Flash Tattoos

“Flash” refers to tattoo designs that I have already created. Flash can be booked at any time through the scheduling feature on this site; please see this page for booking instructions.

All flash designs are priced at a flat rate based on size, style, level of detail, etc. The “standard price” given for each flash design reflects the cost to tattoo that design on an arm or leg (excluding joints, hands, and feet), within the listed size range. Larger sizes and more difficult placements (torso, hands, feet, knees, elbows, tops of shoulders, neck, etc) will be charged a higher rate, to be determined at your appointment based on final size and placement.

Many of my flash designs are repeatable, meaning I may tattoo them on multiple people. More complicated flash designs will usually only be tattooed once, although I may tattoo similar variations of the same design. I may also use some of my flash designs for other purposes; this can include selling prints, shirts, or other merchandise with the design, granting permission to other tattoo artists to tattoo the design, or licensing the design to companies to print on their products.

 

Changes to Flash Designs

I will consider changes to my flash designs, however, you must let me know before booking if you want anything about your chosen design to be different than it is in the reference image. If you book flash through this site with the desire to change something, I can’t guarantee that I will be able to accommodate those changes and/or honor your chosen appointment time, and I may need to cancel or reschedule your appointment.

Below are examples of changes that I am usually happy to do for my flash designs:

  • Removing or adding color and/or shading
  • Changing the palette of a color design
  • Mirroring the image
  • Switching the sun/moon/geometric accent for a different one (i.e., switching between open circle, black circle, dotted circle, crescent moon, sun with rays, diamond, etc.)
  • Adjusting the position of the sun/moon/geometric accent to better fit your body or fit around other tattoos
  • Adjusting leaves or other organic accents to better fit your body or fit around other tattoos
  • Adjusting the relative position of various elements to better fit your body or fit around other tattoos
  • Removing elements entirely
  • Adding elements IF they are very simple (for example, a sun or moon, simple plants or organic accents, basic geometric shapes, etc)
  • Combining elements from different flash designs (for example, taking the sky from one landscape design, the mountains from another, and the foreground from a third).


If your desired changes will mean that I need to spend a significant amount of time re-drawing the design, I can’t guarantee that I will be able to accept your appointment request. Depending on my upcoming availability, I may ask that you wait for my custom books to re-open, or I may add you to a waitlist to book an appointment for a later date. More complicated re-designs will incur a design fee of $50-$100.

Please contact me here if you would like to inquire about booking a flash design with changes.