(Part 2) Top products from r/tattoos

Love it. I love the Great Wave.

Did you know though, that Japanese artists of this era (and arguably still today) thought that the art of the written word was as important as the drawing? You should get the script that goes with the image on the other arm :D

I recommend this book for more on the stylised nature of Japanese art.

If you're still interested in cephalopods, I highly recommend this book. It was so fun to read! More about squid than octopus and cuttlefish, but definitely wonderful.

The inspiration we used was from the catacomb saints from the book Heavenly Bodies. The skeletons ordained in jewels were pulled from the catacombs, so as you can imagine they're old and jacked.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0500251959

Pretty cool - if anyone's interested, I did a project a while back where I searched through old, public domain texts to find as many instances as possible of the phrase, "The world is..." just to see how that figure of speech has been used through the years. Ended up collecting over a hundred of them in a book, with a page of the original text in-tact.

If anyone wants to see it without having to buy it, pm me and I'll send you the the digital copy.

Example one, two.

Thank you! It's a maxi dress from Amazon :) I got it specifically because I have a thigh tat healing so I can't wear pants and I wanted to take my arm out of my dress without flashing the shop haha.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07GSWVL7K/ref=cm_sw_r_em_apa_i_Pv1XDb6EGX2MT

Tattoo Machine by Jeff Johnson

It's an easy read and very entertaining as well as informative.

Made me think of this book from my childhood... And then I bought it for $0.01 on Amazon... Thanks for the awesome memories!

Stories of Your Life is the original title before the film.

Really good! For me it was like discovering Arthur C Clarke all over again.

Also, if you are interested in cycle history, this book is excellent
http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0300104189/ref=aw_d_iv_books?is=l

That image is ©David Kimelberg taken from his book: http://www.amazon.com/INKED-Inc-Tattooed-Professionals-Kimelberg/dp/0979486807/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1310093258&sr=8-1

I have shot with him for another tattoo project he is working on, he's a really great guy.

Beautiful tattoo. It reminds me of the children's book Stellaluna, which was a go-to bedtime story for me and my siblings when we were young.

Devon published an amazing book about his tattooing and experience with getting shot and rehabilitating to tattoo once more. Check it.

I cheated with Russian because I grew up bilingual. I learned Spanish (almost to fluency) and French (intermediate). Those are laughably beginner-level now. I can still read okay, though. Russian I still speak fluently, so .... I'm not the dumbest!

Here's a good edition:

https://www.amazon.com/Master-Margarita-50th-Anniversary-Penguin-Classics/dp/0143108271/ref=pd_lpo_sbs_14_t_0?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=7RMXDFVFDPZQDARVE8RZ

That's what I was hoping you'd say. Verdi style.

Thank you! It's Sickness from I Feel Sick and the vines are from JTHM.

Invest in this book and pick and choose.

This really reminded me of the cover of Things the Grandchildren Should Know book cover.

https://www.amazon.com/Vintage-Tattoos-Book-Old-School-Skin/dp/0789318245

Taken from this book, inside cover, pulled from photo of a pile of his acetates.

Oh yes, sorry, how stupid of me.

Bodies of Inscription: a Cultural History of the Modern Tattoo Community and Inked: Tattoos and Body Art around the World, both by Margo DeMello.