Bold black brushstroke tattoo of the Deathly Hallows symbol, a triangle with a circle and a vertical line, on the inner forearm.

Deathly Hallows symbol on a forearm

Blackwork · Forearm · Black and grey · Photo

A black brushstroke Deathly Hallows symbol sits centrally on pale skin. A triangle, a circle and a vertical line cross a horizontal bar, with tapered, uneven strokes and soft grey edges that suggest a brush or ink-wash finish. The plain background and even lighting keep the focus on the tattoo.

Find an artist for this

Take it to an artist as a reference. A good artist will make it yours rather than copy someone else's tattoo.

A story inspired by this tattoo · fiction

The frost has kept the lane shut since Tuesday, so I'm walking this down to the bus shelter myself, and you can read it there or in whatever bar you're hiding in. I know you won't answer the phone, so this is the next best thing.

Keep reading

The solicitor read out Nell's will with the radiator knocking, and the only things she left were the tin under the dresser and a note in her square capitals. Inside the tin: a brass set square worn to a lamp-glow at the corners, a ring cut from the old gatepost's iron band and rusted thin as a biscuit, and the ash rod she used to walk the ewes through the bottom gap. The note said one of us keeps the angle, one keeps the round, and the line goes to whoever can still stand in the wind. Mum called it senile. I put the set square on the mantel and didn't argue, because it was the first thing in years we'd both looked at without shouting.

Yesterday I took the rod up to the top field where the hedge runs dead straight. Under the drift by the gate I found a rusted hinge pin, and when I fitted the ring over it the set square slid onto the cross of the two as if it had been waiting. Three shapes, one line running through the middle, all of it standing in snow so white it hurt.

Meet me at the gate on Sunday at first light. Bring the set square. I'll bring the rod and the ring, and we'll see whether the thing comes together the way she meant it to. Ruth

More like this

Small black sketch-style tattoo of the Deathly Hallows symbol, a triangle with a circle and a vertical line, on the skin of an arm.
Deathly Hallows symbol tattoo
Black fine line tattoo of a triangle, circle and vertical line on the inner wrist, shown in a black and white photo.
Triangle, circle and line on the wrist
Black and grey Deathly Hallows symbol with a shaded wand running vertically through the centre, on a forearm.
Deathly Hallows symbol on a forearm
Small black sketchy line tattoo of a triangle, circle and vertical line, known as the Deathly Hallows symbol, on the ankle.
Deathly Hallows symbol on the ankle
Small fine-line black tattoo of a triangle with a circle and vertical line inside, on the back of a neck below the hairline.
Deathly Hallows triangle on the back of the neck
Fine line black tattoo of a symbol and the digits 193 beside a triangle enclosing a circle and vertical line, on skin.
Numerals and triangle symbol tattoo
Bold black Deathly Hallows symbol, a triangle with a circle and vertical line, over soft rainbow watercolour-style washes on a forearm.
Deathly Hallows symbol with rainbow wash on a forearm
Fine line black tattoo of a triangle enclosing a circle with a vertical line through it, placed centrally on the upper back of a woman with blonde hair tied up.
Triangle and circle symbol on upper back
Small black fine line tattoo of the Deathly Hallows symbol, a triangle with a circle and a vertical line, on the outer ankle of a foot in black and white.
Deathly Hallows symbol on an ankle
Black and grey blackwork tattoo of the Deathly Hallows symbol, a triangle with a circle and vertical line, decorated with curling scrollwork, on the inner forearm.
Deathly Hallows symbol with scrollwork on a forearm
Black and white photo of a fine line black tattoo of the Deathly Hallows symbol, a triangle enclosing a circle with a vertical line, on a person's upper back below the neckline.
Deathly Hallows symbol on upper back
Black ink tattoo of the Deathly Hallows symbol, a triangle, circle and vertical line, with script lettering along its edges on the back.
Deathly Hallows symbol with script quote on back

From the plentytattoo archive, uploaded by a user. Is this your work? Ask for credit or removal.