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 Jul 24 2008, 02:54 AM
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Hi all, It seems now days everyone wants custom work with wierd and way out ideas, the web is ok but hard to find quality pics. I was hoping people could help me out with some good reference books for animals, skulls, old school, pin ups, basicly anything that would help with custom work. Feel free to add anything you think might help. Please post links to the book if you could. Many thanks, Dan -------------------- Common sense is not so common
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Jul 24 2008, 03:52 AM
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Jul 24 2008, 01:12 PM
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Thanks mate, that looks like an awesome book I will definately get that one. -------------------- Common sense is not so common
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Jul 24 2008, 02:51 PM
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get them all... about 5 i think
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Jul 24 2008, 04:59 PM
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joe capobianco's "stripped down" is awesome when it comes to doing pinup style work,
Dragon Tattoo Design by D E Hardy is indisposable for dragons, all of the horimouja reference books depending on what subject you desire, I have the koi one and it is awesome.... many others but those are some of my favorites from off the top of my head... tattooflashbooks.com carries them all and a ton of others... plus it has numerous pics of pages for each book which is great... as anyone knows it sucks to buy a $50+ book only to be disappointed with a lot of completely inapplicable stuff to fill out the book. |
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Jul 24 2008, 05:01 PM
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for skulls, 18 angles of the human skull by kore flatmo!! excellent reference!!!!!
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Jul 25 2008, 05:38 AM
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Loomis books if I remember can be downloaded from his site... perfectly legal if I recall.. but I won't supply a link
here just in case... Search the web, you can download them (and again, not talking torrents here) Of course, I could be wrong but I'm pretty sure... -------------------- Loneferret
___________________________________________________ *** The comments expressed in this reply are those of it's owner, and does not necessarily reflect opinions of the rest of the moderating team or other forum members. *** "Freedom is a right for all sentient beings..." I want to become a tattoo artist so I can shed this geek image people have of me... I swear that mans put more machines in kitchens than huck spaulding. |
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Jul 25 2008, 06:13 AM
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hehe
Well I ordered that dynamic book as well... I know I had it somewhere as a PDF, but I really do prefer reading out of a book then on a screen.. -------------------- Loneferret
___________________________________________________ *** The comments expressed in this reply are those of it's owner, and does not necessarily reflect opinions of the rest of the moderating team or other forum members. *** "Freedom is a right for all sentient beings..." I want to become a tattoo artist so I can shed this geek image people have of me... I swear that mans put more machines in kitchens than huck spaulding. |
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Jul 29 2008, 03:20 PM
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Well just got my copy of the book...
Very informative... -------------------- Loneferret
___________________________________________________ *** The comments expressed in this reply are those of it's owner, and does not necessarily reflect opinions of the rest of the moderating team or other forum members. *** "Freedom is a right for all sentient beings..." I want to become a tattoo artist so I can shed this geek image people have of me... I swear that mans put more machines in kitchens than huck spaulding. |
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Aug 12 2008, 02:21 AM
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you want some far out fantastic shit, then get ahold of some dali and H.R. Geiger books, theres some good american airforce pin up books out there too just cant remeber any titles right now.
-------------------- Love it or Leave it...
check my portfolio @ http://www.myspace.com/sioneproduktions |
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Sep 19 2008, 04:14 PM
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anyone have that aitchison book "Organica"?
-------------------- Just my 2 cents
Rob |
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Sep 19 2008, 04:43 PM
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maybe not what you're lookin for but I'm a big fan of Frank Frazetta's work.
-------------------- I'm only here because I'm not all there.
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Sep 19 2008, 05:09 PM
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QUOTE (poconosrob @ Sep 20 2008, 10:14 AM)  anyone have that aitchison book "Organica"? Yeah mate, it is a great book if you're an Aitchison fan 
-------------------- "You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life."
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Sep 19 2008, 07:17 PM
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Gil everet"s american pin ups is fuckin awersome. It's his collective works, if you flip through it, you'll recognize a ton of pin ups that have been used in tattoos. You can get it at a book store like barnes and noble.
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Sep 20 2008, 11:29 AM
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Not a book, but a handy downloadable skull reference:
http://www.gomediazine.com/freebies/free-e...ference-photos/ And the great Loomis books via Mr Bungle: http://www.placidchaos.com/AM/index.php?ti...p;tb=1&pb=1 |
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Sep 23 2008, 11:10 AM
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And the great Loomis books via Mr Bungle: http://www.placidchaos.com/AM/index.php?ti...p;tb=1&pb=1 [/quote] Valerie, I just followed this link and looked like a great opportunity so I downloaded all 6 but what the hell is a rar file, I'm a macuser and semi-clueless, I'm being told there is no default application to open the file, I should be alright with pdf's so why can't I access it, I'm gutted, hope ya can help...thanx 4 posting anywhooo! -------------------- Peek through the Doors of Perception to see the Pause in Deception!
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Sep 23 2008, 01:22 PM
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QUOTE (barnstormer @ Sep 23 2008, 09:10 PM) And the great Loomis books via Mr Bungle: http://www.placidchaos.com/AM/index.php?ti...p;tb=1&pb=1 Valerie, I just followed this link and looked like a great opportunity so I downloaded all 6 but what the hell is a rar file, I'm a macuser and semi-clueless, I'm being told there is no default application to open the file, I should be alright with pdf's so why can't I access it, I'm gutted, hope ya can help...thanx 4 posting anywhooo! search for winrar, it´s a type of zipper. there´s gotta be some way to use it on a mac. i mean, they´re not that crappy are they? ;-) |
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Sep 23 2008, 08:00 PM
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awesome hook up on the loomis books, good lookin out
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Sep 24 2008, 05:52 AM
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QUOTE (NHBB @ Sep 23 2008, 09:00 PM) awesome hook up on the loomis books, good lookin out x2, Thanks Val |
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Sep 24 2008, 01:42 PM
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Finally found a Machappy means of opening the files, so looking forward to finding the time to trawl thru, thanx again!
-------------------- Peek through the Doors of Perception to see the Pause in Deception!
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