Flash is the name for the sample designs tattoo shops display on their walls. If you like certain elements of different designs, show them to your artist and explain how you would like them combined. Artists often can scan, delete and combine them to bring your idea to life using a computer.
Perhaps you have fallen in love with an image you saw online or in a magazine. If reproducing the image is not prohibited, print it out or copy or remove the page. Take it to a tattoo artist. The artist can scan and modify these images via computer as well. You can combine these designs with elements of tattoo flash.
Many people select dates that are important to them tattooed. While many artists are reluctant to tattoo wedding dates or names of significant others, many parents have their children's names and birth dates tattooed on their bodies. Other people have dates that represent personal victories, such as graduating from college.
If you are an animal person, tattoos can express your passion. Perhaps your calling is animal rescue, rights or welfare. You can have a "support ribbon," like those seen on vehicles, applied. You can find these designs on the Internet as well. If there is a certain breed of dog, cat or horse you love, you can have an image of it designed. You can have an image of a beloved pet immortalized in ink. You can express love for animals or a dedication to them with a simple paw print.