Horror Tattoos

5 Jun

“DO YOU HAVE TO OPEN GRAVES TO FIND GIRLS TO FALL IN LOVE WITH?”

This was a great project - I had so much fun with it and made a few friends along the way too. It doesn't get much better than that really, particularly when the end product is as great as you hoped it would be. It's probably a good idea if I let the book speak for itself. Here's the blurb from the back cover:

WELCOME TO MY NIGHTMARE

When it comes to popular themes within tattooing, there is no doubt that horror themed tattoos are always lurking in the shadows.

In Skin Deep presents The Best Horror Tattoos, we take a look at how this manifests itself in an age when tattooing covers just about every style of art imaginable. There are of course, recurring themes taken from literature and cinema but there are also those who live on the dark side themselves and channel unique art that lives in a place all of its own. Thus, from Lovecraft to Stephen King, from archetypes to fantasy figures, B-grade horror movies to modern day classics, we go deep underground and wrap ourselves in darkness to bring you a fantastical snapshot of what the shadow world has to offer.

The art itself would surely be enough but inside you'll also find interviews and features on some of the finest proponents of the genre, background stories on the sultans of scare and a whole lot more than you ever bargained for…

CHOOSE YOUR WEAPON:

ORDER IT ONLINE HERE

It's also available at all good newsagents and bookstores - internationally.

DETAILS:

Softback • Full colour • 164 Pages • £7.99 • ISBN: 9780956530783

HERE'S WHAT THEY'RE SAYING ABOUT IT:

"THAT. BOOK. IS. AMAZING. I have never been more impressed with an article, a magazine, or even a book that I've been a part of EVER! I'm so fucking stoked on that thing I can't even tell you.

Really though, I can't say it enough! It blew my mind cover to cover. So well laid out, so well made... fuck it was simply perfect... and I mean that whole heartedly. If you ever need anything again, please just ask and I'll be on it like white on rice/fat kids on cake/shit on a blanket."

Mike Moses (Who you can find here)

If you're still undecided, here's some spreads from the inside - it turned into way more than a simple collection of horror tattoos. There's art, movies, illustration, posters some great interviews - and while it all hangs together with tattoo concepts, there's something here for everybody if you're a fan of the horror genre.