Skeleton tattoo ideas

238 photos and flash · 20% Traditional, 19% Realism · Forearm most common

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Solid black traditional-style tattoo of a skull in profile, with the word HAHA inside the brain area, on a lower leg.
Skull in profile with HAHA on a calf
Colourful neo-trad tattoo of a skeleton with a glowing skull and heart across the upper arm and shoulder.
Skeleton and skull on upper arm
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a skeletal fox skull inside an orange ring, with green leaves and sprigs, on the arm.
Skeletal fox skull and sprig on the arm
Black and grey tattoo of a skeletal bird-headed figure and a rabbit in a coat holding pocket watches on chains, on the forearm.
Skeleton bird and rabbit holding pocket watches
Geometric faceted cat face with a pink heart on its chest, in pastel colours with black outlines, tattooed on a forearm.
Faceted cat and heart on a forearm
Black dotwork tattoo on a thigh showing wildflowers rising from an animal skull and ribcage, framed by dotted geometric lines and a circle.
Wildflowers and skeleton on a thigh
Black and grey tattoo on a calf showing a skull-faced figure embracing a long-haired figure with stitched limbs, seated on a chair.
Skull-faced and stitched doll figures on a calf
Pencil and coloured pencil drawing of Jack Skellington and Oogie Boogie with dice and a banner reading Jack VS Oogie Boogie, designed as a tattoo flash.
Jack vs Oogie Boogie banner design
Pink flash sheet of black and pink gothic designs including a skull, werewolf head, skeleton, coffin, raven and eyes.
Gothic flash sheet with skulls, skeleton and creature
Black and grey realistic tattoo of a winged hooded figure with a skull face and eyes in its feathers, covering a man's back and shoulders.
Winged skull figure across a back
Black and grey traditional style tattoo of Jack Skellington holding a carved jack-o'-lantern, on the outer thigh.
Jack Skellington holding a pumpkin on thigh
Flash sheet of horror tattoo designs in black and pink, including a skull, werewolf head, open mouth with fangs, skeleton, coffin, raven and creature head on a pink background.
Horror flash sheet with skulls, skeleton and coffin
Coloured flash design of a sugar skull woman with a sundae, cupcake and ice cream cone in her hair, on a neo-traditional banner reading Sugar Skull.
Sugar skull with ice cream sundae
Black ink line drawing of a skeletal hand making the rock horns gesture, shown as a tattoo flash design on a pale background.
Skeleton hand in rock horns gesture
Colourful neo-traditional style tattoo design of a blue unicorn playing a red guitar with skeletal hands, with a green METAL banner, on a black background.
Metal unicorn guitarist with banner
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
Black and white photograph of a black and grey tattoo of the bones of a foot and ankle, shaded in a realistic anatomical style, on the top of a bare foot.
Foot skeleton tattoo on the ankle
Black ink fine line illustrations of dinosaur skeletons, a trilobite and a turtle fossil on a person's thigh and knee, with a vintage camera held in the frame.
Dinosaur and trilobite fossil designs on thigh
Black and grey realism tattoo of a hooded bird with a visible ribcage perched on a clock, on the back of a calf.
Hooded bird with ribcage on a clock on a calf
Realistic colour tattoo of a ribcage bursting through pink flesh on the top of a foot, with blue bones and dark shadowed tissue.
Ribcage tearing through skin on the foot
Black and grey drawing of a fish with a sailing ship and waves in its body and a skeletal tail, a neo-traditional style tattoo design on paper.
Ship-filled fish with skeleton tail design
Black ink tattoo of a skeleton entwined with a bare tree, running down the side of the ribs, with small red accents on the branches.
Skeleton and bare tree on the ribs
Black and grey realism tattoo of a skeleton couple with sugar skull detailing, surrounded by butterflies, swirls and a rose on a veil.
Skeleton couple with butterflies and rose
Black and grey drawing of a skeletal marching band drum major with a plumed hat and baton, beside lettering reading I am not afraid to keep on living.
