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Viking tattoo: vegvisir compass, Yggdrasil, two ravens

Viking tattoos — the vegvisir, eight staves radiating from a centre point, each ending in its own forked or barred mark, set inside a double ring, a blackwork tattoo drawing, solid black fills against bare white paper, strong contrast and no gray
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Reading 1Vegvisir
Reading 2Yggdrasil
Reading 3Two ravens

Nine Norse tattoo designs on white paper: the vegvisir, a compass of eight staves inside a double ring, the world tree Yggdrasil with its branches and roots knotting at the edges, and Odin's two ravens facing each other in profile. Norse designs are worn for Scandinavian roots and for the old myths, often on the forearm, the back or the chest. Type a different symbol or a twist, such as a wolf, and the same styles carry it.

  • a compass for a traveller
  • a world tree for a family or a roots theme
  • Odin's ravens for the forearm
  • a design sheet to show the artist

Frequently asked questions

What do the nine designs show?
Three Norse subjects drawn three ways: the vegvisir compass, the world tree Yggdrasil and Odin's two ravens, in blackwork, fine line and dotwork.
Can I ask for a different symbol or a twist?
Yes. The direction field takes any subject or twist, such as a wolf; a typed direction is a request, so the result may differ from the samples.
What is the difference between the three styles?
Blackwork is solid black fills on bare white paper with no grey; fine line is one uniform hairline with almost no shading; dotwork is a thin outline with all shading built from stippled dots.
Are these photographs of tattoos on skin?
No. Each design is a line drawing on a plain white background, with no skin, arm or body in it.

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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.