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Portfolio Books and Flash Books for Tattoo Artists
Your best work, bound by hand in linen or leather: the book for your consultation table, your shelf and your Instagram.
KONPOLI makes custom books for tattoo artists and studios: a hardcover book of an artist's best work, a numbered run of flash books for conventions and collectors, or a studio anniversary book, from a single copy to a run of hundreds. Every book is printed on professional photographic paper and bound by hand in linen or Italian leather in KONPOLI's European workshop, which has bound books for 45 years. The pages lay flat, so a back piece or a full sheet of flash runs across the spread without losing a line to the spine. A single copy is produced in 12 business days after proof approval.
Made for:
- Tattoo artists, for a book of their best work, or flash and sketchbooks to sell at conventions and online
- Private studios, for a portfolio of healed work on the consultation table
- Studios, for an anniversary book of the shop and the artists who built it
- Tattoo publishers, for hand-bound collector's copies
- Apprentices, for the portfolio they bring to the shop
The Book of Your Best Work
Your work lasts a lifetime on your clients, while the feed buries it in a week; a book keeps your best pieces together, in order, in your hands.
Healed work, printed on professional photographic paper with deep blacks and clean linework, bound in leather with your name debossed on the cover.
It sits on the consultation table, where a new client holds the standard you work to before you draw a line.
And the day it arrives is content: the unboxing, the first flip through, the spread you are proudest of.
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The Flash Book
Flash has always been printed, sold and collected, from the sheets on the shop wall to the books that sell out at conventions.
A KONPOLI flash book binds your sheets in linen or leather with the title debossed on the cover, as a numbered run you sign.
The pages lay flat, so every sheet reads edge to edge, the way it hangs on the wall.
Volume one this year, volume two when the next set is ready, and the shelf becomes a body of work.
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The Studio Book
A shop that has been open ten or twenty years has a story worth binding: the founders, the artists who came through, the walls of flash and the work that built the name.
A studio book marks the anniversary, goes to everyone who was part of it, and sits in the waiting area for every new client.
One copy for the shop, or a run for the whole crew and the regulars.
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How it works
- The conversation. Tell us about the book: your best work, flash or sketches, the number of copies and the date you need them, such as the next convention.
- The files. Send photographs of healed work, scans of your sheets or print-ready files; our design team lays out the book, and you approve a proof before anything is bound.
- The craft. Printed on professional photographic paper and bound by hand in our European workshop, in linen or Italian leather, with your name or the title debossed.
- The delivery. Worldwide with FedEx and DHL. A single copy is produced in 12 business days after proof approval; larger runs are quoted with their own timeline, so plan back from the convention.
Materials
Genuine Italian leather and Dutch linen. Photographic covers with leather-grain lamination. Four varieties of Fuji DP II professional paper. Blind and foil debossing in gold, silver, and rose gold, for a title, an artist's name or the shop's mark. Slipcases, folio boxes, and real wood presentation cases cut by our own carpenters.
The showroom
Artists are welcome in the Wynwood showroom by private appointment: compare the linens and leathers, and bring a few photographs of your work to see how they print.
KONPOLI is based in Miami, Florida and ships finished books worldwide. Artists in Miami visit the showroom by appointment; artists anywhere else work with us remotely from the first conversation to the final proof.
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FAQ
What goes in a book of my best work? Your strongest healed pieces, your large-scale projects shown across full spreads, and the flash or sketches behind them. Our design team sequences the book so it reads like a monograph, and you approve a proof before anything is bound.
What is a tattoo flash book? A printed collection of an artist's flash, the designs drawn ahead for clients to choose from, collected by other artists and fans or kept at the shop. KONPOLI binds them by hand in linen or leather, from a single copy to a numbered run.
Can you make a numbered, limited run? Yes. Every copy comes from the same approved proof, so the last copy matches the first, and you number and sign each one.
Do the pages lay flat? Yes. The pages open flat, so a back piece or a sheet of flash printed across a spread reads edge to edge without losing a line to the spine.
Can I order a single copy? Yes. There is no minimum: one book is a normal order, and copies for the shop, a guest spot or your family come from the same design.
How long does it take? A single copy is produced in 12 business days after proof approval, plus shipping. Larger runs are quoted with their own timeline, so tell us the convention date.
How does pricing work? Every project is quoted individually, based on format, materials, page count and the number of copies.
Do you ship internationally? Yes. KONPOLI ships finished books worldwide with FedEx and DHL.