1) Under My Skin
2) John Wyatt lives and works in Central New Jersey. After recieving a B.A. degree with a major in Sociolgy in 1968, John began working in the social services field. He is currently a manager in a family court program which deals with abused and neglected children. Wyatt has been visiting tattoo shops since the late 1950s when he got his first tattoo. He became fascinated with the art, the shops, and the artists. He later thought of becoming a tattoo artist and began visiting shops in New York City and Coney Island regularly as a teenager. He started photographing tattooed people in the 1970s and later decided to interview them as well.
3) Issues Facing Christians Today, Shining Levels, No Mercy from the Japanese, Cumbria: The Lake District and Its County, Business Law, Wordsworth’s Poems of Travel 1819-42: Such Sweet Wayfaring, Commitment to Higher Education: Seven West European Thinkers on the Essence of the University: Max Horkheimer, Karl Jaspers, F.R. Leavis, J.H. Newman, Wordsworth and the Geologists, Talking About Drugs, Matters of Life and Death, and many others
4)The book shows people who are heavily tattooed. There are seventy-four black and white photos, which show the tattoos and the personalities of the men and women. Many of the people are photographed over two decades, revealing the evolution of art on their bodies through time.
5) personal, memoir, biographical, classy, edgy, dark, artistic, intimate, special, aesthetic, creative, beautiful
6) Tattoos are beautiful and the people who have them are really interesting awesome people.
9) “You feel like you’re special. It’s much better than a name. It gives you an identity.” (Joanne Bogarat)
“When I decided to go for the record, I must have had three thousand tattoos on me...I got in the Guiness with ninety four hundred, and now I’m in for fourteen thousand.” (Bernie Moeller)
10) I really love tattoos and thought that this book would be interesting to add to the trio.
1) Customizing the Body: The Art and Culture of Tattooing
2) Clinton R. Sanders is a professor in the sociology department at the University of Connecticut. He has served as President and Vice-president of the Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction. Sanders’ work focuses on cultural production, deviant behavior, ethnographic research, and anthrozoology.
3)Understanding Dogs: Living and Working with Canine Companions, Regarding Animals, Between the Species, Marginal Conventions: Popular Culture, Mass Media, and Social Deviance, Cultural Criminology
4) The book covers a wide range of topics about tattoos including the history, getting tattoos, the artists, and social aspects. The author himself is tattooed with gives him some insight on the topics he is discussing. Sanders’ immersion in this hidden social world—his years of hanging out in tattoo parlors and participating in conventions of enthusiasts—enable him to draw compelling portraits of tattoo collectors and artists. His interviews and observations reveal the ways in which artists are drawn into the work, their concerns in building their careers, and the nature of commercial exchange in tattoo studios. He juxtaposes an institutional view of art with the work done by highly skilled tattoo artists who are dedicated to erasing the negative stereotypes of their production and earning recognition for this marginally accepted form of body decoration.
5) informative, compelling, personal, artistic, comprehensive, interesting, indepth, overview,
6) The book is trying to explain everything about tattoos in western civilation, and how tattoos are becoming more mainstream and more of a recognized artform.
9) “I still believe this - tattooing is the only visual art form available that is totally without pretentision.” (anonymous tattoo artist)
“I walked into that other world - a dingy shop, very exotic, erotic, very mystifying. I became consumed with it. I couldn’t stay out of the shop. I spent every day there. He began to teach me how to tattoo.” (anonymous tattoo artist)
10) I think this book is a good edition to the other two books. It is very informative and gives a good overview of tattooing in western culture as well as insight from many artists.
1) Tattoo World
2) Marisa Kakoulas is the author of Black Tattoo Art and Black and Grey Tattoo, and has written about tattoos for Inked magazine. Michael Kaplan is the author of three books and has written for publications including Wired, Details, and the New York Times.
3) Black Tattoo Art, Black and Grey Tattoo
4) Once considered part of the counterculture movement, tattooing is now undoubtedly a mainstream practice. Although the history of tattooing is rooted in ancient customs and beliefs, it is a constantly evolving art form, as skilled practitioners continually reinterpret traditional motifs and experiment with new ones. With more than 1,000 illustrations from 125 of the most important artists working today, this book is the most comprehensive survey of tattooing ever published. Collected here are designs from around the globe, spanning a broad range of styles, including Japanese and East Asian iconography, classic Americana, and photorealism, among others. Featuring the work of tattoo legends alongside pieces by pioneering artists pushing the limits of the medium, this visually arresting survey is the essential reference work for anyone interested in this exploding art form
5) artistic, visually pleasing, striking, bold, edgy, modern, aesthetic, beautiful
6) Tattoos are beautiful works of art that should be shared and enjoyed.
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10) This book looks like it would be a very colorful edition to the rest of the books.
1) No Regrets: The Best, Worst, & Most #$%*ing Ridiculous Tattoos Ever
2) Aviva Yael is a writer living in New York City. She is into clothes and food.
PM Chen is a part-time basket-weaver, writer, and three-time silver medalist in the luge. He lives in Brooklyn, NY with his pet fish and six cats.
3) None that I can find
4) A look at some of the most ridiculous tattoos found around the country. The authors spent a year going to tattoo conventions and studios chasing, stalking, e-mailing, calling, interviewing, ambushing, and hunting down people with ridiculous tattoos.
5) funny, humorous, ridiculous, hilarious, shocking, stupid,
6) There is no real message. The books purpose is to make fun of ridiculous tattoos.
9) “Holy fuck they really fuckin’ make brains out of shit!”
“Come here, my son. Let me cleanse you... in the most homosexualiest, rapey, cringe-inducing way.”
“Nobody’s judging you. Except everyone who ever sees this.”
10) This book in hilarious and just kind of adds another dimension to the seriousness of the other books.
Tone Graphs
traditional___________________________________x_____contemporary
futuristic____________________x______________________vintage
serious_______________x____________________________playful
unrefined______________________x__________________sophisticated
complex_____________________x____________________easy
tame_____________________________________x_______edgy
functional_______________________x_________________beautiful
eastern_________________________________________x_western
organic__________________________x________________high–tech
minimal__________________________x________________ornamental
Word List
artistic
beautiful
aesthetic
different
tattoo
ink
artist
piercing
body modification
art
vintage
modern
skin
black
color
design
line
form
beauty
intriguing
exciting
erotic
feminine
exotic
new age
personality
regret
culture
playful
contemporary
striking
bold
compelling
classy
intimate
informative
stimulating
sublime
imaginative
creative
brand
symbol
attractive
dark
Word Definitions
artistic-conforming to the standards of art; satisfying aesthetic requirements: artistic productions.
contemporary-existing, occurring, or living at the same time; belonging to the same time
design-to plan and fashion artistically or skillfully
intriguing-to arouse the curiosity or interest of by unusual, new, or otherwise fascinating or compelling qualities; appeal strongly to; captivate
exotic-of foreign origin or character; not native; introduced from abroad, but not fully naturalized or acclimatized
bold-beyond the usual limits of conventional thought or action; imaginative
edgy-daringly innovative; on the cutting edge.
dark-gloomy or dismal
different-not ordinary; unusual.
To Suggest list
-- a feeling of beauty
-- a sense of tattoos
-- a feeling of creativity
-- a sense of tattoo artists
-- to suggest getting a tattoo
-- to suggest cultural acceptance
-- to share others experience
-- to suggest a true artform
-- to share ridiculous tattoos
-- to suggest the history of tattoos
-- to suggest the lifestyle
-- to suggest the contemporary world
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