated, sleek look, these stylish undercut hair tattoo designs are here to inspire you, a new one To hug her!

1. Black rabbit hair tattoo

This Trippy Undercut Hair Tattoo is a modern allusion to the psychedelic seventies (or pokemon, whatever arouses your aesthetic interest). A natural Ash-Chocolate-Brunette color keeps the focus on the tattoo design.

A longer humming allows the tattoo a deeper tonal variety and texture. This look is for women who want to tackle their hair tattoo day and night fearlessly. It’s an unreflective and cartoon-inspired interpretation of the pixie cut.

@a_vonhoffman

2. Pink signature

A dreamy and bizarre pink-purple color melt is complemented by this delicate and effortless hair art design. It is similar to an elegant, flowing signature and we love how it goes through the length of the scalp. Maintain your natural color along the buzzing hair to create an understated magnet.

The peacock styling of the hair creates volume and shine. But for a low-key approach, bring the volume down one level and create a deep part to provide a cover for your hair tattoo. This allows the glowing dyes to steal the show.

@pink_nouveau

3. Cosmic Comic

This undercut hair tattoo is a lovely vivid look that puts the local candy store out of action. We love the colorful, painted hair in spring tulip and lavender tones. A fuchsia-colored buzz creates the perfect canvas for a tongue-in-cheek panda hair tattoo.

This undercut hairstyle with the tattoo fits with cheerful women who want to make their hairstyle a bold statement. Bonus added? You can show the unexpected hair tattoo to your heart’s content by putting your hair back or making a messy, ice cream-inspired bun.

@ Aliyousha

4. Awakening Nightmare

We are in love with this intrepid fantasy The nightmare before Christmas , Why do not you pay homage to your sexy gothic side with a weirdly romantic hair tattoo? The complexity of detail and dye transforms your scalp into a piece of living art.

Beautiful shades and bold black and white lines make the look coherent and dynamic rather than messy and disjointed. A mermaid braid keeps the hair clean and keeps the hair tattoo in the center of the look.

@seagreenehair

5. Under the sea

Under the sea and on the scalp! A subtly shaded haircut tattoo complements the style instead of leading the show. Focus on the aquatic selection of greens and blues by putting your hair back in a glamorous fluffy plait.

The simple seashell-shaped geometric hair tattoo design adds an extra layer of dimension. This style can be used as inspiration for women looking for a quieter undercut tattoo. just maintain your natural hair color and shave a small section near the bottom of your forehead.

@deathbycouture

6. Punch Bowl geometry

The key to this hair art style is a dazzling, color-proof blue that vibrates like a volt current. Keep the undercut hairstyle long to really show the full power of the vibrant colors. Strategically buzzing sectionals create hip triangles that imitate an upside down lotus flower from a distance.

The triangles create an appealing structure that unites this bold and fearless look. Give the hair a playful and energetic interpretation of the undercut hair tattoo trend.

@ Aliyousha

7. Clean lines

An appealing and relaxed approach to the hair tattoo trend, this is a perfect introductory style for newbies. A dark, two-inch buzzing keeps the undercut tattoo relaxed. We love how the bold but simple line creates a holistic view from the forehead to the nape of the neck.

Tie it together with an icicle-blue mane and a shaggy purple-tinted pop for an unexpectedly cool girl’s appeal. Bonus? This hair art design is super easy to do at home, and the upkeep is surprisingly low maintenance.

@pink_nouveau

8. The secret of autumn

A beautiful fall look, this short undercut hairstyle with hair tattoo combines a gorgeous reddish hue with the outline of a delicate leaf. We love this look for a cozy sweater-ready aesthetic. Combine it with a high knot to show your design, or stick your hair in a side braid to make it more subtle.

A sharp line separates the hair from the shorn undercut. The result? A clean and elegant version of the hair tattoo trend! The natural and vibrant auburn hair color ensures that the look is accessible for everyday use.

@a_vonhoffman

9. Stardust supernova

Rainbow unicorns unite! We love the playful and whimsical explosion of color in this sassy look. Confetti-inspired tones of pink, blue and green dazzle while a neat braid creates texture. A detailed application of color ensures that the undercut hair tattoo is fascinating and striking. We love that the buzzing lines themselves are weak and that the magic of the undercut is due to the artistic distribution of crayons wax crayons.

@Fedorinaanna

10. Tempest’s joy

A Jewel Tone Green gets a punchy and feminine kick with this girly star hair tattoo design. The color stands out and is perfect as an unexpected twist on a medium length bob hairstyle. Curl your hair for a gorgeous girlish approach to the hair tattoo trend.

The aqua and azure dyes keep the look light and airy. To hide your hair tattoo, just straighten your curls or collect a low pony. Combine it with a pink lipstick or a swath of sky blue eye shadow for a high voltage beauty silhouette.

@ Aliyousha

11. Steel Rose Hair Tattoo

Pet lovers can wear their passion on their scalps with this girlish and adorable undercut hair tattoo. Steel gray and dusty rose hair colors create the perfect pastel palette to entertain your new hair tattoo.

The best part about this look is that the undercut buzz does not need much space in the headspace. A few inches will do. Hair dye creates the shape of the outline for this look, further eliminating the need for a big commitment to the buzzing look for newcomers to the trend.

@ laserb.kate

12. Warm hair tattoo design

Love is not for the weak, and this bold beauty is not the trend for the hair tattoo. Combine a rich and powerful black with a lushly pigmented heart for a romantic and sassy ode to romance. We love the pop art effect created by the contrast between red and black. Red also turns out to be an immensely portable color and can be paired perfectly with a matte red lipstick or pedunculate pea coat.

