Animal Ink: Exploring the World's Wildlife Through Tattoo Art

1/5/12

Mike DeVries new hardcover book, Animal Ink: Exploring the World's Wildlife Through Tattoo Art, is a feast for the eyes and is brimming with inspiration from some of the world's best tattooists. Featuring 304 full-color pages, this artistic beauty not only contains tattoo work from 160 talented tattoo artists, but in addition, includes 62 stories about specific animal tattoos with details, meanings, and inspiration from the collectors who wear the ink and the artists who inked them.

Animal designs have appeared throughout history in all facets of the art world, so it's no surprise that utilizing animals' beauty, strength, and grace has been a large focus within the genre of tattoo art. For those seeking animal tattoos, there is an endless array of styles, creativity, and artists to choose from and Animal Ink encompasses and celebrates these many different displays within its pages by featuring over 1,500 tattoos from creatures of the wild kingdom.

Whether your interest is that of a zoological focus, tattoo art, reference inspiration, or keeping up with the impressive accomplishments of tattooists around the globe,  Animal Ink is an exceptional addition to any library. This high-quality 11 x 8.5" hardcover book is brought to you by Memento Publishing and features the work of an all-star list, including:

Bez, Russ Abbott, Bob Tyrrell, Steve Morris, Mike DeVries, Ryan Hadley, Roman Abrego, Uncle Allan, Juan Salgado, Bugs, Boris László, Alex De Pase, Jess Yen, Jay Wheeler, Jeff Ensminger, Andrea Afferni, Josh Duffy, Sweet Laraine, Mick Squires, Carlos Rojas, Gunnar, Andrew Sussman, Jesse Smith, Aaron Bell, Andy Engel, Larry Brogan, Jason Stephan, Nick Baxter, Canman, Steve Wimmer, Adrian Edek, Aric Taylor, Big Gus, Arturo Ostrowski, Brandon Bond, Chris Reed, Colin Dale, David Glantz, Brady Willmott, Eva Huber, Destroy Troy, Jeff Johnson, Jeff Croci, Jee Sayalero, Aleks Punk, David Bennett, Florian Karg, Deano Cook, Andy Barrett, Brian Abbott, Katelyn Crane, Jason Vaughn, Johnny Jackson, Indio Reyes, Dj Minor, Jay Quarles, Jo Harrison, Kirk Alley, Mason Williams, Mike Ledger, Kurt Fagerland, Oddyboy, Ron Meyers, Jasmin Austin, Short, Roman Kuznetcov, Otto, Roman Warnick, Phil Robertson, Stefano Alcantara, Melissa Fusco, Leigh Oldcorn, Marvin Silva, Ron Russo, Matthew Hockaday, Sean Herman, Billy Beans, Bird, Caroline Hedgepeth, Clay Fraser, Dennis Curnette, Jason Adkins, Cory Ferguson, Jeremiah Barba, Joe Waulken, Khan, Marc Durrant, Daniel Cashoudian, Matt Dunlap, Sven Gnida, Tony Mancia, Mark Weiland, Phil Kefford, Phil Watkins, Marcelo Mordenti, Josh Bodwell, Loic Lavenu, Ben Corn, Brenda Flatmo, Calle, Petri Syrjälä, Christian Perez, David Bruehl, Tim McEvoy, Jonathan Montalvo, Jamie Lee Parker, Demon, Holly Azzara, Jason Morrow, Dave Wah, Timothy Boor, Fabian De Gaillande, James Kern, Dave Tedder, George Bardadim, Scott Olive, Paris Pierides, Vyacheslav Sazanov, Eric Kueh, Jeff Zuck, Kazimierz KOSA Rychlikowski, Pepa Heller, Vince Villalvazo, Zack Spurlock, Phillip Spearman, Rachel Gilbert, Dmitriy Samohin, Frank La Natra, Tim Senecal, Justin Page, Myke Chambers, Fabrizio Divari, John Lloyd, Matthew Amey, Tim Pangburn, Dave Barton, Daksi, Deno, Iban, Endre Szabo, Jeremy Miller, Nicklas Westin, Jose Perez Jr, Oleg Turyanskiy, Jim Sylvia, Tutti Serra, Timmy B, Reed Leslie, Thiago Padovani, Scott Kelly, Ignacio Sweeney, Hayley Lakeman, Dan Smith, London, Matteo, Cascetti, Kyle Cotterman, Ty McEwen.

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With The Light Of Truth

9/26/11

With The Light Of Truth...Straight Edge. 13"X9" 256 Pages, Hard Cover Book, gold foil embossing on black saifu cloth, gold gilded edges, black ribbon book mark... A Collection of Tattoos, Art, and Profiles of Some of the Best Straight Edge Tattoo Artists in the World. Now taking Pre orders...Will ship out  October 20 2011 Published by Memento Publishing. For ordering click the link to www.mdtattoos.com store. Only $50.00 

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Cranial Visions SoftCover Edition

7/27/11

We are excited to announce that Cranial Visions: Exploring The Skull Through Artistic Interpretation, is now also available in a Softcover Edition!

