Tiny black fine line smiley face tattoo on the side of a finger on a hand resting on a dark surface.

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Small smiley face on a finger

Fine line · Hand · Black and grey · Photo

A small black smiley face outline with two dot eyes sits on the side of a finger, with the hand resting across a dark garment and pale grey background. The linework is thin and simple, with no shading, and the image is entirely black ink on pale skin. The composition is a close, soft-focus crop that keeps the hand and tattoo central.

Fine line Dotwork Hand Smiley face Face

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A story inspired by this tattoo · fiction

Dear Walter, the hooter went at twenty to six again and I'm writing this at the kitchen table with the lamp turned low so the girls don't wake. Mrs Pattinson from along the terrace has offered to take the eggs to market on Thursday, so you needn't fret about the hens, only about yourself down that shaft.

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Nell has been practising her letters on the back of the coal bill. She drew you a face in the corner of this sheet, see, a proper smile with two dots for eyes, and wouldn't let me rub it out. She says it's so you'll know which bit of the paper is from her. I told her a face wants a body, and she said a smile doesn't need one, it's happy by itself.

The ink in the pen has gone thin since the shop shut, so I've had to press hard. Aggie at chapel says the talks will drag on till Easter, and the owners aren't saying a word until the seam is cleared. I don't know what that means for the wages, only that the tin on the dresser is half what it was.

After tea Nell held up her finger for me. She'd drawn a little smile on it in biro, and I told her it would wash off by bedtime. She said she knew, but she wanted it for the walk to school, in case anyone needed cheering. Come home at the end of the shift with your face black, and she'll be at the gate to show you the one on her hand before she shows you anything else.