Skull tattoo ideas

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Black ink line drawing of a side-facing skull wearing a feathered headdress with a heart-shaped pendant, shown as a tattoo design on paper.
Skull in feathered headdress line drawing
Design of a skull in a samurai helmet with crossed katana, pink flowers and an oni mask, in a Japanese style.
Samurai skull with katanas and flowers
Traditional flash design of a madonna-style figure in a black cloak with stars and fishnet stockings, framed by red roses, two cherubs, a skull and a banner reading Our Lady of Derby.
Our Lady of Derby flash with roses and skull
Embroidered traditional-style design of a green cactus growing from a skull above a red sun and mesa silhouettes, with the words DON'T BE A PRICK, shown in a wooden frame against a brick wall.
Cactus and skull design in a wooden frame
Full-colour flash design of a chrome piston flanked by two skulls, crossed rusty wrenches, spark plugs and lightning, with no body placement shown.
Skulls, crossed wrenches and piston design
Pencil drawing of a hooded grim reaper skull holding a pocket clock with Roman numerals, with smoky shading on sepia paper.
Grim reaper holding a melting clock
Pencil drawing of a tattoo design showing a hand holding a mushroom, with a skull, snake, lotus, cannabis leaves and crescent moon, shown without a body placement.
Hand holding mushroom with skull and snake
Black ink pen sketch of a snarling tiger head in profile with a skull over its face, drawn in cross-hatching with no tattoo styling or body placement shown.
Tiger skull pen sketch
Black line drawing of a skull framed by rose blooms and leaves in a traditional flash style, with no placement shown.
Skull with roses and leaves line drawing
Pencil drawing of a neo-traditional skull surrounded by roses, a crossbone and spider webs, designed as a tattoo.
Skull with roses and crossbones drawing
Black ink flash drawing of an eye within a planchette shape, a woman in an Art Nouveau style frame, and a death's head moth below, with no body placement shown.
Eye, planchette and death's head moth design
Three views of a wooden artist's hand drawn with a black and grey sphynx cat with a third eye and crescent moon on the palm, a bird skull with crossed bones on the forearm, and PURR EVIL lettering on
Sphynx cat and bird skull designs on a wooden hand
Neo-traditional coloured pencil design of a pink octopus wrapped around a blue anchor, with a cream skull and a banner reading NO MANS LAND.
Octopus with anchor and skull design
Greyscale tattoo design of a shaded skull with crossed pistols and two red roses, drawn as a flash sheet with no body placement shown.
Skull with crossed pistols and red roses
Black line drawing flash design of a winged pincushion with two skulls on pins and a curled banner reading Sew or Die, in a traditional style.
Winged pincushion with skulls and Sew or Die banner
Pencil sketch of a tattoo design showing an ornate crowned key, a ribbon, a potion bottle with a skull and a Drink Me banner, shown without a body placement.
Key and potion bottle with Drink Me banner
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
Purple line drawing of a mermaid in a pirate hat holding a pipe beside a treasure chest, skulls and a shipwreck, shown as a tattoo flash design.
Mermaid pirate with treasure chest and skulls
Black and white sugar skull design with floral scrollwork, a cross on the forehead and flowers around the eye sockets, shown as a tattoo flash drawing.
Sugar skull design with flowers and cross
Fine line flash sheet in black ink showing a moth, skull, cat, blackberry, hands, sprigs and a sleeping fawn, arranged on a pale grey background.
Botanical and animal flash sheet
Black line drawing of a sugar skull with floral ornaments, heart-shaped eyes and a decorative scroll jaw, shown as a design on white.
Sugar skull line drawing
Stippled green and teal line drawing of a zombie skull with swept-back hair and a jaw hanging open, shown as a tattoo design with no placement on the body.
Zombie skull with swept hair
Six numbered pencil sketches of skulls in varying shapes and shading, shown as possible tattoo design options.
Six numbered pencil skull sketches
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
Black ink flash drawing of three dinosaur skulls, a T-rex, a triceratops and a raptor, each entwined with flowers and leaves, in a stippled botanical style.
Three dinosaur skulls with botanical vines
Drawing of a tattoo design showing two stacked skulls with sugar skull forehead ornaments, swirling smoke lines and red roses, with no body placement shown.
Stacked sugar skulls with red roses
Pencil-style drawing of a compass rose with a fleur-de-lis at north, a skull and crossed pistols at its centre, on an aged parchment background.
Compass rose with skull and crossed pistols
Black and grey flash design of a rib cage, rose, dagger, skull and butterfly with banners reading Can we create something beautiful and destroy it, in traditional style with dotwork shading.
Rib cage, skull and butterfly with banner text
Black ink flash sheet of traditional-style designs including skulls, a cat, a rose, a dagger, an owl and a rabbit, many marked with the number 13, shown as drawings with no body placement.
Hand-drawn flash sheet with 13 motifs
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 and grey realistic drawing of a skull with a cluster of roses and leaves, shown as a tattoo design on a white background.
Skull and roses design
Black ornamental sugar skull design with a cap, crossed bones and filigree swirls, drawn in solid black linework on a white background.
Ornate sugar skull with crossbones
Greyscale realistic drawing of a woman with closed eyes, a skull and roses above her head and a jawbone at her chin, shown as a tattoo design without a body placement.
Woman with skull and roses design
Black linework flash sheet of small tattoo designs themed on the number 13, including a rose, spider, skull, eye, bicycle and envelope.
Friday the 13th flash sheet
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
Japanese-style drawing of a samurai skull in a helmet, surrounded by a serpent, skulls, white chrysanthemums and red lightning on a dark smoky background, with no body placement shown.
Samurai skull and serpent with chrysanthemums
Black and grey blackwork tattoo design of an eye within a triangle above an animal skull with antlers, flowers and feathers, framed by circles and geometric shapes.
Eye in triangle with skull and antlers
Realism-style tattoo design of a grey shaded skull in front of a Roman numeral clock face, with a pink rose, red poppies and black filigree swirls.
Skull, clock and roses tattoo design
Black and grey drawing of a horned owl with feathers above a skull, framed by a botanical wreath of leaves and flowers, designed as a tattoo.
Owl and skull with botanical wreath
Black and grey line drawing of two stacked skulls facing each other with stippled shading and two sparkle motifs, shown as a tattoo flash design.
Two skulls facing each other with sparkles
Black and grey flash sheet of Harry Potter themed tattoo designs, including the Deathly Hallows, a golden snitch, the Sorting Hat, a stag silhouette and Dementor-style skulls.
Harry Potter motif flash sheet
Black and grey line drawing of a woman in profile wearing a wolf head, with peony flowers, leaves and a skull, in a botanical style.
Wolf headdress woman with peonies and skull
Pencil sketch of a winged hourglass topped with an eye, a winged skull and roses, drawn in a neo-traditional style for a tattoo with no body placement shown.
Winged hourglass with roses sketch
Black and grey drawing of a shaded skull with feathered wings, butterflies and a compass, sketched on tracing paper beside a pen.
Winged skull with butterflies design
Black ink flash drawings on tracing paper showing a pirate captain with a clock, a horned villainess, a raven and a figure with a skull, with no tattoo placement shown.
Pirate, horned figure and raven flash sheet
Pencil-style drawing of a horned skull-headed octopus with suckered tentacles on aged paper, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Horned skull octopus tattoo design
Painted tattoo design on paper of a grey skull in profile, with a dark blue and purple galaxy-like smoke trail flowing from its jaw.
Skull with galaxy smoke trail design
Black and grey pencil drawing of a biomechanical skull with organic ridged forms, flame-like shapes and a bolt at the top, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Biomechanical skull design sketch