Viking tattoos is / will be a trilogy of books/eBooks filled to the brim with Nordic & Viking tattoo designs – gathered from as many artists within this community as I can convince to join. It's my personal fuck you to the slop commonly found on Pinterest – and an affordable alternative for those looking to decorate their skin with Viking tattoos. 

I personally pay all of the artists who join this project out of my own pocket – and due to the sheer volume of artworks within each book – this series has a very widespread appeal. For that reason, I'm able to keep this project affordable for the average person. So far I've spent a lot of money on the art that's in the existing volumes, but I make that back through the sales. It's a win win for everyone and a project I have immeasurable amounts of passion for. 

Viking tattoos is a project I started for multiple reasons. Primarily, it started as a networking project that would give me a purposeful reason to connect with as many creatives in the Norse & Viking community as I possibly could. And then through these connections, I put myself in the position to support them – both financially, and with exposure. 

Viking tattoos achieves both of those goals. 

This trilogy of books / eBooks is my way of doing that. Each of the three planned books will have 333 tattoo designs themed around Norse Mythology & Viking art. Those who buy the ebooks or the planned physical copies will have access to a library of 1000 tattoo designs, compiled from countless artists and tattoo artists. 

Hold up, 3x 333 = 999, not 1000 🤔

It does. But I have something special planned for the 100th design – a full bodysuit (both sleeves, both legs, chest, back, head, hands, the lot). That design will be created by myself and Jonas Lau Markussen as a celebration of the release of the final Hardcover book. It's gonna be a long time before we do that – but when that time comes, we'll be putting that one out entirely for free.

I've always intended for this project to be something you as the customer buy into whilst they're being developed. This project is far too much for me as one person to manage and release in a sensible amount of time. I have to connect with so many different people, pay them as and when my finances allow me to, and then handle everything to do with the art once they're finished with the design work. 

So if you buy the eBooks at this point in time 

– you won't receive them in their finished state. Volume 1 currently has 250 of the 333 planned designs, and Volume 2 has 119 of the 333 planned designs. The money I make from each sale goes directly back into the project. I've recently commissioned at least 5 new artists for volume 1, and I'm currently waiting on them to finish their designs. I won't rush them, as it's very important to me that the experience for every artist who works with me on this project is as relaxed and enjoyable as possible. 

All future updates are free once you buy a volume of Viking Tattoos

Everyone who owns Viking Tattoos Volume 1 & 2 will automatically receive all of the future updates as and when they're released. What you pay for is the final product – which you'll receive over a series of update stages – culminating in the final file when the book is finished and ready for publishing. Doing it this way gives you the confidence to buy in now, knowing that you've paid for the final product. Volume 3 won't be here for a while, but you can lean more about / buy the existing 2 with these links:

Viking Tattoos Volume 1 

Viking Tattoos Volume 2

You can learn more about (and purchase) Viking Tattoos Volume 1 HERE

You can learn more about (and purchase) Viking Tattoos Volume 2 HERE

[Coming Soon-ish]

With the unfinished state of Volumes 1 & 2, I would rather focus my time bringing those up to a better standard than trying to get the 3rd Volume ready. I also have a lot of art to gather for it, and with over 200+ artworks yet to gather for Volume 2, it just doesn't make sense to start that just yet. 

It is being planned as part of the trilogy as a whole, it's just gonna take some time for me to make something Tangible.

1000 tattoo designs gathered from as many artists as I can find – all of which are paid well by me personally – presented as 3 stunning hardback books in what can only be described as a celebration of creativity and a big fuck you to Pinterest / AI slop. They'll be available in 2 formats:

eBook format – The affordable option for those who want to go and get some tattoos – instantly downloadable with a personal tattoo use license on the designs.

Hardback format – The pricier physical books for those more passionate about the art, artists and physical books in general.