The Tattoo Encyclopedia
And with the added bonus of being able to study this in your own home, it can even help some to feel more confident when they walk into their chosen tattoo studio - having more knowledge and a better idea about the tattoo they are about to choose from the wall. Although the images themselves are not particularly useful towards 'solid' images to be picked for an actual tattoo, either for the consumer or tattooist - they are subtle enough to get a general idea of the design they are representing. The book has been well laid out, in a handy A-Z format, also cross-referenced, indexed, and illustrated with three hundred examples of tattoo line art. a design that has already been drawn, printed, laminated, sold and displayed for tattooists to use as a means of a ready, 'instant' design that does not necessarily need altering) - this book is a useful tool in helping to choose a design, and even giving a small amount of information about the history, relation and common reason for choosing the particular image etc.
For those that opt for a 'flash' design (i.e. I chose to review this book from my collection first, in relation to the other articles published and purely because it is a fantastic book to begin learning about the vast array of tattoo imagery that plasters tattoo studios.
