Comic Book Tattoo Tales Inspired

Over 80 of the best creators from every style and genre have contributed over 50 stories to this anthology featuring tales inspired by the songs of multi-platinum recording artist, Tori Amos! Featuring an introduction by Neil Gaiman and an extensive roster of talent, Comic Book Tattoo encapsulates the breadth, depth, and beauty of modern comics in this coffee table format book.

I hesitated to buy this book at first. I've sort of fallen away from my rabid Tori Amos obsession, but, I was curious about all the hype and press it's getting (in the Tori community) and found a copy on E-Bay.

It's stunningly beautiful. I admit, like many of Tori's songs, the message in some of the comics is a bit cryptic. Many of them are obtuse in their words, but gorgeous in their artwork. Some of them are silly in their artwork, but amazing in their story. Any way you slice it or dice it, this is a gorgeous optical orgy.

It's hard to not have the songs playing in your head while you're reading the book. I'm hoping they do another volume in the future because there are so many other songs that could be illustrated. Whether you love or hate Tori, you should pick up this book for the amazing artwork and the obvious love and attention they gave to her songs and her muse.

Really Worth The Money?

Crazy Tattoo Designs is a tattoo gallery of over 30,000 tattoo designs. It is the largest collection available on the net, with the next biggest offering 6,000 designs. The website claims, "If We Don't Have It, No One Does!" The entire collection can be bought online and downloaded in .Zip files to be saved onto your pc.

Each category is contained in a .Zip file. With this number of designs you are going to need plenty of time to browse the collection as there is no specific search option to look for a specific tattoo.


All the obvious tattoo categories are covered in the collection, such as Butterfly, Celtic, Angel, Devil, Flower, Scorpion, Dragon, Heart and over a 100 more. But if you're into tribal tattoos this is really the place to look. There are literally thousands of designs with many variations of the same design. Crazy Tattoo Designs review and give background info about many of the designs.

A "Tribal Tattoo Designer" tool is also provided. This is a piece of software that lets you import, change, stretch and redesign your own tribal tattoo giving you your own unique design. Designs can be printed on a regular printer. You can then take the flash to your tattoo artist to get inked. This feature has just been added.

The package comes with additional ebooks. These include Got Ink, Getting Inked, Tattoos Unlimited, Tattoo Selection & Care Guide e-book and Chinese Names.

While there are free tattoo designs on the web, for the price of a couple of cds and considering you are going to have this tattoo for the rest of your life this is a pretty sound investment. There is no need to spend hours combing the net for designs as this is your collection to keep on your pc. If you are looking for a huge number of tattoos to browse to find the one that is perfect, Crazy Tattoo Designs must be the first choice.

Pregnancy Henna

Tattoos had quite different purpose in the past, and in some cultures it still keeps its primal function, and that is the protection. Tattoo was used for protection rather than decoration; in particular for protection during pregnancy and birth when woman is exposed to most risk. During a pregnancy, the net-like pattern of the tattoo would expand across the stomach protectively, and figures god would sometimes protected women during childbirth, were tattooed on their thighs.

All of this was meant to keep children healthy in the womb and protect both mother and child during pregnancy and childbirth.

Get Libra Tattoos

I thought it would be next to impossible to find a collection of one-of-a-kind tattoos as I would have to trudge through God knows how many websites but to my amazement, I couldn’t have been more wrong. Some words of wisdom from my good buddy Jerry Chuan finally set me on the right path and helped me accomplish my mission with relative ease. Here are some tips that you should do well to remember when looking for unique Libra tattoos:

Don’t be a freebie seeker.
Chuan showed me the error of my ways so to speak, and made me realize that “free” and “unique” do not go hand in hand. Spending a tad amount of cash can really go a long way in helping you secure a design that will be a part of your body for the rest of your life. You wouldn’t want to fork out your hard-earned bucks for a laser surgery or cover-ups, right? Of course not! You’re better off spending the extra dough on a large pizza (sorry, can’t resist the pun) with all the trimmings to celebrate the end of your search for unique Libra tattoos.

Don’t spend too much
While it’s important to spend a little bit of cash in order to get top quality designs, it’s also important that you do not fork out more than what is necessary in light of the abysmal state of the current global economy, and the large number of paid tattoo gallery sites that charge a fee per design. Decent gallery sites always strive to provide value by constantly updating their databases with original creations for a low one-time price. This means that you can print out as many unique Libra tattoo designs as you like and bring them to your favorite tattoo shop or artist for further action. I don’t believe in paying 10 to 20 dollars for a mere design, and you should feel the same way too.

Avoid Google Image Search

Remember, the key word here is: UNIQUE. Refrain from using Google Image Search function unless you love being bombarded with designs that are so devoid of originality.

Reputable Online Galleries and Tattoo Magazines Can Make Things Easy For You

Online galleries like Tattoo Me Now and Chopper Tattoo have done a great job of furnishing tattoo enthusiasts worldwide with thousands of high quality, printable tattoo flashes. The former allows you the option of combining two or more tattoos into one design so you won’t be terribly hard-pressed to come up with some unique Libra tattoos that’ll make heads turn.

My buddy Chuan opined that tattoo magazines are the best for sourcing tattoo ideas. Although I prefer scouring online galleries, I do agree that you can easily find inspiration from looking at photos in tattoo magazines such as Skin and Ink, Tattoo Review, and Inked. These magazines contain a truckload of wild designs to help jump start your creative juice so don’t be surprised if you end up getting flooded with tons of ideas for creating unique Libra tattoos.