Nine tribal designs: an armband, a tribal sun and the bunga terung, 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.

What is the bunga terung?

It is a rosette of petals around a spiral centre, worn by Iban men of Borneo, and drawn here as that design.

What is the difference between the styles?

Solid black is heavy filled shapes with no shading. Bornean uses balanced scrolls and spirals in thick line. Outlined uses hollow shapes with a thin inner line.

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Tribal tattoo designs: armband, tribal sun, Iban bunga terung

Tribal tattoos — a band of interlocking curved black blades with sharp tips, wide enough to wrap around an upper arm, a solid black tribal tattoo drawing, heavy filled shapes of curving pointed blades with sharp tips, no shading and no gradients

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Reading 1Armband

Reading 2Tribal sun

Reading 3Bunga terung

Tribal tattoo designs: the solid black curving shapes that spread from the 1990s, and the older Bornean designs they borrowed from. The nine sheets show an armband of black blades, a tribal sun with flame rays, and the bunga terung, the Iban rosette worn on the shoulder. Each is drawn as solid black, Bornean and outlined. Type a different animal or twist, such as a dragon, and the same styles can be asked for.

an upper-arm armband in solid black
a shoulder rosette with an Iban source
a sun design for the chest or back
a printed sheet to compare the three styles

Frequently asked questions

What is on the page?: Nine tribal designs: an armband, a tribal sun and the bunga terung, 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.
What is the bunga terung?: It is a rosette of petals around a spiral centre, worn by Iban men of Borneo, and drawn here as that design.
What is the difference between the styles?: Solid black is heavy filled shapes with no shading. Bornean uses balanced scrolls and spirals in thick line. Outlined uses hollow shapes with a thin inner line.

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.