William Burgess Posted July 13, 2011 Share Posted July 13, 2011 ...are they even available anymore? Really would like anything, but especially the late 70's early 90's era stuff. I know he sold many sets of these flash. They are the ultimate catalog of traditional style tattoo designs ever, in my opinion. Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/989-mike-malone-flash/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ursula Posted July 13, 2011 Share Posted July 13, 2011 I'd suggest looking through some tattoo book supplies to see if there any re-prints. The only original stuff I've seen was traded from tattooer to tattooer. It wasn't even a full flash sheet just a line drawing on the back of something else. There's probably someone out there somewhere who'd let you have something for the right price, likely gonna be hard to find though. Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/989-mike-malone-flash/#findComment-12928 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev Posted July 13, 2011 Share Posted July 13, 2011 Do you have this? tattooflashbooks.com - Michael Malone - Bull's-Eyes & Black Eyes Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/989-mike-malone-flash/#findComment-12945 Share on other sites More sharing options...
William Burgess Posted July 13, 2011 Author Share Posted July 13, 2011 Do you have this? tattooflashbooks.com - Michael Malone - Bull's-Eyes & Black Eyes Yup, that sure looks like a gem. What I would like to see is all the designs that were just standard shop fare at China Sea Tattoo, circa 1989-91. When pretty much everything on the walls and some in the poster rack were...all Rollo..all the time. Save for a few sheets at most, 100% hand drawn and painted. Were they sold like the old S&R flash, lined and possibly black shaded, printed on a sheet that was suitable for watercoloring? Used to see a lot of that back in the day...designed by xxxx, inked by xxxx. Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/989-mike-malone-flash/#findComment-13032 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xhooliganx Posted July 13, 2011 Share Posted July 13, 2011 Were they sold like the old S&R flash, lined and possibly black shaded, printed on a sheet that was suitable for watercoloring? Used to see a lot of that back in the day...designed by xxxx, inked by xxxx. yeah he sold flash like that thru Picture Machine and from his own company Mr. Flash . the Picture Machine ones come up often on ebay Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/989-mike-malone-flash/#findComment-13050 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stewart Robson Posted July 13, 2011 Share Posted July 13, 2011 Bull's-Eyes & Black Eyes is a great book. Maybe Keith Underwood has some of his flash? I don't know if it's still being reproduced. I wouldn't call them the ultimate in traditional American designs but they are super awesome. Efficient to line and shade, straight off the sheet. He solved a shit load of design and layout problems and made them tattoo-able. (Much like Scott does too, in my opinion) hogg and Shannon Shirley 2 Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/989-mike-malone-flash/#findComment-13054 Share on other sites More sharing options...
William Burgess Posted July 14, 2011 Author Share Posted July 14, 2011 Bull's-Eyes & Black Eyes is a great book.I wouldn't call them the ultimate in traditional American designs but they are super awesome. Efficient to line and shade, straight off the sheet. He solved a shit load of design and layout problems and made them tattoo-able. (Much like Scott does too, in my opinion) Well thats just my humble opinion! Partially biased, got my very first professional tattoos by him. As far as his influence on me as an artist...I feel destiny had a reason for me, in my total tatoo obliviousness, on my very first attempt to find a shop, just stumble in to one of the most legendary shops of all time and get tattooed by one of historys best. His shop wasn't the only one I have seen full hand painted, but like you said the effeciency and layout of the designs made China Sea the ultimate street shop in my opinion. hogg 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/989-mike-malone-flash/#findComment-13074 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avery Taylor Posted July 14, 2011 Share Posted July 14, 2011 Lucky Supply Tattoo Museum There is some cool Malone flash here. As far as online tattoo stuff this is probably my favorite website. Not counting the one we are currently using. hogg and dari 2 Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/989-mike-malone-flash/#findComment-13080 Share on other sites More sharing options...
William Burgess Posted July 14, 2011 Author Share Posted July 14, 2011 Lucky Supply Tattoo MuseumThere is some cool Malone flash here. As far as online tattoo stuff this is probably my favorite website. Not counting the one we are currently using. Thanks a lot! Those brought back some memories. Plus a lot even fit my late 70's to early 90's criteria. Pretty sure I have seen the originals of a lot of those just on the walls at China Sea. Awesome. Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/989-mike-malone-flash/#findComment-13092 Share on other sites More sharing options...
hogg Posted July 14, 2011 Share Posted July 14, 2011 I also got my first tattoos from Rollo (in a motel in Austin back in 1992), and he certainly made a big impression on me. At Skull & Sword, Grime has a Rollo original on the wall; it's a cobra and skull he painted in 1979. It might just be the toughest shit I've ever seen. It has lots of the cool trick elements people are using now--heavy whip shading, snakes with no eyeballs, hits of bright green--and he did that back in 1979. When I saw it, I felt so sad that I didn't have room for it. Dean Mitchell 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/989-mike-malone-flash/#findComment-13132 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ursula Posted July 14, 2011 Share Posted July 14, 2011 So I'll let ya know sibce I've decided not to bid on these because at the moment I shouldn't be enlarging my collection since I won't even be home for at least another 4 month. There's two pieces of Malone flash on eBay right now. Currently the bid is $15 each but it's still got 4 more days so they will likely go much higher but good luck if you decide to bid! Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/989-mike-malone-flash/#findComment-13144 Share on other sites More sharing options...
