2000 Dragons Book is an elegant hardcover facsimile

is an elegant hardcover facsimile of an actual album of tattoo flash that Ben Corday made for himself while he was on the road as a tattoo artist and carnival tall man

We hope this book offers a fitting tribute to the shop that changed the tattoo world forever and allow even more people to enjoy the incredible collection of flash on the wall- featuring over 30 pieces by Don Ed Hardy himself- including a few he did with Bob Roberts

This first book to document this amazing man presents over 150 drawings

we immediately asked Ed and Francesca permission to photograph and publish the art on the walls for tattoo history

2000 Dragons Book is an elegant hardcover facsimileThis book reproduces Don Ed Hardy's painting, 2000 Dragons, a work that evokes the tradition of classic Chinese and Japanese narrative scroll painting. The painting was created to mark the Millennium, a Dragon year in the Asian zodiac. Hardy painted the piece in five foot sections continuously until completed; only five feet of the working surface was visible at a time, and it was painted spontaneously, with no preparatory drawing. The original work,