The Best Tattoo Design Books

Great tattoo designs are hard to come by, and you don’t want to put an image on your body that will become a cliche in a year’s time. These are the best tattoo design resources we’ve so far found, with some truly unique tatt ideas in each.

Vintage Tattoos – a gorgeous collection of timeless, old school skin art.

The Japanese Tattoo – a collection of the most beautiful Japanese Tattoo art we’ve found.

The Mammoth Book of Tattoos – one of the best tattoo books you can get.

Also:

The Word Made Flesh: Literary Tattoos from Bookworms Worldwide

Russian Criminal Tattoo Encyclopaedia

Bodies of Subversion: A Secret History of Women and Tattoos

The Juxtapoz Tattoo Collection

Science Ink: Tattoos of the Science Obsessed

If you want to do it yourself, you can buy everything you need (as well as detailed instructions) online. Very cool. And, if you want to get rid of an old tattoo, this is a way you can do it naturally (without chemicals or lasers).