Seems fairly straight forward, but I couldn’t count the amount of times people have asked for “ something different?” or “ anything you think!” with a blank expression.
The Best best way to find what you want, as with all things, is to look. Come into the studio, look through our designs, tattoo magazines, and art books. Remember you are not limited to what we have in the studio. You can bring us images from any source. You can bring us sketches you have done. Don’t worry if you feel yo
u can’t draw, thats our job. All we are looking for is the idea. A great tool for hunting down images is the internet.. on our links page is a list of good reference sites for tattoos and art. Some site you will have to pay for the images. But it’s on you forever, so it will be worth it!
A great internet source is google: images. Just type a description of what you are looking for and it should provide you with plenty of images to choose from. ( tip: try looking for your image with and without the word tattoo in the description.)
Also it is important to remember, at this time you are only looking for the Ideas. Basic images and styles of tattoos you like, NOT your finished tattoo. You might like the shape of a dragons head, or the colour of a butterflies wings. it’s just reference material for your artist, to show them what you like.
When you have pulled together “what” you should move on to the next step “ where”