Digging black outline icon
Shovel stuck blade-down into a rounded mound of soil
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About the Digging black outline icon
A long-handled shovel with a D-grip handle stands at an angle with its blade sunk into a rounded mound of loose earth resting on the ground line. It communicates digging, excavation, groundwork and manual labor. Use it on construction site signage and work-in-progress pages, landscaping and gardening apps, utility and roadworks notices, mining or archaeology graphics, and 404 or maintenance screens.
The handle grip is drawn as a small open loop, and the mound overlaps the blade so the tool truly reads as buried rather than merely leaning against a hill. Pair it with pickaxe, wheelbarrow and excavator icons in a construction set. Keep the ground line intact when cropping, since it anchors the whole scene.
This is the black outline version of the digging icon: even, monoline strokes that stay crisp at small sizes and suit clean, minimal interfaces, wireframes and light backgrounds.
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.
