Skull tattoo ideas

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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 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
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
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
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
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
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 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
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
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 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
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 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
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
Flash design of a horned helmeted skull with two purple roses and a cream banner with lettering, in neo-traditional style with speckled shading.
Horned helmet skull with roses and banner
Neo-traditional style tattoo design of a dark-haired girl with braids, holding a skull, surrounded by green roses, two birds and a banner reading Over You Dead Body.
Girl with roses and Over You Dead Body banner
Pen and watercolour tattoo design drawn on paper, showing a skull, a woman's face, roses and flowing hair, being inked by hand.
Skull, roses and woman design drawing
Black and grey neo-trad style flash of a woman with a towering updo, skulls, pearls and a lace collar.
Skull-adorned woman with pearls and lace
Coloured flash drawing of a sugar skull cat face with a red rose on its forehead, a red bow and a red rose below, framed by vines on a yellow background.
Sugar skull cat with rose and bow
Pencil sketch of a tattoo design showing a horned skull with a pink rose, leaves, pearl strands and a small bird, with a pencil beside it.
Skull and pink rose tattoo sketch
Flash design of a grinning skull wearing a grey jester hat, wrapped in blue flames, with small skulls around it, in a neo-traditional style.
Jester skull with blue flames and small skulls
Black and grey drawing of a sugar skull with diamond-shaped eyes, framed by two roses and leaves, in a neo-traditional style.
Sugar skull with roses design
Greyscale pencil drawing of a winged skull above four shaded roses and leaves, drawn as a tattoo design with no body placement shown.
Winged skull with roses design
Neo-traditional flash design of a braided, dark-haired figure holding a green skull bottle, flanked by birds and roses, with a banner reading Over Your Dead Body; no body placement shown.
Braided figure with potion bottle and banner
Black and grey flash design of an all-seeing eye in a triangle above a skull, crossed bones, a candle and a twin-headed eagle, framed by scrollwork on a sunburst background.
All-seeing eye and eagle skull design
Traditional-style flash design of a pin-up woman with sugar skull face paint holding a red apple, with a swallow, roses and a banner reading Wash Your Fruits.
Sugar skull pin-up with swallow and apple
Black and grey neo-traditional tattoo design of an owl with a sugar skull face, flanked by small flowers on a plain background.
Owl and sugar skull design
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
Pencil drawing of a skull nestled among the petals of a rose with leaves, a neo-traditional tattoo design sketched on a spiral sketchbook page.
Skull in a rose, pencil flash design
Black line drawing of a bird skull with roses, leaves and crystals, a neo-traditional tattoo design shown without a body placement.
Bird skull with roses and crystals
Black linework flash design of a woman in a headscarf with a peony in her hair and a red skull outline across her lower face.
Headscarf woman with peony and skull face
Black ink flash design of a woman with long hair embracing a skeletal punk with a mohawk and eye patch, above a banner reading I AM YOURS.
Skull punk and woman with banner design
Illustrated skull design with feathers, a jewelled headpiece and a wreath of flowers and leaves on a pink background, shown as a drawn design rather than on skin.
Skull with feathers and flower wreath
Neo-traditional flash design of a green Frankenstein-style bride kissing a skull held up by a figure, framed by teal roses and a banner reading Made for You.
Frankenstein couple kiss with roses
Black and grey traditional style flash design of a skeletal-faced mermaid seated among roses and hibiscus flowers, with bones in her hair.
Skull mermaid with roses and hibiscus
Black ink flash design of a snarling wolf head flanked by two skulls, leaves and radiating daggers, drawn in Neo-trad and Dotwork style.
Wolf head with skulls and daggers
Black and grey dotwork drawing of a skull in an ornate oval frame, with a rosary, cross and roses scattered across the page.
Skull in ornate frame with rosary