What do the nine designs show?

Three Celtic subjects drawn three ways: a trinity knot, a Celtic cross and a horizontal knotwork band, in blackwork, fine line and dotwork.

Can I ask for a different knot or a twist?

Yes. The direction field takes any subject or twist, such as a wolf; a typed direction is a request, so the result may differ from the samples.

What is the difference between the three styles?

Blackwork is solid black fills on bare white paper with no grey; fine line is one uniform hairline with almost no shading; dotwork is a thin outline with all shading built from stippled dots.

Are these photographs of tattoos on skin?

No. Each design is a line drawing on a plain white background, with no skin, arm or body in it.

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Celtic knot tattoo: trinity knot, Celtic cross, knotwork band

Celtic tattoos — a trinity knot of three interlaced loops woven through a circle, every crossing going over and under, a blackwork tattoo drawing, solid black fills against bare white paper, strong contrast and no gray

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Reading 1Trinity knot

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Reading 3Knot band

Nine Celtic tattoo designs on white paper: a trinity knot of three interlaced loops inside a circle, a tall Celtic cross with a ring at its crossing, and a horizontal band of continuous knotwork. Celtic knotwork is worn for Irish, Scottish and Welsh roots, for faith and for the endless line itself, on the forearm, the shoulder or round the arm. Type a different knot or a twist, such as a wolf, and the same styles carry it.

a knot for Irish, Scottish or Welsh roots
a knotwork band round the arm
a cross with a ring for the shoulder
a design sheet to show the artist

Frequently asked questions

What do the nine designs show?: Three Celtic subjects drawn three ways: a trinity knot, a Celtic cross and a horizontal knotwork band, in blackwork, fine line and dotwork.
Can I ask for a different knot or a twist?: Yes. The direction field takes any subject or twist, such as a wolf; a typed direction is a request, so the result may differ from the samples.
What is the difference between the three styles?: Blackwork is solid black fills on bare white paper with no grey; fine line is one uniform hairline with almost no shading; dotwork is a thin outline with all shading built from stippled dots.
Are these photographs of tattoos on skin?: No. Each design is a line drawing on a plain white background, with no skin, arm or body in it.

About toile

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.