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Tattoos have gone from badges of rebel to fashion statements fully absorbed into mainstream culture. They’re enjoying a renaissance, with graphic designers and artists creating specialty tattoos for a growing target audience, unleashing a revival of interest within the bawdy vintage tattoo. Old skool tattoos are being rediscovered (every now and then sarcastically, every now and then not) by a new generation. In the beginning embraced by rebels, sailors, and gangsters, these tattoos—broken hearts, naked girls, floral motifs, and maritime emblems—are actually showing up at the fashion runway and in music videos. This book chronicles vintage motifs in thematic chapters interspersed with profiles of influential tattoo artists and their distinctive designs: Sailor Jerry Collins, Don Ed Hardy (“the Godfather of Tattoos”), Mike “Rollo Banks” Malone, Bert Grimm, Japan’s Horiyoshi III, and Shanghai’s Pinky Yun.
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