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Black and grey with red accents tattoo design featuring a winged Anubis jackal deity on a horse amid geometric shards and bold lightning shapes; concept art, cover-up suitable.

Black and grey with red accents tattoo design featuring a winged Anubis jackal deity on a horse amid geometric shards and bold lightning shapes; concept art, cover-up suitable.
This tattoo design shows a winged Anubis jackal deity on a stylized horse with geometric shards and red accents; cover-up ready.

Anubis, the ancient Egyptian god of mummification and guide to the afterlife, is reimagined as a bold blackwork centerpiece in this tattoo design. The central figure is a winged jackal deity rendered in a high-contrast black and grey palette with restrained red accents that highlight the eyes, wings, and energy bursts. The figure sits atop a stylized horse motif, nodding to a journey across the horizon of the underworld, while jagged geometric shards slice through the negative space like shards of a cosmic tomb. Angular shards and sharp lightning bolts create dynamic movement, blending traditional Egyptian symbolism with modern geometric tattoo design. The wings spread outward, lifting the deity above the scene to symbolize protection, transcendence, and the transformative journey of the soul. The use of black ink establishes depth and atmosphere; the red accents inject vitality and focus, while negative space preserves legibility on various placements. This tattoo design preserves Anubis’ core meanings—guardianship of the dead, mummification, and guidance of souls—while presenting them through a contemporary lens, making it meaningful for those drawn to myth, ancestry, and sacred guardianship. For those seeking a potent cover-up, the dense black shading provides a robust canvas to mask older work, with the geometry and contrast guiding the eye toward a cohesive composition. The concept embraces a balance of bold silhouette and fine line work where appropriate, ensuring both impact and detail. As an AI-generated concept, it borrows from ancient iconography and translates it into a modern body art statement that reads with insight in both close inspection and from afar. The design invites personalization—scale adjustments, background geometry tweaks, or selective color tweaks—while preserving the mythic essence. In practice, this piece would translate into a striking black-and-grey masterpiece with careful shading, where the Anubis figure remains legible and dramatic, embodying strength, protection, and spiritual endurance in ink. AI-generated concept.