Crossbones tattoo ideas

63 photos and flash · 49% Traditional, 11% Neo-trad · Forearm most common

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Black and grey poison bottle tattoo with a stippled skull and crossbones on a forearm, with a partial bird and rose at the left edge.
Poison bottle with skull and crossbones
Black and grey realism tattoo of a skull over a square and compass with crossed bones, on the upper arm.
Skull with square and compass on arm
Black ink pen drawing of a skull and crossbones on paper, with hatched shading in a traditional tattoo style.
Skull and crossbones pen drawing
Purple and teal illustration of a skull and crossbones filled with traditional tattoo flash motifs such as roses, swallows, stars and banners.
Skull and crossbones with traditional flash motifs
Flash design of a snarling wolf wearing a red cap with stylised lettering, beside a black circle with crossbones and paint drips, in a bold neo-traditional style.
Snarling wolf in a red cap
Seamless black and white line pattern of traditional flash motifs, including hearts with banners, daggers, a skull, an eye, a diamond, an anchor and an eight ball.
Traditional flash pattern of hearts, daggers and skulls
Small tattoo of a red lip print with a black skull and crossbones over it, shown in close-up on skin.
Red lips kiss with skull and crossbones
Realism tattoo on an upper arm of a large skull over crossed bones, with a draped red cloth and a second skull below.
Skull and crossbones with red cloth on upper arm
Traditional flash drawing of a skull and crossbones on a poison bottle, flanked by red flowers and a DRINK ME tag, shown on paper.
Skull and crossbones poison bottle flash
Colour traditional tattoo of a pirate ship with a skull and crossbones sail, red flags and green waves across an upper arm.
Pirate ship and skull on upper arm
Black linework tattoo of a woman's face with an elaborate bun hairstyle, beside a small skull and crossbones, on the upper arm.
Woman portrait and skull on upper arm
Black line drawing of a cartoon cat wearing a pirate hat, a heart-shaped eyepatch and crossbones beneath it, design only with no body placement shown.
Pirate cat with heart eyepatch and crossbones
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a pirate woman in a skull-and-crossbones tricorn hat with an eye patch, with a flower below, on a forearm.
Pirate woman with eye patch on forearm
Close-up of a cartoon-style skull tattoo with a pink polka-dot bow, heart eyes, crossbones and pink swirls on skin.
Pink bow skull with crossbones
Digital illustration of a skull covered in red tribal patterns, beside a vertical strip of skulls, crossbones and tribal flames on a dark textured background.
Tribal skull with red patterns and crossbones
Black and white photo of two hands with small fine line skull and crossbones tattoos on the fingers, one on a top knuckle and one on a middle finger.
Small skull tattoos on two fingers
Fine line skull and crossbones tattoo in black ink on the middle finger of a clenched fist.
Small skull and crossbones on a finger
Black and white stippled flash design of a skull over crossed bones, an all-seeing eye in a triangle, a dollar sign, a hand and a 40 oz bottle on a banner, in dotwork style.
Skull, crossbones and 40 oz bottle design
Traditional colour tattoo of stacked toy pirate figure parts, including a skull hat, eyepatch head and sword torso, running down a forearm.
Stacked pirate minifigure parts on a forearm
Traditional-style flash design of a blue teacup with a skull and crossbones, coffee spilling out, framed by two scroll banners of lettering on a red splash background.
Skull teacup with coffee banners
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
Two clasped hands showing a traditional-style skull and crossbones tattoo on one wrist and a pink rose with a teal bow on the back of the other hand, with a black patterned tattoo on the forearm
Skull and rose tattoos on clasped hands
Small solid black skull and crossbones tattoo, with a hat-like shape above the skull, on the back of a hand against a black background.
Small skull and crossbones on a hand
Traditional style colour tattoo of a poison bottle with a skull and crossbones, a 'Life is Poison' banner and a flower, on an upper arm.
