Great Book of Tattoo Designs: More than 500 Body Art Designs
- ISBN13: 9781565233324
- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
Product Description
Presenting appealing and high-quality designs, this collection of tattoo artwork includes an extensive breadth of styles—including fantasy, Celtic, pagan, gothic, sacred, oriental, and mythical. Whether used individually, in combination, or as inspiration for original designs, this resource provides designs ideal for personal expression. From dancing dragons and Aztec Indians to fairies and flowers, this guidebook is a perfect companion for anyone with an interest in tattoos.
Great Book of Tattoo Designs: More than 500 Body Art Designs
This book is a totally waste of paper, time and money. Is one of the most awful books I have acquired. Is not really a tattoo book. It is more like a kindergarden “color the figures” books. I want my money back!!!!!!!!!!
Rating: 1 / 5
It is painfully obvious that Ms. Irish is not a tattoo artist. In fact, she is a wood carver, and has written many books about that. Well, I am here to tell you that woodcarving designs do NOT make for good tattoo designs. I have been a tattoo artist for ten years, and I can say this book contains some of the worst art I have seen in quite a while. The line drawings are poorly executed, with very thick lines, which look suspiciously like 14th century woodcuts. I wonder why.
The designs depicted in this book are poorly drawn and unrealistically shaded. If you want realism in your tattoo design, then this is the worst place to look.
I have no idea how this book actually found a publisher.
Rating: 1 / 5
I have some ink on me and am planning to have my back done. This book is full of some of the best designs I have seen!
It has a Celtic section that has some of the best designs. It also has a section of some good ole’ fashioned classic designs as well.
I recommend this book for the sheer art value alone!
Rating: 5 / 5
I personally think this is a waste. I bought this from a Books-A-Million for about nine bucks. It was on sale and it was in plastic packaging,
I thought it would be worth it by looking at the size.
Most of the concepts, which are nothing special, look like they’d be in a child’s colouring book. It was a huge let down as far as a concept book goes. The designs look the same with a few different details. It’s not worth wasting your money on.
Rating: 1 / 5
Lora S. Irish is a talented artist and this plain book is a nice step-stone for designers and other artists to glean ideas, and not just for tattoos. As a matter of fact, I don’t really think the designs in the book are very contemporary as far as body-art designs go today. While not the most complicated set of designs, she shows very well how to increase their complexity and interest. Her line-drawings are supplemented by shaded drawings which illustrate how the design can be embellished and come to life. As a reference or guide, this book is very useful. It is rather thick to be copied or scanned and you will have to either remove the pages or break the back to successfully do either, unless you are hand-copying with transfer paper.
I highly recommend it as an addition to your design-source library for pyrography (wood burning), carving, painting, and yes, even for a tattoo.
Rating: 4 / 5