here lies found imagery that may be recontexualized into a handpoked tattoo, done by rebecca in nyc :3credit given where credit is due. if interested in a tattoo, please read my pinned post and click on the jotform link or email me at [email protected] and i’ll reach out as soon as possible with my availability. please check out my instagram @hidden_object__ for examples of tattooed work, this tumblr is more for organizing flash ideas.
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Pattern Book (Germany), 1790
these would be done as dotted grids (solid dots). more designs can be found here: https://collection.cooperhewitt.org/objects/18438135/images/
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vintage QSL cards, circa 1930s (post cards collected between radio stations)
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Shell Motifs (Kaigara dammen zuan) 貝殻断面図案 Yoichirō Hirase 平瀬 與一郎 Japanese 1913
more here: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/78750
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Gaston Quénioux, Éléments de composition décorative; cent thêmes de décoration plane, Librarie Hachette et Cie, Paris, 1912
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McCall’s Iron-On Transfers, Vol. V ‘Memory Lane,’ 1977
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Keramic Studio: A Monthly Magazine for the China Painter and Potter, Vol. 18, May 1916 – April 1917, pp. 100, 144. Keramic Studio Publishing Co., Syracuse, NY.
(for the tiger motif, i would only want to do the middle part, not the entire vase)
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Michael W. Fox, The Healing Touch for Dogs: The Proven Massage Program for Dogs, 2004 (japanese edition)
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Circa 1900, Bijutsukai series, Antique Japanese woodcut print on washi paper, Kimono Design.
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Apocalypse with commentary of Nicholas de Lyra, Italy 1476 (Bodleian Library, MS. Laud Misc. 485, fol. 249v)
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interested in a tattoo? please check out my jotform for booking information, fill it out, and i’ll get back to you within 2 days. as of may 2025, i have constant availability in NYC.
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Susan Kare, Graphic icon sketch, 1982–1983 https://www.moma.org/artists/38483-susan-kare
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Muriel Baker and Margaret Lunt, Blue and White: The Cotton Embroidery of Rural China, Scribners, 1977
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