What size do these print at?

Portrait A4 proportions with a white margin, centered upright.

Are these ready to tattoo?

They are designs, not stencils — an artist redraws the outline at placement size before transferring it. Woodcut, solid fill and whip shading show three ways to build the dark mass.

Can I get a different subject?

Yes. Type a new subject in the direction field and the design redraws in the same three fill treatments.

Why is there no grey shading option?

Blackwork is defined by having no grey value — all three treatments here work in solid black and white paper only.

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Blackwork tattoos: a thistle spray, an armband and a moth in three fill styles

Blackwork tattoos — a thistle and fern spray, the leaves and seed heads filled solid and their veins cut back out as fine white lines, woodcut hatching, dense parallel gouges and cross-hatch building the dark areas, every stroke a hard black mark with a blunt end

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Reading 2Armband

Reading 3Moth

Blackwork is solid black and nothing else — high contrast that reads from across the room. These nine are a thistle-and-fern spray, an ornamental armband, and a luna moth, each drawn as woodcut hatching, flat solid fill, and whip shading. Ask for a different subject in the same three fill treatments.

a stencil reference for a heavy black piece
a print for a bold graphic wall
a reference sheet for a consultation
a starting point for an armband or forearm design

Frequently asked questions

What size do these print at?: Portrait A4 proportions with a white margin, centered upright.
Are these ready to tattoo?: They are designs, not stencils — an artist redraws the outline at placement size before transferring it. Woodcut, solid fill and whip shading show three ways to build the dark mass.
Can I get a different subject?: Yes. Type a new subject in the direction field and the design redraws in the same three fill treatments.
Why is there no grey shading option?: Blackwork is defined by having no grey value — all three treatments here work in solid black and white paper only.

About toile

This page is a showcase: nine samples already rendered, three readings of the pack crossed with three styles, each one shown at the size and ratio it was made for. Toile has no generation wired to this page yet — nothing here is made to order, and there is no account, no upload, nothing to buy. What you see is what exists. 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.