@ Aliyousha

13. Antique Geometry Hair Art

In this industry tribal mash-up, the shapes are raised to a daring new height. Reimagined lattice-like lines become attractive through unexpected color and pattern patterns. An ice-blue color gives the look a fascinatingly unusual contrast. The deep part creates volume and lets the hair tattoo conquer the hearts with all their convincing liveliness.

@ Presleypoe

14. Ornate Seascape Undercut Tattoo

This medium hairstyle With the Undercut Hair Tattoo offers the best of both worlds: a natural, discreet cut with a fanciful and original hair tattoo that you can cover at will. We love the jewel-toned kaleidoscope of colors and the detailed shading that brings the design to life.

Hair tattoos can rely on color as well as on trimmed lines; In fact, you do not even have to take extra scissors to the undercut hairs. Just use dyes to create your masterpiece. A hidden pigtail shows the hair tattoo in this look, but try a high ponytail to showcase the full range of pigments this style has to offer.

@ Aliyousha

15. Electric peach

A strong electric blue gets a sweet and cheeky kick with a delicious dose of peach flair. This tongue in cheek is lively, energetic and ideal to ring in the warm months. A short hum is brought to life with deep colors and a carefully designed peach design.

A pin-up hairstyle, paired with a deep and voluminous part, gives the design a sparkle and adds complexity to the look. Turn the blue mane over the undercut for a punk rock shot on neon americana.

@hairbymisskellyo

16. Peace Love Kitten

A Harajuku inspired dream look is the perfect way to wear your girly on your sleeve (or scalp). A sundae in pink and purple is a welcome invitation to the coming warm months. A slightly shaggy undercut can be easily covered by corresponding styling of the hair. Pull your hair into a tight braid to accomplish the two tasks of flaunting your cotton candy hair and showing off your slightly messy undercut tattoo. A deep Kool-Aid blue finishes the look.

@ laserb.kate

17. I dream of unicorns

Unicorns must be the mythical creatures most adored by tailoring. They represent our illusions and our fantasies of magic, eternal youth and unlimited horizons.

We love that undercut hair tattoos need not be invasive, or make your entire hair look. Even the smallest part of the neckline undercup can provide a complicated and imaginative design. The careful use of dyes can create a fascinating design on a limited screen. Cover the look with an icy purple mane for a storybook effect.

@ Aliyousha

18. Brunette carvings hair art

Hair tattoos are not just meant to play a supporting role; They are just as suitable to be the center of attention! We love this look because the color is natural and reduced, so the hair tattoo is the center of attention.

Narrow lines and a deep humming create a neat and orderly look with an abstract kick. We love the way the designs go out of the ear and create the illusion of a symmetrical scalp. This is a wonderful way to spice up a short bob for the new season.

@ Presleypoe

19. Pastel Pixie Undercut Hair Tattoo

Invigorate a dreamy pink pixie cut or bob with a tribal hair tattoo of candy aisle. A simple triangular geometric pattern is livened up with luscious yellows, roses and burnt oranges. The darkening roots add a contrast that further emphasizes the vitality of the pigmented undercut tattoo. Put your hair in a high bangs for a sassy and flirty look or cur your pixie for a glamorous retro punk look.

@Fedorinaanna

20. Cyber Bunny

Give your Undercut Bob a Space Age makeover with this Cyber Bunny Hair Tattoo. Part Tron, partly cool, this look is original through and through. Color your hair and undercut the same color for a consistent look. This will give your hair tattoo room to steal the show.

A crisp contoured design is carefully filled with a royal purple dye for a neat and cohesive hair tattoo. Put the hair back to show the design or let your bob dry easily for a feathery silhouette.

@ Aliyousha

21. China doll

This look is intoxicatingly fascinating and enticing. We love the complexity of the detailed hair tattoo and the rich, dense pigment of supple black color. A crisp horizontal line creates a strikingly sharp separation between the mane and the undercut neck.

The Chinese fan design is innovative and aesthetically innovative. The beauty of this hair art is its calm depth and dimensionality. It’s like a living canvas on the scalp, with all the delicate beauty of a silk tapestry or an old calligraphy.

@lishrawrs

22. Abstract summer pigmented hair tattoo

This is a new twist on the hair tattoo trend that encourages us to play with the placement. Ladies, listen: The hair tattoo is not reserved for the scalp or neck. Why not throw the expectation on the head and drape your beautiful pigmented hair tattoo on your forehead?

We love how this radically original look mimics the look of a deliberately styled hairstyle. To add another dimension, add volume by curling and undoing your hair.

@ Aliyousha

23. Hot Pink Snowflake Hair Tattoo

Dainty, feminine and elaborate, this snowflake hair tattoo is original, without being too fat. Natural roots and a medium-long humming create an effortless, slightly ruffled canvas for the hair tattoo. A faded strawberry rose gold hair dye gives the look the moment appeal.

The horizontal cut line creates a clean separation between the longer hair and the styled undercut tattoo. Put your hair in a sexy messy bun like the model shown here for a casual weekday afternoon style.

@ Caymanhair Salon

24. Pure lively love

Crimson Red gets an extra shot of love with this feminine and restrained hair design. Many of the looks we’ve looked at involve more complicated hair tattoo designs, but this look serves as a reminder that hair art can be just as pretty and potent with a simpler hand.

A longer undercut around the neck is easy to hide and is great for pairing with a cute braid for a peek-out effect. Go full of drama with a red stiletto lipstick and a black turtleneck sweater.

