The Wizarding World of Harry Potter has captivated age groups worldwide from age five to 105. The reverence for the book, film, and entertainment phenomenon has no boundaries.
This love affair extends to the body art world of Harry Potter. Fans quest, clamor, create, and adapt elements of author JK Rowling’s exploration into magic and wonder with amazing tattoos of all shapes, sizes, colors, and styles.
Harry Potter, Hermione Granger, and Ron Weasley. Ginny, Neville, and Luna. He Who Must Not Be Named. Severus Snape and Albus Dumbledore. Thestrals and Dementors. Kingsley Shacklebolt!
There are brilliant expressions of ink out there memorializing the Harry Potter series…always. Here you’ll learn valuable information that can help you decide on your Harry Potter-themed tattoo.
The Deathly Hallows are three highly powerful magical objects created by Death and granted in trickery to the Peverell brothers. These objects are the elder wand, invisibility cloak, and resurrection stone. Each brother possessed a Deathly Hallow and handed this down to his descendants through the generations until the cloak came into Harry’s possession.
These objects form the Deathly Hallows symbol — a triangle (representing the invisibility cloak) containing a circle (resurrection stone) and a vertical line (elder wand). The tattoo fraternity has come to adopt this important symbol in magnificently different ways.
Read on for 50 of the best Deathly Hallows tattoo ideas and draw inspiration for your journey into the Inked-Up World of Harry Potter.
This funky lower leg tattoo possesses great color application to help the stylized Deathly Hallows symbol stand out. The vivid use of fire fills the internal part of the Hallows, working well to contrast the thick black and subtly muted purple gray of the symbol itself and the supporting lily.
This is a vintage black and gray Deathly Hallows tattoo design. Love how variation shading the petals and leaves plays against the blackness of the symbol itself. The tattoo placement just below the nape of the neck between the shoulder blades is a top choice for tattoo art of this kind.
This Deathly Hallows design has the same method but with a slightly different application. Here, bolder black and gray flowers stand out against the negative space Deathly Hallows symbol highlighted by a deft, sharp black line. It’s a crisply drawn body art showing off the tattoo artist‘s expertise in single needlework and subtle shading techniques.
Here’s a solid tattoo combining the Death Eater dark mark with the Deathly Hallows. It’s been etched to look freehand, but would’ve probably been even better with clear delineation between the Hallows symbol and the skull surrounding it. The head of the serpent is the stand-out part of the tattoo — it’s simply executed, but realistic and well scaled away from the rest of the image.
I really enjoy the glitter sprinkle effects in this unique Harry Potter tattoo. The Deathly Hallows symbol is the main theme; however, other key symbols from the Harry Potter universe, such as Platform 9 3/4 and the Golden Snitch, are referenced too, which is a cool feature.
The tattoo artist‘s icing effect is colorful, working brilliantly in contrast to the Hallows. My only gripe is the colored elder wand; it might have helped pop the overall effect a trifle more if it had been a sharp, black object instead.
The deer Patronus makes a good counterpoint to the Deathly Hallows in this tattoo. The ink splash technique employing a clever combo of blue, purple, and black is a nice touch. The overall piece is also helped by the artist’s smart choice to leave the deer’s head unaffected. The deer’s been hitting the weights hard, too, given its absolutely massive neck and shoulders.
Not a fan of the deer’s eyes in this otherwise beautiful tattoo. A touch-up to make a bolder, stronger black would do the trick (and bring them a little closer). Making this one change would help bring the focus back to the excellent negative space and supporting watercolor technique shading.
This is a badass ankle tattoo that incorporates the Golden Snitch – peep those flickering wings – into the Deathly Hallows symbol. The use of dotwork to offset the thick, flat back really works as a filler.
Vivid foam green swirling through the background of the Deathly Hallows is a good use of shade technique. Really enjoy this depiction of the elder wand, too; the artist added a little contrast of neg space to give it a shiny texture against the black and watercolor.
A unique twist on a charm bracelet idea melded with key Harry Potter symbols to make an awesome arm tattoo. This minimalist style tattoo works well in transferring a brilliant, creative idea. Linking six readily identifiable symbols plus Harry’s lightning scar under the wand (the ultimate magical device) is a Potter fan‘s exam cheat sheet.
