Best Tattoo Design
Which Tattoo Design Is Best For You?
By Steve Renner
Once you’ve decided on getting a tattoo, the next step is to choose a good tattoo design. What kind of design to choose will vary according to where (on your body) you want your tattoo, what kind of look you want, how big you want your tattoo to be, and other such factors.
When it comes to getting a good tattoo design, you’ll be happy to know that they can be readily found on the Internet or at the various tattoo shops accessible to you. Most tattoo shops will have “flash” books featuring various designs that the tattoo artists at the shop are able to perform. The term “flash” derives from the fact that years ago sheets of tattoo designs used to be tacked or hung on the walls of the average tattoo shop. Clients could come into the shop, pick a design off the wall, and - “in a flash” - the tattoo artist (typically “scratchers” or beginning tattoo artists) would copy the design on the wall onto the client’s skin. With the emergence of the Internet, there are numerous websites containing webpages and ebooks that are effectively flash books.
It’s one thing to peruse a flash book; it’s another to settle on a tattoo design. You may, in fact, want an original design. For example, you may want the tattoo artist to scratch an image that you’ve seen somewhere… or you may even want the tattoo artist to use their creativity to adapt an existing image (or tattoo) design for your use. In either case, discuss your ideas with your tattoo artist to find out what they suggest, as well as what they’re skilled to do.