@hairbymisskellyo

25. Chocolate triangles

Simple lines transform the scalp into an abstract piece of synthetic hair. We like the lines to be visible, but not too deep, in this look. This effect creates a gradient-like silhouette that adds depth and dimension to the look. The cheeky voluminous deep part creates an urban and minimalist aesthetic that fits perfectly with a cuddly pullover and blingy jewelry. For a seductive look, create a midsection and let the Tribal Geometric Hair Tattoo shine through in a subtle way.

@fernthebarber

26. Icy simplicity

This is another very simple look that reveals the delicate side of hair tattooing. A perfectly smooth, deep part is rounded off by a smooth, eyebrow grazing strand of hair. A blackened undercut hairstyle keeps the look understated.

A medium-thick Insignia Style hairstyle complements the style without overstraining it. We love hair tattoos brave enough to draw the eye, but so subtle that they facilitate the process of growing up.

@glamiris

27. Visions of sunflowers

A warm and inviting bang of yellow sets the mood for this self-confident and lively subdivided hairstyle with a hair tattoo design. The contrast between the undercut scalp and the long mane creates an angular aesthetic silhouette. Put your hair in a lively braided knot to show your hair tattoo. Bonus added? The light will gloriously break against your silky yellow-blonde mane.

The simple pursuit of subtle lines creates a level of complexity that makes the style a real highlight. This look proves that hair tattoos are not only perfect for their creative momentum, but also for the dimensionality that they can add to any existing hairstyle.

@guyannescissorhands

28th Earth Goddess Hair Art Design

This is a down-to-earth bohemian dream for women who prefer a more relaxed approach to hair and beauty. A maroon and sand-brown balayage is an effortless base to play with a subtle hair tattoo. A triangular cross-section in the neck area leaves plenty of room to experiment with the undercut. We like that the leaf tattoo shaves the neck and just goes over into the thick, well combed undercut.

@sugarplumlocks

29. Tribal color melt

Gorgeous champagne blonde hair gets a cool girl kick with these simple but hypnotic tattooed lines. When we play with horizontal and diagonal lines, we get a creation that is abstract and seductive. The undercut is shaggy, and the hair cuts gently with the shaved scalp, creating a fascinating chaotic aesthetic.

We love the contrast between the shaded roots and the color that is blond. The best way to emphasize this contrast is to curl the curls and place them in a high, springy pony. The effortless hair tattoo will unexpectedly captivate.

@selenemikaiel

30. Stay golden

A supple Auburn Pixie haircut is taken to a edgy new plane with the addition of a strong and simple hair tattoo design. Creating a side undercut is certainly not for the aesthetic git and our perspective If you’ve already made the statement, why not add a tattoo for extra potency ?

The key to this look is a clean, well-defined line. The result is a crisp and intentional-looking hair art style that bounces against the tight-cut buzz. Contrast to a slightly chaotic and voluminous shag for an originally harmonious look.

@ staygold31

31. Love games

Love the idea of love? Wear your passion on your scalp. Different shades of Fuchsia and Rouge Pink merge together to create a playful undercut canvas. Stack your elf in a windswept sweater to show off your hair tattoo and get some retro street cred.

A simple and symmetrical hair tattoo is easy enough to create. To create more dimension, a deeper pigment will do you good. Combine it with a pink lipstick and sparkling earrings to enjoy a modern romance.

@guyannescissorhands

32. Ash Lotus Undercut Hair Tattoo

This is an earthy lotus flower that is reborn as a sleek and intriguing hair tattoo. The power of that look lies in the smooth distinction between the long curls and the shaggy undercut. A deep part creates the impression of voluminous, full hair and creates a perfect canvas for a lotus flower hair tattoo.

The Lotus owes its popularity to its Zen connection and its enlightened, harmonious connotations. With a Lotus Tattoo we can create a personal connection to the metaphysical areas of nature and beauty.

@ b.k_bescen

33. Arcade call

Level up! This animated and lively look is reminiscent of retro carnival games and the thrill of a winning pinball game! Cascading colors along the body of the neck hair tattoo design create a whimsical effect. The icy lavender curls are covered with cupcake-inspired color pigments. Put the hair in a midi ponytail so that the brilliant colors of the undercut hair tattoo hair can shine through. Pair it with a silver party dress for a stunning weekend look.

@doug_theo

34. Floral Fabulous

This amazing hair etching is simple and delicate, but packs a powerful punch when spread over the scalp. The buzz is thick enough to create an artfully visible hair tattoo pattern, but leaves some hair follicles in place. The result is an organic-looking hair tattoo that integrates holistically into the scalp. A fluffy and wavy tuft of hair over the designs creates a nonchalant and relaxed aesthetic. A dose of forest green serves as a fresh and vibrant finish.

@angela_skullptures

35. Dose of watermelon

Give your scalp a seductively seductive upgrade with a sweet and sugar-coated Watermelon Hair Tattoo design. Detailed pigments give the design realism and ensure that the hair tattoo does not go unnoticed. We love how the white pigment contrasts sharply with the shadow undercut. A magenta hair coat complements the carefree, warm weather appeal of the hair tattoo. A chaotic bun brings you points with the relaxed set.

@serahdoeshairahh

36. Peace and pizza

The edible trend continues unabated with this winking pizza hair tattoo design. A simple triangle buzzing can be tracked with ease. For this particular look, the true integrity of the tattoo lies in the detailed color application. A merry-go-round combination of colors painted on the locks makes for a dizzyingly funny hair look. Pair it with a turtleneck sweater and earrings for an exhilarating cheesy retro silhouette.

