Skeleton tattoo ideas

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

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Flash design of a grey stippled skeletal ribcage, spine and pelvis filled with red, orange and yellow roses and green leaves, on a white background, in a botanical realism style.
Skeleton ribcage and pelvis with red and yellow roses
Drawn tattoo design of a skeletal ribcage and pelvis with a pink rose and a blue insect wing, in a realistic style on white paper.
Ribcage, pelvis and rose with blue insect wing
Black ink drawing of a skeletal ribcage and pelvis with a peony rose and a winged insect, drawn on plain white paper as a tattoo design.
Skeleton torso with rose and insect
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 silhouette flash design of a skeleton standing among twisting branches, vines and leaves on a white background.
Skeleton entwined with branches
Black ink drawing of a ribcage, spine and pelvis with a peony, rose stems and a moth wing, shown as a tattoo design on white paper.
Ribcage, pelvis and moth with peony
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
Drawn design of a skeletal ribcage and pelvis with a pink rose on the left and a blue butterfly on the right, with the text you're the only thing that's keeping me alive.
Skeleton ribcage with rose and butterfly
Line drawing design of a woman with wavy hair looking into a hand mirror that shows a skeleton, with poppy flowers below, in a neo-traditional style.
Woman with skull reflection in hand mirror
Painted flash design of two skeletons seated among pink cherry blossom branches and green bamboo leaves on a white background.
Two skeletons among cherry blossoms
Drawing of a skeleton in profile within an ornate scrolled cameo frame, with pink roses, spider webs and green leaves, shown as a tattoo design without a body placement.
Skeleton cameo with roses in ornate frame
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 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 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 linework tattoo of a pterosaur skeleton with mushrooms and a flower spanning the upper chest and shoulders.
Pterosaur skeleton and mushrooms across chest
Black ink line drawing of a skeletal couple kissing within an oval rope frame, with a floral-patterned figure and a large rose below, shown as a tattoo design.
Skeleton couple kissing in a rope frame with roses
Black silhouette flash design of two skeletons facing each other, with their arms forming branches and leafy twigs above and roots below, suited to a botanical tattoo.
Two skeletons with a tree of branches and roots
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 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 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
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
Black and grey fine line tattoos of a beetle and a skeletal bird with fern sprigs across two forearms.
Beetle and bird skeleton on forearms