Are these tattoos on skin?

No. Each design is a flat drawing on white paper, made to read as a tattoo design, not a photograph of a body.

Can I change the trout for something else?

Yes. Type the change in the direction field. The three styles carry a different subject, though the drawing is a starting point, not a promised result.

How do the three styles differ?

Traditional uses bold black outlines with flat red, yellow and green fills. Fine line is a single hairline with no shading. Blackwork is large solid black areas with fine white lines cut through them.

Can a tattoo artist work from these?

Yes. Clean line art on white is a common starting point, and a studio adjusts the size and placement for the skin.

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Tattoo for dad: compass, holding hands, leaping trout

Tattoos for dad — a compass rose with a fine arrow passing through it, the north point topped by a small anchor, the dial ringed with tick marks, American traditional tattoo flash, bold black outlines, heavy black shading and a limited flat palette of red, yellow and green

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Reading 1Compass

Reading 2Holding hands

Reading 3Fishing line

Tattoo designs about a father who taught his children to fish, fix things and find their way. The three designs are a compass rose with an arrow through it, a large hand holding a small one, and a trout leaping on a fishing line. Each comes in traditional, fine line and blackwork, drawn flat on white paper. Type a fishing hook or his birth year, and the same styles carry it.

a reference sheet for a tattoo artist
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a design to bring to a studio consultation
a framed print for a study or workshop

Frequently asked questions

Are these tattoos on skin?: No. Each design is a flat drawing on white paper, made to read as a tattoo design, not a photograph of a body.
Can I change the trout for something else?: Yes. Type the change in the direction field. The three styles carry a different subject, though the drawing is a starting point, not a promised result.
How do the three styles differ?: Traditional uses bold black outlines with flat red, yellow and green fills. Fine line is a single hairline with no shading. Blackwork is large solid black areas with fine white lines cut through them.
Can a tattoo artist work from these?: Yes. Clean line art on white is a common starting point, and a studio adjusts the size and placement for the skin.

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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.