Wow. This Harry Potter body art belongs to someone from the Ministry of Magic. Using the opposing Deathly Hallows symbols in clever ways is more eye-catching than the demon or the wand-wielding shadows toward the bottom. They aren’t the center of the “split screen” but provide shadow, balance, and intensity to the overall piece. The oozing chest skeleton of the demon adds a creatively killer touch.
The artist has filled this amazing homage to Harry Potter with enough Easter eggs to fill a basket. Having the striking Nagini-Deathly Hallows part and the Hogwarts Castle bright-lit is a brilliant technique to demonstrate the clarity of these sections. The shading and line work is flawless (especially the flame from the Goblet of Fire). The dragon atop the ink is painstakingly detailed and possibly the best western dragon head you’ll see; it’s fantastic.
This tattoo features the Peverell brothers working their magic bridge to avoid Death. The thin, minimal black lines form a credible power surge along the subject’s arm. Funky dotwork provides exceptional scaling and balance to the specter of Death hovering over the magic bridge.
This well-executed small arm tattoo mixes Gothic and classic black elements to form a dark Deathly Hallows. The tendrils of shadow coming from the image of Death shows flair and technical skill, working well opposite the clear, tightly woven Hallows symbol. Love how Death spills out seemingly from behind the symbol, as shown by gray shadow wings and creeping hands.
The disco version of Death is an awesome aspect of this Deathly Hallows thigh tattoo. The spooky elements in this representation – seriously, Death‘s hands are a problem for me – are made stark by the alternative color splash making the reaper look incredibly sullen and disappointed. This ink rocks.
The artist here has made a smart technical choice by peppering the negative space Deathly Hallows with dotwork buckshot. It creates a more eye-catching complement to the beautifully rendered flowers than a lack of space alone would be able to achieve.
Not a bad take on the Golden Snitch Deathly Hallows; however, a thicker, more fierce triangle should replace the skinnier version. Both the triangle and blue-colored pattern filling the bottom side are a little too thin. They get swallowed up by the more heavy duty wand and snitch.
A surprising mash-up of Harry Potter symbolism and a mandala tattoo pattern. It’s a well-crafted artwork mixing the elements — dotwork, negative space, and crisp linework — in creating a cool, unique Deathly Hallows tattoo design.
Great grayscale chest tattoo. Like how the Deathly Hallows is etched with an interesting stop-start technique that complements the flatter, more solid gray. Incorporating ghost Hedwig into the cloudy death shadows is a deft touch.
A unique take on the Deathly Hallows with the Scottish Thistle being called on to represent the elder wand. It’s a clever alteration and helps individualize the tattoo idea. This is a well-crafted black tattoo.
This is a wicked abstract Patronus-themed tattoo. The artist has creatively etched geometric patterns into the realism of the deer. The use of shapes as design elements to shade and dot through is exceptional. The Deathly Hallows uses creative thin line work to create the woozy squiggle of the symbol and it looks impressive.
A delicate, beautifully gentle inner forearm tattoo displays the symbolism of the Hallows and lily with subtlety. The balance of abstract symbol and realistic flower work flawlessly. It’s a good example of idea and delivery combining to create a unique piece of body art.
Epic Deathly Hallows dotwork could be a bucket list bit of ink for Harry Potter-inclined tattoo enthusiasts. Add to that a possessed deer for balance and you have a premier small tattoo. This is a sharp piece of tattooing; the artist’s technique of shading and dotwork is used perfectly to create depth well framed by crisp use of linework and shape.
Here are more innovative Harry Potter tattoos that feature the Deathly Hallows symbol, including one where the artist etches a cloak, a wand, and a stone instead of their geometric shapes in linework.
What does a Deathly Hallows tattoo mean?
The title of the final Potter book refers to three mythical objects featured in the story known as the “Deathly Hallows.”
The Deathly Hallows symbol is composed of a circle representing the resurrection stone, a line for the elder wand, and a triangle for the cloak of invisibility.
A person possessing all three artifacts becomes the Master of Death.
The Deathly Hallows symbol was mentioned only a handful of times in book and film format but is one of the most inked inspirations from JK Rowling‘s world.
The symbol looks awesome, is style versatile, and can provide an instant visual link to the final events of the Harry Potter universe.
