Skull tattoo ideas

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Black ink flash sketch on cream paper showing a wolf head, a skull, a woman's face with a hand, a dagger and scissors, with no body placement shown.
Wolves, skull and woman sketch flash
Black ink flash drawing of a skull with octopus tentacles curling around its crown and sides, with black ink dripping from the jaw.
Skull with octopus tentacles
Black ink traditional flash sheet of butterflies and moths, including a central moth with a woman's face, skulls, tigers and a lantern, on cream paper.
Butterfly and moth flash sheet
Black line drawing of two sugar skulls, one in a veil and one in a top hat, framed by roses and a banner reading 'Til Death Do Us Part, in a traditional tattoo flash style with no body placement
Sugar skull couple with roses and banner
Design reading YOU'RE ALREADY DEAD, with each letter formed from bones such as ribs, vertebrae and a skull, in white on a black background.
You're Already Dead bone lettering
Black ink pen drawing of a skull and crossbones on paper, with hatched shading in a traditional tattoo style.
Skull and crossbones pen drawing
Black and grey drawing of a skull wrapped in octopus tentacles with a ship's anchor behind it, shown as a design on a dark background.
Skull, anchor and tentacles design
Black line drawing of a bull skull with an ornate floral pattern on the forehead and teal feathers hanging from each side, shown as a standalone design.
Bull skull with feathers design
Flash drawing of a skull wreathed in daisies, with stippled white linework and yellow centres on a dark background.
Skull with daisy crown
Pencil drawing of two skulls meeting within an ornate heart-shaped frame with scrollwork, shaded in black and grey on a sepia background.
Two skulls within an ornate heart
Four pen drawings of tattoo designs: a dotwork geometric stag, a jellyfish, a ram skull inside a circle and two feathers, all in black ink on white paper.
Geometric stag, jellyfish, ram skull and feathers
Black and grey pen drawing of a human skull wrapped in coiling snakes, shown as a tattoo design without a body placement.
Skull entwined with a snake, pen drawing
Black ink flash sheet of many small fine line doodle tattoo designs, including eyes, stars, a moon, a skull and a bicycle, on a grey background.
Stick 'N' Poke doodle flash sheet
Black and grey dotwork drawing of a stag beetle with a skull and two faces overlaid on its body, set within a circle and dashed triangles.
Stag beetle with skull and faces design
Black and grey pencil drawing of two realistic skulls framed by roses and leaves, shown as a tattoo design sketch with no body placement.
Two skulls with roses design
Black ink drawing of a tiger curled into a circle, with bold stripes and a skull-like shape formed in the negative space, shown as a tattoo design on paper.
Curled tiger design in black ink
Pencil drawing of a tattoo design showing a shaded skull, an ornate pistol and a red rose with white swirling flourishes, shown as a flash sheet with no body placement.
Skull, pistol and rose design
Traditional black and grey flash sheet showing four moth designs, two with skulls on their bodies, held up by a hand against a wooden floor.
Four moth designs on a flash sheet
Purple and teal illustration of a skull and crossbones filled with traditional tattoo flash motifs such as roses, swallows, stars and banners.
Skull and crossbones with traditional flash motifs
Flash design of a snarling wolf wearing a red cap with stylised lettering, beside a black circle with crossbones and paint drips, in a bold neo-traditional style.
Snarling wolf in a red cap
Black and white flash drawing of a skull wearing a peaked cap, with the lower face covered by a bandana printed with the American flag.
Skull in cap with American flag bandana
Neo-traditional flash design of a green zombie hand gripping a red rose, with two curled banners and a small skull at the lower left.
Zombie hand holding a red rose with banners
Black and grey vintage-style flash sheet showing a key, crown, stag, anchor, butterfly, teacup, sailing ship, fox, camera, swallow and arrows, with no tattoo on skin.
Vintage flash sheet of keys, crown, ship and fox
Pencil drawing of a woman with sugar skull face make-up, long wavy hair, roses, a chain and a small skull, shown as a design rather than a tattoo on skin.
Sugar skull portrait with roses
Black ink drawing of a tattoo design showing an owl with a skull above it, a moth, a crescent moon, antlers and crossed bones, rendered in dotwork and linework.
