Aaron Bell from Slave to the Needle has stepped up the plate, and decided to donate 100% of gross sales of his Japanese Tattoo Designs and Sketches book. All sales made prior to June 1st will be donated to a legitimate charity.

The Japanese Tattoo Designs and Sketches book features sixty-four pages of black and white sketches and line drawings of Japanese inspired images and motifs. The price is $50 plus shipping and handling (approximately $10.) Orders can be placed with credit card by calling 206-545-3685, or mail check or money order to:
Slave to the Needle.
403 NE 45th St
Seattle WA 98105

One of the first shirts to hit the market is courtesy of State of Grace Tattoo in San Jose, CA. Here’s what they had to say about the ‘I Stand with Japan’ shirt:

We have all watched in horror at the devastation following the earthquake and tsunami in Japan. Like many people within the tattoo community, we wanted a way to show our support and solidarity. As luck would have it, Chad Koeplinger from New York Adorned was in town and excited to lend his illustrative talents to this shirt collaboration. Roman Enriquez of Strong Tattoo started it off by donating 100 shirts and screen printing. Tamiko and Miles Rast from Rasteroids Design, Suzanna Enriquez, Phillip Nguyen, Charlie Ngo and Colin Baker volunteered their time as well. We hope to raise some money for those in need and state prominently that we STAND WITH JAPAN.

All proceeds from this shirt will be donated to the relief efforts in Japan, and are currently for sale online.

To Die For Clothing announced a collaboration shirt with Dan Smith earlier today. The shirt is already for sale on their online store, and comes in the three colors below.

Dan Smith is one of the many tattoo artists in the To Die For Family. I’m sure we’ll see more collaboration shirts in the future involving other tattoo artists.

Kore Flatmo has been posting pictures of his new apparel on the PluraBella Facebook page all week. While it’s not in the online store yet, it should be soon (according to his Facebook.)

Here’s my favorite piece that I’ve seen so far. While everyone makes a t-shirt, it’s sometimes hard to find a nice sweatshirt.

I’m totally digging this Gypsy Girl with Skullerflies’ print ($50) from David Bruehl. Only 20 were made–I can hardly think of a better way to tell the lady in your life that you think she’s really great.