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ARTISTMike "Rollo" Malone
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PAGES40
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BINDINGSpiral
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SIZE8.5" x 11"
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WEIGHT.8 lbs
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CONTENTLine Drawings
Mike "Rollo" Malone bought Sailor Jerry Collins' Hotel Street shop in Honolulu after Collins died in 1973 and ran it as China Sea Tattoo until 2001. His sketchbooks became go-to references for traditional tattooers, and this is the first time they have been reissued since his death.
Sketchbook Vol. 1 (1996) is 40 pages of line drawings in a spiral-bound 8.5" x 11" format, finished with a green screen-printed cover. Inside are the classic subjects drawn in Malone's clean, readable hand: skulls and crosses, roses and hearts, bulls and tigers, and more. Because they are outlines, they translate directly into stencils or serve as a guide for building your own versions.
For shops that want genuine traditional tattoo outlines on the counter, and for collectors of Sailor Jerry lineage, this is a key book. A 2006 edition of Vol. 1 with a pink cover is also available.