Owl, skull and moth tattoo design drawing
A neo-traditional skull design drawn on paper, framed by grey scrollwork and red panels with dotted borders, with pens lying nearby.
Skull with scrollwork in neo-trad style
Black and grey dotwork drawing of a stag beetle with a skull and two female faces at its centre, set within a circle and triangles.
Stag beetle with skull and faces
Black and grey traditional flash sheet with a skull and rose, crescent moon, anatomical heart, eye, horseshoe and clover designs.
Black and grey traditional flash sheet
Black and grey pencil drawing of a skull in side profile wearing a helmet with a large star, a realism-style tattoo design.
Skull in a star helmet, side profile
Traditional style flash sheet of many small coloured tattoo designs, including hearts, roses, daggers, pin-ups and animals, all lettered with True Love and framed by TATTOO at the top and bottom.
True Love traditional flash sheet
Coloured flash design of a white skull wearing a red fez and bow tie, with a tattoo machine and the word Geronimo on a gold banner, on a pale blue background.
Skull with fez, bow tie and tattoo machine
Black and grey traditional flash design of an hourglass reading TEMPUS FUGIT, with a sailing ship in the top bulb and a skull in the bottom bulb.
Hourglass with skull and ship
Seamless black and white line pattern of traditional flash motifs, including hearts with banners, daggers, a skull, an eye, a diamond, an anchor and an eight ball.
Traditional flash pattern of hearts, daggers and skulls
Black and grey flash design of two skulls with wings above a shield, with a sword running down the centre, and a second design of crossed swords around an empty shield.
Winged skulls, sword and shield design
Illustrated flash design of a grey skull with red roses, barbed wire and a sword across a cross shape, on a black background.
Skull, roses and barbed wire design
Black ink flash sheet of tattoo designs including a feather, antlers, mushrooms, a cleaver, an ear, an eye, a bird skull, balance scales with a brain, and a severed arm, drawn in dotwork and fine
Flash sheet of antlers, mushrooms and balance scales
Flash sheet showing a colour floral skull with butterflies and ribbon, a black and grey skull with a spiked crown, and JANE lettering beside a deer silhouette.
Floral skull, misfit skull and deer flash sheet
Solid black flash design of a deer skull with large antlers and two crossed rifles, shown on a plain white background with no body part visible.
Deer skull with antlers and crossed rifles
Black and grey engraved skull design built from an octopus, fish, shells and an anchor, in a detailed flash style.
Sea creature skull with anchor
White dotwork drawing of a ram skull with curled horns, two crescent moons and a starry triangle inside a circle, on a black background.
Ram skull with crescent moons in a triangle
Coloured pencil drawing of a skull formed from bare branches, with a blue bird perched on top, blue blossom, a green apple and no body placement shown.
Skull of branches with a bird and blossom
Purple line drawing of a skull framed by a lotus mandala and scrolling ornament, shown as a tattoo design on paper.
Skull with lotus mandala and scrollwork
Pencil drawing of a lion and a skull merged into one design, with a tribal flourish below the jaw, suitable as a tattoo flash.
Lion and skull hybrid pencil sketch
White line drawings of traditional tattoo flash motifs, including a skull, rose, diamond and dagger, repeated across a black duvet cover on a bed.
Traditional tattoo flash print on black bedding
Black ink pen drawing of a dinosaur head with a exposed skeletal skull and spine overgrown with thin tendrils, shaded with fine stippled dots and textured scales.
Dinosaur skull with tendrils pen drawing
Grey-wash line drawing of a hooded skull spectre wrapped in a rope and wheat sprigs, with a dotted arc above and the word Virgo below, shown as a tattoo design without a body placement.
Virgo skull spectre design
Black ink flash sheet on a grey background with horror designs including a vampire head, a clawed glove, two girls in dresses, a book with a face, a grinning mask and a creature.
Horror flash sheet in black ink
Framed black and grey tattoo designs on a dark wall, showing a skull entwined with a snake and a veiled woman holding a skull.
Framed black and grey skull and snake designs