Bone tattoo ideas

172 photos and flash · 35% Realism, 17% Dotwork · Forearm most common

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Black and grey dotwork tattoo of two skeleton hands meeting in a heart shape across the chest, worn by a person in a grey vest top.
Skeleton hands forming a heart on the chest
Greyscale pencil drawing of a human skull blending into a rose with curling petals, shown as a tattoo design on paper with no body placement.
Skull and rose pencil drawing
Black and grey flash sheet of gothic tattoo designs including a moth, owl, ghost, coffin, dagger, cat and crossed bones, drawn in dotwork and bold outlines.
Black and grey gothic flash sheet
Black and grey dotwork and traditional tattoos on a forearm and hand, including a large bee, planets, a dotted constellation and crystals.
Bee, planets and crystals on forearm and hand
Drawing of a skeleton hand making the rock horns gesture, outlined in black with purple, green and yellow watercolour-style washes over the bones.
Skeleton hand in rock horns gesture
Realism tattoo of a skull with glowing teal eye sockets and shaded bone detail across the back of a hand.
Realistic skull with teal eye sockets on the hand
Traditional tattoo of a grey skull with a green and orange snake coiled around crossbones, placed on a calf.
Skull and snake on a calf
Black and grey ink drawing of a bull skull with horns, surrounded by roses, peonies, bones and ribbon banners, in a neo-traditional style.
Bull skull with roses and bones design
Colour tattoo of a Stormtrooper helmet with blue roses, green leaves and red splashes on a limb, shown in two side-by-side photos in a neo-traditional style.
Stormtrooper helmet and blue roses
Realism tattoo across the top of a foot showing shaded muscle fibres, tendons and bone-like forms in black and grey ink, with the toes visible above.
Anatomical muscle and bone tattoo on a foot
Hand and forearm with a glowing violet skeleton design on the back of the hand and wrist, shown under ultraviolet light.
Glowing skeleton hand under UV light
Colourful illustrative tattoo of a bird with antler-like branches, a birdcage and a heart on an upper arm, shown in three side-by-side photos.
Bird with antlers and birdcage on upper arm
Black outline drawing of a cat-faced skull with a heart-shaped nose, ribcage and crossed arm bones ending in X-marked hands, shown as a flash design.
Cat skull and crossbones line drawing
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a skeleton hand forming a V sign on the forearm.
Skeleton hand making a V sign
Fine line black and grey tattoo of a cat standing on a stool and looking down at a small bone, placed on a forearm with a coin beside it for scale.
Cat on a stool on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of two skeleton hands reaching towards each other above the sternum, with a wishbone shape between them.
Skeleton hands framing a wishbone on the chest
Pen drawing of a ribcage arranged in the shape of a heart, shaded with black hatching on white paper beside a black Sharpie pen.
Heart-shaped ribcage drawing in black ink
Flash style drawing of a grenade whose body is a ribcage filled with yellow, purple and green flowers, set on a plain red background with no body placement shown.
Grenade with ribcage and flowers
Black and grey realism skull tattoo with red shading in the eye socket and mouth, placed on the upper back.
Realistic skull with red accents on upper back
Black and grey traditional style flash design of a skeletal-faced mermaid seated among roses and hibiscus flowers, with bones in her hair.
Skull mermaid with roses and hibiscus
Pencil drawing of nine skull details framed in a honeycomb of hexagons, a design sketch for a tattoo with no body placement shown.
Skulls arranged in a honeycomb hexagon grid
Black and grey tattoo on the inner forearm showing a half ribcage with spine, a stippled flower and a moth, in a dotwork style.
Ribcage, flower and moth on a forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a skull overlaid with a Roman numeral clock face and handwritten script, on the upper arm.
Skull and clock face on an upper arm
Black and white dotwork and hatched drawing of a skull wearing a ribbed knitted beanie, shown on a white background.
