Skull tattoo ideas

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Pencil drawing of a shaded skull with feathers and roses in a neo-traditional tattoo design, shown as a sketch with no body placement.
Skull, feathers and roses tattoo design
Flash design of a pink heart pierced by a dagger wrapped in a snake, with bat-like wings and a skull above and a Without You banner below.
Snake and dagger heart with Without You banner
Black and grey Japanese style tattoo flash of a horned oni skull wearing a hannya mask, surrounded by swirling smoke, with no body placement shown.
Oni skull with hannya mask design
Flash design of a woman in profile with a skull-shaped lower face, a green headscarf and a red poppy in her black hair, in a neo-traditional style.
Skull-faced woman with poppy flash
Pencil sketch of a snarling wolf head over a skull, drawn on paper as a tattoo design with the note Right Arm written at the top.
Wolf and skull pencil design
Neo-traditional flash design of a green pin-up bride of Frankenstein wrapped in bandages, with a skull, roses and a heart, drawn for a tattoo.
Bride of Frankenstein pin-up flash
Pencil drawing of a neo-traditional tattoo design with a skull, crown, flower, feathers, roses, death's head moths and an eye with a tear, shown on paper with no body part visible.
Skull, crown and moth flash design
Black and grey ink drawing of a skull whose jaw and crown grow into twisted branches, with a forest scene in a circle, a deer, birds and orange falling leaves, shown as a botanical tattoo design with
Skull formed from a tree and forest
Line drawing of a skull wearing a feathered headdress with two arrows, shown in cream linework on a black background.
Skull in feathered headdress with arrows
Black and grey neo-traditional flash drawing of a woman wearing goat horns and two skulls, with a snake coiled around her arm, shown on paper.
Horned woman with skulls and snake flash
Two pen sketches of tattoo designs: a left panel with a skull, roses and geometric lines, and a right panel with a bull skull, moths and dotwork shading.
Skull and rose designs in pen sketches
Black and grey flash sheet of small hand-drawn tattoo designs, including hearts, eyes, stars, a moon and a skull, under the heading Stick and Poke.
Stick and poke flash sheet of small doodles
Painted illustration of a pink head covered in black tattoo designs, including a skull and crossbones, a dagger, a winged cross and church domes on the neck and chest.
Painted head with skull, dagger and church tattoos
Realistic tattoo design of a large skull framed by an ornate silver scrollwork border of roses, with sunflowers, butterflies and a lake landscape inside, shown as a flat design with no body placement.
Skull and roses in an ornate frame
Flash sheet of Mexican-style tattoo designs in colour, including sugar skulls, roses, a praying woman, a sun with an eye and a central cross.
Mexican tattoo flash sheet with skulls and roses
Pencil drawing of an apple with a leaf and stem, its surface melting into a skull face with dripping ink-like lines, shown as a tattoo design sketch on white paper.
Dripping skull apple design
Coloured pencil drawing of a Deathly Hallows triangle and circle symbol surrounded by pink roses, skulls, round-framed glasses, a golden cup and a green snake, shown as a tattoo design.
Deathly Hallows symbol with roses and skulls
Traditional-style flash drawing of a black skull filled with pink roses, green leaves and white highlights, on a pale background.
Rose skull flash design
Pen and dotwork drawing on paper of three cat designs: two skulls and a hairless sphynx cat head, with black drawing pens beside them.
Cat skulls and sphynx cat flash sheet
Two flash designs on a white background: a black and grey sword with a skull and dragons, and a colour dragon coiled around a red-hilted sword with flames.
Skull, sword and dragon flash designs
Black and grey traditional flash sheet of a cathedral with onion domes, compass roses, a skull, an anchor, crossed bones and barbed wire motifs on a white background.
Traditional flash sheet with cathedral and nautical motifs
Black ink flash drawing on pink paper showing a mountain range in a circle, an animal skull with an eye and rays, and a feather crossed with a sprig inside a dotted circle.
Mountains, skull and feather flash sheet
Black and grey drawing of two skulls merged into a heart shape, with a small flower and scroll ornament below, on a pale grey background.