@hairbymisskellyo

37. Relaxed unicorn

A flawless look for a leisurely day, we love the smooth formation of the tall pony and the elaborate femininity of the neck hair tattoo. Das Design der Haartätowierung erinnert an zarte Spitzenhäkelarbeit und macht es zu einer verführerisch romantischen Aussage.

Die wunderschöne blaue Himbeerfarbe schmilzt selbstbewusst poliert, wenn sie zusammengerafft und zu einem ordentlichen Pony aufgerichtet wird. Natürliche, beschattete Wurzeln spielen eine unterdrückte Nebenrolle. Tragen Sie es mit einem schulterfreien Pullover für einen dezent luxuriösen Look.

@Fedorinaanna

38. Geschnitzte Blütenblätter

Statement making and textured, das zottige Finish dieses Undercut Tattoo Tattoo Designs verleiht ihm die kunstvolle und geschmeidige Erscheinung eines reichen Wandteppichs oder Retro-Brokat. Wir lieben es, dass Undercuts nicht nur ein enges Summen sind, sondern auch eine originelle Möglichkeit, unterschiedliche Konsistenzen und Texturen zu erforschen.

Pastell-Lavendel, gebrannte Orangen und Pfingstrosen bilden zusammen ein Märchenbuch, das einen Fantasiegarten neu gestaltet. Ein monochromes Gletscherblau fügt eine Eiskönigin Dosis Vitalität hinzu.

@janine_ker_hair

39. Erdbeer-Shapeshifter

Strawberry Dye dient als eine süße und joviale Verbesserung der traditionellen Pixie Haarschnitt. Diese besondere Farbe ist staubiger und daher neutraler als ihre helleren Gegenstücke wie Fuchsia oder Baby Pink. Ein Kopfhaut-langes Zick-Zack-Haartätowierungsdesign öffnet den kreativen Spielraum der Frisur und verleiht der Elfe eine Dosis nonchalante Kante. Kombinieren Sie es mit zierlichen Perlenohrringen für eine furchtlos vintage Rockabilly-Silhouette oder mit Diamantenreifen für eine mädchenhafte Interpretation der urbanen Hip-Hop-Kultur.

@janine_ker_hair

40. Jet-Black Mandala Haar Tattoo

Eine bezaubernde Interpretation von Bohème! Die betörende pechschwarze Farbe wird durch farbechte Blautöne ergänzt. Ein überraschendes Element in diese verführerische Mischung zu werfen ist ein friedliches und kompliziertes Mandala unterschnittenes Haartattoo.

Die auf den Kopf gestellte Ausrichtung des Mandalas ist eine künstlerische Art, mit Erwartungen zu spielen. Die Hinterschneidung dreht sich um den Nacken und lässt sich so leicht nach Belieben abdecken. Das Mandala-Haar-Tattoo-Design verleiht Ihrem Haar eine Ruhe, die nur wenige andere Designs erreichen können.

@Fedorinaanna

41. Futuristische Lime Hair Art

Ein Blick für das Herz des Herzens! Für diesen Look dient das Muster kurz geschnittener Haare als dekorativer Topper für das Hauptereignis �� das kopfhautweit unterschnittene Haartattoo. Der Pixie strahlt aus der Mitte der Kopfhaut aus und kann so gestaltet werden, dass er weniger oder mehr vom Haartattoo abdeckt, abhängig von der täglichen Vorliebe.

Eine leichte eisblonde Hinterschneidung hält den Look gedämpft genug, um eine Vielzahl von Stilen zu ergänzen. Dünn geschorene Linien schaffen Komplexität und verleihen der Kopfhaut eine facettenreiche Textur.

@janine_ker_hair

42. Berauschte Flieder

Diese lila Farbe ist wie Hochspannungs-Adrenalin. Betrachten Sie es als eine Verschönerung Ihres Gartens mit lila Pastell. Der Bob ist kurz geschnitten, der Großteil des Nackens ist vollständig geschoren. Die subtilsten der schwachen Haartattoos ziehen unsere Blicke auf den Bob.

Das Ergebnis ist ein sauberer und magischer Stil, der Betonung auf die Textur und den Schnitt der Haare legt. In diesem Konfetti-Look spielt das Undercut-Hair-Tattoo-Design die kleinsten Rollen, lässt aber den Look zu einem harmonischen und intentionalen Erscheinungsbild werden.

@Fedorinaanna

43. Meerjungfrau Pailletten Haar Tattoo

Reduzierte, gedämpfte Pastelle sind eine innovative Idee für einen unterschnittenen Farbauftrag. Dieser einfache blonde Pixie-Schnitt verwandelt sich in eine ätherische und fesselnde Unterwasserszene mit der Inkorporierung eines zierlichen Pailletten-Haartattoo. Die Meerjungfrauenskalen erhalten eine Dosis hübscher Pigmente, um das Aussehen zu vervollständigen. Wenn die Hälfte der Kopfhaut eine natürliche Farbe hat, kann das Haartattoo im Mittelpunkt stehen. Es sorgt auch dafür, dass der Look fesselt, ohne in hartes Terrain zu verfallen.