Skull in a knitted beanie
Black and grey linework tattoo of a skeletal spine, ribcage and antlers running along the forearm, with part of another bird tattoo visible at the top edge.
Skeletal spine and antlers on a forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo on the top of a foot, showing muscle, tendons and bone as if the skin has peeled back over the toes.
Anatomical muscle and bone tattoo on a foot
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of a pug wearing a red polka dot bow, with crossed bones and sparkles, on the thigh.
Pug with crossed bones and a polka dot bow
Black and white traditional-style flash sheet of sixteen designs, including playing cards, a dagger, dice, pizza, a skull with an eight ball, cobwebs, a coffin and a tombstone.
Black and white flash sheet with skulls and cards
Black line flash sheet of traditional tattoo designs, most featuring the number 13, including a rose, skulls, a swallow, a butterfly, a dagger and a heart with a banner.
Thirteen themed flash sheet
Fine line black outline tattoo of a skeletal hand raising its middle finger, placed on the upper arm of a person in a black top.
Skeleton hand middle finger on upper arm
Traditional flash design of a Stormtrooper helmet framed by red roses, green leaves, crossed bones and black dots, drawn on paper.
Stormtrooper helmet with roses and bones
Black and grey flash design of three stacked skeletons, one gripping a dagger, with no body placement shown.
Three skeletons with a dagger design
Black and grey tattoo of two crossed bones with small Fig. 22 lettering on the inner upper arm, shaded in dotwork against a dark textured wall.
Crossed bones with Fig. 22 on the upper arm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a human skull merged with a spiral sea shell, placed on a limb.
Skull and spiral shell on a limb
Black and grey tattoo of two pairs of mirrored skeletons reaching their arms towards each other across the ribs.
Mirrored skeletons across the ribs
Two flash designs of cupcakes in ornate frames, one pink with a bone and skulls reading Brains, one blue with a lilac bow reading Sweet, in a neo-traditional style.
Brains and Sweet cupcake flash pair
Black and white ink drawing of a rabbit skull with long curved ears, shaded with fine hatching and stippling, shown as a tattoo design.
Rabbit skull design with tall ears
Black ink tattoo of a bird skeleton with feather-like shading on the inner wrist and forearm.
Bird skeleton tattoo on a wrist
Traditional style tattoo on a forearm showing a gold-rimmed pocket watch with rope, a skeletal hand and a grey banner reading WAKE UP DEAD.
Pocket watch and skeletal hand on a forearm
Pen drawing of a heart formed from ribs and a sternum, shaded in dark ink on a cream background, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Rib cage heart drawing
Black and grey realism tattoo of an eye on the back of a hand, with heavily shaded fingers and bone-like detail on the middle finger.
Realistic eye tattoo across the back of a hand
Black and grey tattoo of stacked skulls and skeletons with a knife, shaded and detailed, on the upper arm.
Stacked skulls and skeletons with a knife on upper arm
Black outline and blue tattoo of two skeletons facing each other and holding hands, placed on the thigh.
Two skeletons holding hands on a thigh
Two side-by-side tattoo flash drawings: a skull with a wrapped bone-like form above it, and a skeletal hand, both in a neo-traditional style with watercolour washes and black splatter.
Two skeletal bone designs with ink splatter
Traditional colour flash sheet of Halloween designs including a vampire, witch hat, jack-o-lantern, poison bottles, candy corn and a severed head with a knife.
Halloween traditional flash sheet
White line drawings of traditional tattoo flash motifs, including an eagle, skulls, a hand, a bear and a skeleton, on a black fabric tapestry hung against a white wall.
Traditional flash sheet on black fabric
Black linework tattoo on an upper leg showing the words BAD LUCK IS BETTER THAN NO LUCK, a skull and crossed bones, with a hand touching the skin.
Skull, bones and quote tattoo on a thigh
Black ink drawing of a skeletal hand with sprigs of flowers and leaves rising from the wrist, in a botanical flash style.
Skeletal hand with botanical flowers