Lightning Bolt and Clouds Tattoo

Some lightning bolt tattoos include clouds that emit the electric strike and can be depicted as a cartoon or more realistically. Both realistic and stylistic components can be included in one design. Realistic bolts of lightning with brooding storm clouds done in greyscale or dark blue and violet hues enclosed in the contour zigzag shape of a lightning bolt icon. With both elements included, the design may reveal the multiple layers and depth of the individual’s personality. In other designs, there may be a single cloud and bolt or a flurry of stormy clouds with multiple streaks of lightning ejected from them. In more realistic renderings, the image of Greek god Zeus is sometimes incorporated or a powerful hand that represents the might of the deity.

Colorful Lightning Bolt Tattoo

The lightning bolt can be rendered in bright colors with thick, black contour lines like in a comic book. When a vivid yellow bolt is placed on a white circle on a field of red it becomes a symbol for the DC Comic book hero The Flash, the epitome of superhuman speed. Other combinations of colors or a lack of color may be used to distance the design from that of The Flash and serves as a representation of a striking quality or characteristic or could be an homage to a runner or athlete.

Minute lightning bolts can be placed anywhere on the body and depicted as a cute cartoon symbol. This design demonstrates a sweet and whimsical personality and is often done along with other small icons like heart shapes, stars, clouds, flowers, etc. In other designs, a pattern or graphic is used to create the shape of the lightning bolt and is chosen for the striking appearance.

Harry Potter Lightning Bolt Tattoo

Many fans of the Harry Potter series will get the tattoo representing the scar on Harry’s head. The people with this tattoo might just be big fans of the series and wanted to get a tattoo that is small and can be hidden. It is a simple tattoo that sums up the fandom of the series in one small image. Harry had the lightning bolt scar on his head because Voldemort tried to kill him as a baby and it was all that was left to show of the attack.