Tattoo Art & Design

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0789315289
• ISBN13: 9780789315281
• Release Date: April 2007
• Publisher: Rizzoli Universe
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 2.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.7" x 1.4" x 6.8"

Customer Reviews

Great "alternative" ideas

IF you are looking for traditional tattoo ideas do not buy this book. On the other hand if you are into design and appreciate a fresh approach to an ancient form of art, then -by all means, get this book. I really enjoyed most of the ideas presented here. Actually 2 have served as inspiration for future tattoos.

Fabulous Ideas!

This book makes a break from traditional tattoo designs, true enough. It is a mind altering and opening experience. Read in tandem with other tattoo books and art and design books, this beautiful, glossy, thing that weighs about 8 pounds(!) could be a real eye opener for someone looking for something a bit different. Super tasty!

good lick on tattoo?

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.