Classic Tattoos
Classic Tattoos (also known as Traditional or Old-School Tattoos) are reminiscent of the style used from the early 1900s - 1950s. At that time, a limited selection of ink color affected the tattoo artist's design capabilities. Artists relied on bold black outlines with very little shading, using the spot colors; green, red, yellow, and the occasional blue or brown. Popular subjects were naval and armed forces emblems, pin-up girls, heart and dagger tattoos, eagle tattoos and Harley Davidson symbols. These often included a banner or ribbon, with lettering relevant to the theme. An example would be a pin-up girl tattoo with a ribbon that says "MAN'S RUIN". The master of this tattoo era is Norman "Sailor Jerry" Collins (1911-1973), whose style is emulated today in the Ed Hardy clothing line. (Photo credit: Classic Harley Davidson tattoo by Marc Durrant, Yoni Tattoo, Tarzana, CA.)
Simply Beautiful!
There's something about this tattoo I absolutely love - it was a tattooist submission from Karla Hansen, who writes:
"Hi my name is Karla and I am a tattoo artist from Auckland, New Zealand, I recently did this tattoo on my husband Alex. It's a Chris Sanders design, the director/art director/character designer for movies sucjh as "Lilo and Stitch" and "How to train your Dragon" hope you and your followers like!!"
Thanks Karla!
nb. 'How To Train Your Dragon' is awesome. Pixar-level awesome.
Going Rogue
Nice comic book chicks from Shane Somers. Vampirella and Rogue respectively, for you non-geeks.
Pressure Hooker
From sketch to the finished product from Joe Capobianco. By the way, his awesome new sketchbook can be previewed here...http://www.joecapobianco.com/news3383.html
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