Created over the last three winters at the tattoo shop CaliforniaTattoo in Savannah, Georgia, this tattoo art story represents a period during the offseasonthat artist Christopher Norrell uses to hone skills and learn new ways of seeing. Inthis introspective mood, Norrell has engaged in an ongoing challenge with his craft inwhich he hates his own work enough to do it over and over until it is right. Thematicallythis is manifested in a struggle between life and death, good and evil using images of theAngel of Death, predatory animals, skulls, phoenixes, birds, and flowers. Progress inNorrell's struggle is evident throughout the more than 230 pieces of tattoo flash art andlooking closely there are distinct changes in style, color theory, and composition,showing things he learned and things he abandoned. All of this exploration is in the nameof Norrell's ultimate goal to create tattoos that are sturdy, long lasting, easy to understand,and visually appealing. This is an ideal collection of flash for tattooers, the tattooed, andartists.