gougetheeyes Posted July 14, 2011 Share Posted July 14, 2011 I also got my first tattoos from Rollo (in a motel in Austin back in 1992), and he certainly made a big impression on me. hogg, if you care to share the story, I'm sure most everyone would enjoy dude. slayer9019 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/989-mike-malone-flash/#findComment-13147 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mario desa Posted July 14, 2011 Share Posted July 14, 2011 i wouldn't sell it, but for showing-off's sake...i have an original rollo sheet from 1986 that i bought from him about ten years ago, and an acetate he cut, which was a gift from josh arment. i took it for granted that we lived in the same city, and never got tattooed by him, wish i'd done it. slayer9019 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/989-mike-malone-flash/#findComment-13150 Share on other sites More sharing options...
William Burgess Posted July 14, 2011 Author Share Posted July 14, 2011 So I'll let ya know sibce I've decided not to bid on these because at the moment I shouldn't be enlarging my collection since I won't even be home for at least another 4 month. There's two pieces of Malone flash on eBay right now. Currently the bid is $15 each but it's still got 4 more days so they will likely go much higher but good luck if you decide to bid! Nice. I guess they are the standard reproductions with coloring done by someone else. The "colors by" part was not signed on either sheet. Being that his flash sets were one of the most commercial oriented of the time, sold worldwide and all, do you all feel its a good or bad thing that these reproductions are collecters item status, as opposed to readily available? Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/989-mike-malone-flash/#findComment-13169 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ursula Posted July 14, 2011 Share Posted July 14, 2011 I'm glad they aren't readily available to the public because we don't need to be seeing horrible renditions of them plastered in every shitty shop and on a million assholes t shirts. At the same time they are readily available to be tattooed in most reputable shops. The sheets themselves arnt for sale of course. I know a lot of people who own the mass produced sheets he did. Like the 'grim harvest' or the 'odds and ends by rollo' and the others from that set. They are printed on kind of a card stock and are just lined and shaded. All of those people are tattooers and I've been lucky to have access to those sheets and based my last ten works on them. I too wish I could have been tattooed by him. If it's some kid of project or something you're working on you could try contacting Doug or Ed Hardy. I know he was close with Ed and taught Doug to tattoo so they probably have some rad shit from Mike in their shop. I don't know if they'd be willing to share but it never hurts to ask! Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/989-mike-malone-flash/#findComment-13176 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Shachtman Posted July 21, 2011 Share Posted July 21, 2011 I collect Malone crap. "Bull's Eyes and Black Eyes" is an excellent primer, not to mention a steal compared to what other tattoo books go for. Like someone said, if you keep your eye on eBay, reprints, sometimes painted by others, show up. I got ten high-quality reprint sheets of lined and shaded stuff for about $60 on eBay a few years ago. I'd like to get a look at anyone's Malone tattoos, if they're willing to post them. Here's what I got from him: Facebook Facebook Funny, looking at that Malone skull again, struck me further just how minimalistic that tattoo is. Seth Ciferri did a spider near it at one point, and described it as being "belligerently simple", or something up that vein. It's like a skeleton in cool boxers. hogg 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/989-mike-malone-flash/#findComment-13911 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Shachtman Posted July 21, 2011 Share Posted July 21, 2011 I collect Malone crap. "Bull's Eyes and Black Eyes" is an excellent primer, not to mention a steal compared to what other tattoo books go for. Like someone said, if you keep your eye on eBay, reprints, sometimes painted by others, show up. I got ten high-quality reprint sheets of lined and shaded stuff for about $60 on eBay a few years ago. I'd like to get a look at anyone's Malone tattoos, if they're willing to post them. Here's what I got from him: Facebook Facebook Funny, looking at that Malone skull again, struck me further just how minimalistic that tattoo is. Seth Ciferri did a spider near it at one point, and described it as being "belligerently simple", or something up that vein. It's like a skeleton in cool boxers. Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/989-mike-malone-flash/#findComment-13913 Share on other sites More sharing options...
gougetheeyes Posted July 21, 2011 Share Posted July 21, 2011 Seth Ciferri did a spider near it at one point, and described it as being "belligerently simple", or something up that vein. It's like a skeleton in cool boxers. Great, great wording. Wanna see the rest of that eagle, too! Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/989-mike-malone-flash/#findComment-13917 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay Teodorowycz Posted October 13, 2012 Share Posted October 13, 2012 Mike Malone FLASH 1987 1991 1980 | eBay 22 sheets of old school Mike Malone flash RARE What would this be worth????? Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/989-mike-malone-flash/#findComment-47468 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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