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Holidayyys
Hasn't just been turkey, mince pies, and beer 24/7 this Christmas break, - here's afew things I've been looking at for when we're due back.
Tilt-Shift
And the best of the lot:
And the best of the lot:
TYP
Some designers I've been looking into who create images with typography. The hand-drawn element could be good for this project.
Wieden & Kennedy, Serge Seidlitz, Si Scott
Fiodor Sumkin
Wieden & Kennedy, Serge Seidlitz, Si Scott
Jailhouse
Russian prison imagery. Even the smallest detail can be interpreted as a biographical verse from the person's life..
"The skins they carried."
Quite overpowering examples of the contextual side of tattooing here. Three Texan soldiers take a trip to the American Illustrators shop...
The images they put on their skin are diaries they’ll take to the grave, marking the fear and bravado of war, the faith to make it through, and the losses they carry inside. “Tattoos are a way to solidify emotions,” Fry says. “So I try to just shut up and listen to what they have to say. It’s just part of it. I think people find it comforting to talk to a stranger who is doing something as intimate as piercing your skin.”
The images they put on their skin are diaries they’ll take to the grave, marking the fear and bravado of war, the faith to make it through, and the losses they carry inside. “Tattoos are a way to solidify emotions,” Fry says. “So I try to just shut up and listen to what they have to say. It’s just part of it. I think people find it comforting to talk to a stranger who is doing something as intimate as piercing your skin.”
The Texas Observer (21/3/08)
Michael May
Michael May
Skin Deep
Project's coming along okay. I've found out you can get your fish tattooed..
..or try it out on your pig..
..and that this guy exists.
..or try it out on your pig..
..and that this guy exists.
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