Jul 26
500 Tattoo Designs
Posted on Sunday, July 26, 2009 in Tattoo Information
Tattoos are no longer unusual or uncommon; they are now an undeniable element of mainstream style and fashion. But tattoos are expensive and, more importantly, permanent; so choosing an image is a very big decision. Here to help is 500 Tattoo Designs, a vast reference library of popular tattoos. Neatly organized by theme, the clearly executed line drawings cover every conceivable subject area – historical and traditional to modern, from tribal imagery of native American Indians, Ja…
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I’m in agreement with the other two reviewers here, but I thought I would elaborate a little more as to why I think “500 Tattoo Designs” isn’t very good, rather than just saying it isn’t. To begin with, the book is filled with very simple line drawings, some colored, some not, that are so rudimentary they actually remind me of the pictures in a child’s coloring book. The desings are divided up along world cultural areas or groups: Japan, Celtic, Native American, and so on, but there is no explanation offered for any of the meanings of the designs and no real cultural context given besides the area or group of origin. Most of the designs *are* appealing, if simple, but if one were about to have a tattoo permanently inked upon one’s body, I should think that one would certainly want to know not just the meaning of the chosen design but also a bit more about where it originated and who it was conceived for in the first place. I imagine one would hardly want a fertility symbol or religious tattoo if one had no interest in such things to begin with, hence my complaint of no information about the designs.
I believe this book would be better suited to a graphic artist, or maybe even a DIY-er with an upcoming major stencilling project and no ideas, as I feel that many of these designs would make excellent stencils if they were enlarged.
5.0 out of 5 stars
A great book for beginners
I have a friend that is just getting into tattoos. He loved this book mainly due to the fact that it had the stencil on one page and the shaded or colored on the other page.
This books looks sleek, if you judge it by its cover, but that is the only “slightly” interesting tattoo in the whole thing. The Book looks like the author simply took Microsoft Word Fonts such as Wingding and others with symbols, and pasted them onto his pages. Its all a load of crap, not worth the paper its printed on. A HUGE disappointment.
Seriously, what is on the cover is no where close to the crap inside. Please save your money. When I read the other reviews I thought, it can’t be that bad. Actually, it turned out worse than what was said. Just like everyone says, it definitely looks exactly like a coloring book. You can actually get better ideas from coloring books. There is no creativity in these designs. They are all boring and very basic.
1.0 out of 5 stars
Did I really order this book?
I must not have read the review on this book before I purchased it. I usually do when I shop so I’m beginning to wonder if I intentionally meant to order this at all.
1.0 out of 5 stars
save yourself; look for tattoo art elsewhere!
i regret purchasing this product; it is worthless! there is not a single usable or decent tattoo design in this crappy book- there are however; 500 tiny pictures of the most…
2.0 out of 5 stars
not good
This book is just bad the designs are childish, and undeveloped. I give it a two only because I have used a couple of the images but only after alot of altering.
5.0 out of 5 stars
great
this book was very helpful in designing tatt’s for my friends and none the less myself. It has everything from culture to animals, even plants.
5.0 out of 5 stars
500 tattoo designs
I was very happy with this book it has a lot of great pictures!
4.0 out of 5 stars
cool, Wish it had the meanings to go with
neat designs, I would like to know the means for them
3.0 out of 5 stars
Very Basic.
It has very basic designs.. but with a imagination you can build from the designs.
4.0 out of 5 stars
Good for something other than tatoo.
This book has been very useful for me as a mosaic artist. Many of my clients have selected a dragon, or mystic sign, etc.
2.0 out of 5 stars
a good start
lots of visuals but very cheesy. some good ideas but not for those with an imagination.
take a pass