Tattoo Life presentsPaul Doubleman – Lines and Drawings, a precious and inexhaustible reference point for all professional tattoo artists and tattoo lovers of Traditional style. The book inauguratesTravel Tool, Tattoo Life’s new editorial series designed as a practical and essential working tool: compact books in 16,5 × 24 cm format, conceived to be carried anywhere, withhundreds of outline drawingsto consult in the studio, on the road, or as a starting point for personal research. Simple and practical, with the added assurance of excellence.
In144 pages,Paul Doubleman – Lines and Drawingsgathers hundreds of pure line drawings by the artist who has become one of the most recognized and admired voices in American Traditional tattooing.Women, flowers, butterflies, daggers, skulls, vessels, felines, animals, birds and religious subjects: a repertoire of timeless icons reinterpreted in hundreds of different variations arranged in dozens per page, in the dense, generous spirit of the classic tattoo stencil sheets of old times.
Paul Doubleman – Lines and Drawingsis an essential tool for rediscovering the value of research on paper, comparing hundreds of interpretations of the same subject and building one’s own visual language from solid, authoritative and excellent references. His ability to combine sensuality and melancholy, fluid elegance and the intense depth of his bold linework make his signature unmistakable.
Curated with the discerning eye ofMiki Vialetto,Paul Dobleman – Lines and Drawingsis more than a flash book. For the professional tattoo artist, it is a reference library compressed into a single portable object. For the tattoo lover, it is an invitation to see the tradition with new eyes.