@jasminkokoszkahair

44. Starburst-Galaxie-Haar-Kunst

Abstrakte Geometrie wird mit diesem exzentrischen und surrealen Undercut-Design in das Weltraumzeitalter eingeführt. Lebhafte Primärfarben erzeugen einen radikalen Farbblockeffekt. Vertikale Haartattoos werden mit einer ausdehnenden Sternform für eine galaktische und explosive Silhouette gepaart. Verstecken Sie das Paralleluniversum, indem Sie Ihren Bob mittlerer Länge natürlich fallen lassen. Clip an die Seite oder in einen Pferdeschwanz, um das volle Spektrum an Farben, Schattierungen und Designs anzuzeigen.

@Fedorinaanna

45. Kastanien Bob Undercut Design

Schwarz, schokoladenbraun, kastanienbraun und karamellfarben verschmelzen in dieser modernen und femininen Interpretation des Bobs. Auf die Gefahr hin, zu niedlich zu wirken, wurde ein verführerisches Haartattoo eingesummt. Die Verteilung des Liniendesigns sieht auf einen Schlag abstrakt, tribal und futuristisch aus.

Eine sorgfältig gekämmte hinterschnittene Frisur sorgt dafür, dass das Aussehen poliert und bewusst ist, anstatt chaotisch und willkürlich. Wir lieben es, wie die Konturen des Bobs den Hinterschnitt leicht abreiben, wodurch eine ungewöhnlich ansprechende Frisur entsteht.

@jasminkokoszkahair

46. Pixie Lotus Haartätowierung

Gib deinem Pixie-Cut einen Zen-Hit mit einem üppigen Lotus-Haartattoo. Die Konturen des floralen Designs verschmelzen perfekt mit der natürlichen Form der Kopfhaut und strahlen symmetrisch von den Ohren nach außen aus.

Mit einer leichten Hand, um das Tattoo auf die Kopfhaut zu summen, stellen Sie sicher, dass die Haare sauber abgeschnitten und getrimmt sind. Dies gewährleistet ein zusammenhängendes und elegantes Endprodukt. Halten Sie Ihren Pixie Bob in einem natürlichen sandigen Braunton, um die freigeistige Stimmung des Haartattoo zu ergänzen. Was können wir sagen? Namaste.

@laura_majorfader

47. Paradiesvogel Haar Tattoo

Nehmen Sie eine Seite aus dem Notizbuch der Natur und integrieren Sie die lebhaften und überschwänglichen Farben einer Pfaumähne in Ihre nächste Frisur. Mit etwas hellem Haargel wird ein wispy und romantischer Stil erreicht. Erstellen Sie saubere Streifen, färben Sie Ihren Unterschnitt mit einer Kombination aus azurblau und türkisbraun.

Die einfache Unterschnittlinie ist mit einer verführerischen und erfrischenden weißen Überlagerung bedeckt. Dieser künstlerische Stil ist ein weiterer Beweis dafür, dass hinterschnittene Tattoos eine Arena ihres kreativen Ausdrucks sind.

@ flaschenblond76

48. Regenbogenparallelen

Denkst du, parallele Linien sind langweilig? Denke nochmal nach. Diese einfache tätowierte Frisur wird zum Leben erweckt, wenn sie von einer Palette malerischer Farbtöne und lebhafter Pigmente durchdrungen wird. Die tief summenden und kräftigen Linien schaffen ein harmonisches und symmetrisches Aussehen, das sowohl bewegend als auch transzendierend wirkt.

Die Regenbogenfarben verstärken das Haartattoo und kreieren eine bezaubernde Silhouette. Ein Farbverlaufsunterschnitt ist eine originelle und mutige Möglichkeit, den Trend zu spielen. Locken Sie den restlichen Regenbogen Bob für einen Lollipop-Effekt.

@ flaschenblond76

49. All-Star Roller Mädchen

Dieses hinterschnittene Tattoo ist halbblond und voll frech! Die eisweiße Mähne wirkt auf einem hohen Pony wagemutig und lebenslustig. Es hat eine Retro-Anziehungskraft, als ob der Look direkt vom Set des Originals gerissen würde Beverly Hills 90210 ,

Das Haartattoo ist jedoch ein Produkt des Hier und Jetzt. Das sternförmige Hinterschnitt-Tattoo ist in einen zotteligen Nacken geätzt und dient als Verspieltheit zum energetischen Stil. Kombinieren Sie es mit einem Slip-Kleid und einem dramatischen Augen Make-up für einen atemberaubenden Abendlook.

@laura_majorfader

50. Raven Zig-Zag Undercut Haar Tattoo

Die besten Worte, um diese hinterschnittene Frisur zu beschreiben? Innovativ. Original. Gewagt. Wir lieben, wie viel in diesem Look vor sich geht und wie sich alle Komponenten ergänzen. Die futuristischen Brötchen sind spielerisch sexy und helfen, Gesichtssymmetrie zu erzeugen, wenn sie strategisch platziert werden. Ein glatter Unterschnitt, der die untere Kopfhaut bedeckt, bietet eine perfekte Leinwand zum Experimentieren.

Das geometrische Haartattoo und der Zick-Zack-Haarschnitt schaffen einen faszinierenden und abstrakten Stil. Die Verwendung von Linien und Formen ist meisterhaft und das Ergebnis ist ein Look, der zwei der besten Trends der Saison – Space Buns und Haartattoos – nahtlos miteinander vereint. Was für ein Kunststück!

@ presleypoe

51. Sternkind

Wenn Sie ein stolzes Kind des Universums sind, scheuen Sie sich nicht, Ihre kosmische Seite zu zeigen. Galaktische Symbolik, einschließlich Sterne, Monde und Astrologie, hat einen Moment in der Mode- und Schönheitswelt. Dieses sternförmige Sternhaartätowierungsdesign gibt Ihnen die Gelegenheit, mit diesem Trend auf Ihrer Kopfhaut zu flirten.

