Woodcarving tattoo style

Delve into the enchanting world of medieval woodcut tattoos with our exquisite collection. These timeless designs capture the mystique and allure of a bygone

Description Sketches from a meeting at work. NB: the bigger dragon is wrongly drawn, the coils should go under-over-under-over etc all the time! They are drawn in the Urnes-style, which is late Viking age around 1000 AD.

Illustration about a vector illustration of a rampant (standing on hind legs) lion. Illustration of heraldic, black, vector - 3076547

Alex on Instagram: "✹ 𝔣𝔦𝔯𝔰𝔱 𝔱𝔞𝔱𝔱𝔬𝔬 𝔣𝔬𝔯 𝔐𝔦𝔨𝔬𝔩𝔞𝔧 ✹ Thank you @mikolajsendyka Done at @high_fever_workshop …………………………………………… . . . . . . #engravingtattoo #engravingart #medievalart #medievaltattoo #woodcut #woodcuttattoo #blackwork #blackworktattoo #flashtattoo #oslotattoo #norwaytattoo"

The world is full of some seriously talented and dedicated artists. Today, we’re taking a deep dive into the world of ink and looking at some of the most impressive tattoo designs, as shared on the ‘Crazyy Tattoos’ (yup, with two y's) Instagram page.

Norse knotwork More

The ouroboros is a symbol showing a serpent eating its own tail, and representing eternal cycles. It isn’t really a mythical creature, because despite the prevalence of the image and concept in various cultures and philosophies (especially alchemy), it doesn’t appear that anyone thought it represented a real species or individual animal. I, however, have been having fun imagining some of these symbolic creatures as if they were real (see the mushussu), and the chief thing that struck me…