Literature adds to reality, it does not simply describe it. It enriches the necessary competencies that daily life requires and provides; and in this respect, it irrigates the deserts that our lives have already become.

— C. S. Lewis

Alice contemplates which side of the mushroom to eat, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.

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Tattoo Artist: Mat Lapping

The Beast from Lev Grossman’s The Magician.

Lev Grossman, The Magicians, tattoo of The Beast by Kelly Doty

Tattoo Artist: Kelly Doty

Tattoo inspired by the novel 100 Years of Solitude.

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Tattoo Artist: Matt Brotka

Tattoo inspired by George Orwell’s 1984. Doubleplusgood.

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Tattoo Artist: Lorenzo Loreprod Anzini

Tattoo based on The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson.

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Tattoo Artist: Teresa Sharpe

Fantastic new school tattoo of Edgar Allan Poe.

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Tattoo Artist: Kelly Doty

“Let the wild rumpus start!” Tattoo of Maurice Sendak ‘s Where the Wild Things Are .

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Tattoo Artist: Katie, Tattoo-A-Go-Go

Log-a-Log from the Redwall series by Brian Jacques.

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Tattoo Artist: Kelly Doty

Illustrative tattoo inspired by Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland .

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Tattoo Artist: Jessica Ann White

Really unique, surreal, tattoo of Edgar Allan Poe.

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Tattoo Artist: Jonathan Penchoff

“Too weird to live, to rare to die.” Great black & grey portrait of Hunter S. Thompson.

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Tattoo Artist: Ryan Hadley

Tattoo of Curious George .

Curious George tattoo by Carl Huggins

Tattoo Artist: Carl Huggins

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