Skeleton drum major with lettering
Black and grey tattoo of two skeletons, a man in a bowler hat and a woman with a feathered hat, framed by laurel branches on a calf.
Skeleton couple in Victorian dress on a calf
Black and cream stippled drawing of a horned devil and a seated skeleton raising goblets, with a raven on a tombstone and the words Memento mori below.
Devil and skeleton drinking, memento mori
Black and grey line drawing of a ribcage with roses and leaves beneath a sunburst, with the word Virgo and a short quote, shown as a tattoo design.
Ribcage and roses with Virgo lettering
Black ink drawing of a mermaid skeleton with long flowing hair, swimming beside two fish skeletons, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Skeletal mermaid with fish skeletons
Colour tattoo of Jack Skellington standing on a glowing jack-o-lantern with bats and purple swirls, in a bold cartoon style on the lower leg.
Jack Skellington on a pumpkin with bats
Traditional style tattoo of two sugar skull figures embracing, one in a black hat with a red flower and one in a polka dot dress, on the upper arm.
Sugar skull couple embracing on upper arm
Black and grey drawing of a skeleton pirate in a tricorn hat with a skull and crossbones, holding a lantern and a dagger in its teeth, with a ship's mast behind.
Skeleton pirate with lantern and dagger
Black ink drawing of three human skulls stacked on top of each other in front of an open-sided coffin outline, shown in cream on a black background.
Stacked skulls on a coffin drawing
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a skeletal mermaid with long hair and a fish tail on an upper arm, with a peony above it.
Skeleton mermaid with peony on upper arm
Blue outlined spine tattoo of stacked vertebrae across the centre of a back, glowing under ultraviolet light.
Glowing spine tattoo across the back
Black and grey realism tattoo of a skull-faced marching band figure in a plumed shako, kicking one leg up and holding a sabre, on the side of a torso.
Skull-faced drum major on the side
Neo-traditional tattoo of a skeleton couple in an ornate cameo frame, framed by large orange roses and green leaves on a limb.
Skeleton couple cameo with orange roses
A collage of nine dotwork tattoos of anatomical hearts, each holding a small scene such as a ship, a skeleton under a moon, or a forest, shown in black and grey on arms and legs.
Anatomical hearts with scenes inside
Back tattoo of a skeleton holding an open fan beside a large skull, set on a red flame and psychedelic pattern background, with flowers below and a colourful sleeve on the arm.
Full back skeleton and fan tattoo
Black and grey tattoo of a grinning Cheshire cat head atop a skeletal cat with a curling tail, on a leg.
Grinning Cheshire cat over a skeletal cat
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of an anatomical heart with a skeleton holding a crescent moon inside, on a limb.
Anatomical heart with skeleton and crescent moon
Black and grey flash design of a skeletal mermaid holding a skull and a flower, with dotwork sunburst rays and stippled waves inside an oval frame.
Skeletal mermaid with skull and sunburst
Colour tattoo of a pink gothic mansion with turquoise ghostly figures, including a top-hatted ghost, a skeleton and a chained ghost, on the upper back.
Haunted mansion ghosts on upper back
Black ink drawing of a tattoo design showing a ribcage, pelvis and winged insect with a flower and leaves, drawn in fine linework with no body placement shown.
Ribcage, pelvis and insect design
Pink flash sheet of black and pink horror designs including a skeleton, werewolf head, coffin, raven, snake, bats, eyes and a severed hand.
Horror flash sheet with skeleton and werewolf
Black and grey engraved-style tattoo of an anglerfish on the upper arm, with a skeleton curled inside its body.
Anglerfish with skeleton on upper arm
Black ink tattoo on the side ribs of a skeleton standing within a bare tree with roots, with small red accents on the buds.
Skeleton in a bare tree on the ribs
Coloured illustration of a skeletal mermaid with a skull, flowing hair and fishbone tail, holding an open shell with a pearl, drawn as a tattoo design.
Skeletal mermaid holding a shell
Colour realism tattoo of an anatomical angel with feathered wings, showing muscles, veins and organs, on an upper arm.
Anatomical angel on upper arm