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Any tattoo is the outcome of an intimate, often hidden process. The people, bodies, and money that make tattooing what it is blend together and form a heady cocktail, something described by Matt, the owner of Oakland's Premium Tattoo, as "blood and lightning." Faced with the client's anticipation of pain and excitement, the tattooer must carefully perform calm authority to obscure a world of preparation and vigilance. "Blood and lightning, my dude"—the mysterious and intoxicating effect of tattooing done right. Dustin Kiskaddon draws on his own apprenticeship with Matt and takes us behind the scenes into the complex world of professional tattooers. We join people who must routinely manage ...
The Coloring Book Project, 2nd Edition: A Collection by 185 Artists From Around The World. Now Available in eBook format! You'll have the option to printout your favorite artwork pages to color on paper or save the images to your device and color it in your favorite coloring app! We welcome artists of all ages to add your own creativity to the pages found within The Coloring Book Project 2. The second installment of this wonderful book brings together inspiration and cleverness from an outstanding cast of artists. They have contributed their own amazing drawing, giving you the freedom to bring them to life with your own artistic vision. With 400 pages of captivating designs to color and acti...
Spider Murphy's Tattoo Flash II picks up right where Spider Murphy's Tattoo Flash (now aka Vol. I) left off. Like the first volume, 'II is also a massive, cloth-bound, extremely deluxe embossed-hardcover book containing 110 sheets of mostly-unpublished tattoo flash by artists from the legendary California tattoo studio, Spider Murphy's.A tribute to old-time flash's themes and motifs, every single page is high quality yet it seems as if each page of flash is even better than the last. Artists include: Theo Mindell, Paul Dobleman, Heather Bailey, Bryan Randolph, Jeremy Kimzey, Aaron Hodges, Laurent Trelaun and Betty Boobs.
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Vintage Tattoo Flash is a one-of-a-kind visual explorationof the history and evolution of tattooing in America. Aluscious, offset-printed, hardcover tome-a beautiful andserious addition to the understanding of one of the world'soldest and most popular art forms. Electric tattooing as we know it today was invented inNew York City at the turn of the 19th century. In the firstdays of American tattooing, tattoos were primarily wornby sailors and soldiers, outlaws and outsiders. The visuallanguage of what came to be known as "traditional tattooing"was developed in those early days on the Boweryand catered to the interests of the clientele. Commonimagery that soon became canon included sailing shi...
Hundreds of anchors, exotic dancers, angry daggers, and patriotic decorations that adorned the flesh of veterans returning from the world wars. This collection of historic flash is a sentimental look at the body art available during the early 20th Century; and an exciting examination of bold designs that have stood the test of time. Peruse an exhibition wartime art from the turn of the century through World War II.