Cranial Visions is a high quality, coffee table book published by Memento Publishing that is 8 inches wide by 12 inches tall, all 240 pages are printed in full color, featuring 258 artists with over 800 photos!!! Buy Now

The fascinating and grim history of the skull has been a forceful subject matter throughout the ages. Maintaining prominence in the scientific and medical fields, it is also commonly interpreted through artistic endeavors, tracing back as far as creative collections have been recorded. This book features an immense volume of work which highlights the skull in all sorts of mediums, bringing together artists and works from all walks of life. Readers are invited to explore the fascinating and macabre world of the cranium-cetered theme. A spellbinding journey told through chromatically brilliant photos and words; this book is sure to awaken the mind and senses...

Chapters Include: Tattoos, Paintings, Sketches & Drawings, Mixed Media, Digital Art, Graffiti, Photography, and Skullptures...

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Animal Ink "Coming Soon"

6/22/11

Animal Ink: Exploring the World's Wildlife Through Tattoo Art. Animal Ink is now in the design stage and it's looking great! We are excited to share it with the world. Thank You again to all the participating artists. Release date will be towards the end of September 2011. 

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Two New Book Projects in the works! Animal Ink and Tattoo Extremities

2/6/11

 Dear Tattoo Artists,

Thanks for visiting the Memento Publishing. Mike DeVries and Jinxi Caddel here. Hope you are doing great!

This post is to let you know about two new book projects that Memento Publishing is working on...and we need your help and submissions to make it outstanding!

These new endeavors seek to further delve into the exquisite and acclaimed work of tattooists from around the world, with two areas of concentration. 

1) Tattoo Extremities: Artistic Focus on the Head, Hands, and Feet

This book will focus on three specific tattoo art placements: 

- Head
- Hands
- Feet

The project will include finished tattoo work that was completed on the aforementioned areas of the body and we are searching for beautiful photos to include in the book. We are looking for all different types of tattoo styles; in both color, or black and grey. No limitations, except for the location on the body. Submissions can be previously finished work or may include something specifically designed for this project.

- Head work can include neck tattoos if they are connected to the head design.
- Hand tattoos can include finger and knuckle tattoos.
- Tattoos on the feet can include ankle or toe work if the tattoo connects to the foot design.

The book will be approximately 240 pages in length, and be a hard-bound, high-quality, internationally-distributed, coffee table book.


2) Animal Ink: Exploring the World’s Wildlife Through Tattoo Art

This book will focus on animals in various forms, including: mammals, fish, reptiles, insects, amphibians, and birds. 

We are looking for all types of animals from wild to domestic/pets (dogs, cats, birds, horses, etc.), sea creatures, farm animals, etc.

We are seeking completed tattoo accomplishments in many genres, such as: realistic, traditional, cartoon-style (New School), Japanese, bio-mech, abstract, full-color, black and grey, etc.


In Regards to Both Book Projects:

**Please note that NOT all images submitted will be used. We will be “collecting and selecting,” so submitting does not guarantee a spot in the book - but the only way to be considered is to send us what you’ve got. Present as many photos as you'd like. Each artist will be given credit in the published book with either their name near the picture or in the index. 

**We would love to give every participant a free copy of the book, but due to the volume of submissions, we cannot guarantee this. After all of the images have been received, Mike and I will sit down and choose the top 30 artists (for each book) who will receive a free copy. This is in no way intended to be perceived as a contest and we wish there was a way to accommodate everyone. Many important factors will be reviewed during the book selection process, including: sending photos in a timely fashion, inclusion of accompanying release form, outstanding art, variety of images sent, etc.


Images can be submitted via email to:

books@jinxiboo.com 

Or to send a disc through snail mail, please address to:

Memento Publishing
c/o Jinxi Caddel
12672 Limonite Avenue, Suite 3E #260
Corona, CA 92880

Please send high quality/high resolution images only. 

Be sure to include the following information with your submission:

-Artist who completed the work
- Release Form - please print out, sign, and mail to Corona address c/o Jinxi Caddel listed directly above

*Link to download Release Form:
http://www.jinxiboo.com/forms/

**Submissions must be received by March 31, 2011.

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Cranial Visions is Now In Stock!

12/5/10

It's finally here! Cranial Visions has made it through shipping and is now ready for your coffee table, or reference shelf! Thank you again to all of the artists who have participated. Cranial Visions is 8 inches wide by 12 inches tall, hard bound, 240 full color pages, with 258 artists involved. Over 800 skull photos! Chapters include: Tattoos, Paintings, Drawings & Sketches, Photography, Digital, Mixed Media & Graffiti, and last but not least... Skullptures.  It's already selling quickly. Pick up a copy for the art and skull admirer in your life for the Holidays! Check with your supplier to see if they carry Cranial Visions, also available on www.mdtattoos.com

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Cranial Visions is finally finished.

