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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