tribal
[ trahy-buhl ]
"the word tribal relates to a group or community with similar customs and traditions."
In tattooing, everyone's mind automatically goes to tribal tattoos when they hear the word tribal.
When I chose the name for my tattoo fanzine years ago, the tattoo tour, and eventually for the books, I had something else in mind: Our Tribe, Our Tribal behaviors, Our History, and Our Traditions!
In our fast-moving society, these things often get lost or worse, don't matter to folks, to begin with. Our goal is to preserve tattoo history first and foremost. No matter if the book topic is historical or visual. To document the best of the past and present.
Patrick Kitzel
AVAILABLE NOW
THE DRAGON BOX
Enter The Dragon!
Twelve Artists Twelve Dragons Twelve Books 1 Box Set
Every month of 2024, we will be releasing a book by a different tattoo artist.
Each of these 12 accordion style fold out books measures 8”x36” and will be collected in a custom embossed box decorated with foil stamping.
Tribal Publishing’s most ambitious project to date appeals to tattoo artists and collectors alike. We wanted to create a unique selection of the world’s best, interpreting their vision of the dragon image but also providing a fun way to collect.
You can decide if you want to collect all the books or just the books of the artists you want.
On our web store, you can choose a discounted subscription package or purchase the books individually. The first 300 orders will receive a box to house the books regardless of whether a subscription is purchased or not.
The books will be released in a random order. Also, we will be only releasing partial images of each artist’s dragon to keep it fun to see the final image.
CHRIS GARVER - BLACK BOOK
8.5x11 Hardcover
200 Pages, Limited to 1000 Copies
"For the last twenty-five years, Chris Garver has kept sketchbooks containing ideas and images for tattoos and paintings.
Many of the pages in this book are filled with a mix of ideas and styles, recent images alongside ones done decades ago. Loose stencils, sketches, and clippings pasted on top of existing drawings turned into collages without any rules or pre-planned concepts.
This book is a compilation of pages from several sketchbooks that span most of Chris’s career as an artist, and we’re pleased to share it with you.
“These pages were not originally intended for any eyes other than mine. In many cases, I created them only for my own amusement. Always having a sketchbook on hand allowed me to refine my skills and techniques. These books have served as a constant source of inspiration and a way to experiment with new ideas.” - Chris Garver
TIM LEHI’s “STUDY” Sketch/Line BOOK
