The Art of Tattoo: A Tattoo Artist's Inspirations, Designs, and Hard-Won Advice [Hardcover]

Tattoo artist Megan Massacre presents a beautiful collection of her best work, with instructive how-to and inspiration for both professional tattoo artists as well as tattoo aficionados.

With a personal behind-the-scenes peek into the making of a tattoo, from concept to execution, plus fan favorite tattoos and tattoo cover-ups, this approachable, full-color paperback will feature everything Massacre has learned over the years. Part idea sourcebook, part tattoo opus, this is an art book that tattoo fans will be eager to read and display.MEGAN MASSACRE has been tattooing since 2004, has appeared on TLC's America's Worst Tattoos and NY Ink, and is currently filming the second season of Fuse's Bondi Ink. She is a cofounder of New York's Grit N Glory, where she and the all-girl team sell fashion and lifestyle items with a rock n' roll edge, and provide one of the best tattoo services in the city. Massacre, one of the most popular alternative models working today, is the only person in the world to have been featured on the cover of every major tattoo magazine, including Von Guttenberg, Inked Magazine, and Tattoo Life. She is also the author of the adult coloring book Marked in Ink.About This Book

In putting together this book, I wanted to create something that shared my hard-won experience and point of view on various aspects of the tattoo industry. While this is a collection of my tattoos and artwork from over the years, I wanted it also to contain information that professional artists, aspiring artists, and collectors could all relate to and pull something from. For the collector, I cover the basics of getting tattooed from the artist’s perspective, and what we as artists need from you to give you the best artwork possible. There’s also a special visual section on the whole tattoo process, step by sl3Î