Tattoo Art & Design [Paperback]

Editors Of Viction:ary (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 17, 2007

Tattoos are sexy, fashionable, and creative. This compendium features over 480 designs by the world's leading young graphic artists for tattoos that are new, different, and edgy.Little has appeared that explores fresh designs for tattoos by contemporary graphic artists and designers. Tattoo Art & Design corrects this with designs by over 60 of today's up-and-coming designers. They draw inspiration from diverse cultures and media, and bridge the highly graphic world of skin art and the exploding creativity in graphic design communities worldwide. Among the featured designers are Kinpro, Klaus Haapaniemi, Marcus Oakley, Rex Koo, Rinzen, Musa Collective, and Stapelberg & Fritz. The designs featured here shatter the conventional notion of the tattoo. Gone are hearts inscribed with names, anchors, Celtic harps, or tribal bands. Instead, the tattoo designs are based on Japanese animé characters, abstract art, hip-hop culture, and Day-Glo pop art in a palette of vibrant colors and elaborate shapes. These fun and playful designs will inspire a new breed of tattoo artist as well as the next generation of graphic designers.

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About the Author

Viction:ary and viction:workshop were founded by Victor Cheung in 2001 in Hong Kong to create vibrant visual experiences and to bring together diverse international designers.

Product Details

• Paperback: 432 pages
• Publisher: Universe (April 17, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0789315289
• ISBN-13: 978-0789315281
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 6.7 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #160,386 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars good lick on tattoo?, June 20, 2007

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Sarah Shea (Tempe, AZ) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Tattoo Art & Design (Paperback)

I saw this book at an Urban Outfitters. It features tons of fake tattoos that are made by what I would call "pop surrealists." If you read juxtapoz you will love the tattoos that are found in here. Yes, some of them are abstract, but if you have the eye for it you can tell that it took time and thought to make these.

I loved it. I would even consider getting some of them tattooed on me forever.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Tattoo Art and Design, November 3, 2008

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Kristina Kazakoff (Buffalo, New York) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Tattoo Art & Design (Paperback)

This book is great. Visually it's fun and intriguing. I am a lover of tattoo art and design, so this makes for an awesome coffee table book. Guests at my house enjoy leafing through it and it adds art interest to my family room.

I give this book three stars because I was expecting more from it. I thought it would be something that explored design theories based on traditional tattooing. I'm not totally sold that this was worth the money.

I suggest checking this book out in person at a book store before committing to the price.

Overall, I like this book.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Artsy fake tattoos, November 10, 2009

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Deborah Merritt (Phoenix, AZ) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Tattoo Art & Design (Paperback)

These designs are more of the modern art variety- not very tattoo friendly, actually. All of the people in the pictures only have temporary tattoos. I was definitely disappointed in this book.