Skull tattoo ideas

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Black ink dotwork flash design of a wolf head merged with a woman's face, with a crown, skulls, ram horns, flowers and a hot air balloon.
Wolf and woman surreal design with skulls
Traditional style tattoo flash of a red rose with green leaves, a gold banner reading LOVE and a small skull, shown on a teal painted background.
Rose, banner and skull design
Greyscale pencil drawing of an octopus with its tentacles wrapped around a human skull, shown on paper on a wooden desk.
Octopus wrapped around a skull drawing
Black and white line drawing of a skull wearing a spiked crown, with a cigarette in its teeth and oak leaves and acorns at its base, in a flash design style.
Crowned skull with cigarette and oak leaves
Black ink drawing of two sugar skulls facing each other with pompadour hairstyles and a small heart between them, in a neo-traditional style.
Two sugar skulls with pompadour hair and a heart
Black and grey traditional flash of a skull above a trident and anchor rope, framing a ship, a whale and a banner reading Sea Shepherd.
Skull, trident and whale in a rope frame
Black and grey pencil drawing of a tattoo design with a skull, two roses, a raven, a rosary, a cross and a pocket watch, in a realistic shaded style.
Skull, roses and raven tattoo design
Blue line drawing of a torso covered in traditional flash designs including a rose, skull, diamond, heart, anchor, snake, candle and ship.
Torso covered in traditional flash motifs
Black and white drawing of six forearms and hands, each with a different traditional-style tattoo design including a mandala, skull, rose, eye in a triangle and crossed bones.
Six hands with black ink tattoo designs
Black and grey pencil drawing of a skull in profile wearing a layered feather headdress, shown as a flash design on a white background.
Skull in feathered headdress in profile
Black and white blackwork design of a skull within interlaced knotwork, framed by a scalloped petal border.
Skull and knotwork in a petal ring
Flash sheet of pastel tattoo designs including a horned skull, a crab, palm trees, watchful eyes and a seahorse in a bottle, in a neo-trad style.
Pastel flash sheet of skulls, eyes and palm trees
Black ink drawing of a skull built from electric guitars, violins, a microphone, headphones and tangled cables, shown as a standalone design with no body placement.
Skull made of guitars and a microphone
Black and grey linework drawing of a human skull floating inside a light bulb, with a lit candle cluster and wisps of smoke at its base.
Skull inside a light bulb with candles
Black and grey line drawing of a skull formed from carnations, orchids and poppies, shown as a botanical tattoo design with no body placement.
Floral skull line drawing
Black and grey drawing of a tattoo design showing a sugar skull with butterflies, roses and feathers, shown on paper with no body placement.
Sugar skull with butterflies and roses
Black and grey flash design of a hooded skeleton pushing a cart of skulls, with a hammer and sickle on the cart side and Cyrillic lettering above and below.
Hooded skeleton pushing a cart of skulls
Pen drawing of a neo-traditional design with two skulls, layered roses, leaves and ornate scrollwork inside a curved frame, shown on paper beside a black fineliner.
Skull and roses neo-traditional design sketch
Traditional flash drawing of a skull and crossbones on a poison bottle, flanked by red flowers and a DRINK ME tag, shown on paper.
Skull and crossbones poison bottle flash
Black and grey flash sheet of multiple skulls wreathed in swirling smoke, drawn with soft airbrushed shading.
Smoke-wreathed skulls flash sheet
Coloured flash design on paper showing a half woman, half skull face framed by roses, flowers and feathers, in a neo-traditional style.
Woman and skull design with roses
Solid black silhouette design of a theropod dinosaur skeleton in side view, shown on a plain white background with no body placement.
Dinosaur skeleton silhouette design
Two printed arm sleeves laid diagonally, covered in traditional-style tattoo designs including an octopus, a pin-up, a skull, a rose and a nautical star.
Printed tattoo-style arm sleeves
Pen drawing of a shaded skull wrapped in roses and leaves, with a snake coiled at its base, shown as a tattoo design on paper.