Poison bottle and banner on an 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 line drawing of a skull and crossbones inside an ornate oval frame, presented as a tattoo design rather than shown on skin.
Skull and crossbones in ornate oval frame
Black ink tattoos on an arm in a traditional style, showing a hooded skull, crossbones, an eye and the words BYE BYE, with a spiral tattoo on the hand.
Skull, crossbones and BYE BYE on an arm
Black and blue line drawing of a cat covered in traditional-style flash designs, including a rose, a dagger, a razor, a skull and crossbones and a milk bottle.
Tattooed cat flash drawing
Black and grey cartoon cat with musical notes and a hot rod on an upper arm, in a neo-traditional style.
Cartoon cat driving a hot rod on an upper arm
Traditional style forearm tattoo of a skull and crossbones inside a heart-shaped panel with red wash, framed by grey scrollwork and playing card spades.
Skull and crossbones in an ornate spade frame on a forearm
Colourful cartoon pirate owl tattoo wearing a skull tricorn hat, eye patch and pink coat, holding a cutlass, on the thigh.
Pirate owl with cutlass and skull hat
A grid of colourful sugar skull flash designs with bows, hearts, wings, roses and crossbones, shown as drawings rather than tattoos on skin.
Sugar skull and bow flash sheet
Solid black flash design of a small skull with crossbones set within a sweeping dark shape, shown on a white background.
Skull and crossbones in a black silhouette
Black line drawing flash design of a banner reading Death before decaf, flanked by roses, with a teacup bearing a skull and crossbones, in a traditional style.
Death before decaf banner with roses and teacup
Red kiss-mark lips tattoo with a skull and crossbones cut into the negative space, on skin just below a lace edge.
Kiss-mark lips tattoo with skull and crossbones
Black line drawing of a traditional style tattoo design showing a scroll banner reading Death before decaf, two roses and a teacup with a skull and crossbones.
Death before decaf banner with roses and teacup
Black silhouette design of a pirate skull wearing a tricorn hat with a crossbones emblem, an eye patch and a bandana, drawn as a stencil-style flash design.
Pirate skull stencil with crossbones
Traditional flash drawing of a pin-up woman in a red outfit seated in a martini glass above a skull and crossbones, with the words Sailor Beware and musical notes.
Pin-up in a martini glass over a skull
Black and grey pirate skull illustration wearing a skull-print bandana, an eye patch and a hoop earring, above crossed bones.
Pirate skull with crossed bones
Black and grey crossbones tattoo on a finger, with silver skull and coffin rings worn on the same hand.
Skull and crossbones finger tattoos beside skull rings
Four-panel photo of a traditional colour tattoo on a forearm, showing a heart, roses, a devil, a skull and a mermaid framed as Mexican loteria cards.
Loteria cards and roses on a forearm
Small black and grey fine line skull and crossbones tattoo on the upper arm, with a floral-patterned top visible beside it.
Skull and crossbones on upper arm
Pencil drawing of a neo-traditional skull surrounded by roses, a crossbone and spider webs, designed as a tattoo.
Skull with roses and crossbones drawing
Black ornamental sugar skull design with a cap, crossed bones and filigree swirls, drawn in solid black linework on a white background.
Ornate sugar skull with crossbones
Forearm tattoo in a shaded traditional style showing the words The Goonies in orange and yellow lettering above a skull and crossbones, a Never Say Die banner, and a skeleton in front of crossed
The Goonies skull and skeleton forearm tattoo
Two hands with colourful unicorn head tattoos on the fingers, plus a small black skull and crossbones on a third finger.
Unicorn head tattoos on two fingers
Traditional flash drawing of a horned pin-up devil woman holding a pistol, with a "NEVER FEEL SORRY" banner, a red skull and crossbones, and a red devil tail.
Pin-up devil with gun and banners
Black and grey tattoo of a leopard print heart with crossed bones on the upper chest, between the collarbones.
Leopard print heart and crossed bones on chest