GANGSTER ROSES BY CHUCO MORENO
The rose tattoo has from the very beginning been a staple in Chicano tattooing, tattooing in general for that matter. From the neighborhoods and streets of California to state prisons and beyond, the gangster rose has forever and a day been passed down from one homeboy to another in the form of a tattoo. Whether the intended emotion to be conveyed by its wearer was life, loss or love, the rose tattoo could say it all. When I first set out to draw my own tattoo roseI planted a little tree. When the roses finally came into bloom that next year I watched with curiosity the evolution of the beautiful flower unfold from tiny bud to full expression. That year the little rose tree taught me all I would ever need to konw about its petals, leaf patterns and piercing thorns. took that knowledge and began growing my ability to design my own gangster rose tattoos. I've spent my years since enjoying the gift of giving the rose to those that have come to sit in my chair. I hope you all enjoy the designs I've make in this book and put them to good use whether it be in a drawing for your sweetheart, or down at then tattoo parlor in the timeless gesture of the gangster rose tattoo.
Big Love,
CHUCO
The rose tattoo has from the very beginning been a staple in Chicano tattooing, tattooing in general for that matter. From the neighborhoods and streets of California to state prisons and beyond, the gangster rose has forever and a day been passed down from one homeboy to another in the form of a tattoo. Whether the intended emotion to be conveyed by its wearer was life, loss or love, the rose tattoo could say it all. When I first set out to draw my own tattoo roseI planted a little tree. When the roses finally came into bloom that next year I watched with curiosity the evolution of the beautiful flower unfold from tiny bud to full expression. That year the little rose tree taught me all I would ever need to konw about its petals, leaf patterns and piercing thorns. took that knowledge and began growing my ability to design my own gangster rose tattoos. I've spent my years since enjoying the gift of giving the rose to those that have come to sit in my chair. I hope you all enjoy the designs I've make in this book and put them to good use whether it be in a drawing for your sweetheart, or down at then tattoo parlor in the timeless gesture of the gangster rose tattoo.
Big Love,
CHUCO
The rose tattoo has from the very beginning been a staple in Chicano tattooing, tattooing in general for that matter. From the neighborhoods and streets of California to state prisons and beyond, the gangster rose has forever and a day been passed down from one homeboy to another in the form of a tattoo. Whether the intended emotion to be conveyed by its wearer was life, loss or love, the rose tattoo could say it all. When I first set out to draw my own tattoo roseI planted a little tree. When the roses finally came into bloom that next year I watched with curiosity the evolution of the beautiful flower unfold from tiny bud to full expression. That year the little rose tree taught me all I would ever need to konw about its petals, leaf patterns and piercing thorns. took that knowledge and began growing my ability to design my own gangster rose tattoos. I've spent my years since enjoying the gift of giving the rose to those that have come to sit in my chair. I hope you all enjoy the designs I've make in this book and put them to good use whether it be in a drawing for your sweetheart, or down at then tattoo parlor in the timeless gesture of the gangster rose tattoo.
Big Love,
CHUCO