Tattoo Flash

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I get lots of requests for tattoos. I love that! Dang, people want a permanent imprint, that is the ultimate compliment! Thank you! I love those that I have seen.

I am guessing since my work is out there, there’s some tattoos of my artwork I don’t know about. I would love to see pictures!

I have been asked on a regular basis for custom designs. Here’s the deal: no. But here are some things you might find work for you.

1. People can also use pictures of my work posted on the internet, pictures you took at a show, books, articles, wherever you encounter my work.

2. The drawings included in this post might be easier to translate than glass pieces and seem more “tattoo-like” to me. I prepared them with the intention of making tattoo flash. Also, people have been asking a lot for specifically for these botanical images.

The designs are free for your personal use. If you like my work, it would be lovely if you pointed people in the direction of one of my social media accounts (@judithschaechter) and please, please send me pictures, but that is the only payment I want.

The reason I want you to use pre-existing artwork is that I do not want to come up with fresh, new custom art. It is time consuming. It’s impossible for me to make a drawing without completely getting wound around that axle, overthinking it in 360 time-sucking directions. Perfectionism creeps in, and before you know it, I either get overwhelmed or it takes focus away from my actual studio projects or both. Even retrofitting existing artwork is distracting. When people say: “Don’t put too much work into it, just whip something up”, that’s impossible for me. So, I am not going to make something special just for you. Not even for money. Not even if I love you lots.

SO: Regarding the images posted here (or anywhere, actually), it is A-OK by me to have someone alter them to your specific specifications, specifically. Just don’t ask me to do that! Your tattoo artist may have some ideas about what would work best with your body, etc. That’s important.

Some of the drawings are black and white, go ahead and color them—or have your tattoo person color them or whatever, just don’t make more work for me.

Here are my terms—copyright is presumed, and it remains with ME. I own the designs. I am not licensing them to anyone. I am sharing for your personal use. I would object if someone went into the “Judith Schaechter Tattoo Business”. I am fine with sharing, but I want to be the one doing the sharing! I don’t want this to be stolen out from under me for someone else to profit from.

I am also not licensing the work. Again: sharing for your personal use.

I am basically OK with “use without permission” (it feeds my ego and means I am popular, BLAH BAH BLAH) but again I would probably object if someone went into the “Judith Schaechter Tattoo Business”.

As for modifying the designs, it’s also fine by me to just use a section of a drawing rather than the whole thing. These are drawings I made for stained glass projects, so they tend to be complicated.