Digging black filled icon
Shovel driven into a mound of earth with loose soil nearby
About the Digging black filled icon
A long-handled shovel stands driven into a raised mound of earth, its blade half buried while small chunks of loose soil sit to either side. It communicates excavation, groundwork and manual labor rather than finished building. Use it on construction company sites, utility and pipeline notices, landscaping and gardening services, mining or quarry reports, and site-safety signage that marks where ground work is underway.
The mound forms a broad, uneven silhouette that anchors the shovel at a diagonal, so the mark stays dynamic instead of static. The D-grip handle reads clearly even when scaled down. Pairs with hard hat, excavator and pickaxe icons. At small sizes, drop the loose soil chunks and keep shovel and mound.
This is the solid black filled version of the digging icon: a bold silhouette that reads clearly at 16-24 px and on dark or busy backgrounds, and prints well in one colour.
Get it free as an SVG vector or transparent PNG (16-512px), copy the SVG code, or restyle it in the free online editor — recolor any part, add gold, neon or gradient effects, animate it, or export EPS, PDF and DXF.
Free for personal and commercial use with attribution.
