Monochrome by Kuru Book

The Author

Jordi Coromina, better known as Kuru in the tattoo world, was born in Olot in 1991. Coming from a working-class background, hedevelopedanearlyinterestinfinearts. His grandfather was a painter, and he took classes in drawing, painting, sculpture, and printmaking.

During his teenage years, he became involved in urban art, skateboarding, graffiti, and video games. All these influences shaped the cultural foundation that would later define his style.

He studied Fine Arts, but feeling disillusioned with the university environment, he enrolled at Escola Joso, a renowned drawing school, to continue his education.

He stumbled into the tattoo world almost by chance when he created an illustration for a friend. The tattoo artist who was supposed to do the work took an interest in him and introduced him to a world he would soon fall in love with, dedicating himself wholeheartedly to it for the next ten years.

The Book

It compiles seven years of work, prioritizing the visibility and understanding of the piece by giving it prominence through very clean page compositions.

This, along with the use of a simple color palette (gray, ochre, and white), results in a very elegant and modern presentation.

The content

Consists of more than 200 illustrations, as well as compositional diagrams with guiding lines, QR codes showing the final result of the work or part of the process, and reinterpreted drawings over the years. The author himself explains the reasons behind these changes to enhance the effectiveness of each illustration.

The Edition

Measuring 21 x 29.7 cm when closed and fully bilingual (English/Spanish), this is a unique limited edition of 666 copies, each individually stamped with its respective edition number.

The covers are made of 350g Diva Art rustic cardstock, fully stamped in gold, while the interior’s 152 pages have been printed using offset printing on 140g Lecta Coral Book White paper.

We’re excited to make this edition even more special! So, with the first book order, we’d like to include one of these two exclusive gifts for your customers as an extra incentive to promote the edition. Simply specify your choice in the order (1 per copy).

1-. An A4 Giclée print on 190g Epson Watercolor paper, signed by the author, created from an original drawing made with tattoo ink.

2-. A set of 5 stickers in sheet format, featuring glossy UV spot varnish.