Are these shown behind an ear?

No. Each design is a flat drawing on white paper, with no skin, ear 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 heart, and the design keeps the small, fine 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 small space behind your ear.

Are the designs in colour?

No. Every design is black ink on white paper.

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Behind the ear tattoo designs: music note, moon and stars, lavender sprig

Behind the ear tattoos — a single eighth note with a small treble clef curl, a few short lines like a fragment of the stave, single-needle fine line work of one even thin weight, the shapes left open and no shading at all

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Reading 1Music note

Reading 2Moon and stars

Reading 3Lavender sprig

Designs for the small space behind the ear, easy to hide under the hair. Three subjects, each in three styles: a single eighth note with a small treble clef curl, a thin crescent moon with two tiny stars and three dots trailing upward, and one slender sprig of lavender with small buds up the stem. Each is drawn small and fine on white paper. Type a different subject and the same three styles carry it.

a reference for a tattoo artist
a small symbol to pick from
a sketch to trace by hand
a set of tiny designs to compare

Frequently asked questions

Are these shown behind an ear?: No. Each design is a flat drawing on white paper, with no skin, ear 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 heart, and the design keeps the small, fine 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 small space behind your ear.
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.