Heart-shaped skull with floral ornament
Black linework flash sheet drawn on paper, showing a skull with a flower, a flowered heart, a bouquet, a hand and a rope banner reading forget me not, in traditional style.
Traditional flash sheet with skull, heart and flowers
Neo-trad style flash design of two skulls beneath spread wings, with purple roses and a banner reading Lethal Angel, shown on a plain grey background.
Winged skulls with roses and banner
Black ink flash sheet of Shakespeare quotes in script and typewriter lettering, with a small skull and a wreath design.
Shakespeare quote lettering flash sheet
White line drawing of a cracked skull pierced by a knife with a handle, on a black background, in a bold traditional flash style.
Cracked skull pierced by a knife
Black and grey ink flash design of a skull resting in a curved shell-like form, framed by wheat sprigs, with the word Virgo and a quotation beneath it.
Skull and wheat sprigs in a shell, Virgo design
Pen-and-ink drawing of a skull with roses and wildflowers over pastel watercolour splashes, shown as a tattoo design with no body part visible.
Skull and roses with watercolour splashes
Black and grey blackwork design of an elephant head with ornate mandala panels, radiating lines and a skull below the trunk, shown as a flash drawing with no placement on the body.
Elephant head with skull and mandala
Black and grey flash sheet of more than fifty small icon designs, including a dagger, anchor, eye, skull, heart and paper plane, with no body placement shown.
Grid of small tattoo flash designs
Open sketchbook with hand-drawn flash designs of eyes in green ink and skulls and eucalyptus sprigs in blue and orange, set on denim beside dried flowers.
Eye, skull and eucalyptus flash sketches
Black and grey drawing of a winged skull with tribal swirls and ink splatter, shown as a tattoo design on a white background.
Winged skull with tribal swirls
Black and grey drawing of a skull with bat wings and a small bat at its jaw, shown as a neo-traditional tattoo design on white paper.
Winged skull with bat design
Greyscale pencil drawing of a side-view skull whose cranium is filled with carved gothic tracery and acanthus-style foliage, with two drawing pens below.
Realistic skull with gothic tracery
Black ink flash design of a death's head moth above an animal skull framed by roses, leaves and a beaded drop pendant, in a blackwork and fine line style.
Death's head moth over a skull and roses
Black ink illustration of a woman with a hair bun and tattoos of a swallow, skull and Darth Vader helmet on her upper arm, traditional style.
Tattooed woman with blaster illustration
Pencil drawing of a winged anatomical heart beneath a crown, with skulls, a triangle and an eye, in a dotwork and geometric style, shown as a tattoo design on aged paper.
Winged anatomical heart with crown and eye
Black and grey realism drawing of a woman looking upwards, with a human skull and three roses in her hair and feather and bead details, shown as a tattoo design rather than on skin.
Skull and roses portrait design
Line drawing of a sugar skull with a mandala crown and flower ornaments, shaded from purple to pink, presented as a botanical tattoo design.
Sugar skull with mandala and flowers
Hand-drawn longhorn bull skull with red roses and hanging feathers on a pink gradient background, shown as a tattoo design without a body placement.
Bull skull with roses and feathers
Detailed black ink drawing on paper of an Anubis figure with skulls, snakes, bat wings, an ankh and lotus flowers, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement.
Anubis with skulls and lotus flash design
Line drawing of a traditional-style tattoo design on a torso, with an eagle, a LOYALTY banner, a ship, a skull and flags, shown in black outline.
Eagle, ship and LOYALTY banner torso design
Black and grey drawing of a skull with butterfly wings, held up by two hands in front of a person's face against a plain grey background.
Skull and butterfly wing drawing
Black and grey drawing of a skull wearing a feather headdress, with crossed bones and axes beneath it on a black background.
Skull with feather headdress and crossed axes
Black and grey dotwork flash design of a horned animal skull above a pair of scales holding a feather and a small object, with an ankh inside a downward triangle.
Horned skull and scales dotwork design
Black and white line drawing design of Jack Skellington's head and body set against a spider web with two bats, shown as a flash design with no body placement.
Jack Skellington with spider web and bats
Pencil drawing of a deer skull with antlers wrapped in wildflowers, ferns and leaves, pegged to a line against a dark background.
Deer skull with antlers and flowers