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Body Type: Intimate Messages Etched in Flesh
Ina Saltz
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Description for Body Type: Intimate Messages Etched in Flesh
Hardcover. Serves as a photography collection on the use of typography in tattoo art. Intended for graphic designers, typographers, and others, this book has the written messages divided up into various categories such as: literature, poetry, lyrics; typography; self-expression; self love; love; and homage. It captures the trend of "message tattoos". Num Pages: 192 pages, 200 colour images. BIC Classification: JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 186 x 25. Weight in Grams: 746. Intimate Images Etched in Flesh. 192 pages, 200 colour images. Serves as a photography collection on the use of typography in tattoo art. Intended for graphic designers, typographers, and others, this book has the written messages divided up into various categories such as: literature, poetry, lyrics; typography; self-expression; self love; love; and homage. It captures the trend of "message tattoos". Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: JFCA. Dimension: 211 x 186 x 25. Weight: 746.
Body Type is an eye-opening look into the amazingly creative ways that tattoo artists are utilizing typography. Whereas the majority of tattoo art uses images to convey messages, here the message actually is the image. Twenty-six alphabetical characters might not seem like much to work with, but a look through these photographs reveals the contrary. Here are truly unique social commentaries, expressions of love, hilarious examples of biting satire, plus some mottos, intricate logotypes, deeply personal song lyrics, and, of course, those tattoos that exist for one reason only: to shock the hell out of you. The crisp photographs are ... Read more
Body Type is an eye-opening look into the amazingly creative ways that tattoo artists are utilizing typography. Whereas the majority of tattoo art uses images to convey messages, here the message actually is the image. Twenty-six alphabetical characters might not seem like much to work with, but a look through these photographs reveals the contrary. Here are truly unique social commentaries, expressions of love, hilarious examples of biting satire, plus some mottos, intricate logotypes, deeply personal song lyrics, and, of course, those tattoos that exist for one reason only: to shock the hell out of you. The crisp photographs are ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Harry N. Abrams
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780810970502
SKU
V9780810970502
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About Ina Saltz
Ina Saltz teaches graphic design and typography at City College in New York. She is a regular columnist and feature writer for STEP Inside Design and also writes for Graphis and Folio magazines. She is a consultant and lecturer and on the board of the Type Directors Club and Society of Publication Designers. This is her first book.
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