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This cell phone case made my granddaughter smile. It cost a lot less than similar ones in the mall.

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Complete waste of money, I'm an artist and I can draw all of these pictures better than the book. I thought this book would give me ideas, instead it went right on my book shelf never to be read again.

I must agree with the judgment of everyone else. This book does not live up to any expectation. I was very disappointed with it, and wouldn't recommend it. If you're considering a tattoo, you'd do better with a good clip-art site.

This book is really cool if you are not sure what type of tats to get. But I got for my son because he can draw and figured this could get him started on different designs and styles.

it was ok it only has two pages of skull designs and not many hearts or stars alot of traibal and cultural designs

I have a friend that is just getting into tattoos. He loved this book mainly due to the fact that it had the stencil on one page and the shaded or colored on the other page. I believe it is a must for beginner tattooists. I even found one that spoke to me and he will be tattooing it on me shortly.

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This is a very mixed bag of a book and unevenly weighted in concepts. Too many of one thing and not enough of others. The animal section is a complete waste of time unless you like ducks and pheasant. Most of the four-legged animals are out of proportion. If you are looking for good representations of bison, big cats, wolves or elk, please look somewhere else. The Celtic section is very good, except, as has been noted above...way too many crosses. I realize that one person cannot anticipate what everyone else needs or wants, but I felt there could have been more of a balance in what was portrayed. I feel I wasted my money, and am still looking for a good book on tattoo line art.

I acquired this book with the intent of getting leather crafting ideas for tooling. It has certainly meet that need. As tattoo as very two dimensional in application, it is difficult for this individual to visualize the impact of a 3-D relief. However, the designs offered vary significantly from traditional leather carving patterns. This will provide for some uniquely tooled projects.

It is painfully obvious that Ms. Irish is not a tattoo artist. In fact, she is a wood carver, and has written many books about that. Well, I am here to tell you that woodcarving designs do NOT make for good tattoo designs. I have been a tattoo artist for ten years, and I can say this book contains some of the worst art I have seen in quite a while. The line drawings are poorly executed, with very thick lines, which look suspiciously like 14th century woodcuts. I wonder why. The designs depicted in this book are poorly drawn and unrealistically shaded. If you want realism in your tattoo design, then this is the worst place to look. I have no idea how this book actually found a publisher.

I ordered this book thinking it would have tons of different tattoo ideas. While it does, it has a lot of the same thing. Like 40 pages of the "Green Man." I dont see many tattoos of the green man, and to have 40 pages of it...also they have lighthouses?...well, draw your own conclusions. The dragons are really cool, but so many of the wildlife ones are for painting, not really tattoo quality. And the symbols section leaves a lot to be desired. Lots of crosses, which is fine, but nothing for modern symbols.And lastly the floral section. Only one rose, which i really like roses, so i thought that kinda sucked. A nice book overall, but if you are looking for a lot of variaty, look someplace else.

I have some ink on me and am planning to have my back done. This book is full of some of the best designs I have seen! It has a Celtic section that has some of the best designs. It also has a section of some good ole' fashioned classic designs as well. I recommend this book for the sheer art value alone!