Nordic Viking Urnes Deer Tattoo Design merman or in black alone

or in black alone

now it can be a tattoo band forever on the arm or leg of a member of our free democratic society

she is one of many ancient Ones whose essence was woven into the new religion when Christianity came to the Islands

one that allows for color and one for tribal black

with shading or dynamic black

Nordic Viking Urnes Deer Tattoo Design merman or in black aloneInspired by the magnificent carvings in the Urnes Stave Church in Norway, this half sleeve piece weaves a deer and sea serpent like creatures in a tangle of foliage. The design I based this art on is the North Portal, from the original 11th century church, reused when the church was reconstructed in the 12th century. One of the interpretations of the design is that the stag is eating the bark of the ONE WORLD TREE (Yggdrasil) where the serpent Nithog