Where to Find Perfect Tattoo Designs?

The advent of the Internet has provided a GREAT way for people to find designs that they would like to have tattooed on their body. Traditionally, ink seekers have been limited to the selections they could find on the walls at their local studios. Now these "walls of designs" are available online!

In general, these types of sites could be put into three different categories:

• Websites with "free flash" (tattoo designs) to browse through
• Websites with subscription fees to view their entire tattoo design collection.
• Websites that charge for single designs.

At first glance, "free" looks pretty good, right? Well, free can be good, especially if you are looking for IDEAS for a tattoo. Websites that post free flash (and there are many) usually base what they offer on artwork that is "donated" to their free flash selection. In general, anyone with paper and pencils can submit designs and call him/herself a "tattoo flash artist." The point is, you get what you pay for, and the quality of designs to be found in free flash galleries is generally pretty poor. they can not be used for inking on your body permanently.

The second category of tattoo designs to be found on the Internet could be described as "smash and grab" deals. These sites charge a "subscription fee" to view all tattoo designs in their collection. This too can be a great way to browse through many designs and get an IDEA of what type of design a person might want. The subscription-based model usually consists of single artists who post their entire collection of designs on a site, or sites that accept "donated" designs from artist in return for a free subscription. Again, with this model, you will most likely not find the best quality tattoo designs.

The third category of ways to find tattoo designs on the Internet is the "pay-per-design" model. These services are by far the BEST way to find top quality tattoo designs online. The way these sites generally work is that they let you view a small thumbnail image of the tattoo designs they offer that you can browse through for FREE (hey, there is that 'free" word again!). Once you find the perfect design(s) that you want to get tattooed, you then pay for the design to access the larger image to print and take to a tattoo studio to get inked.