collecting reference

[Valerie Vargas]

so today i am finding myself putting together a book of reference, mostly vintage girl faces i've collected from good old google and friends emailing me cool images. I'm using blurb to put them altogether.

thomas hooper used this website to print his skulls book and both me and my other half realised how much cheaper and organized it is to use blurb to compile reference. before id spend good money on printing out photos, binding them and somehow always loose a few along the way, this took a lot of my time obviously!

so what im asking is here is what do other tattooers do to compile random pieces of reference they find along the way? i mean my bookcases are bursting with books of course but you know when you find a cool pic and promise yourself to use it next time something similar needs drawing up, and you forget, and even if you remember, its a task to find where you last put it!

[hambone]

wow..never thought of doing it that way..just got it all on a few computers and i forget about 90% of what i have...if its in a book i tend to remember it better...add this to the list of to do's

[gougetheeyes]

3 ring binders work, I've seen some folks just pack em full of reference material. Get some plastic sleeves and dividers (if you want to be fancy) and away you go.

[G.Uristti]

ive got a 500 gig external harddrive that ive been filling up cause the flash drives i was using dissappeared... i was worried about space then realized i wasnt organized enough but, if someone is it'd be great.

[NavyDavy]

That is a really cool site. I'm actually getting an idea to do my own flash book to take with me instead of the lugging around the massive bulk of pages. Thanks for the site!

[Lochlan]

Not to put Tammy on the spot, well I guess I am, but I think she could have some great leads for putting things like this together if she feels like sharing? Or Steve?

[Danny Young]

sounds awesome. i just did a black and white paperback on Blurb of some of my basic line drawings, just for my own amusement. and basic ideas to show customers etc. this rose, that bird... Cheap, easy and if you are going to sell them you dont sit on boxes of books.