This book focuses on the traditional (old school) style of tattooing and its ongoing impact on today’s tattoo art. More than 300 stunning color photos are combined with tattoo artists’ personal explanations of why they love to work in the traditional style, and the artistic challenges that it poses today. For the fifteen tattoo artists in this book, the essence of real and true tattooing is the traditional one: bold lines, simple motifs, black and red colors—tattoos built to last on the skin. From the early beginnings in the late 19th century among sailors, traditional tattoos have been developed further by today’s tattoo artists. Neo-traditional, Americana, new school, old school—the names are many, but all have that single common heritage: they are based on the simple lines created on the sailors’ skins many years ago.
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Features 300-plus images of “old school” tattoos, one of the most popular styles todayA thoughtful reminder of tradition’s ongoing impact upon today’s fast-growing tattoo art worldInsider thoughts from 15 of the tattoo artists currently impacting the world with this style
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780764349362
Publisert
2015-04-21
Utgiver
Vendor
Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Vekt
1588 gr
Høyde
216 mm
Bredde
279 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
216

Forfatter

Biographical note

When journalist Jakob Schultz became the editor for a tattoo convention he met the best old school and neo-traditional tattoo artists from around the world. He joined forces with photographer Peter Booker Nielsen to document this current in tattooing.