Drawing & Designing Tattoo Art: Creating Masterful Tattoo Art from Start to Finish

In these pages, you’ll learn the practical considerations of placement, flow, and color choice, as well as the art of conceptualizing the kind of powerful, personal, out-of-the-ordinary designs worthy of being on a body for life. Learn how to create bold, original designs from a master tattoo artist!Tattooing is an art form like no otherindelible, wearable paintings, each on a one-of-a-kind, ever-moving "canvas." Step into the parlor with master tattoo artist Fip Buchanan as he shares more than thirty years of experience and the secrets to killer tattoo design. You’ll

"Great source of inspiration for any artist!" according to Jennifer Drew-Steiner. This book is a piece of artwork in itself! The pages are packed with full color illustrations and the physical quality of the book is terrific. I bought this for my daughter, who is an artist and looks for inspiration from multiple art formsthis is definitely a great source of inspiration and filled with fascinating text as well! You don't need to be a tattoo artist or even aspire to be, to thoroughly enjoy this book!. "No Tutorials" according to Emily S.. No real tutorials or instructions, just a lot of (boring) photos of tattoo designs, mostly by the same artists. I was hoping for more detailed information or photo tutorials.. "Great book all around, price can't be beat" according to Ross Southam. Impressed how this book is set up and the price. A tattooer is never done learning. And even with experience, one should be able learn something new from this book. But at the same time it doesn't teach everything. Which is good because you only get out what you put into tattooing. And if you really thought you could just buy a book and learn all the secrets to tattooing, do us all a favor and quit.