Skull, roses and snake design drawing
Watercolour and ink drawing of a skull wearing a colourful feathered headdress, shown as a design with no body placement.
Feathered headdress skull in watercolour
Black and grey traditional flash sheet of Star Wars tattoo designs, including stormtroopers, Darth Vader, Yoda, Boba Fett and pin-up figures, with no body placement shown.
Star Wars traditional flash sheet
Pencil-style tattoo design of a shaded skull wearing a thorned vine crown, with a ribbon and rose below, framed by coloured rose and thorn corner ornaments.
Skull with thorn crown and rose
Black and grey pencil drawing of a sugar skull decorated with a diamond, three roses and swirling vines, shown as a tattoo design on a white background.
Sugar skull with roses design
Black dotwork skull design on cream paper, framed by triangles and star motifs, drawn as a tattoo flash sheet with no body placement shown.
Geometric skull with dotwork shading
Black and grey dotwork drawing of a skull with a pompadour hairstyle, framed by lilies, roses and buds, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement.
Skull with pompadour and lilies
Black ink drawing of a skull with knotted octopus tentacles on white paper, shaded with fine hatching and stippling.
Skull and tentacles design drawing
Graphite pencil drawing of a large-eyed cartoon skull on a cloaked body holding a scythe, shown on paper beside a pen, for use as a tattoo design.
Pencil sketch of a cartoon skull and scythe
Black ink pen drawing of a realistic human skull seen from the front, built from cross-hatched shading on a dark background.
Pen and ink skull drawing
Pen sketch of a skull set between moth wings, drawn on paper as a tattoo design with loose linework and rays around it.
Skull and moth tattoo sketch
Pencil and coloured drawing of a shaded skull with a dagger, smoke wisps and a red rose with leaves, shown as a tattoo design on paper.
Skull, dagger and red rose design
Illustrated design of a black cat head with a half-visible skull, red poppies across the face and a small golden halo above, shown without skin.
Black cat skull with red poppies
Black and grey line drawing of an ornate sugar skull framed by three roses and feathered leaves, shown as a tattoo design with no body part visible.
Sugar skull with roses tattoo design
Black and grey realism drawing of a skull wearing a feathered headdress, shown as a tattoo design on white paper.
Realistic skull with feathered headdress design
Black and grey flash design of a winged skull with ribbon banners carrying the words I hold a beast, an angel and a madman in me.
Winged skull with banner quote
Pencil and ink drawing of a split ribcage and spine with a pink rose and vines on one side, and an animal skull with a moth wing below, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement.
Ribcage, rose and moth skull design
Greyscale pencil drawing of a realistic skull with roses, an orchid and a daisy growing across its right side, a design suited to a realism tattoo.
Skull and flowers pencil design
Black and grey flash design of a sugar skull wearing a top hat, with an ace of spades, dice, a star, roses, crossed pistols and an eight ball, with the numbers 1969 below.
Sugar skull in top hat with cards, dice and roses
Realistic drawing of a butterfly whose wings are human skulls, shaded in sepia and brown tones on a beige background.
Skull-winged butterfly design
Black and grey line drawing of a skull-faced queen in a crown on a playing card, with a broken heart balloon, a spider and swords, shown as a flash design rather than on skin.
Queen of hearts skull playing card design
Black and grey traditional flash sheet of skulls, an eagle, a reaper, a pigeon, a deer head, a sun, and two feathered headdresses, with no placement shown.
Traditional flash sheet in black and grey
Black and grey pen drawing of a human skull with octopus tentacles wrapping around and below it, on a textured pale background.
Skull and octopus tentacle design
Black and grey flash design of a woman wearing a wolf over her head, with a rose in her hair, skull choker, crossed arrows and a heart.
Wolf-headed woman with rose and arrows
Pencil sketch of a spade shape made from two skulls and jawbones with teeth, shown as a standalone tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Skull spade design sketch