Drawing & Designing Tattoo Art: Creating Masterful Tattoo Art from Start to Finish

251 Pages·2014·27.37 MB·English

by  Fip Buchanan

Drawing & Designing Tattoo Art
Creating Masterful Tattoo Art From Start to Finish
Fip Buchanan
with photography by Marc Balanky
Cincinnati, OH
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Contents
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Introduction
What You’ll Need
CHAPTER 1
The Consultation
Meeting the Client
Sketching and Placement
Keys to a Good Composition
Adding Interest
Location Matters
Overcoming Common Obstacles
CHAPTER TWO
From Sketch to Tattoo
Planning Your Composition
From Sketch to Tattoo
Adding Interest to the Composition
Black and Gray Tattoos
Unifying Design Elements
Adding to Existing Tattoos
Iconic Images
Asian Style Tattoos
CHAPTER 3
Tattoo Style Art
Transfer Designs
Angel Wings
CHAPTER 4
Artists’ Gallery
Chris Walkin
Craig Driscoll
Jen Lee
Juan Puente
Kahlil Rintye
Shawn Barber
Mary Joy Scott
Robert Atkinson
Shawn Warcot
Fip Buchanan
About the Author
Dedication
Acknowledgments
Copyright
Introduction
I began tattooing in 1979 and it became my career in the fall of 1984, right after
I graduated from the Art Institute of Pittsburgh. I have drawn all my life and was
inspired by my mother in that direction at a very early age. I do remember asking
my mother what a tattoo was as a child and she responded “Don’t ever get one of
those, you’ll get blood poisoning!” Well, I’ve gotten way more than one of
“those” and still don’t have blood poisoning! Fortunately the health aspects of