Skeleton tattoo ideas

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

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Black and grey full sleeve tattoo of a haunted house, bats, a full moon and skeletal figures across the shoulder and arm, shown from three angles.
Haunted house and graveyard full sleeve
Black and grey realism back tattoo showing a hooded grim reaper, a winged woman, hourglasses and a skeletal hand, with clouds and a ship on the upper arm.
Grim reaper and winged woman across a back
Black and grey realism tattoo of two stacked skulls with a ribcage and skeletal hand on an upper arm.
Skulls and skeleton ribcage on upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a skeleton embracing a sugar skull woman with a rose in her hair, covering the back, with sleeves on both arms.
Skeleton and sugar skull couple on full back
Side-by-side photo: on the left, the bare upper arm shows pale, raised textured skin; on the right, the same arm carries a black and grey realistic sleeve of a skeletal figure with a hooded head.
Black and grey skeletal sleeve on upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo on an upper arm showing a hand holding a reflective sphere that mirrors a room with a seated skeleton in a suit.
Hand holding a reflective sphere on upper arm
Black and grey realism back piece showing a skeleton skull and a woman with sugar skull make-up and a rose in her hair, with coloured roses on the upper arm.
Skeleton and sugar skull back piece
Black and grey realism full sleeve tattoo on an arm, showing an angel with a spear, a woman's portrait, a skeleton and a chained figure.
Full sleeve of angels and a woman's portrait
Colour realism tattoo of an anatomical angel with feathered wings, showing muscles, veins and organs, on an upper arm.
Anatomical angel on upper arm
Black and grey realism full sleeve tattoo on an upper arm and forearm, showing a skeleton, a grinning skull and a pumpkin face.
Skull and skeleton full sleeve
Colour realism tattoo of a skeleton bride in a lace veil with red flowers, a ribcage and a moth, on an upper arm against a purple wash.
Skeleton bride with lace veil and red flowers on an upper
Black and grey realism full sleeve tattoo on an upper arm and forearm, showing a skeleton, an all-seeing eye in a triangle, snakes and a horned figure.
Black and grey skeleton and horned figure sleeve
Two photographs of a black and grey realism full sleeve on an upper arm and forearm, with a winged armoured angel, a skeleton with wings and a skull.
Full sleeve of angels, skeleton and skull in grey
Realism style Halloween sleeve tattoo on the upper arm and shoulder, showing a skull-faced character, carved jack-o-lanterns, a bare tree and snowflakes in mostly grey shading with coloured pumpkins.
Halloween sleeve with skull character and pumpkins