Halten Sie Ihr Haar in einem natürlichen Farbton (wir lieben diese reiche Kastanie) für einen Blick, der so hypnotisierend wie leicht ist. Tätowierte Haardreiecke schaffen eine harmonische Symmetrie, die nichts weniger als bezaubernd ist.

@thegoodhairwitch

52. Böhmischer Balayage

Diese mühelose, buttrige Blondine ist eine luftige und moderne Art, Ihrer Schönheitssilhouette eine übernatürliche Ausstrahlung zu verleihen. Die leichten Locken unterstreichen den Zigeuner-Appeal des vergoldeten Farbstoffes. Ein aus einer beschatteten Wurzel ausgeschnittener Unterschnitt hält den Blick auf die Erde und sorglos zurück.

Eine schöne Lotusblüte schlängelt sich im Nacken und erzeugt einen verlockenden und ätherischen Effekt. Setzen Sie Ihre kaskadierenden Locken in ein loses Pony, um einige intensive böhmische Schönheitspunkte zu erhalten.

@selenemikaiel

53. Diamantschokolade

Ein glattes und symmetrisches Dreieck grenzt den Unterschnitt vom Rest deiner Mähne ab. Eine wunderschöne und luxuriöse Schokoladenfarbe ist poliert und für alle Gelegenheiten geeignet. Wir lieben es, dass der geschmeidige tiefe Brunettenton das Haartattoo trägt und es auf ein neues Level bringt. Der schrullige Diamantenstimme ist ein müheloses Nicken zur Popkultur und sieht cool aus mit einem chaotischen Mädel chick und einem Ohr voll glitzernder Ohrstecker.

@laura_majorfader

54. Streusel und Sternenstaub

Launisch auf voller Anzeige! Dieser atemberaubende unterschnittene Tattoo-Stil ist eine Fundgrube für Pastellpigmente und wunderschöne Details. Wir lieben die magische Vermischung der verschiedenen Farbstoffe – sie ähneln etwas aus einem verträumten Karneval.

Einfache summende Radierungen schaffen ornamentale florale Muster. Nehmen Sie es auf, indem Sie verschiedene Farben im Blumenmuster verteilen. Ein staubiger lila Farbstoff um den Umfang des Haartattoo und entlang der Wurzeln schafft eine ansprechende Harmonie.

@ Aliyousha

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54 Badass Undercut Hair Tattoos for Women in Love with Hair Art

Undercut Hair Tattoos for Women: Content

• What is a hair tattoo? • The Origin of Hair Tattoo Designs • How To DIY Your Undercut Hair Tattoo • Best Undercut Hair Tattoos for women with long, short or medium hair

What is a hair tattoo?

@bescen

Modern undercut hair tattoos are increasingly being compared with their skin counterparts with hairdressers who incorporate various color spectrums, intricate details and shades into the designs.

The Origin of Hair Tattoo Designs

@hairmastertanya

We love neck hair for this reason. Cover your undercut during the day or if the practicability dictates it, and then uncover it with a sassy high pony for nights out.

How to DIY your Undercut Hair Tattoo

@hairmastertanya

• Join the sheared lines by holding the trimmer until the hair is removed. This method is ideal for a consistent, clean tattoo.

@Fedorinaanna

Remember, do not rush the process and use your mirrors to get a close-up of the scalp. Trim shears are also a wonderful substitute if you decide to experiment with the length of your humming.

Best Undercut Hair Tattoos for women with long, short or medium hair

1. Black rabbit hair tattoo

@a_vonhoffman

2. Pink signature

@pink_nouveau

3. Cosmic Comic

@ Aliyousha

4. Awakening Nightmare

@seagreenehair

5. Under the sea

@deathbycouture

6. Punch Bowl geometry

The triangles create an appealing structure that unites this bold and fearless look. Give the hair a playful and energetic interpretation of the undercut hair tattoo trend.

@ Aliyousha

7. Clean lines

@pink_nouveau

8. The secret of autumn

@a_vonhoffman

9. Stardust supernova

@Fedorinaanna

10. Tempest’s joy

@ Aliyousha

11. Steel Rose Hair Tattoo

@ laserb.kate

12. Warm hair tattoo design

@ Aliyousha

13. Antique Geometry Hair Art

@ Presleypoe

14. Ornate Seascape Undercut Tattoo

@ Aliyousha

15. Electric peach

A pin-up hairstyle, paired with a deep and voluminous part, gives the design a sparkle and adds complexity to the look. Turn the blue mane over the undercut for a punk rock shot on neon americana.

@hairbymisskellyo

16. Peace Love Kitten

@ laserb.kate

17. I dream of unicorns

Unicorns must be the mythical creatures most adored by tailoring. They represent our illusions and our fantasies of magic, eternal youth and unlimited horizons.

@ Aliyousha

18. Brunette carvings hair art

@ Presleypoe

19. Pastel Pixie Undercut Hair Tattoo

@Fedorinaanna

20. Cyber Bunny

A crisp contoured design is carefully filled with a royal purple dye for a neat and cohesive hair tattoo. Put the hair back to show the design or let your bob dry easily for a feathery silhouette.

@ Aliyousha

21. China doll

@lishrawrs

22. Abstract summer pigmented hair tattoo

We love how this radically original look mimics the look of a deliberately styled hairstyle. To add another dimension, add volume by curling and undoing your hair.

