This book presents a lavish array of Hardy's drawings for custom tattoo commissions--ideas that were never tattooed, works from early childhood, and works from his art school days. All are placed in the context of an essay about how the impulse to draw is at the core of tattooing as a medium. Many works created for custom commissions include breakthrough pieces from the late 1960s and early 1970s. These were responsible for tattooing's present-day global explosion. Examples of designs' evolution through various stages ...
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This book presents a lavish array of Hardy's drawings for custom tattoo commissions--ideas that were never tattooed, works from early childhood, and works from his art school days. All are placed in the context of an essay about how the impulse to draw is at the core of tattooing as a medium. Many works created for custom commissions include breakthrough pieces from the late 1960s and early 1970s. These were responsible for tattooing's present-day global explosion. Examples of designs' evolution through various stages provide a never-before-seen document of Hardy's process. A majority of the works are reproduced actual size.
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Add this copy of Drawings for Tattoos Volume 1 to cart. $297.50, very good condition, Sold by Salish Sea Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Bellingham, WA, UNITED STATES, published 2016 by Hardy Marks Publications.
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Very Good; Hardcover; Light wear to the covers; Unblemished textblock edges; The endpapers and all text pages are clean and unmarked; The binding is excellent with a straight spine; This book will be shipped in a sturdy cardboard box with foam padding; Extra-Large Format (Folio, 14"-16" tall); 2.8 lbs; Red covers with samurai illustration, and title in black & white lettering; 2016, Hardy Marks Publications; 88 pages; "Drawings For Tattoos Volume 1, " by Don Ed Hardy.
