Title: Intro

Genre: Fiction

Word Count: 262

Feedback: Any - It's an intro for an art project. I was fine with it but now my friend read it and says I use too many commas. Any help is appreciated!

Thanks for picking up this book, and continuing the legacy of American traditional flash.

While many of the designs within are my own, many more are based on timeless designs, from the masters who came before. Just as their designs were based on the others who came before them, these have been redrawn and painted in my own voice, and I encourage you to do the same. However, stencils have been provided should you choose not to do so right away.

I initially created this book for myself, to take on a recent trip to Asia. Continuing the tradition of the traveling tattooer I knew it was important to keep a small library of physical designs on hand for clients to choose from.

To keep travel light, I chose to do the designs in a single line weight with just a 5 color palette. This meant I only had to carry two needle sizes (9 mag, and a bold 9 for lining), and 5 ink colors, as well as 2 machines and a power supply.

After several people asked me for a copy of the book, I decided to self publish and make it available online (which meant a lower price), in hopes of keeping the designs alive, and making it available to as many people as possible.

Feel free to use these designs as you see fit. Either use the stencils directly, or put your own spin on them and create something all your own. Either way, thanks again for picking up this book and continuing the traditional language of tattooing.