So I was trying to find Viking style designs that were distinct from Celtic ones, but it was proving tricky. I found a nice site here that includes various styles and I was trying out the ‘Urnes’ one.
After tracing the design then scaling it up, I transferred it to a black paper postcard (A6):
I did this one a bit sloppily, so it’s not the neatest. Also it’s not scaled nicely for the canvas size, so looks a bit squashed. I did tidy up the edges using a pencil, but there are some parts that don’t work very well - the tail is a little fat, and the mouths on each of the heads are not quite right. Oh and the lines that cross the body should be more parallel.
Worth revisiting though, perhaps with a more complex design (although some are quite crazy with how many crossings and swirls there are!).