It essentially works like a three-dimensional puzzle.
You have to find your anchorthe hip piecesand then we work moving south and north from there.
You have to go in a very,veryspecific order to make the puzzle work.

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Weve put together this Rubiks Cube of ideas, he explains.
And in the first look image above, Alexanders back is covered in a complex web of tattoos.
When it came to designing them, Tinsley focused on distinguishing between the tattoos by size and concept.

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When you look at it as a whole, it has to flow like a suit.
Otherwise, it looks sloppy and blocky, he says.
We want people towantto understand them more.
In other words, the tattoos covering Alexanders body turn her into a humanI Spybook.
She came at this like a champ.
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