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Great Book of Tattoo Designs: More than 500 Body Art Designs |  | Author: Lora S. Irish
Publisher: Fox Chapel Publishing
Category: Book
List Price: $16.95
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Rating:  9 reviews
Sales Rank: 84078
Media: Paperback
Pages: 504
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.5
Dimensions (in): 6.4 x 5.1 x 1.4
ISBN: 1565233328
Dewey Decimal Number: 391.650222
EAN: 9781565233324
ASIN: 1565233328
Publication Date: May 28, 2007
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Product Description
Great Book of Tattoo Designs
This book includes over 500 patterns that would be ideal for any tattoo. Patterns includes intricate and colorful dragons, mythical figures, crosses, floral, Celtic, symbols and wildlife.
4½" x 6" x 494 Pages
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 A nice book, but.... October 6, 2008
quicksilverdragon (wisconsin)
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
I ordered this book thinking it would have tons of different tattoo ideas. While it does, it has a lot of the same thing. Like 40 pages of the "Green Man." I dont see many tattoos of the green man, and to have 40 pages of it...also they have lighthouses?...well, draw your own conclusions. The dragons are really cool, but so many of the wildlife ones are for painting, not really tattoo quality. And the symbols section leaves a lot to be desired. Lots of crosses, which is fine, but nothing for modern symbols.And lastly the floral section. Only one rose, which i really like roses, so i thought that kinda sucked. A nice book overall, but if you are looking for a lot of variaty, look someplace else.
 Good source of design ideas September 9, 2007
C. L. Henson
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
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.
 Terrible tattoo designs from a woodcarver! December 18, 2009
Tattoo Artist (USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
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.
What a waste. February 16, 2008
MJ
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
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.
don't waste your money March 16, 2010
bunka girl (Wi)
I wish i would have read the reviews before i bought this book, its perfect if you wood burn but not tattooing
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