An illustration tattoo of Ferdinand the Bull from the children’s book “The Story of Ferdinand” written by Munro Leaf and illustrated by Robert Lawson. The story is about a bull who doesn’t want to fight in the bull fighting arena – he’d rather sit and smell the flowers.
The art of illustration began some time between the 13th and 14th centuries. Artists would carve designs into a piece of wood, cover the wood with ink and then press paper or card to the carved woodblock, leaving an impression of the woodblock carving on the page. Initially, woodblock illustrations were used for playing cards […]