Tattoo Designs Information

Tattoo designs are the fundamental core of all tattoos. Quite simply, without them no-one would have the quality and exciting tattoos that we see so much of today. Tattoo designs are the basis of every and all tattoos, which makes finding the best and most fitting tattoo designs so important if you're thinking about getting a tattoo.

Now, getting a tattoo for the first time is a big deal for ANYONE. Heck, getting your fifth tattoo is still a pretty big deal, or should be... which makes the task of finding tattoo designs for the perfect tattoo one of vital importance. Because of this importance and the added "pressure" that comes with it - so many people fall at the first hurdle and look in the totally wrong places for tattoo designs!

This is compounded with the added problem that you can get tattoo designs from many different sources on the Internet today... which can get slightly confusing. So we've decided to give you a little insight into what works best when finding tattoo designs online!

Now, there are around 4 places where you can find tattoo designs online. Some of these are free and some cost money. As with most things in life, "you get what you pay for" in that you'll likely be better paying more for a tattoo design rather than using a free one because the quality will just be so much better.

Here's what you can find online for tattoo designs:

1. "Subscription" sites such as Chopper Tattoo

Although many people in the industry advise to stay away from subscription tattoo design sites, known as tattoo galleries, we have actually recommend them. We are avid fans of Chopper Tattoo for many reasons including its large selection of tattoo flash AND tattoo images.

Subscription based tattoo galleries ask for money upfront (normally between $20-$60) for access to a membership area. The membership area then acts as a community portal, whereby people can sign in and get access to thousands of tattoo flash designs and tattoo images. They can talk to each other with forums and can even search for their local tattoo parlor.

The quality of the tattoo designs from these sites is normally very high (Chopper Tattoo's quality is amazingly high) and the choice you get from them is pretty big too. The key with these types of sites is that you're paying upfront for unlimited access to a wealth of tattoo designs.

In theory, this is great because you pay once and can download as many tattoo designs as you want... however you must be careful when using these types of sites as to the quality of their tattoo designs. Always look for a refund policy or guarantee on the site.

Chopper Tattoo has a 56 day money back guarantee - meaning that you can join up and gain full access to the site to see what the quality of the tattoo designs are like safe in the knowledge that if it doesn't meet your expectations, then you can just get an instant refund.

2. "Pay per design" sites such as Tattoo Finder

Pay per design sites such as Tattoo Finder and Tattoo Johnny are more "open" for people to look at any tattoo designs they may have. They allow to look through their collection of tattoo flash and then charge you per tattoo design.

This works by the sites in question "recruiting" tattoo artists to list tattoo flash and then share the revenue generated per sale with the artist. They claim this is a method which ensures quality and variety of tattoo designs.

The problem with these sites is that you have to pay PER design. This means that if you find a design, download it and don't like it then you're stuck with it. Tattoo Johnny nor Tattoo Finder offer any refund policy meaning that you have to keep what you buy.

At $20 PER design in some cases, you can see the sense in us recommending Chopper Tattoo

3. Free tattoo designs via sites such as Deviant Art and Flickr

Using free resources such as the ones mentioned above are a GREAT way of looking at tattoo designs other people have had inked and are willing to post online.

With Flickr, you will find many images of people with their tattoos - which is why we always recommend it as a good confidence builder in a certain type of tattoo designs. Seeing what certain types of tattoos look like on real people often quashes any ideas or misconceptions about the designs you might be looking at.

To search for certain types of tattoo designs in Flickr, all you need to do is type whatever tattoo design you're looking for followed by "tattoo designs. So for example, if you were looking for  Dog Tattoo Designs , you would simply type "dog tattoo designs".

This should bring up a nice set of results, giving you some nice ideas about which tattoo designs are good and which aren't. 

Deviant Art is a network where artists and graphic designers showcase their work to the world wide web. It's a great place for finding tattoo stencil ideas or basic tattoo design ideas. The images in this network are copyright to whoever created them and so it is advised that you should not copy them.

Both of these sites are the best for finding IDEAS and CLARIFICATION about whether a tattoo design will work or not. Because the quality of the images and the copyright issues involved, we strongly suggest you do not use those sites for any sort of "solid" reference for your tattoos.