Are these shown on a neck?

No. Each design is a flat drawing on white paper, with no skin, neck or hair in the picture.

What is the difference between the three styles?

Fine line is one thin, even stroke with no shading. Bold line has thick black outlines and solid black fills. Dotwork is a thin outline with shading built from dots.

Can I ask for a different subject?

Yes. Type the subject you want, such as a feather, and the design keeps the small vertical shape and the same three styles.

How big should the design be?

These are drawings with no scale on a body. Your tattoo artist sizes the piece to the back of your neck.

Are the designs in colour?

No. Every design is black ink on white paper.

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Back of neck tattoo designs: unalome over lotus, Om over lotus, half mandala

Back of neck tattoos — an unalome, the Buddhist line that spirals, zigzags and straightens upward ending in three dots, rising from a small lotus, single-needle fine line work of one even thin weight, the shapes left open and no shading at all

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Reading 1Unalome

Reading 2Om

Reading 3Half mandala

Designs for the back of the neck, just below the hairline, where a small vertical design can be shown or hidden by hair. Three subjects, each in three styles: an unalome, the Buddhist line that spirals upward to three dots, rising from a small lotus; the Om sign over a lotus; and a small half mandala with one bead hanging at the centre. Each is drawn on white paper. Type a different subject and the same styles carry it.

a reference for a tattoo artist
a small vertical design to compare
a sketch to trace by hand
a set of symbols to choose from

Frequently asked questions

Are these shown on a neck?: No. Each design is a flat drawing on white paper, with no skin, neck or hair in the picture.
What is the difference between the three styles?: Fine line is one thin, even stroke with no shading. Bold line has thick black outlines and solid black fills. Dotwork is a thin outline with shading built from dots.
Can I ask for a different subject?: Yes. Type the subject you want, such as a feather, and the design keeps the small vertical shape and the same three styles.
How big should the design be?: These are drawings with no scale on a body. Your tattoo artist sizes the piece to the back of your neck.
Are the designs in colour?: No. Every design is black ink on white paper.

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This page is a showcase and a starting point: nine samples already rendered, three readings of the pack crossed with three styles, each shown at the size and ratio it was made for. Take any of them further on the wall with a few words, or ask for all nine again under your own direction; a sign-in keeps what you make, and it is free while Toile is new. The recipe behind each sample — the subject, the style, the palette, the framing — travels with the image rather than staying private to the render: it is in the alt text of every sample and in the page's own structured data, so a search engine reads the same handles a person would.