Skeleton hand tattoo ideas

37 photos and flash · 35% Realism, 30% Traditional · Upper arm most common

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Black and grey realism tattoo on an upper arm showing a woman with sugar skull face paint, a flaming thorned sacred heart, a skeletal hand and a rose.
Sugar skull woman and sacred heart on upper arm
Black and grey line drawing of an Aquarius crystal ball held by skeletal hands, with a sunburst above and flowers and leaves below, shown as a tattoo design.
Aquarius crystal ball design with skeletal hands
Black and grey realism tattoo of a grim reaper with a scythe, an hourglass filled with coins and cherubs, covering the upper arm.
Grim reaper and hourglass on an upper arm
Black and grey back piece tattoo of a skull and a sugar-skull woman with a rose and a skeletal hand, shown in realistic shading across the back.
Skull and sugar-skull woman back piece
Realistic black and grey upper arm sleeve showing two skulls, a pocket watch with Roman numerals and a red rose.
Skulls, pocket watch and rose on upper arm
Black traditional tattoo of a skeleton hand gripping a cassette tape with three arrows above it, placed on the front of a thigh.
Skeleton hand holding a cassette on a thigh
Traditional style tattoo of a grey skeleton hand pointing with one finger and holding a red banner that reads BANG, on the upper arm.
Skeleton hand pointing with a BANG banner
Black and grey dotwork hourglass held by a skeletal hand, tattooed on the calf with a bold outline.
Hourglass held by a skeletal hand on a calf
Traditional colour tattoo of a hooded grim reaper holding a scythe whose blade is a dripping pepperoni pizza slice, with bold black outlines.
Grim reaper with pizza slice scythe
Traditional style flash design of a black coffin with a skeleton hand emerging from it, flanked by grey flowers and olive leaves, with a WIDE AWAKE banner below.
Coffin with skeleton hand and banner
Realism and neo-traditional chest tattoo of a skull held by skeletal hands, flanked by paisley-bandana skulls and red roses.
Skulls and red roses on a chest
Black and grey realism tattoo of a hooded skull with a laurel wreath and a skeletal hand gripping a scythe, on the upper arm.
Grim reaper skull with laurel on upper arm
Two black and grey forearm tattoos in a traditional style: a hanging flower with leaves on the left, and a skull within an ace of spades playing card with a skeletal hand on the right.
Flower and ace of spades skull on forearms
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a skeleton hand forming a V sign on the forearm.
Skeleton hand making a V sign
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
Pink line drawing of a sugar skull woman with curled hair in an oval floral frame, with a peony at the base, shown as a tattoo design.
Sugar skull portrait with peony
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
Black and grey realism tattoo on skin showing two facing skulls, a skeletal hand, three butterflies, a rose and swirling smoke.
Two skulls, butterflies and rose in black and grey
Black and grey realism tattoo of a woman with an updo and smoke, holding a revolver, on the inner forearm.
Black and grey portrait with revolver on a forearm
Black and grey traditional flash drawing of a skeleton hand holding a Tough Luck banner, with drips below and a spiked cuff at the wrist.
Skeleton hand with Tough Luck banner
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
Black and grey dotwork and traditional tattoo of a skeletal hand cupping a crescent moon on a calf, with other coloured tattoos visible at the edges of the frame.
Skeletal hand holding a crescent moon on a calf
Black and grey realism back tattoo showing a large skull beside a woman's face in profile, with a skeletal hand around her neck, across the upper back.
Skull and woman's profile on a back piece
Traditional tattoo of two clasped hands, one shaded and one skeletal, in front of a red rose with dark leaves and dotwork shading on an upper arm.
Clasped hands and red rose on an upper arm
Black and grey skeleton hand forming an OK sign in dotwork shading with bold black outlines, on a forearm beside partly visible colour tattoos.
Skeleton hand making OK sign on forearm
Neo-traditional tattoo on the thigh of Jack Skellington holding a red-ribboned bow over a stitched ragdoll Sally with a red heart, in grey shading with red accents.
Jack and Sally stitched ragdoll tattoo on thigh
Black and grey Traditional style tattoo of a hooded grim reaper holding a scythe, shaded in grey, on the side of a person's ribs.
Grim reaper with scythe on ribs
Pencil drawing of a skeletal hand holding a thorny rose with two leaves, rendered in dotwork stippling, with pencils and an eraser beside it.
Skeletal hand holding a rose, dotwork design
Black and grey realism back tattoo showing a hooded grim reaper beside a winged woman, with clouds and a sleeve design on the arm.
Grim reaper and winged woman across a back
Realistic colour tattoo of a sugar skull woman framed by skeletal hands and teal scrollwork, with the words Till The End on the neck, on a forearm.
Sugar skull portrait on forearm
Black and gold flash design of a skull in a pharaoh headdress holding crossed bones, with scythes and an eye inside a triangle, shown without a placement on the body.
Skull pharaoh with scythes and crossed bones
Black and white line drawing of three skulls with skeletal hands covering eyes, ears and mouth, above the words Snitches Are A Dying Breed, shown as a flash design.
Three skulls with skeletal hands and slogan
Traditional style tattoo of a skeletal hand in a pinch gesture with the words THE END beside it, shaded with dotwork on a leg.
Skeleton hand with THE END lettering
Black and grey line drawing of a skeletal hand raising a gavel above cannabis leaves and small flowers, with the word LIBRA and the caption justice: just us beneath, shown as a tattoo design rather
Skeletal hand holding a gavel with cannabis leaves
Realism tattoo on a forearm of a grey skull tipping a skeletal hand holding an amber Jack Daniel's bottle, with a black label and shaded background.
Skull drinking from a whiskey bottle on forearm
Black and grey skeleton hands holding flowers and leaves, tattooed on the side of the ribs and torso.
Skeleton hands and flowers on the ribs
Black and grey realism tattoo of a skeletal hand with detailed bones, shown on the back of a hand held in a horns gesture against a black background.
Skeletal hand tattoo on the back of a hand