Mahadev tattoo designs: Shiva's face, Nataraja, Har Har Mahadev

Mahadev tattoo designs. Mahadev, the great god, is Shiva as his devotees call him. The nine sheets show Shiva's face in meditation, Shiva as Nataraja inside a ring of flames, and the words हर हर महादेव with a trishul and a damaru. Each is drawn as black and grey, dotwork and fine line. Type a different deity or twist, such as the Om symbol, and the same styles can be asked for.

• an upper-arm portrait of Shiva
• a chest piece of Nataraja
• a forearm with the words Har Har Mahadev
• a printed sheet to show an artist

Frequently asked questions

What is on the page?

Nine Mahadev designs: Shiva's face, Shiva as Nataraja and the words Har Har Mahadev, each in three styles.

Is this a design on skin?

No. Each design is a drawing on white paper, for taking to a studio or printing.

Is the Devanagari script correct?

The words are lettered in Devanagari as हर हर महादेव. Check the spelling with a teacher before a permanent piece.

What is the difference between the styles?

Black and grey uses smooth stippled shading against bright highlights. Dotwork frames the design with stippled dot gradients. Fine line is one uniform hairline with little shading.

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.