Skeleton tattoo ideas

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

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Black and grey fine line tattoo of a skeletal mermaid with long flowing hair and a fishtail, placed on the calf.
Skeletal mermaid with flowing hair on a calf
Black and grey blackwork tattoo on the forearm of a bottle with a jagged crown top, holding a skull and a white skeletal figure.
Skull and skeleton in a black bottle
Black and grey dotwork tattoo on an upper arm showing a skeletal deer, a crescent moon, a dahlia at the shoulder and fine geometric lines.
Skeletal deer and dahlia on upper arm
Black and grey dotwork drawing of a human ribcage with spine and shoulder blades, set within a circle of ornamental floral swirls.
Ribcage and floral dotwork design
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a faceless skeletal mermaid with long flowing hair and a crescent moon, placed on the calf.
Skeleton mermaid on a calf
Black and grey engraving-style tattoo covering the upper arm and shoulder, with a wolf, skeletons, a bird, an eye, a snake and a crescent moon.
Engraved skeleton and beast scene on upper arm
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
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 on the upper arm showing two figures with bird skulls for heads, with the words NEVER TRUST THE LIVING between them.
Two bird-skulled figures with Never Trust the Living
Black and grey dotwork tattoo across a back showing two skeletons inside a geometric dotted frame, an eye in a triangle above, and botanical flowers and a tooth below.
Twin skeletons and eye on a back piece
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a full skeleton with a skull and laurel wreath, on the inner forearm.
Skeleton and laurel wreath on a forearm
Black and grey tattoo of a skeletal chameleon curling around a branch with leaves and a dotted spiral, on the forearm, in an engraving style.
Skeletal chameleon with leaves on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork flash drawing of a skeleton resting its head on one hand while holding a steaming mug in the other.
Skeleton resting head on hand with steaming mug
Black and grey dotwork tattoo on an upper arm showing a skeletal animal, a crescent moon, a large flower and dotted geometric lines.
Skeletal animal, moon and flower on upper arm
Black and grey tattoo of a skeletal woman with flowers in her hair and a crown, inside a circle of lettering, on a limb.
Skeletal woman in a circle with light bulbs
Black and grey two-panel tattoo on an upper arm in an engraved style, showing scales and a solid polyhedron on the left and a skeleton holding an hourglass above a skull on the right.
Two-panel engraving tattoo on an upper arm
Black dotwork tattoo of a skeleton holding a staff on a house boat over rolling waves, with five stars above, on a forearm.
Skeleton with staff on a house boat
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a whale skeleton running from the wrist up the forearm and onto the upper arm, showing the skull, ribs, spine and tail fluke.
Whale skeleton tattoo on 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 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 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
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
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
Black and grey traditional style tattoo of a hooded grim reaper holding a glass object with wisps of smoke, on a calf.
Grim reaper with smoke on a lower leg
Black and grey tattoo of a skeletal raptor-like dinosaur in shaded dotwork on the inner forearm.
Dinosaur skeleton on a forearm