@ Aliyousha

23. Hot Pink Snowflake Hair Tattoo

@ Caymanhair Salon

24. Pure lively love

A longer undercut around the neck is easy to hide and is great for pairing with a cute braid for a peek-out effect. Go full of drama with a red stiletto lipstick and a black turtleneck sweater.

@hairbymisskellyo

25. Chocolate triangles

@fernthebarber

26. Icy simplicity

@glamiris

27. Visions of sunflowers

@guyannescissorhands

28th Earth Goddess Hair Art Design

@sugarplumlocks

29. Tribal color melt

@selenemikaiel

30. Stay golden

@ staygold31

31. Love games

@guyannescissorhands

32. Ash Lotus Undercut Hair Tattoo

@ b.k_bescen

33. Arcade call

@doug_theo

34. Floral Fabulous

@angela_skullptures

35. Dose of watermelon

@serahdoeshairahh

36. Peace and pizza

@hairbymisskellyo

37. Relaxed unicorn

@Fedorinaanna

38. Geschnitzte Blütenblätter

@janine_ker_hair

39. Erdbeer-Shapeshifter

@janine_ker_hair

40. Jet-Black Mandala Haar Tattoo

@Fedorinaanna

41. Futuristische Lime Hair Art

Ein Blick für das Herz des Herzens! Für diesen Look dient das Muster kurz geschnittener Haare als dekorativer Topper für das Hauptereignis – das kopfhautweit unterschnittene Haartattoo. Der Pixie strahlt aus der Mitte der Kopfhaut aus und kann so gestaltet werden, dass er weniger oder mehr vom Haartattoo abdeckt, abhängig von der täglichen Vorliebe.

@janine_ker_hair

42. Berauschte Flieder

@Fedorinaanna

43. Meerjungfrau Pailletten Haar Tattoo

@jasminkokoszkahair

44. Starburst-Galaxie-Haar-Kunst

@Fedorinaanna

45. Kastanien Bob Undercut Design

@jasminkokoszkahair

46. Pixie Lotus Haartätowierung

@laura_majorfader

47. Paradiesvogel Haar Tattoo

@ flaschenblond76

48. Regenbogenparallelen

@ flaschenblond76

49. All-Star Roller Mädchen

@laura_majorfader

50. Raven Zig-Zag Undercut Haar Tattoo

@ presleypoe

51. Sternkind

@thegoodhairwitch

52. Böhmischer Balayage

@selenemikaiel

53. Diamantschokolade

@laura_majorfader

54. Streusel und Sternenstaub

@ Aliyousha

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Grounding, Mindfulness, and Trauma / Chronic Stress: OT Connections

It will have been officially 3 months at my new job on Tuesday and the amount of learning I’ve done will be worth multiple blog posts. I’d like to make this one about some patterns and observations I’ve noticed in regards to mental health and trauma, and the true benefits of grounding and mindfulness that up until now, even I didn’t fully believe in.

People who were in my OT class at McMaster of 2016 may humorously recall a specific lecture in which a guest lecturer came to talk about trauma and grounding techniques. Unfortunately, it was more awkward than informative based on her pretending to be a traumatized client and having the class ask her questions to assess and treat her as “one” therapist.. I also remember another lecture on mindfulness which, however well intentioned, also failed because the activity of trying to be mindful in class just did. not. work.

To be fair, I think mindfulness, grounding, and therapy in general can really only work when you’re fully open to it and letting go of how silly it can seem. On the other hand, I think it’s the responsibility of the teachers to engage their students and show them how it’s not silly. Anyway... /shade.

Fast forward to now. I’ve learned so much more about how powerful grounding and mindfulness can really be not only for clients, but for myself.

When I was younger, I used to become so immersed in certain things I was doing - for example, playing with my toy ponies (lol) or drawing, or making up stories in my imagination about anything in particular. There was a specific summer before 5th grade that I recall that I spent literally day in and day out indoors, as an only child. In the present, nothing would seem more boring or mind numbing than being alone at home now. But back then, time would pass without me even knowing it, and I remember doing things like creating board games out of cardboard boxes (the Trash Game)! and going on random online chat rooms to tell anonymous strangers that I thought South Park and the Simpsons were “evil” cartoons... (LOL)

Why was it so different? How could I have been so focused and in the zone, whereas now I find it hard to even focus on anything for longer than an hour at most... ?

I think it has a lot to do with the fact that as we grow older, life becomes more concentrated on what we need to do to plan for the future as well as what we could have done better in the past... We stop being able to fully enjoy life as it is in the moment. Those times when I was experiencing the concept of flow was so soothing, so peaceful.. and now I rarely ever experience a full sense of peace. I can only speak for myself, but I am willing to bet this isn’t uncommon.

What does this have to to with trauma? .. A whole lot. Bear with me.

My first important point however, is that trauma can be different for different people, and what is traumatic for one person may not be for another. Additionally, I like thinking of trauma simply as a severe and/or chronic stressor. Stress releases certain chemicals in the body (cortisol, adrenaline, etc) and activates certain automatic responses in our bodies (sympathetic fight-flight-freeze systems)

Additionally, when I explain trauma to clients, I say that it’s any negative event that occurs to someone that they’re not prepared for, couldn’t control, and didn’t/don’t have the resources or tools to deal with. In this sense, the trauma gets lodged in our brains and in our bodies, and we essentially become “stuck” in that moment. I believe this causes a disconnect between ever being able to truly experience the present moment in life again because we are a) rewinding that traumatic event(s)/moment(s) as it has not been properly processed and b) attempting to prepare for negativity in the future because we have experienced it and therefore expect it (especially if the stressors are early and in childhood). This is the root of anxiety, depression, etc. Anxiety is adaptive as it helps us to plan for factual and realistic threats in the environment. However, it becomes maladaptive when that anxiety becomes so generalized that it extends to any and all potential future activities.

