Free tattoo flash & designs
Tattoo flash is one or more tattoo designs printed or drawn on a
sheet of paper or cardboard. Tattoo flash is usually displayed on
the walls of tattoo shops in order to give customers design ideas
for tattoos. Traditionally, tattoo flash was designed by a tattooist
for display in his own shop. Tattooists sometimes traded or sold
flash sheets among themselves. Today, hand-drawn, local tattoo flash
is rare. Many flash artists (who may or may not be tattooists) make
multiple color photocopies or prints of flash and sell them at tattoo
conventions or on the internet. As a result, contemporary tattoo
shops display flash from many artists. Newcomers to the tattoo flash
industry wishing to publicise their designs sometimes freely distribute
flash on their web pages or websites with free flash designs.