Are these shown on a back?

No. Each design is a flat drawing on a tall white sheet, with no skin or body 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 snake, and the design keeps the narrow column 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 your spine.

Are the designs in colour?

No. Every design is black ink on white paper.

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Spine tattoo designs: moon phases, flower vine, ornamental chain

Spine tattoos — the phases of the moon stacked top to bottom, new moon to full moon and back, small dots between each, single-needle fine line work of one even thin weight, the shapes left open and no shading at all

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Reading 1Moon phases

Reading 2Flower vine

Reading 3Ornamental chain

Designs for the spine, one thin line of design down the middle of the back. Three subjects, each in three styles: the phases of the moon stacked from new to full and back, a slim flower vine opening into three flowers near the top, and a vertical chain of diamonds and small lotus shapes. Each is a narrow column on a tall white sheet. Type a different subject and the same styles carry it.

a reference for a tattoo artist
a tall, narrow wall print
a sketch to trace by hand
a set of columns to compare

Frequently asked questions

Are these shown on a back?: No. Each design is a flat drawing on a tall white sheet, with no skin or body 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 snake, and the design keeps the narrow column 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 your spine.
Are the designs in colour?: No. Every design is black ink on white paper.

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.