So essentially, if we see trauma / stress on a spectrum -- everyone has stress, but the people who have higher and more chronic levels of that stress are higher on the spectrum -- we can see how those with more negative childhood / early / ongoing experiences will have increased levels of mental health concerns. What people call “mental illness” is often truly in my opinion, just a way of coping that helped people survive negative conditions that are now maladaptive because they no longer apply/work for the present. From my limited clinical observation thus far, I see that much of these issues seem to have one thing in common - not being able to be present and live in the moment anymore. Not being able to feel safe. For those working in the trauma field, this is pretty obvious as there are 3 stages of trauma recovery:

1. Safety and stabilization

2. Mourning/processing the trauma

3. Re-connection

As an occupational therapist, I see it this way: We are never fully “being” or “doing” our activities / occupations anymore. We are ruminating, we are preparing for the worst, we are hopeless because this is what we’ve already experienced.

To be more specific -- let’s take the case of a child who has been through 8 foster homes and experienced abuse/neglect in most, if not all of them. How exactly are we to expect this person to ever feel safe enough to truly enjoy what they are doing in the moment anymore? In their world, something scary could happen at any point. This brings us to grounding and mindfulness.

Grounding is particularly useful for people who experience intrusiveness (flashbacks). Grounding is what it sounds like. It’s re-connecting to the present world again and re-training your brain to remember that you’re safe, you're in the moment, and you’re not back in the past again. For example -- Senses grounding (54321):

Name 5 things you see. Name 4 things you hear. Name 3 things you feel around you (physically). Name 2 things you like the taste/smell of. Name 1 positive thing about yourself / affirmative statement.

It seems like the most simple technique but after seeing it in person work so effectively for clients, I am a true believer now. This was exactly what this past guest lecturer tried to teach us at McMaster and what I completely wrote off and didn’t understand. And that’s just the beginning - the variety of grounding techniques are long, but the main similarity is the concentration on the here and now.

What is the difference between mindfulness and grounding? This is something that I also struggled with initially. Now, I understand that grounding is more of a distraction, an immediate remedy to extreme negative emotional states by focusing on what’s around you and what you are able to pick up on with your 5 senses. Mindfulness, to me, is an extension of grounding. It is living in the moment but beyond that, it is a) simultaneously stepping away from the moment to see reality as it is, as well as b) throwing yourself into the moment and participating in it. What I didn’t like before about descriptions of mindfulness was the simplicity and the constant focus on breathing without a deeper explanation that mindfulness is not always accessible to some people through breathing, but rather through simple participation in activities (occupation!)

What really hit me the hardest and made the most sense was DBT’s description of mindfulness. Mindfulness is broken up into 3 skill components: Observing, Describing, and Participating.

Observing is simply watching the world and everything in it, including your own thoughts and emotions, pass by, without judgment and without labelling. This is probably the most difficult concept for me to practice myself.

Describing is putting a factual explanation on what is happening, but again without judgment. This is very helpful for people who tend to mind read and interpret innocuous things as potentially negative (especially due to prior trauma). So for example, if someone tells you last minute that they can’t come to your birthday because of X reason after they had previously confirmed, you might immediately feel hurt/angry. You might mindlessly jump to a judgment - “they are cancelling because they don’t care enough about me”. If you were to use the skill of simply describing the facts, you would step back from your anger/hurt and realize there may be no evidence for your judgment. I also found it interesting that in the DBT training skills manual, it states that research has shown that labelling emotions actually helps to regulate them. How many times have we not really taken the time to pick apart all the mess of emotions we feel, but simply surrender to them?

Participating is my favourite. I think as an occupational therapist, it makes the most sense, and again, according to the DBT manual, is actually the highest goal of mindfulness! It’s not just breathing, damn it, it’s being present, and participating! I think my own personal experience that many people can relate to is feeling awkward and self conscious in new social situations. For example - talking to strangers at parties, or dancing around other people at shows/events. Anxiety is being in our heads, wondering what people are thinking when we will never know. I made the recent decision to try my hardest to let go of that and simply enjoy what I’m doing and fight against any anxiety. It feels great.. after the few seconds of “I feel so weird, I must look weird... God, are people judging me?” Now I try to let go of predicting how I might feel if I go anywhere or talk with anyone and simply go in with openness. It usually turns out much better than I thought not because of any real reason about the event/person itself.. but rather that I stayed present, let go of judgment, and simply just participated.

Sorry.. went a little off topic there...

So what’s my end point? I think that occupational therapists definitely need to realize that grounding and stabilization comes first before any attempt to resume daily activities. I’ve made that mistake. However, daily activities and leisure can be used as CONDUITS to grounding, depending on what the person personally prefers. Then, grounding is used as a segue to mindful practice. For example, a client may love stitching or colouring, and that can ground them to the present moment and distract from the negativity in their world. Over time, and with increased feelings of safety, traumatic memories can be addressed and not avoided/suppressed anymore. Processing can be completed using a mindful approach - going back to observing and describing what happened then, what is happening now, and how one’s cognitive belief systems have come skewed because one is still expecting the past to bleed into the present. Then, allowing yourself to participate fully in what’s going on now will lead to more positive experiences and a brain that can heal, and hope for the future.

#occupational therapy trauma trauma therapy DBT mindfulness grounding

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