Original: Hand-drawn , local tattoo flash was largely replaced by professional '' flash artists '' who produced prints of copyrighted flash and sold them at conventions or through the Internet . By the turn of the new century ( 2000 ) , most tattoo studios have become custom shops with the flash serving as more of a reference for ideas .
Simplified: A flash ( also known as a tattoo flash ) is a design or picture that is used in order to create a tattoo .