Shawn Barber MEMOIR The Tattooed Portraits Series

256 page full color 12in x 10in hardcover book features artwork from painter Shawn Barber. This beautifully printed volume contains photographs, paintings and essays chronicling a six-year living journal. Memoir: The Tattooed Portraits Series includes paintings of Don Ed Hardy, Bob Roberts, Grime, Paul Booth, Marcus Pacheco, Kim Saigh, Jack Rudy, Thomas Woodruff, Aaron Cain, Mike Giant, Adrian Lee, Margaret Cho and many more. 

Collection of artwork from Chris Dingwell over the last 8 years in a soft cover 50 page full over 10in x 10in book with full color images and detailed photos. 

Inside Out opens a big wide winow into Chris' work and his imagination with a surprisingly candid and wickedly funny introduction by Chris' friend, Johnny Theif. Book also includes numerous comments and stories from Tattoo dignitaries such as Damon Conklin, Durb Morrison, Chet Zar, Tom Strom, Matt Lukesh and many more. 

This 5.5in x 8in soft cover book by Mithc O'Connell features 264 pages of full color showcasing the best of his three sets of tattoo flash: 'Stewed, Screwed and Tattooed," "Done While Drunk," and "From the Bottom of the Barrell." Mitch O'Connell's art is reminiscent of the Old School Tattoo Art, from masters such as Sailor Jerry Collins and Don Ed Harty: but it uses a more contemporary sense of themes, along with O/Connell's distinctive style. 

New extensively full color 248 page illustrated book of interviews with tattoo artists by Jill "Horiyuki" Mandelbaum. Featuring Adam Barton, Grez, Eric Jones, Henning Jorgensen, Gary Kosmala, Oliver Peck, Heath Preheim, Javi Rodriguez, Robert Ryan, Richard Stell, Chris Trevino, Jef Whitehead and Pink Yun. 

Softcover book 12in x 9.5in

Tattoo Stories by Smart Imagination is the premier book in a series dedicated to a five-year documentary on the stories behind tattoos while progressively raising funds for children in need through the Starlight Children’s Foundation.

The art of tattoos has intrigued many people in various cultures around the world.  Tattoo Stories will not only address taboos plaguing the art form, but will draw readers in for an intimate look at journeys, experiences and cultures, through spoken word paired with stunning photography by Marvin Malzahn.

A minimum of $4 will be contributed to the Starlight Children's Foundation for every copy of Tattoo Stories sold on or before December 31, 2011, with a guaranteed minimum donation of $10,000.

hardcover, 112 pages

*Note: This item is not eligible to be purchased with the Blaq Friday promotion code.