How to Draw a Viking Age Raven - Ringerike Style

[@trainsandcups]

Thank you so much for this! I've been wanting to get a tattoo in an authentic viking art style. I've seen a lot of vegvisir tattoos and stuff, but I want a tattoo with a more historic and authentic feel. Who knows what their tattoos really looked like, but I bet this raven would fit right in!

[@jonaslaumarkussen6045]

My pleasure! I'm sure there were a few raven tattoos around in the Viking Age similar to this design

[@trainsandcups]

By the way, is this an original design or was this found somewhere?

[@jonaslaumarkussen6045]

It's an original design, inspired by historical designs like the motif on the Heggen weather vane: twitter.com/VegardVike/status/1108518149606068225

[@gaylecopper7481]

These are amazing and your book is Incredible! Thank you for sharing. Is Ringerike your favourite style?

[@jonaslaumarkussen6045]

Thank you! My pleasure :) One of my favourites is probably the Broa style, but the Ringerike style is well documented and seems to be widely popular. So I thought why not start with a series of tutorials on that and take it from there :)

[@raindropsneverfall]

Kunne du lave en video, hvor du forklarer logikken bag formerne, f.eks. i oldegyptiske vægmalerier var hovederne altid tegnet i profil, mens kroppen var mere eller mindre set fra fronten?

[@jonaslaumarkussen6045]

Ja, altså lidt ligesom jeg har gjort i bogen?