11/9/10

Cranial Visions is finally finished. We have recently received a few advanced copies, and we are nothing short of excited. We appreciate every artist who has participated and while we wish we could give everyone a copy as a token of our appreciation, it's just not possible to give over 250 artists a copy. In no way a competition, we decided at the beginning of this whole process, that we would give a book to 50 artists that have helped us the most, whether it was that they sent a lot of images for us to work with or that they responded the fastest. There were a lot of artists that submitted pieces that jumped out to us, pieces that we knew would help shape what we were trying to communicate in this book. Because there were so many great works of art submitted, we felt like we needed to add more artists to the list to receive a free book. Here is the names of the 60 artists that will receive their copy from us. For the rest of the artists, we appreciate everything you have submitted and thanks again for your participation. Cranial Visions will be for sale November 26th, just right around the corner!

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Cranial Visions

10/8/10

 Cranial Visions is on it's way, it's in the process of being made and should be arriving sometime in December, we'll keep you informed on the exact date it should be here. Final count, there are 258 artists in this book with over 800 photos for serious inspiration and eye candy that has to do with Skull related artwork. Chapters include; Tattoos, Paintings, Sketches & Drawings, Mixed Media, Digital Art, Graffiti, Photography, and Skullptures. There is a huge Photography section that includes photos by Mike DeVries that can be used for reference for your next skull project, all other artwork in this book is not to be duplicated but is meant to inspire and give ideas to the artists. We are looking forward to sharing this new book of skulls with everyone!

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Cranial Visions

7/20/10

So the design stage of the new Cranial Visions is underway. After 3 different deadlines, we have finally made this last one the final date. We are no longer accepting submissions but greatly appreciate everyones interest in this project. Thank you to all the artists who have sent their art in! These creations have blown our mind, we've been able to witness the inspiration that skulls have given artists of all kinds. Although there is no set date yet on its release, we are hoping to get it out to the public by the end of the year. The variables in the design of the book are constantly changing, so we wont be able to answer any questions, yet, to whether any specific design has made the final print. As soon as pre orders are available there will be a notification on Mementos' website and MDTattoos.com. We are very excited to see how things turn out for this book, and are very confident it will do every piece involved justice. 

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Attention all Artists!

12/11/09

Mike DeVries, Jeff Johnson, and Memento Publishing are in the works of a new project they are very excited about! The project is called "Cranial Visions: Exploring the Skull Through Artistic Interpretation". This project is a massive book based on skull related artwork. The artwork can consist of any medium you'd like (a painting, tattoo, sculpture, drawing, digital, etc.), and can be existing or new artwork, all we need is the photo of the piece, no need to send in original art! Not all images will be used, we will select the best out of all submissions we get.. Our goal is to acquire 3000 of the best images of skull related artwork we can for the book. The book will be a 300 page, hard bound, high quality, internationally distributed coffee table book.

We would love to give everyone a free copy that participates, but due to the volume of submissions we cannot guarantee every artist will receive a free book. However, after all the images have been received Mike and I will sit down and pick who we feel the top 50 artists are, and they will receive a free book. This is not a contest, but a cool way to give away some free books.

You can submit as many images as you'd like to. Images can be submitted via email to cranialvisions@gmail.com or sent on disc to...

Attn: Jeff Johnson MD Tattoo Studio 9545 Reseda Blvd. #2 Northridge Ca. 91324

Please send high quality/high resolution images only. Please include the following information with your submission- size of piece, and media used to create the artwork. Image files must be received by June 15  2010. Our vision is to produce a book that can truly be appreciated by anyone, focusing on the skull, an object that has intrigued and inspired artists through the ages. We are also looking for artists from all walks of life so if you know anyone you think would be interested please pass this information along. We would be honored to have you on board for this project. Hope to hear from you soon.

Here is a brief list of contributing artists that have confirmed to be involved-

Guy Aitchison, Nick Baxter,Shawn Barber, Bob Tyrrell, Bugs, Aaron Cain, Cory Kruger, Durb Morrison, Kore Flatmo, Kari Barba, Cam De Leon, Roman Abrego, Jon Clue, Jesse Smith, Nathan Kostechko, Craig Driscoll, Chris Blinston, Corey Miller, Steve Morris, Juan Salgado, Alex De Pase, Mike DeVries, Kyle Cotterman, Damon Conklin, Carlos Rojas, Jon Montgomery, Josh Duffy, Dee Dee Seruga, Jeff Ensminger, Bez, Mike Chambers, Sean Herman, Sean Zee, Jeff Johnson, Tom Strom, Nate Beavers and many more!

www.mementopublishing.com

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