How long does jagua last?

The stain lasts about two weeks on the skin.

Is this a photograph of a jagua tattoo?

No. The nine are drawn designs on flat design sheets, not photographs of jagua on skin.

What is the difference between the three styles?

Fine line uses a fine even line with tiny dots. Bold solid uses thick outlines with solid filled shapes, like a traditional tattoo. Dotwork builds the shapes from stippled dots.

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Jagua tattoo design: botanical stem, geometric band, swallow

Jagua tattoos — a fern and wildflower stem drawn in fine solid lines, long and narrow to run along a forearm, a fine even single-needle line with tiny dots and delicate fillers

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Jagua is a gel from the genipa fruit of Central and South America. It stains the skin blue-black for about two weeks, so it looks like a tattoo. People try a design with it before inking, or wear it for a festival or holiday. These nine show a fern stem, a geometric band and a swallow, each in three styles. Type a change, such as a moon, and the style carries it.

a try-before-you-ink design
a festival or holiday tattoo look
a sheet to show a tattoo artist

Frequently asked questions

How long does jagua last?: The stain lasts about two weeks on the skin.
Is this a photograph of a jagua tattoo?: No. The nine are drawn designs on flat design sheets, not photographs of jagua on skin.
What is the difference between the three styles?: Fine line uses a fine even line with tiny dots. Bold solid uses thick outlines with solid filled shapes, like a traditional tattoo. Dotwork builds the shapes from stippled dots.

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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.